Ministry of Sport and Youth of Georgia and Georgian Chess Federation organized the 2014 edition of Nona Gaprindashvili Cup Open A on 9-17 September 2014 at the Chess Palace in Tbilisi, the capital city of Georgia. The 9-round Swiss event consisted of 65 players from 8 different countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Georgia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine), [...]

Το σκακιστικό τρένο, με αφετηρία την Πράγα, θα διασχίσει και φέτος τα πιο όμορφα μέρη της κεντρικής Ευρώπης. 5 ημέρες, 5 πόλεις, 5 χώρες και πλούσιο πρόγραμμα με σκάκι στα βαγόνια (που το καθένα έχει το όνομα ενός...

I have been discussing gambits with a student of mine, to explore the concept of positional sacrifice, a sacrifice of material with long-term positional objectives rather than with a clear immediate tactical winning shot. A position came up that illustrates a dilemma that often comes up when playing a positional sacrifice: when do you “cash […]

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, President of the Russian Chess Federation Andrei Filatov, former world champion Vladimir Kramnik and representative of Krasnodar Krai will meet during the International Investment Forum “Sochi-2014″ to sign an agreement to create a “Sports Center for Chess Training” named after Vladimir Kramnik. The Chess Center should be the biggest...

Chess in Italy is now mainstream

The 16th International Villepinte Rapid Chess Tournament took place on 14th September 2014 at the Gymnase Victor Hugo, avenue du President Kennedy parc de la Noue 93420, in Villepinte, a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. The event was a 9-round Swiss Rapid Open with a time control 15 minutes per player and a prize [...]

Before writing, I checked for other peoples’ views on how a busy person should prepare? But most of the time they suggest opening repertories which save time. Instead of this I have a different idea that does not involve the effort involved in changing openings, instead putting the focus on managing your existing repertoire more […]

The next Zurich Chess Challenge is set to take place from 13th to 19th February, 2015, in Hotel Savoy Baur en Ville, in the largest city in Switzerland, Russian Chess Federation announced. The winner of Zurich Chess Challenge 2013 and winner of Zurich Rapid 2014 Fabiano Caruana will be back for another shot at the [...]

Georgian Chess Federation and European Chess Union are organizing the 2014 European Youth Chess Championships, which will take place in Batumi (Black See), Georgia between October the 18th (arrival) and October the 29th (departure). The Championships will be held in 5***** Batumi hotel “Sheraton Batumi” (built in 2010). In case of need second 5***** playing [...]

From 12 to 14 September 2014 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Windhoek, Namibia, by the Namibian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE. The lecturer was IA Werner Stubenvoll (AUT), FIDE Lecturer. The lectures were in English language. Fourteen (14) people from Namibia participated in the Seminar and all of them participated in [...]

The 2014 editions of Xtracon Grand Master and Lady Chess are scheduled to be held on 11-18th October 2014 at the Asgård Skole, Norsvey 2 in Køge, a market town and seaport on the coast of Køge Bugt, Denmark. The Xtracon Grand Master 2014 will be a 9-round Swiss Open with a time control 90′ + [...]

The 11th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open is taking place from 15-21st September at the Cititel Hotel Mid Valley, MidValley City, Kuala Lumpur. 130 players from 15 countries, including 14 Grandmasters and 19 International Masters, are taking part in the event. Vijay Kumar presents the round 3 video

The traditional Marostica Chess Festival took place on 12-14th September 2014 at Piazza Castello in Marostica, a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy, mostly famous for its living chess event and for the local cherry variety. A chess game with living characters represented a Middle Aged story (see below). The story of [...]

41st National Women Challengers (National B) Chess Champoinship 2014 took place on 7-15th September 2014 at the Peddem Sports Complex Peddem, in Mapusa, a town in North Goa, India. The event was an 11-round Swiss with a time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds [...]

(φωτ. Η ισχυρότερη σκακίστρια της γενιάς της, η Γεωργιανή Νόνα Γκαπριντασβίλι, παγκόσμια πρωταθλήτρια γυναικών από το 1962 έως το 1978 και η πρώτη γυναίκα που κατέκτησε τον τίτλο του GM θα αγωνιστεί στην Κατερίνη) Από τις 23...