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“Find Fault … Judge with severity … … readily.” If you were with me last week, you will likely remember that the above is the phrase I suggested that every chess player should live by with regard to each game they play if they are serious about their chess and would like to improve. In […]

The 2nd Gideon Japhet Memorial Open Chess Tournament 2014 is in progress in the Israeli capital. The great chess festival in Jerusalem continues with the high-profile match Gelfand vs. Svidler. Four games of the match were played in two days. The current result is 2,5-1,5 in favor of the guest GM Peter Svidler. The only decisive game so [...]

Hou Yifan fans may wish to check out her video series on her career over on Chess24. (It's available a la carte for non-members for five euros.) While presenting in English is clearly a struggle for her, her meaning is usually pretty clear and her understated style is pleasant. Not a "must see", perhaps, but I find it interesting to watch a world champion talk about his or her successes.

Perhaps so, or at least close enough to have the Olympiad take place with all the tardy teams participating. See this article, especially the update, for more information.

Biel: Caruana won Dortmund convincingly; likewise So in Bergamo. Now it looks like Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is going to be a third straight impressive winner of an elite round-robin event. His win today over Alexander Motylev extended his lead to a point and a half over the field - pretty impressive after just seven rounds (of 10). He has 5 points; Pentala Harikrishna, Radoslaw Wojtaszek and Hou...

The Korinthia Chess Academy “Argonaftis” is organizing the 4th International Chess Tournament Isthmia 2014 on 18-25th August at the Alkyon Hotel in Vrachati, Korinthia, Greece. Prefecture of Peloponnisos, Municipality of Velo Vocha, Municipality of Korinth and Regional Unity of Korinthia are supporting the event. The tournament will be held over 9 rounds of Swiss system [...]

The 11th Annual Susan Polgar Girls’ Invitational chess tournament, held July 10-15 at Webster University, wrapped up on Tuesday, July 15, in an unprecedented three-way tie. The co-champions include top-seeded Kimberly Ding of New Jersey, Natasha Morales Santos of Puerto Rico and Neeshmy Nunez Gonzales of Costa Rica. Ultimately, rules of FIDE, the International Chess [...]

The 2014 Dutch Open Chess Championship is taking place on 21-31st July 2014 at the Sports Hall at Grand Café-theater halls center Theo Thorne in the Netherlands. The event is a 9-round Swiss, open to players rated more than 2100. Top prizes are 2.500 €/ 1.750 €/ 1.000 €. The preliminary list of players includes 61 players from [...]

Κανονικά θα βλέπετε ανακοινώσεις για τους διαγωνισμούς σύνθεσης, όπως αναγγέλλονται διαδοχικά, στην σελίδα του Παγκόσμιου Συνεδρίου για την Σκακιστική Σύνθεση της Βέρνης 2014, και συγκεκριμένα στην σελίδα:Διαγωνισμοί...

The FIDE World Senior Team Chess Championship 2014 took place on 13-21st July at the Vilnius Town Hall, Didžioji g. 31, LT-01128 Vilnius, Lithuania. The Championship consisted of two sections: - Section 1 with 18 teams: Open tournament for teams with players 50+, including women’s teams with players 50+ which have separate ranking and prizes [...]

The 2014 edition of Schack-SM was hosted by the town of Borlange, situated in Dalarna County, Sweden from 11-20th July, 2014. GM Daniel Semcesen was a sole winner of the tournament with 6/9 points, leaving the runner-up GM Erik Blomqvist half a point behind. Third place was shared by GM Pontus Carlsson and GM Emanuel Berg on 5 [...]

The 8th edition of Leiden Chess Tournament was held on 11-20th July, 2014, in Leiden, a city in the Dutch province of South Holland. The event was organized by the Stichting Denksportpromotie Nederland, a foundation for mind sports, in a 9-round Swiss format. The last-year’s tradition goes on in Leiden. After GM S. P. Sethuraman won the [...]

The 2014 Politiken Cup is taking place on 21-29th July 2014 in Copenhagen, the capital and most populous city in Denmark. The event is a 10-round FIDE Swiss Tournament, open to all players and it’s going to be a nice preparation just before the Chess Olympiad 2014 in Tromso, Norway. The tournament gathers 313 players from [...]

The Tikhookeansky Meridian was held on 18-20th July at the DVFU campus in Vladivostok. The 11-round rapid chess tournament was a stage in the circuit Rapid Cup of Russia. 65 players competed. The total prize fund was 450,000 RUB (approx 9500 EUR), with 2100 EUR reserved for the winner. Grandmasters Artyom Timofeev, Vladimir Belous and [...]