The 2015 Moscow Open – 11th International RSSU Chess Cup is scheduled to take place from 29th January to 9th February in Moscow, Russia. The Festival 2015 Consists of Eight Tournaments: - Tournament A – Men’s Cup of Russia Stage (price fund is 1500 000 RR, first place is 500 000 RR) - Tournament B [...]

The 70th  Azerbaijan Chess Championship 2015 for men took place from 6th to 15th January, 2015.The event was a 9-round Swiss tournament with 22 participants and tempo of play 90′/40 + 30′ + 30″. GM Rauf Mamedov, GM Eltaj Safarli and GM Vasif Durarbayli shared the first place with 6.5/9 points each, but Mamedov prevailed on a [...]

The Singapore Chess Federation, under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation (ACF) and the World Chess Federation (FIDE), have the honour of inviting all Asian national chess federations to participate in the 11th Asian Schools Chess Championships 2015 to be organised in Singapore from 30th May (arrival) to 8th June (departure) 2015. There shall [...]

GM Ni Hua (China) scored an emphatic victory in the 2015 Australian Open, finishing with 10,5/11 to win the tournament by 2,5 points. Ni conceded a single draw in round 8 to GM Rustam Khusnutdinov but won all his other games to collect the $6000 first prize. He defeated 5 of the 6 top seeds [...]

Objective: To educate and certify Organizers on an international basis. The seminar is co-organized during the Moscow Open Festival by the FIDE Events’ Commission (EVE), the Russian State Social University with the support of the Russian Chess Federation. Subject: This seminar will be held at Moscow, Russia from February 5 to February 7, 2015. Successfully [...]

2οΚΥΠΕΛΛΟ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ ΛΥΣΗΣ ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΩΝ ΠΡΟΒΛΗΜΑΤΩΝΔελτίο Τύπου 15/01/2015Δόθηκε σήμερα στη δημοσιότητα ο Βαθμολογικός Πίνακας. Σε σχέση με αυτόν της 05/01 υπάρχουν αρκετές διορθώσεις, όχι όμως σε θέσεις που σχετίζονται με τα...

The 2015 Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial, Stage of Russian Chess Cup Men 2014, is going to take place from 14th to 27th January, 2015, at the Congress Hotel, in Taganrog, Russia. The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with first prize in the amount of 300.000 RUB. The preliminary list of players consists of 74 participants. Top [...]

High social media impact of the victory of Komodo

The first super tournament of the year Tata Steel 2015 is attracting massive attention with the top GM stars in the Masters and Challengers group. But Tata Steel is much more than two closed tournament, it is a huge festival consisting of amateur events, camps, lectures, and chess activities. One of the new additions is [...]

Η Επιτροπή της FIDE για το Καλλιτεχνικό Σκάκι WFCC (World Federation for Chess Composition) προκηρύσσει τον 11ο Διεθνή Παράλληλο Διαγωνισμό Λύσης Σκακιστικών Προβλημάτων. Ο διαγωνισμός θα διεξαχθεί την ίδια ημέρα και ώρα στις χώρες που...

Chess champion Boris Spassky once expressed the thought that he would like to learn chess over again and this time learn it the right way. The human effort to learn chess is shaped in part by its cold mathematical nature as an intrinsically difficult problem: definitive evaluation of a given position requires it be solved […]

Το ΔΣ της ΕΣΣΠ συνεδρίασε στις 11/1/2015 και πήρε τις παρακάτω αποφάσεις…..

Vienna Chess Federation & Austrian Chess Federation under the auspices of the European Chess Union organize the European Senior Team Chess Championship in Vienna, Austria, from 12-20 July, 2015. Playing venue and accommodation will be in the Hotel AIRO Wien. The Championship will be played in 9 rounds according to the Swiss System, with time [...]

GM Zhao Xue (China) was the convincing winner of the 2015 New Zealand Open, finishing a point in front with 8/9. Zhao won 7 of her games and conceded draws to top seed GM David Howell (ENG) and IM Irene Sukandar (INI). Howell was in the group of players tied for 2nd on 7/9, along [...]

The 17th Dubai Open Chess Tournament 2015 SHEIKH RASHID BIN HAMDAN AL MAKTOUM CUP is scheduled to take place from 5th to 16th April, 2015, at the Dubai Chess & Culture Club (Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Hall) in the United Arab Emirates. The event is organized under the patronage of Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al [...]