Enjoy Daily Master Chess Challenge against strong players and experienced trainers in Chess Arena every day in October. IM Spas Kozhuharov, IM Nikolay Milchev, IM Velislav Kukov and WGM Iva Videnova will play with any of you for free in October. 1st October: Play with IM Velislav Kukov (3′ + 1”) at 21:00 CET 2nd October: Play with WGM Iva Videnova (2′ + [...]

The 6th edition of Västerås Open was played on 26-28th September 2014 in Växhuset, Viktor Larssons plats, in Västerås, a city in central Sweden. The event was played in 8 rounds, 4 games with a rapid time control 15′ + 5″ and 4 games with the classic 90′ + 30″. 259 players from 13 different countries took [...]

The First Stage of FIDE Grand Prix Series 2014-2015 is taking place on 1-15th October 2014 in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Caruana, Fabiano ITA GM 2801, Grischuk, Alexander RUS GM 2789, Nakamura, Hikaru USA GM 2782, Karjakin, Sergey RUS GM 2777, Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE GM 2756, Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB GM 2755, Gelfand, Boris [...]

The 2014 Oslo Chess International tournament will take place from 28th September to 5th October at the Thon Hotel Ullevaal Stadion, Sognsveien 77c, Oslo, Norway. The GM-group is a 9-round Swiss open for all players having the official titles GM, IM, FM, WGM, WIM or WFM from FIDE. Also qualified are other male players with an official [...]

Η Ένωση Σκακιστικών Σωματείων Νομού Αττικής (ΕΣΣΝΑ) προκηρύσσει τον 11ο Διαγωνισμό Λύσης Προβλημάτων για τα σωματεία της Αττικής, στη μνήμη του οργανωτή του ελληνικού σκακιού και συνθέτη σκακιστικών...

Stockfish shares 4th-5th, Chiron and Hannibal doing well after round 7

Η Ένωση Σκακιστικών Σωματείων Νομού Αττικής προκηρύσσει τον 11ο Διαγωνισμό Λύσης Προβλημάτων για τα σωματεία της Αττικής, στη μνήμη του οργανωτή του ελληνικού σκακιού και συνθέτη σκακιστικών προβλημάτων Σπύρου...

Soon after announcing that it had secured the TV rights for the FIDE World Chess Championship Match Carlsen-Anand, Norwegian state broadcaster NRK.no got in touch with several experts to ask their opinion. Magnus Carlsen’s former trainer GM Simen Agdestein believes that – “It is more difficult for Carlsen this time. Anand is the challenger and [...]

Until recently the idea of having people prepare for their openings was alien to amateurs. But this is about to change. The web site Chess DB has games by players right down to the lowest levels of competitive chess, and with the site accessible on a mobile phone everyone can now worry about having their […]

The 114 Individual Swiss Chess Championship is taking place from 27th September to 10th October 2014 in Bern, the capital of Switzerland ranked among the world’s top ten cities for the best quality of life. GM Vadim Milov (2622), GM Yannick Pelletier (2571), GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (2543), IM Nico Georgadis (2451), IM Oliver Kurmann (2439), [...]

The Rapid Match Alexei Shirov vs Evgeny Sveshnikov 2014 took place on 26-28th September 2014 in the Latvian capital Riga. The match was played in 6 games with a time control 50′ + 10″. GM Alexei Shirov won the event, scoring 5,5/6 points. The only drawn game was in Sveshnikov’s brand 2.c3 Sicilian Defence. Read more about [...]

Dr. Robert Ferguson of Bradford is among the 25 international researchers and educators recently chosen to serve on the editorial board for The Journal of Chess Research. The journal is the first international scholarly journal that focuses on research related to the game of chess across all academic disciplines. In a recent interview concerning the [...]

The International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) organizes exhibition games between top FIDE Grandmasters and CC Grandmasters. Enjoy the sharp duel GM David Van der Hoeven (2654) – GM Robin van Kampen (2631 Fide) here or visit the official website to replay the other games. More about ICCF: Correspondence chess is a type of the world-wide well-known game of chess, [...]

Georgian Club Chess Championship 2014 is taking place from 26th September to 4th October 2014 in Ureki, a town in Georgia situated on the Black Sea coast. The event is a 7-round Team Championship with round-robin format. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game [...]

Ο ΑΣΟΝ ΕΠΑΧΤΟΣ, στο πλαίσιο του εορτασμού της Ναυμαχίας της Ναυπάκτου διοργανώνει το Σάββατο 11 Οκτωβρίου 2014 το 6ο τουρνουά σκακιού blitz “LEPANTO”. Το φετινό τουρνουά θα διεξαχθεί σε συνεργασία με την ΕΣΣΠ, στο cafebeer bar...