The 3rd Winter Sea Deluxe Open took place from 2-6th January, 2015, in Gabicce Mare, Italy, next to the Adriatic Sea. Hungarian Grandmaster Tamas Banusz emerged victorious in the tournament after concluding the race with 7,0/9 points. Banusz secured an early advantage with five wins in a row and then maintained the lead until the [...]

The 90th Hastings International Chess Congress took place from 29th December 2014 to 6th January 2015 in Hastings, England. The main event was the 9-round Hastings Masters with 106 participants. Chinese Grandmaster Zhao Jun convincingly won the trophy and £2000 top prize by scoring 8,0/9 points and leaving the nearest followers a full point behind. [...]

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The United States Chess Federation (USCF) has confirmed March 31 – April 13 as the dates for the US Chess Championship 2015. The event is set to be held in Saint Louis and the format is to be announced in the following days. The dates announced dates created major controversy as they clash with the [...]

In order to play good chess you need to be rational at each and every moment of a game. A slight compromise can cause a lot of damage. What I mean by this will become clear with the following examples and discussion: This is my game against GM Thipsay Praveen M. During the game I […]

Top seed Grandmaster Ivan Popov of Russia with 7.5 points and a superior tie-break clinched the title in the 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament at Nehru Stadium, Chennai on 6th Jan, 2015. For the first time in the history of Chennai Open, there was an eight way tie. Sharing the top spot with [...]

The 2015 Azerbaijan Chess Championship for men is taking place from 6-15th January. The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with 22 participants. There are 8 Grandmasters and 7 International Masters in the field. Top seed is GM Rauf Mamedov (2642). Official website

German Grandmaster Arkadij Naiditsch continued to impress in the mini-Swiss tour as he won a second trophy, this time at the Basel Chess Festival. Last week Naiditsch won another very strong tournament – the Zurich Christmas Open. Naiditsch repeated the feat achieved by Polish GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek last year. The Basel Chess Festival 2015 was [...]

The 2015 Azerbaijan Chess Championship for men is taking place from 6-15th January. The tournament format is 9-round Swiss with 22 participants. There are 8 Grandmasters and 7 International Masters in the field. Round 1 results: 1 GM Mamedov Rauf 2642 – IM Izzat Kanan 2424 1 – 0 2 IM Rzayev Bahruz 2416 – [...]

The 12th International Chess Festival “Aeroflot Open 2015″ will be held in Moscow from 28 March (the date of arrival) to 08 April 2015 (the date of departure). This major event is open to chess players of most varied qualification: from unrated to world’s top. As before, the festival is held “under the wings” of [...]

The Stockholm Chess Federation organized the 44th Rilton Cup from 27th December 2014 to 5th January 2015 at the Clarion Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden. The tournament was played in four groups: Rilton Cup, Rilton Elo, Rilton 1800 and Rilton 1600. All sections are FIDE rated. Norwegian Grandmaster Jon Ludvig Hammer repeated the last year’s success [...]

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There was very good reason to celebrate in African Chess recently when Kenny Solomon of South Africa, the winner of the recent 2014 African Individual Chess Championship (AICC) held in Windhoek, Namibia was conferred with the title of Grandmaster. Solomon joined a very select group of individuals who have managed to get this title in […]

International Master Ramnath Bhuvanesh held fellow Indian International Master Swapnil Dhopade to a draw in the ninth round, securing his second Grandmaster Norm in the 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament at Nehru Stadium, Chennai here today. Ramnath Bhuvanesh with 7.0 points now shares the lead with six other players viz., Popov Ivan (Russia), [...]

The Russian Grandmaster’s Chess School expands its geography, including Regions Stavropol, Karachay-Cherkessia and now Krasnodar! The 9th Training Camp is taking place on 3-13th January, 2015, in Gelendzhik, a resort town in the Krasnodar Region, situated on the Black Sea and well known for its pristine beaches, Dolphinarium, Oceanarium, Aquariums, Aqua Parks,  Safari Park and [...]