One of the most important qualities that a chess player can possess, is the ability to calculate deep and accurately in a position. It is, no doubt, one of the things that separates an average player from a strong one, and a strong one from an elite one. And, according to its importance, calculation in […]

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. The event is organized by the DAT Chess Centre, Wilayah Kompleks, Kuala Lumpur. 130 players from 15 countries, including 14 Grandmasters and 19 International Masters, are taking part in the event. [...]

The Swensen’s Rapid Age Group Championship, a part of the 11th Malaysian Chess Festival, was a one day event with over 540 children from 7 countries in the age groups of 6-16 taking part part. Video by Vijay Kumar

Albanian Chess Federation is organizing the International Open Chess Tournament “Durres 2014″ on 1-8th November 2014 in the Conference Hall of the Hotel “Bleart”****  in Durres, one of the most ancient and significant cities of Albania, situated on the Adriatic Coast. The 9-round Swiss tournament with a time control 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″ will be [...]

The 12th edition of the Amantea Chess Festival took place on 7-14th September 2014 at Hotel “La Tonnara” in Amantea, an Italian town and tourist center on the southern Tyrrhenian Sea coast. 61 players competed in a 9-round Swiss tournament with a time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the [...]

Fabiano Caruana has had an extremely successful summer. After is his tournament victory in Dordtmund he gave an exclusive interview that is published in the latest issue of New In Chess. Caruana explains the role of his trainer Vladimir Chuchelov, how they prepare for his opponents and what sort of positions he likes to get. [...]

Last Saturday I played a couple of blindfold games at the Bradford Chess Festival. This isn’t as hard as it sounds for experienced and strong players, most players over 2200 should manage at least one. But is it good or bad for your chess? Opinion is divided. In the former Soviet Union blindfold exhibitions were […]

Ξεκίνησε χτες και θα διαρκέσει ως τις 20 Σεπτεμβρίου το φετινό Bilbao Masters. Πρόκειται για πουλ διπλών συναντήσεων όπου μετέχουν ο Ινδός πρώην παγκόσμιος πρωταθλητής Βισβανάθαν Ανάντ, ο Αρμένιος Λέβον Αρονιάν, ο Ουκρανός...

The Skovbo GM tournament (KKSA) was held on 5-14th September at the Borup Kulturhus, Møllevej 2, 4140 Borup, Denmark. The 9-round Swiss event with a time control 90′ + 30″ has attracted 52 participants from 6 different countries (Denmark, Iceland, France, Italy, Russia and Sweden). IM Simon Bekker-Jensen emerged a clear winner with 7/9 points and deservedly grabbed [...]

Humanitarian Rapid Open Gunja 2014 was organized by Chess Club “Gunja” in collaboration with Gunja Municipality on 14th September 2014 in Gunja, a village and municipality in the hinterland of the left banks of the Sava River in the region of Cvelferija, Croatia. Earlier this year Balkans were struck by the worst flooding in the last 120 [...]

Humanitarian Gunja Open Rapid Tournament 2014 is organized by Chess Club “Gunja” in collaboration with Gunja Municipality on 14th September 2014 in Gunja, a village and municipality in the hinterland of the left banks of the Sava River in the region of Cvelferija, Croatia. 155 players from 4 different countries (Bosna and Herzegovina, Croatia, France and Serbia) [...]

Ο αμερικανός Ρέιμοντ Τσάντλερ (1888 – 1959), κλασσικός της αστυνομικής λογοτεχνίας, δημιουργεί τον αρχετυπικό του ντετέκτιβ Μάρλοου και στο μυθιστόρημα του Το ψηλό παράθυρο που θα δημοσιεύσει το 1942 χρησιμοποιεί το σκάκι...

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San Salvador Chess Open is scheduled to take part on 5-11 December 2014 at the FSA Playing Hall of INDES in San Salvador, the capital city of El Salvador and one of the largest urban centers in the Central America isthmus. The tournament will be played in a 9-round Swiss format, valid for FIDE rating [...]

Chess Kidz Next Generation team lifted the coveted 34th Astro Merdeka Rapid Cup in the 104 Teams Championship. GM Alexei Barsov won the top board prize. Video by Vijay Kumar.