Russian Federation and the city of Sochi are hosting the FIDE World Chess Championship Match 2014. It will take place from November 7th to November 28th, 2014. The match is between World Champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway) and winner of the Candidates Tournament 2014 Vishvanathan Anand (India). The WCM 2014 shall be played over a maximum [...]

In the game of chess, each lowly Pawn has the potential to promote to a powerful Queen by advancing all the way to the 8th rank. Also, there’s a remarkable rule that if one side cannot make any legal moves, the game is actually a draw, rather than a loss for the paralyzed side. These […]

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized on 20 and 21 December 2014 in Eybens (3km south of Grenoble), France, by the French Chess Federation National Arbiters Commission and the Ligue Dauphiné Savoie, in cooperation with the French Chess Federation and under the auspice of FIDE. The Lecturer will be IA Stephen Boyd [...]

From 4 to 7 October 2014 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Palmira, Colombia, by the Colombian Chess Federation and the Commission for Women’s Chess, under the auspices of FIDE. The lecturer was IA Barbara Lopez Chavez Marino (CUB), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant lecturer was FA Roquelina Fandino Reyes (CUB). The lectures were in [...]

The Washington Chess Congress was held from October 8-13, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia. The event had 4 sections: Premier, Under 2100, Under 1700 and Under 1300. The tournament format was 7-round Swiss with the time control 40/110, SD/30, d10. The total prize fund was around $23,000, [...]

The 23rd Croatian Team Chess Championships for Men and Women were organized by the Croatian Chess Federation on 3-13th October 2014 at the Bluesun Hotel Elaphusa in Bol on island Brac in Croatia. Men’s Section was convincingly won by Chess Club “Zagreb” (Zagreb) with 18/18 points. The team consisted of GM Vladimir Malakhov from Russia [...]

The 23rd Annual Midwest Class Championships were held from October 10-12, 2014, at the Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling, Illinois. The event consisted of seven sections and the playing format was 5-round Swiss with the time control 40/110, SD/30, d10. The total prize fund was $20,000. The Premier section had [...]

Το αθλητικό κέντρο έχει τη χαρά να σας ενημερώσει ότι ξεκίνησαν οι προπονήσεις για τη σεζόν 2014-2015.Αναλυτικά: Τμήμα Α’(προχωρημένοι):Δευτέρα 20.00-21.30 Τμήμα Β’(ενδιάμεσοι):Πέμπτη 20.00-21.00 Τμήμα Γ1′(αρχάριοι):Παρασκευή...

The event was organized by SO Crna Trava, chess clubs Komren Niš and Radnički Ćuprija, and sponsored by Chessdom.com

Για το Ομαδικό Πρωτάθλημα Παίδων-Κορασίδων: Σ.Ο. Καλλιθέας – Α.Σ. Παπάγου (5ος γύρος, 19-10-2014, 10:30) Για το Πρωτάθλημα Παμπαίδων Κ8: ΑΣΟΠ Δίας Γ’ – Σ.Ο. Καλλιθέας (4ος γύρος, 19-10-2014, 10:30)Filed under: ΑΤΑΞΙΝΟΜΗΤΟ

Nørresundby Chess Club and Aalborg Chess Association organize the International Senior Tournament in honor and respect of the memory of GM Bent Larsen (1935-2010) from 13th to 18th October in Aalborg, Denmark. The event is a 7-round Swiss with a time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game [...]

Dates remain the same, Jobava substitutes Ghaem Maghami

The World Junior Chess Championships 2014 (for boys & girls under 20) are being held in Pune, India, from 6th to 19th October 2014. The Championship is organized and conducted by Maharashtra Chess Association under the auspices of AICF and FIDE. Vijay Kumar presents the round 8 video. Live games with analysis (Boys) / Live [...]

Το διεθνές ράπιντ μεταφέρεται από τη Χαλκιδική στη Θεσσαλονίκη, στους χώρους του ξενοδοχείου Φιλίππειον που βρίσκεται στο δάσος Σεϊχ Σου. Σε κοντινή απόσταση από το ξενοδοχείο είναι η παλιά πόλη. Να σημειώσουμε ότι το...

Black to Move I got this position as a Black in a recent tournament against a 2085 rated player (peak rating 2300). Here white has managed to fix the a5, c7 and c6 pawns (weaknesses should not be mobile – an important concept). Personally I don’t like to play with this kind of positions but […]