Chess Club “Bošnjaci” organizes the 20th jubilee edition of Bosnjaci Open 2015 on 3-9th January 2015 in Bošnjaci, eastern Croatia. The event is sponsored by Municipality Bošnjaci, in collaboration with Croatian Chess federation, Chess federation of VS county, Sladorana d.d. Županja, VS county,“Komunalac“ Županja, “Admiral Tisak“ Cerna, Pizzeria AQUARIUS, NARCOR d.o.o...

The 2015 Australian Open Chess Championship is underway in Castle Hill, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Open Section is organized from 2-11th January 2015 in an 11-round Swiss format. GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev (Kazakhstan), GM Nua Ni (China) and IM Max Illingworth (Australia) head the field of 106 players with perfect 4/4 score. You can see the current [...]

Triple Grandmaster Norm holder Swapnil Dhopade excelled in defeating GM Mozharov Mikhail (Russia) in the seventh round of the Chennai International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament at Nehru Stadium, Chennai here today. Maharashtra star Swapnil moves into sole lead with 6.5 points and is followed by International Master Cruz Jonathan (Peru) at 6.0 points. Seven players [...]

For years I used to teach kids the Italian Game as their first real White opening once I wanted to get them away from mindless development in the Four Knights. If Black played Bc5, then c3 followed by d4, or if instead he played the Two Knights we went for the Fried Liver Attack with […]

Jerusalem is getting ready for the 2015 European Individual Championship. The highly prestigious tournament, open to all members of European Federations, will be staged in hotel Ramada on February 23rd – March 8th 2015 by the municipality of Jerusalem and the Israeli Chess Federation under the auspices of the ECU. The prize fund was generously increased to [...]

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GM Norm holder Swapnil Dhopade shared the lead with GM Mozharov Mikhail (Russia) with 5.5 points after the sixth round of the 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament at Nehru Stadium, Chennai here today. Indian Railways star Swapnil held GM Marat Dzhumaev (Uzbekistan) to a hard fought 51 move draw. Russian Grandmaster Mikhail Mozharov [...]

Advances in computer technology have given the modern chess player a plethora of tools to advance their playing abilities. In fact, there are so many options now available to the student of the game that many players become lost in those varied options. However, there is one software program that all serious students of the […]

The 2015 edition of New Zealand Open Chess Championship is underway in Auckland, New Zealand. The charming seaside village of Devonport plays host for the first time. Located directly across the harbour from the Auckland CBD, Devonport is renowned for scenic locations, superb beaches and delightful cafes. The tournament venue is the new National Chess Centre at Devonport St [...]

The 3rd FIDE World Senior Team Chess Championship from 24th February to 4th March 2015 in Dresden is already breaking all the records for participants two months before the start. After the First World Championship 2004 on the Isle of Man (12 teams) the FIDE Congress 2013 decided in Tallinn that three test events with [...]

The 2015 Australian Open Chess Championship is taking place on 2-11th January 2015 at The Lyceum, in Castle Hill, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Open Section is an 11-round Swiss tournament with first prize in the amount of $6,000. Top seeded are Chinese players GM Hua Ni (2677) and GM Qun Ma (2615). Official website/ List of participants

The 26th International Open Roquetas de Mar is held on 2-6th January, 2015, at the Hotel Bahia Serena in Roquetas de Mar, Almeria, Spain. The event is organized by the Club Ajedrez Roquetas and consists of the 9-round General Open with the top prize of 1000 EUR and the 7-round U2150 Open with the top prize of [...]

January event for top chess predictors

Indian International Masters Rathnakaran and Swapnil Dhopade shared the lead with 4.0 points after the fourth round of the 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament at Nehru Stadium, Chennai here today. Top seed Grandmaster Ivan Popov of Russia (3.5) scored over French GM Vladimir Lazarev, staying half a point behind leaders. The two Indian [...]