Let’s assume that, whether you’re a parent or a teacher, you want your children to learn chess because you’d like to give them the opportunity, should they have the talent and the interest, to become good players. Of course this isn’t a safe assumption. These days, at least in my part of the world, most […]

Central Serbia First Division Team Chess Champion is taking place on 13-21st September 2014 at Tourist Hotel**** in the Serbian city of Kraljevo. Twelve teams are playing in round-robin format with a time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds increment starting from move [...]

The Hungarian Chess Federation (HCF) will organize the World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad for teams in Győr (Hungary) from 12th December (arrival) to 22nd December (departure). The U-16 Youth Olympiad will be conducted under the auspices of FIDE. The tournament venue is located in the University of Győr (Nyugat- Magyarorszagi Egyetem), Liszt Ferenc út 42. [...]

Live games with analysis

I hadn’t played for a while before the event, but had done some prep at home and played a few successful training games. The tournament wasn’t a disaster but was rather frustrating, as it seemed a long list of missed opportunities, but some of them weren’t easy to spot, at least for me! I have [...]

Ο Τζιμ Τζάρμους («Ghost Dog», «Broken Flowers») φτιάχνει μια ιστορία με βαμπίρ, διαφορετική από τις συνηθισμένες. Μια αλληγορία για τη συντροφικότητα, την τέχνη και την πορεία της ανθρωπότητας. Στους δύο αρχετυπικούς ρόλους του...

There are two concepts that all chess players must understand from the start; strategy and tactics. Beginners often confuse the two. Simply put, when we employ a strategy in chess, we are examining a game position in general terms and working out a plan to deal with the overall problem at hand (From a strategic […]

The 2nd Azuqueca Chess Classic 2014 will take place on 13-21st September at the Centro de Ocio Rio Henares in Azuqueca de Henares (Guadalajara), Spain. The 9-round Swiss event is organized by the Equigoma Casa Social. Tournament director is Alejandro de la Orden Alcocer and chief arbiter is IA Luis Blasco de la Cruz. The [...]

The 13th Open de Ajedrez Ciudad de Reinosa 2014 is set to take place on 13th September at the Instituto Montesclaros in Reinosa, Cantabria, Spain. The 9-round Swiss event with the time control 15′+5” is organized by the Club Ajedrez Campoo. Top prizes are EUR 1000 / 750 / 510 / 415 / 330 / [...]

The 7th Masters Final is taking place on 14-21st September 2014 in Bilbao, a city in Spain, capital of the province of Biscay in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Levon Aronian (World #2, World Team Champion with the team of Armenia), Viswanathan Anand (Five-time world champion, currently ranked World #5), Ruslan Ponomariov (the youngest World champion [...]

9 of the top 10 GMs will be in the ECC and Bilbao Final Masters

The 11th Malaysian Chess Festival 2014 began with the 34th ASTRO Merdeka Rapid Team Championship in which over 500 players including Grandmasters from various countries participated. Here is the first day video by Vijay Kumar

Finally, ‘gaming your training’ at Chessity.com is now even more easily accessible for our little players! We have developed a special page where children can navigate easily, and learn how to play chess without any assistance from adults. The page contains less information and focuses on games and training, so your child can improve his [...]

ECO Cultural Institute (ECI) in collaboration with Iran Chess Federation organized the first edition of “ECO Chess Cup” from 3rd to 12th of September 2014 in the Iranian capital Tehran to improve cooperation and exchange culture between member countries of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). 10 players from 10 different federation of member countries of ECO including Islamic [...]

The 7th edition of the Annual Women’s International Tournament “Maria Albulet Memorial” took place on 3-12th Septeber 2014 at the Memorial House “Petre Stefanescu-Goangă” in Braila, the 11th most populous city in Romania. 10 players from 4 different countries took part in a round-robin event. First seeded IM/WGM Irina Bulmaga stormed through the tournament, finishing clear first...