Χωρίς εκπλήξεις ολοκληρώθηκε ο Γ γύρος για τον ΠΟΑ και την Β τοπική. Νίκες για Ρίο, ΝΕΠ, και Αιγιαλεία στον ΠΟΑ και, ΕΑΠ και Προμηθέα στην Β τοπική. Στην βαθμολογία Ρίο (6), ΝΕΠ (4), και Αιγιαλεία (4) αντίστοιχα, ΕΑΠ (6) και...

Francisco Vallejo Pons has come to play in Moscow Open for the first time. The Spanish Grandmaster told the correspondent of the official website about his interest for Russia and his game of the first round. Q: At the same time with Moscow Open another chess festival in Gibraltar is being held. That place is [...]

Τα αποτελέσματα για το 4ο Κύπελλο της FIDE (από 01-II-2015 μέχρι 01-IV-2015) [http://www.wfcc.ch/competitions/composing/fidewcc_2015/] έχουν αρχίσει να ανακοινώνονται.Είναι ένας διαγωνισμός σύνθεσης σε όλες τις κατηγορίες προβλημάτων. Οι συνθέσεις είναι...

The Opening Ceremony of the Moscow Open 2015 – 11th RSSU Cup was held Saturday in the assembly hall of the Russian State Social University. Organizers and honored guests congratulated the participants on the start of the grand chess festival. The first Deputy Head of the physical culture and sports department of Moscow Nikolay Gulyaev, [...]

The 33rd International Chess Open in the Principality of Liechtenstein will take place on 8-16th May, 2015, at the Gemeindesaal Triesen. The tournament will be held under the aegis of S.D. Erbprinz Alois von und zu Liechtenstein. The prizes in the main Open event will be: 1st – CHF 2’000, 2nd – CHF 1’500, 3rd [...]

Today we’re going to look at two important and interrelated tactical ideas which can arise from the Ruy Lopez. One of the ideas is a way for White to win material, while the other idea will win material for Black. Suppose Black decides to chase the white bishop back with a6 and b5. Black will […]

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 12 to 16 February 2015 in Luang Prabang, Laos, by the National Chess Federation of Laos, in cooperation with the Asian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer will be IA Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh (IRI), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be John [...]

Dear Readers, I’m so sorry it has been so long since we have last written an update. Obviously life has been busy and so many things have happened! Gawain played his first match in December at Kensington Olympiad during the London Chess Classic, this was a great experience for him. He played his Guildford (from […]

The February 2015 FIDE Top-100 Players Lists are up and Magnus Carlsen is still the highest rated player with Elo rating 2865 (three points more since January FIDE Rating List). Fabiano Caruana (2811 ELO) is clear second with 54 points gap, Alexander Grischuk (2810 ELO) and Veselin Topalov (2800 ELO) remain third and fourth with unchanged rating since January FIDE Rating [...]

Στην ανάρτηση αυτή θα παρακολουθήσουμε την προσπάθεια να συνθέσουμε προβλήματα με μυθικά κομμάτια λιοντάρια Andernach. Lion (Λιοντάρι) : Εμποδιστής, κινείται σε γραμμές Βασίλισσας, πηδάει πάνω από ένα εμπόδιο και πατάει σε...

The Cup of Akim Pavlodar 2015 took place from 28th to 30th January, 2015, in the city of Pavlodar, Kazakhstan. The event was a 9-round rapid round-robin tournament with the special participation of 10 players from 4 different continents – Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe. Kazakhstani players GM Pavel Kotsur and GM Petr Kostenko tied for the first [...]

The 2015 Moscow Open F – Students-grandmasters’ Cup of RSSU takes place from 29th January to 9th February, 2015, in Moscow, Russia. The total prize fund of the festival is 4,300,000 RUB (approximately 57,000 €), more information here. Participants: GM Dubov Daniil 2629 RUS 1996, GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 2580 ARM 1993, GM Belous Vladimir 2578 RUS 1993, Predke, Alexandr 2537 [...]

Daily news broadcast featuring Tradewise Insurance Mr. James Humphreys, Chess Festival Director Stuart Conquest, some of the top players and commentators including Elisabeth Pähtz and Simon Williams during the 2015 Tradewise Gibraltar Open Chess Tournament. Presented by: Tania Sachdev (IM) Special guest: Stuart Conquest (GM) Produced by: Georgina Wheston – ChrysalisWest Directed by: Armand...

The 2015 Moscow Open G – Students-grandmasters’ Cup of RSSU (women) takes place from 29th January to 9th February, 2015, in Moscow, Russia. The total prize fund of the festival is 4,300,000 RUB (approximately 57,000 €), more information here. Participants: IM Kashlinskaya Alina 2439 RUS 1993, WGM Saduakassova Dinara 2421 KAZ 1996, IM Sukandar Irine Kharisma 2407 INA 1992, WIM...

On 26th January a new sponsorship contract was signed with the investment firm GAMMA which will be the main sponsor of the Reykjavik Open for the next four years. The contract was fittingly signed on the national chess day in Iceland, also the 80th birthday of legendary Grandmaster Fridrik Olafsson. The national chess day was [...]