The 5th Vaujany International Chess Festival was held on 10-18th July at the Espace Loisirs Center in Vaujany, France. The competition was organized by Promo-Echecs and the total prize fund was 7300 EUR. The Festival consisted of three events: - Main tournament (Tournoi Principal), for players rated above 1850 - B tournament (Tournoi Accession), for [...]

The 2014 edition of the South African Open took place on 12-19th July 2014 in Bloemfontein, the capital city of the Free State Province of South Africa and the judicial capital of the nation. The event was split into two 11-round Open Tournaments: Open A and Open B. Section A gathered 131 players from 9 different countries, including 1 [...]

The British Individual Chess Championship 2014 is taking place from 19th July to 2nd August 2014 at the Aberystwyth University, Penglais Campus, in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion. The event is an 11-round Swiss Open, including 59 participants. Top prizes: 5.000 £/ 2.500 £/ 1.500 £/ 1.000 £/ 750 £/ 500 £/ 250 £ First seed is GM David Howell. Official website

From 9 to 13 June 2014 the 33rd Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was held, organized by the Chess Educators of USA and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer and Technical Organizer of the seminar was IA/IO Sevan Muradian (USA), FIDE Lecturer. The language of the Seminar was English. 8 people from USA attended [...]

The Serbian Chess Federation was host to the FIDE Zone 1.5 meeting, which was held on 17th July at Master Hall in Novi Sad, the venue of the International Championship of Vojvodina. The meeting was chaired by President of FIDE Zone 1.5 and President of Serbian Chess Federation Miroslav Kopanja. FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Executive [...]

Από τις 22 έως τις 28 Ιουλίου θα διεξαχθεί το καλοκαιρινό τουρνουά του ΟΠΑ Φιλοθέης. Τα βασικά χαρακτηριστικά του τουρνουά είναι: - Θα διεξαχθεί στην κλιματιζόμενη αίθουσα του ΟΠΑ Φιλοθέης, Κηφισίας 312Α (παράδρομος) και...

Το “9ο Μεσογειακό Πρωτάθλημα Σκάκι Ανδρών-Γυναικών”, θα διεξαχθεί στα Χανιά από 3 έως 9 Σεπτεμβρίου 2014 στο ξενοδοχείο Caldera Creta Paradise*****, στη περιοχή Πλατανιάς. Διοργανωτές των αγώνων είναι η Mediterranean Chess Association – MCA, ο...

Two GMs, the 26-year-old Gawain Jones from England and the 22-year-old Peter Prohaszka from Hungary were the protagonists in a unique event: They combined excellently blind and “live” chess at a game that took place at the large outdoor chess board at the central square of Aghios Kirykos! The game attracted the attention of many spectators. The two [...]

Improving your game requires effort in the form of studying. The greater the effort, the greater the improvement. No one is born with a chess gene that allows them to play like a Grandmaster from moment they first sit down at a chess board. We get better at chess though hard work. Like mastering a […]

The 32nd edition of Andorra International Chess Open is organized by Federació d’Escacs Valls d’Andorra on 19-27th July 2014 at the Sant Gothard Hotel in Erts (La Massana). The event will be a 9-round Swiss Open, valid for FIDE rating and norms, with a time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest [...]

The 32nd edition of Andorra International Chess Open is organized by Federació d’Escacs Valls d’Andorra on 19-27th July 2014 at the Sant Gothard Hotel in Erts (La Massana). The event will be a 9-round Swiss Open, valid for FIDE rating and norms. Top seed is GM Julio Granda (Peru). Official website

Τζόουνς (αριστερά), Κουρκουνάκης (με πλάτη στο φακό), Προχάσκα και στο βάθος παιδιά, ως σκακιστικές φιγούρες, στο τυφλό - ζωντανό σκάκι της Ικαρίας - Jones (left), Kourkounakis (with his back to the camera), Prohaska (right) and in the backgound the children acting as chess pieces...

The 25th Pan-American Youth Chess Festival was held on 10-17th July at the Hotel Club Dorados, Oaxtepec, in the state of Morelos, Mexico. The events was organized by the Confederation of Chess for Americas (CCA), Mexico National Chess Federation (FENAMAC) and the Organizer Committee, with the support of Comisión Nacional de Cultura Física y Deporte [...]

1. Dortmund: Peter Leko beat Arkadij Naiditsch, while the other three games were drawn. Michael Adams pressed with Black against Georg Meier and won material, but was unable to convert. In the battle of the top dogs (by rating), first Fabiano Caruana (with Black) had some advantage and then Vladimir Kramnik did, but it never got out of control for either player and the draw was agreed after 48...

First, an open letter from FIDE President Kirsan Iljumzhinov to the Norwegian organizers of the upcoming Olympiad, expressing his dismay about their decision not to allow the Russian women's team to compete. He also protests what he considers their usurpations of FIDE's authority, a theme struck here by Russian Chess Federation President Andrey Filatov and the legal counsel he has retained.