Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, Mr. Gabriel Ghazaryan on the occasion of 60th anniversary and for the unique services in the field of Physical Culture and Sport awarded the Vice President of Chess Federation of Armenia, the Chairman of Rules Committee of the World Chess Federation (FIDE), the Chairman [...]

The 6th Annual Golden State Open was held over the Martin Luther King weekend from January 16-19, 2015, at the Holiday Inn Dublin-Pleasanton, 6680 Regional St, Dublin, California. The event had six sections: Open, Under 2200, Under 1900, Under 1600, Under 1300 and Under 1000. The tournament format was 7-round Swiss, 40/110, SD/30, d10. German [...]

The Open Chess Tournament Paracin 2015 took place from 15th to 19th January, 2015, in Paracin, Serbia. The event was a 7-round Swiss tournament with time control 90′ + 30″. IM Mladen Milenkovic edged IM Boroljub Zlatanovic on tie-break after both players finished with 6/7 points. Third place was shared in a six-way tie by [...]

The Gibraltar Chess Festival 2015 is going to take place 26 January – 5 February in the Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar. The long traditions of the festival, the fantastic organization, and the hefty 175 000 pounds prize fund have attracted many of the top world grandmasters. Veselin Topalov, whose current ELO is exactly 2800 (making him [...]

Του Παναγιώτη Αλπογιάννη Σε περιπτώσεις όπου τα σχόλια των βιβλίων ήταν πολύ μεγάλα, αυτά μειώθηκαν με σκοπό την ευκολία στην χρήση της λίστας Όνομα και περιγραφή. ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΑ ΒΗΜΑΤΑ ΤΟΜΟΣ Α Συγγραφέας: ΓΡΙΒΑΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ...

Video interview with Ni Hua

I have been thinking more about how the World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen wins his games and must admit that it does not make sense to me. I have read quite a number of times that Carlsen just grinds out wins from drawn positions or simple positions. Let’s analyse that? In an age where computers […]

Six game streaks used to be rare, but nowadays they're a dime a dozen - or should we say a nickel a half-dozen? Bobby Fischer made six-game streaks cool when he strung a couple of them together in consecutive Candidates match victories over Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen in 1971, and those victories were parts of an even larger overall winning streak of 20 games. Since then there haven't been too...

The Texas Masters Chess Tournament was a 5-round Swiss that took place from 17-19th January at the Dallas Chess Club, 75080 Richardson, Texas, USA. 30 players competed in the single FIDE rated section with time control of G/90 inc/30. Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi and International Master Andrey Gorovets shared the first place with 4,0/5 points each. [...]

Reigning US champion Gata Kamsky continued the string of excellent results in the open events having convincingly won the 47th Liberty Bell Open with 6,5/7 points. The nearest followers were left full point behind. Kamsky collected 2130 USD for the effort. The Liberty Bell Open was held over the Martin Luther King weekend from January [...]

The 133rd MGU Open 2015 is scheduled to take place on 24-25th January, 2015, at Chess Club MGU, in Sofia, capital and largest city of Bulgaria. The event will be organized by FA Dimitar Iliev and Chess Club “An Pasan” in a 6-round Swiss FIDE format, open to all players rated below 2200 and it will be valid for [...]

FIDE and FIDE Arbiters’ Commission are going to organize on Internet a Refreshing Course for Arbiters in English language. The following subjects will be discussed: (a) The changes of the Laws of Chess that have been in effect since 1 July 2014. (b) The changes of FIDE Titles, Ratings Regulations and Swiss System regulations that [...]

The 132nd MGU Open 2015 was held on 17-18th January, 2015, at Chess Club MGU, in Sofia, capital and largest city of Bulgaria. The event was organized by FA Dimitar Iliev and Chess Club “An Pasan” in a 6-round Swiss FIDE format, open to all players rated below 2200 and it will be valid for FIDE and national rating. [...]

Live games with analysis from Gibraltar

The 14th Marienbad Open 2015 is taking place on 17-24th January 2015 in Marianske Lazne, the second biggest spa town in the Czech Republic. The highlight of the festival is 10-player round robin tournament with the participation of: GM Kim Alexey KOR 2477, GM Andreev Eduard UKR 2458, IM Stachowiak Kamil POL 2446, IM Kargin Arseny RUS 2444, IM [...]