The Skovbo GM tournament is taking place from 5th to 14th September at the Borup Kulturhus, Møllevej 2, 4140 Borup, Denmark. The 9-round Swiss event has attracted 52 participants. Top rated players are: GM Vladimir Burmakin Russia 2584, GM Daniel Semcesen (Skanderborg Skakklub) Sweden 2472, GM Henrik Danielsen (BMS Skak) Iceland 2488, IM Axel Smith [...]

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If you want to get good at chess, you have to put work into it, namely in the form of studying the game’s principles. Unfortunately, living in a society that values instant gratification, we often avoid hobbies or pastimes that require serious effort. Many chess playing adults tend to learn only what is necessary to […]

Polonia Wroclaw Chess Club, under the patronage of the European Chess Union and the Polish Chess Federation, organizes the European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2014, from 19-21 December, 2014, in Wroclaw, Poland. The Championship will be held under the auspices of Rafa Dutkiewicz – the President of the city of Wroclaw and will bear [...]

The final stage of the Portuguese Chess Championship 2014 will be held from 7th to 13th September at the Hotel AS in Lisbon. Ten players will compete in the round robin tournament. Among them are four former National Champions, seeking to win back the title: GM António Fernandes (12 titles, last in 2007/2008), IM Rui [...]

Our Moscow correspondent met with Berik Balgabaev, Executive Assistant to FIDE President, and took the opportunity to ask a couple of quick questions. Q: Good day Mr Balgabaev, it’s been a few weeks since the Chess Olympiad and FIDE elections in Tromso. What are your impressions? A: Well, the Chess Olympiad was quite good, despite [...]

Παλιότερη φωτογραφία που δείχνει δυο άνδρες να παίζουν σκάκι σε κατάστημα mcdonald’s, κάπου στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες. Αυτές τις μέρες ένα κύμα απεργιών και συγκεντρώσεων τυλίγει τις αλυσίδες φαστ φουντ στις ΗΠΑ. Με...

The World Senior Chess Championship will be held in Katerini, Greece from 23 October to 5 November 2014. The tournament will take place in the conference center of “Mediterranean Village” in Katerini, Olympus Riviera, Greece. The Championship is organized in categories over 50 and over 65 with separate tournament for women. More than 150 players, [...]

With a draw against Elina Danielian in the 9th round of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Sharjah, UAE, the World Champion Hou Yifan secured overall first place in the FIDE Women Grand Prix Series 2013-2014. Yifan’s main competitor in the Series, Humpy Koneru, fell behind in the standings and can not catch up with [...]

Clinching first place of the 2014 Sinquefield Cup is GM Fabiano Caruana, who claimed the lion's share of the U.S. super tournament's $315,000 prize fund with two rounds remaining.

This chess game is one of my recently completed games form the 2011 Golden Knights Final. Bonsack is the second master that I have drawn in this section and the second highest rated in this section at 2344. Unless I am mistaken, I have drawn a few 2300 rated players in correspondence chess, but I […]

Φωτ. Ο Βέρνερ Μπέργκενγκριν (1892-1964). Μερικά στοιχεία για τη ζωή του πρακτικά άγνωστου στην Ελλάδα συγγραφέα θα βρείτε εδώ. Διήγημα με σκακιστική πλοκή που μετάφρασε από τα γερμανικά ο φίλος Τάκης Δρεπανιώτης και...

The 3rd Annual Noel Skelton Open was held on 30-31st August (Labor Day Weekend) at the Crown Plaza Minneapolis West, in Plymouth, Minnesota. Grandmaster Wesley So repeated the last year’s success to once again emerge clear winner of the top Premier section. Wesley won four games and conceded only one draw to stay half a [...]

The 4th edition of Mohamed Slama Memorial is in progress at the luxurious Hotel Monastir Center****, situated in the center of the splendid touristic city of Monastir, Tunisia and adjoining a beautiful sandy beach. The Festival is organized by Chess Club La Tour Blanche – Ksibet El Mediouni in a 9-round Swiss format. The hefty prize fund in the amount of [...]