My name is Bruce Tendai Mubayiwa and I am a chess promoter, board game entrepreneur and mathematics teacher based in Kathu, Northern Cape, South Africa. A very big thank you to Grandmaster Nigel Davies for the incredible opportunity to contribute to this website. I love the game of chess and have been playing the game […]

Grandmasters Nikola Sedlak and Dusan Popovic shared the first place with 20,0/25 points each. Sedlak claimed the top prize of 200 USD on better tie-break.

FIDE Master and former National Under 11 Champion Rakesh Kumar Jena scored the first upset defeating Grandmaster Axel Rombaldoni of Italy in the first round of the 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament at Nehru Stadium, Chennai here today. Top seed Grandmaster Ivan Popov of Russia comfortably scored over Vivek Nambiar in the top [...]

The 9th Torneo Internacional de Granada “Arnoldo Tenorio in Memoriam” 2014 was held from 27-29th December at the Casa de los tres mundos in Granada, Nicaragua. The 6-round Swiss event was organized by the Fenica-Asodeagra and Dr. Luis Cuadra. Guests from Costa Rica, IM Bernal Gonzalez Acosta and Jonathan Carvajal Gorgona, and local player Mariano [...]

The 52nd Groningen Chess Festival was held from 21-30th December at the Sport Centre Rijksuniversiteit & Hanzehogeschool in Groningen, Netherlands. The Festival consisted of several events: - Open A, 9-round Swiss for players rated above 2000, prize fund 6000 EUR - Open B, 9-round Swiss for players rated 1700-2100, prize fund 1500 EUR - Open [...]

The 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament is taking place from 30th December, 2014, to 6th January, 2015, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai, India. The event is organized by the Tamil Nadu State Chess Association and total cash prize fund in the amount of Rs. 14, 00, 000/- (approx 18,000 EUR) is provided. 180 [...]

The 38th Zurich Christmas Open was held on 26-30th December, 2014, at the Crowne Plaza Zürich in Zurich, Switzerland. The Master Tournament was a 7-round of Swiss event, open to all players rated above 2000. German Olympic leader GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2731) emerged a clear winner with 6.5/7 points and took the first prize in the amount of CHF [...]

The 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament is taking place from 30th December, 2014, to 6th January, 2015, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai, India. The event is organized by the Tamil Nadu State Chess Association and consists of three sections: - Category A (for players rated over 1900), 10-round Swiss, 90 Minutes [...]

The 4th Women Grandmaster Chess Tournament Memorial of Krystyna Holuj-Radzikowska took place on 10-18th December, 2014, at the Chess Club KSz Polonia Wrocław, in Wroclaw, the largest city in western Poland. The tournament was organized by the Polish Chess Federation, Chess Club KSz Polonia Wrocław and Lower Silesian Chess Federation in a 10-player female round-robin format with an average...

The 24th Annual North American Open is taking place from 26-30th December at Bally’s Casino Resort, 3645 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, Nevada. The Open Section is a 9-round Swiss tournament, valid for GM and IM norms. Top seeded players GM Wesley So (2762) MN, GM Xiangzhi Bu CHN 2691, GM Varuzhan Akobian 2637 CA, GM Timur Gareyev 2621 NV, GM Sergey Erenburg 2601 VA, GM [...]

During the years that I have been playing in the Counties and District Correspondence Chess Championship our team from Hertfordshire has slowly climbed into Division One (Ward-Higgs) with me eventually reaching Board One. I have played many good players over the years, including drawing with the top two UK GMs. This year I am playing […]

Gata Kamsky won the 2014 Empire City Open after edging fellow Grandmaster Robert Hungaski on tie-break. The two players finished with 5,0/6 points each and earned 900 USD apiece. Kamsky recovered from the round two setback against IM Colomban Vitoux and won the remaining games. Hungaski dropped the point by taking two byes. The 33rd [...]

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 1 to 4 February 2015 in Casablanca, Morocco, by the Moroccan Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer will be IA Mahdi Abdulrahim (UAE), Councilor of the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturers will be IA Abdallah Khaled Elnami [...]

The Planetwin 365 – All Stars 2014 Blitz Chess Tournament is taking place on 29th December 2014 in Belgrade, Serbia. The event is a 25-player round-robin tournament with tempo of play 3′ + 2″ and gathers Serbian champions from the last ten years. Top seeded players are: GM Milos Perunovic (2632), GM Robert Markus (2608), GM Ivan [...]

As hinted on Twitter earlier, the famous Aeroflot Open will be restarted in its classical format in 2015. The last classical event was held in 2012, while the 2013-tournament was played with short time controls. The Aeroflot Open will be held from 27th March till 7th April at the Cosmos Hotel in Moscow. The total [...]