The 2014 edition of Stockholm Open is taking place on 18-24th August 2014 in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden and most populous city in Scandinavia. The event is a 9-round Swiss Open consisting of 69 players from 8 different countries. Top seed is IM Jonathan Westerberg (SWE). Official website

The 13th World University Chess Championship is taking place on 18-24th August 2014 in Katowice, a city in Southern Poland. The event is split into two sections – Men’s Tournament consisting of 46 players from 16 different countries and Women’s Tournament including 26 players from 18 federations. All the participants were born between 1st January 1986 and 31st [...]

This is the second time that I have played Rebecca Herman in a small chess tournament in Colorado Springs. I won the first time because I caught and punished one of Rebecca’s mistakes. In this game she made a similar mistake to the one that I let her get away with the first time that […]

This doesn't look good. Magnus Carlsen is understandably concerned about the situation with Russia and Ukraine, and is also not sure who exactly is supplying the money for his coming world championhip match, scheduled to begin November 7. Accordingly, he has requested a postponement (not a change of venue), but the request has been turned down. Also, speaking of money, the prize fund may be...

At least there will be, if the producer can raise a bit more money. The short preview clips look interesting, but the producer's intro...seriously? The king and queen are set up backwards, the bishop and knight on the queenside are backwards, at one point a pawn is moved backwards, and there are more crimes against the rules besides. Let's hope he re-shoots that sequence. As for the rest, that...

The 21st Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival Masters Tournament is taking place from 20-29th August at the Abu Dhabi Chess & Culture Club in United Arab Emirates. The Festival is supported by the Abu Dhabi Sport Council and consists of following sections: - Masters Tournament for foreign players rated above 2000 elo and all Abu [...]

The International Chess Festival “Saint Petersburg summer – 2014″ is held from 21st August to 1st September 2014 at Park Hotel Krestovskiy in Saint Petersburg, the second largest city in Russia. The Festival is split into many tournaments: Tournament A – Rapid Tournament with a hefty prize fund in the amount of 550.000 RUB (nearly 11.500 €) Tournament [...]

The 22nd Canakkale Troya International Open Chess Tournament was held on 11-18th August in Canakkale, a town and seaport in Turkey on the southern (Asian) coast of the Dardanelles. Azerbaijani GM Vugar Rasulov emerged a clear winner on 8/9 points, leaving the runner-up half a point behind. GM Handszar Odeev (Turkmenistan) took the silver on 7,5 points, [...]

The 21st Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival Masters Tournament is held on 20-29th August at the Abu Dhabi Chess & Culture Club in United Arab Emirates. More information here/ Official website

The 6th and final tournament of the FIDE Women’s Grand-Prix 2013-2014 will take place from 24th August to 7th September at the world’s largest chess club in Sharjah (UAE). Twelve players will compete in the round robin tournament. The event is organized by the Sharjah Cultural and Chess Club, FIDE and Global Chess MFZE. The [...]

FIDE announces the full details of the Grand Prix 2014-2015, from which the first two (2) winners will qualify to the Candidates Tournament of the World Chess Championship Cycle 2014-2016. The schedule of the four events is the following: a) 1-15 October 2014: Baku, Azerbaijan b) 20 October – 3 November 2014: Tashkent, Uzbekistan c) [...]

The 29th Schwarzacher Chess Open 2014 is taking place at the Ballroom of the Hotel Post in Schwarzach im Pongau, a market town in the Austrian state of Salzburg on 16-23 August 2014. The event is a 9-round Swiss with a time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of [...]

The 29th Schwarzacher Chess Open 2014 is taking place at the Ballroom of the Hotel Post in Schwarzach im Pongau, a market town in the Austrian state of Salzburg on 16-23 August 2014. The event is a 9-round FIDE Swiss Open with a hefty prize fund in the amount of nearly 13.500 €, organized by  Sport Club Schwarzach - Section Chess under [...]

Το Σάββατο, που μας έρχεται, θα βρισκόμαστε στην Βέρνη της Ελβετίας για το 57ο Παγκόσμιο Συνέδριο της Σκακιστικής Σύνθεσης, ΠΣΣΣ (World Congress of Chess Composition, WCCC).Υπάρχουν αγώνες λύσης προβλημάτων και πολλά τουρνουά σύνθεσης. Το...

Having doubled Pawns in a chess game is rightfully taught as being potentially disadvantageous, and a vital step toward improvement in chess understanding comes from learning how to play against them as a static positional weakness in one’s opponent’s position that has ramifications in the middlegame as well as in the endgame. However, to dive […]