The 3rd Yuriy Privalov Memorial 2014 is running from 28th October to 2nd November 2014 in Lviv, a city in western Ukraine. The event is organized in honor of the Ukrainian trainer Yuriy Privalov in a 10-player IM round-robin format with a time control 90′ + 30″. The highest rated players IM Daniil Shkuran (2377) and [...]

The European Youth Chess Championships concluded on Tuesday in Batumi, Georgia, and Europe got 12 new Youth Champions for 2014. In the Open group U18 GM Avital Boruchovsky (ISR) 2501 became the Champion with 7.5 points. IM Daniil Yuffa (RUS) 2449 with 7.0 points. Four players with 6.5 points tied for the 3rd place, but [...]

Namibia Chess Federation (NCF) is inviting eligible players from all African Chess Federations affiliated to the World Chess Federation (FIDE) to participate in 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). Participation: - African [...]

The 3rd Yuriy Privalov Memorial is taking place from 28th October to 2nd November 2014 in Lviv, a city in western Ukraine. The event is a 10-player IM round-robin tournament with top seed IM Petr Golubka. Official website

Yorkshire ‘A’ are the winners with 11.5 / 16 with Warwickshire ‘A’ and Yorkshire ‘B’ joint second and third with 10 / 16. I am afraid to say that my own team, Hertfordshire ‘A’, did not do so well this year with only 6 / 16 and ended up in a quadruple tie for last […]

The 2014 SPICE Cup Open was held on 21-26th October 2014 at the Crowne Plaza Clayton Hotel in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. The 9-round Swiss open was sponsored by Webster University and the Susan Polgar Foundation, offering the prize fund of $13,000 guaranteed (up from $11,000 last year). Ukrainian GM Illya Nyzhnyk, a student in the Webster University, emerged a [...]

The 2nd Montigny Masters Chess Tournament 2014 was organized by La Dame Noire (Black Queen) Chess Club on 18-26th October 2014 in Martigny, France. The event was a 10-player round-robin tournament, including 2 GMs, 1 IM and 6 FMs. Bulgarian GM Vladimir Petkov stormed through the tournament, scoring 8/9 points and leaving the nearest followers [...]

The second stage of the Top Computer Chess Championship TCEC is underway and two engines from “Club 3000+” are already in the lead. Both Chiron 2 and Houdini 4 scored 3/4, although the direct duel between them in the second round of the tournament finished in favor of Chiron. You can replay the game in the Archive [...]

Πρώτη και δεύτερη θέση για την Αναστασία Αβραμίδου (δεξιά) και την Σταυρούλα Τσολακίδου (αριστερά) αντίστοιχα, στην κατηγορία κοριτσιών έως 14 ετών (όπου συμμετείχαν 77 σκακίστριες από τις χώρες της Ευρώπης), στο...

The 13th Delhi International Chess Festival 2015 is set to take place on 9-16th January, 2015, at the Ludlow Castle Sports Complex, Civil Lines, New Delhi, India. The Festival is following immediately after the 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament. The event will consist of three sections: - Category A, for players who crossed [...]

The third round of the 18th OIBM Bad Wiessee Open Chess Tournament upset some of the leaders. Last year’s winner GM Alexander Delchev (2633) lost against the lower rated FM Ludwig Deglmann (2340). The game finished in 23 (!) moves with a classical worth to see mating combination. Meanwhile, GM Sebastian Bogner (2575) lost with White pieces against [...]

Società Scacchistica Milanese, a historical chess club established in 1881, will organize a number of promotional chess events before and during EXPO 2015, which is starting from 1st May 2015 in Milan, Italy. The introduction took place on the city square in front of “Castello Sforzesco”, the castle of the renaissance noble family Sforza. The [...]

It is of great comfort to us (or should be anyway) that even masters get things wrong in chess. And why shouldn’t they? After all, chess is not straight-forward, nor is it an exact science. And when that is mixed together with the human brain, (which though powerful is not infallible), mistakes will happen. However, […]

The Final Stage of the 2014 Portugal Classical Chess Circuit is taking place from 31st October to 2nd November 2014 in Matosinhos, a city in northern Portugal. The event is a 6-player round-robin tournament. The list of participants includes: Ivo Dias, Simao Maciel Abranches Pintor, Orfeh Bolhari, Antonio Silva, Jorge Ferreira and Andre Sousa. Official [...]

Στις 8 Νοεμβρίου (η τελετή έναρξης στις 7 Νοεμβρίου) θα αρχίσει στο Σότσι της Ρωσίας η σημαντικότερη σκακιστική ενδήλωση του 2014, το ματς για το παγκόσμιο πρωτάθλημα μεταξύ του πρωταθλητή από το 2013 Νορβηγού Μάγκνους...