The 14th International Chess Festival Prague Open 2015 was held from 9th to 16th January, 2015, in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. The event is organized by AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o. as a part of the Czech Tour 2014/2015 Series and will take place at the Olympik Hotel ****, Sokolovska 138, Praha 8. The 9-round Swiss event was topped by GM [...]

The 7th Annual Chesapeake Open took place from 9-11th January at the Rockville Hilton in Rockville, Maryland, USA. The tournament format was 5-round Swiss and there were seven sections: Championship (FIDE rated), U2200, U2000, U1800, U1600, U1300 and U1000. The organizers popularize an innovative prizing system where prizes are based on score and not on [...]

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 2 to 6 June 2015 in Singapore, by the Singapore Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Asian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The Seminar will be held concurrently with the Asian Schools Chess Championships 2015. The Lecturer will be IA Takis Nikolopoulos [...]

The 2015 Vladimir Dvorkovich Rapid Cup, Stage of the Russian Rapid Chess Cup Men 2015, took place from 14th to 16th January, 2015, at the Congress Hotel, in Taganrog, Russia. The event was an 11-round Swiss tournament with the participation of nearly 150 players. GM Denis Khismatullin emerged a clear winner with 9/11 points, leaving the nearest [...]

The best chess players in the world have a great ability to focus on a position, using this well honed skill (their ability to focus) to concentrate on finding the winning move. Seasoned players can maintain focus for extended periods of time. The beginner, on the other hand, has trouble staying focused for any length […]

Grandmaster Andrey Baryshpolets of Ukraine won the 13th Parsvanth International Grandmasters chess tournament after defeating GM Deepan Chakkravarthy in the 10th and final round that concluded here. It was a three-way tie for the top spot and Baryshpolets was followed by Ivan Popov of Russia and Alberto David of Italy who finished second and third [...]

The 18-years old Russian talent IM Kirill Alekseenko took a clear first place at the Andranik Margaryan Memorial that was held from 8-16th January in Armenia. Alekseenko collected 6,5/9 points, leaving the second placed GM Hovik Hayrapetyan half a point behind. The 10-player round robin event with the average elo 2446 was organized by the [...]

The 6th Annual Golden State Open will be 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 has six sections: Open, Under 2200, Under 1900, Under 1600, Under 1300 and Under 1000. The tournament format is 7-round Swiss, 40/110, SD/30, d10. [...]

The 47th Annual Liberty Bell Open will be held over the Martin Luther King weekend from January 16-19, 2015, at the Sonesta Hotel, 1800 Market St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event has six sections: Open, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500 and Under 1250. The Open Section has either 4-day (January 16-19) or 3-day [...]

The seminar is organized by the FIDE Events’ Commission (EVE), Asian Chess Federation (ACF) and the Saudi Chess Association.

The Brazil Chess Federation and the Chess Club Florianopolis – CXF organize the 2015 edition of Floripa Open from 14th to 18th January, 2015 in Florianopolis, the capital city and second largest city of Santa Catarina state in the Southern region of Brazil. The event is a 10-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′ [...]

The second British Webserver Tournament has been won by the ‘ICCF Warriers’ Team, consisting of GM Nigel Robson, GM Raymond Boger, GM Mark Noble and SIM Ian Pheby by the narrowest of margins on a tie break with 16 / 24, beating their nearest rivals and last year’s winners, ‘Pawn Stars’, consisting of SIM Gino […]

GM Vladimir Georgiev and IM Ashwin Jayaram shared the first place with 4,5/5 points to win $500 each.

The 3rd Annual Boston Chess Congress was held from January 9-11, 2015, at the Hyatt Harborside at Logan Airport, 101 Harborside Dr, Boston, Massachusetts. The 5-round Swiss event had 6 sections: Premier, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500 and Under 1300. 35 players competed in the main Premier section. GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez [...]

Grandmaster Mikhail Mozharov of Russia stayed ahead with a hard fought draw with compatriot Ivan Popov in the ninth and penultimate round of 13th Parsvnath International Grandmasters chess tournament now drawing to a close here. C R G Krishna, Aniruddha Deshpande, Abhishek Kelkar and Ravi Teja continued with their fine run in the tournament and [...]