The ASEAN Chess Academy, the World Chess Federation (FIDE) and the Thailand Chess Association have the honour of inviting all federations and eligible players for the World Schools Individual Chess Championships 2015 to be organised in Pattaya, Thailand from 6th May (arrival) to 15th May (departure) 2015. There shall be 6 categories; namely Under-07, Under-09 [...]

When teaching kids how to trap an opponent’s pieces, and not get their own trapped, I start with a very simple example: Here White is able to win the pawn it is fixed on d5; in other words the pawn is not mobile. The same can be applied to a piece, and here is the […]

FIDE Press Officer Anastasya Karlovich performed an interview with the World Champion Magnus Carlsen. While answering the questions, Carlsen exclusively revealed that former World Champion Garry Kasparov was helping him before and during the match. More videos on Chess Broadcasting

The Croatian Chess Federation and Croatian Comission for women’s chess organized the 2014 edition of the Croatian Cup for women on 22-23rd November 2014 at the Palace Hotel**** in Zagreb, the capital and largest city of Croatia. The event was a 5-round Swiss Team rapid tournament with tempo of play 30′ + 30″, valid for [...]

“Επαγγελματίας” σκακιστής δρόμου περιμένει καρτερικά αντιπάλους για να παίξει με στοίχημα μερικά πέσος, στην παραθαλάσσια πόλη Ενσενάδα, στη Μπάχα Καλιφόρνια, στο Μεξικό. Οι τουρίστριες που φωτογραφίζουν στην...

One thing I’ve discovered over the years is that many people play chess for fun. This was a rather alien concept as I’ve always gone for ‘blood’ myself. I’ve also found it difficult to understand why many players don’t really seem to be trying to improve, they just seemed to be enjoying playing some matches, […]

The 2014 Ukrainian Individual Chess Championships for men and women took place on 10-22nd November 2014 in the city of Lviv, Ukraine. The 83rd Ukrainian Men’s Championship was topped by GM Yuriy Kuzubov and GM Pavel Eljanov on 7.5/11 points, but Kuzubov prevailed on a better tie-break score and grabbed the trophy GM Anton Korobov [...]

“The World Chess Championship Match Carlsen-Anand that was held in Sochi should dispel any doubts that Russia is capable of hosting major international sport events” – President of the Russian Chess Federation Andrei Filatov said in an interview with ITAR-TASS correspondent Andrei Kartashov. The World Chess Championship Match ended on Sunday with Norwegian Magnus Carlsen [...]

The 8th International Chess Trophy Mohammed SEKKAT was organized on 17-21st November 2014 in Marakesh, the fourth largest city of Morocco. The event was organized by the Royal Moroccan Federation of Chess Foundation SEKKAT under the patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco. The tournament was played  in a 9-round Swiss format with [...]

Top Italian chess Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana visited the Italian Olympic Sport Committee (CONI) in Roma, where he met CONI President Mr Giovanni Malagò. Also present in the meeting were Fabiano’s parents, Santina and Luigi, CONI General Secretary Mr Roberto Fabbricini, and the President of the Italian Chess Federation Mr Gianpietro Pagnoncelli. The topic of the [...]

The 28th Belgrade Trophy 2014 is taking place from 24th November to 2nd December 2014 at the Centar Balasevic Hotel***** in Belgrade, Serbia. The tournament is organized by the Serbian Chess Federation and supported by the Parliament of Belgrade City in a 9-round Swiss FIDE format with the prize fund in the amount of 6.000 €. [...]

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The 74th Italian Individual Chess Championship for men is taking place from 22nd November to 5th December 2014 at the Presso l’Hotel “Villa Rota Resort” in Boscotrecase, a commune (municipality) in the Province of Naples in the Italian region Campania. The event is a 12-player round-robin tournament, including most of the best Italian chess players: 2012 [...]

The 8th Kings Tournament Romgaz 2014 is taking place on 21-26th November in Medias, the second largest city in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. The Olympic Champions 2014 – the Chinese team – will visit Romania and play 4 matches against the Romanian Olympic team in a Scheveningen system (each player of one team plays each [...]

The GM Zaw Win Lay Memorial Myanmar International Open Chess Championships 2014 started today with a short opening ceremony officiated by the Myanmar Deputy Minister of Sports. Held in Yangon at the Central Hotel on Bogyoke Aung San Road, the heart of the city’s shopping district from 23-30 November 2014, the tournament which is being [...]