TCEC Season 7 – Stage 1a is over and 7 engines qualified for the second stage, while the rest are out of TCEC for the current season. The invincible Gull 3 was the revelation of Stage 1a. The engine stormed through the first phase of TCEC – Season 7 with the amazing 10,5/13 points. Critter 1.6a [...]

The 18th edition of the traditional Argentinian tournament “Mercosur Cup” will take place on 6-15th October 2014 at the Chess Circle of Villa Martelli in the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires. The event is a 10-player round-robin tournament, valid for GM norms. The time control is 90′ + 30″. Representatives of five countries will take part [...]

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich will be the Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the FIDE World Championship Match Carlsen-Anand in Sochi. This information has been confirmed to ITAR-TASS by the FIDE President assistant Berik Balgabaev. “Arkady Dvorkovich is well known in the chess world, and has extensive experience after organizing a number of [...]

Ο Donald Roy (Don) Dailey (1956-2013) ήταν αμερικανός ερασιτέχνης σκακιστής και δημιουργός σκακιστικών προγραμμάτων. Μαζί με τον στενό του φίλο και συνεργάτη Larry Kaufman παρουσίασαν και ανέπτυξαν την ισχυρότατη σκακιστική μηχανή Komodo, η...

Σκακιστική σκηνή στην ταινία Paranoia (2013), του Ρόμπερτ Λούκετιτς με τους Λίαμ Χέμσγουορθ, Γκάρι Όλντμαν, Άμπερ Χερντ, Χάρισον Φορντ. Ένα θρίλερ που εξετάζει το παρασκήνιο από μια παγκόσμια επιτυχία έως τον αδυσώπητο κόσμο...

The 4th Thessaloniki International Rapid Chess Festival 2014 is scheduled to take place on 1-2nd November 2014 at Hotel Philippion**** in Thessaloniki, the second largest city in Greece and a popular tourist destination. KERAVNOS OREOKASTRO and Thessaloniki & Halkidiki Chess Union organize the event in a 10-round Swiss format with a time control 15′ + [...]

Akiba Rubinstein (1880-1961) was a Polish Grandmaster, and a pioneer of his time when it came to opening play. He was one of the first strong Grandmasters to bear the endgame in mind when it came to selecting his openings. This is what I have read in various biographies around the internet, and it is […]

The 2nd National Youth Rapid Team Championship was held on 4th October at the Pavilhão Gimnodesportivo de Fazendas in Almeirim. 15 teams with more than 60 juniors competed in the two age groups U8-U12 and U14-U20 with the round robin tournament format and the time control 15′+10”. CXE Filipa de Lencastre “A” convincingly won the [...]

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 1 video, including a message by GM Vishy Anand, [...]

The 21st International Engiadina Zuoz Open 2014 is taking place on 5-11th October 2014 at Hotel Engiadina in Zuoz, a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The event is a 7-round Swiss FIDE tournament with a time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds for [...]

Two of the most exciting Central European chess players GM Viktor Laznicka (CZE) 2666 and GM Richard Rapport (HUN) 2720 met in one-on-one match of six games, called Novoborska Sachova Corrida. The games took place at Ajeto restaurant in Nový Bor from 30th September to 5th October 2014. The young Hungarian prodigy won his first and [...]

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. The tournament will be played according to the Swiss System in 13 rounds. Only [...]

The 2014 Oslo Chess International tournament was held from 28th September to 5th October at the Thon Hotel Ullevaal Stadion, Sognsveien 77c, Oslo, Norway. The GM-group gathered 44 players from 16 different countries (Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, India, Ireland, Italy, France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia, Sweden and Ukraine). GM Jan Werle (NED), GM Maxim Turov...

The World Girls U20 Chess Championship 2014 is held in Pune, India, from 5th October (arrival) to 20th October (departure) 2014. The Championship is organized and conducted by Maharashtra Chess Association under the auspices of AICF and FIDE in 13-round Swiss format. Last year’s champion was WGM Alexandra Goryachkina (Russia). Official website

After the successful organization in 2014 of seven (7) workshops for the training of the International Arbiters, in which more than 180 Arbiters participated, FIDE and FIDE Arbiters’ Commission are going to continue the training of the Arbiters by organizing Refreshing Courses on Internet. The following subjects will be discussed in these Refreshing Courses: (a) [...]