The 31th International Böblinger Open 2014 is taking place on 26-30th December 2014 in the Mercure Hotel**** in the city of Böblingen. The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 120′/40 + 30′. The festival will be split into 3 tournaments: - Open A – open to all players rated higher than [...]

The 129th MGU Open 2014 is scheduled to take place on 13-14th December, 2014, at Chess Club MGU, in Sofia, capital and largest city of Bulgaria. The event is organized in honor of GM Jan Timman (born 14th December 1951 in Amsterdam, NED), in a 6-round Swiss format, open to all players rated below 2200. The [...]

The SportAccord World Mind Chess Games 2014 are taking place on 11-17th December 2014 in Beijing, China. Some of the strongest women in the world will compete in the rapid tournament: Yifan Hou, Anna Muzychuk, Humpy Koneru, Nana Dzagnidze, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Antoaneta Stefanova, Valentina Gunina, Xue Zhao, Wenjun Ju, Tatiana Kosintseva, Elisabeth Paehtz,Dronavalli Harika, Anna...

The SportAccord World Mind Chess Games 2014 are taking place on 11-17th December 2014 in Beijing, China. Some of the strongest men in the world will compete in the rapid tournament: Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov,Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vassily Ivanchuk, Lenier Dominguez Perez, Ruslan Ponomariov, Teimour Radjabov, Boris Gelfand, Petar...

Last week, I wrote an article about methodically building an endgame fortress, given a fascinating position that arose in a student’s game. One thing I did not focus on in the discussion was the fact that he has inquired about confusing evaluations by chess engines during endgames. Often, in positions that we know a correct […]

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The 2014 Paraguay Absolute Chess Championship is taking place on 10-19th December 2014 in Asuncion, Paraguay. The event is a 12-player round-robin tournament with tempo of play 90′ + 30″. GM Bachmann Axel 2628, GM Delgado Ramirez Neuris 2604, GM Franco Ocampos Zenon 2490, GM Cubas Jose Fernando 2459, FM Latorre Matias 2312, Almiron Antonio 2255, IM Valiente Cristobal 2233, CM...

The 4th Women Grandmaster Chess Tournament Memorial of Krystyna Holuj-Radzikowska kicked off at the Chess Club KSz Polonia Wrocław in Wroclaw, the largest city in western Poland. The tournament is organized by the Polish Chess Federation, Chess Club KSz Polonia Wrocław and Lower Silesian Chess Federation from 10th to 18th December 2014 in a 10-player female [...]

The National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) organizes the 2014 edition of the Philippines International Chess Championship on 6-12th December 2014. The event is a 10-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′ + 30″. 38 players from 6 different countries participate in the open tournament, including 13 GMs, 6 IMs, 6 FMs, 2 [...]

Στο μυθικό σκάκι, διάφορες συνθήκες εμφανίζονται κάθε χρόνο. Κάποιες από αυτές προσελκύουν το ενδιαφέρον των συνθετών, κάποιες μένουν σαν αξιοπερίεργα.Ο συνθέτης Diyan Kostadinov, από την Βουλγαρία, αρέσκεται στο να επινοεί...

The SportAccord World Mind Chess Games 2014 are scheduled to take place on 11-17th December 2014 in Beijing, China. One of the strongest rapid and blitz events of the year will meet some of the world’s top Grandmasters. In the men section we find Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vassily Ivanchuk, [...]

Namibia Chess Federation (NCF) is organizing the 2014 African Individual Chess Championships (AICC) to be held at the Safari Court Hotel & Conference Centre, Windhoek, Namibia, from December 12th (arrival) to December 23rd, 2014 (departure). The Championships will be played in accordance with FIDE regulations as a 9 Round Swiss System tournament. Time control will [...]

Former under 12 world champion Deep Sengupta emerged sole leader with 4.5 points, at the end of the sixth round of the SIB-CMS National Premier Chess Championship, organised by Kottayam Chess Academy. He defeated IM Swayams Mishra of Orissa, whereas joint leader MR Lalith Babu was grounded by Delhi’s Sahaj Grover and the other co [...]

At the beginning of the 6th London Chess Classic tournament, “Chess and Mathematics – Chess and Education Conference” was held, in London/England. The Conference was organized by the Chess in Schools and Communities and gathered 130 participants from more than 30 countries. The Conference is an effort to establish a regular European forum for exchanging [...]

GM Varuzhan Akobian leads GM Julio Becerra 1.5-0.5 in a six game match that began Monday, December 8th.   The match will conclude Wednesday, December 10th. The event is sponsored by Falbo Knows Tennis and is being held at the Spring Hill Suites in Lawrence, Kansas. The rounds begin at 10 am CST and 5 pm CST each day.  The time control [...]