This time, we'll have a look at an exciting Dragon from round 6 of the World Rapid Championship. The game was drawn and generally well-played, but both players may have missed some chances. It looks like it's of theoretical significance as well, so Dragoneers and prospective St. Georges should check it out.

The 42nd Greek Team Chess Championship 2014 is taking place from 28th June to 3rd July, 2014, at the Porto Rio Hotel, situated near Patras, a historical city in northern Peloponnese, Greece. 32 teams will by vying in a 7 round Swiss format. The highest rated players are: GM Harikrishna Pentala 2726 (IND), GM Istratescu Andrei 2668 (FRA), GM Balogh [...]

Με περισσότερες από 70 συμμετοχές έγινε την Παρασκευή 27 Ιουνίου, στην Πλατεία Γεωργίου, το σιμουλτανέ, που διοργάνωσε η Ένωση Σκακιστικών Σωματείων Πελοποννήσου με αφορμή το Πρωτάθλημα Α! Εθνικής που διεξάγεται από 28/6...

HMC Den Bosch – Elite Cup is a 4 player Blitz Tournament, taking part on 28th June, 2014 in the town of Rosmalen, in the Netherlands. GMs Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2752, Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan) 2700, Daniel Fridman (Germany) 2627 and Benjamin Bok (Netherlands) 2591 are competing for the prize fund in the amount of 4.000 € in a [...]

The 5th tournament of the FIDE Women’s Grand-Prix 2013-2014 is taking place from 18th June to 2nd July in Lopota, Georgia. Twelve players compete in the round robin tournament. The event is organized by the Georgian Ministry of Sport and Youth, FIDE and Georgian Chess Federation, and sponsored by SOCAR. The high fighting spirit animating [...]

The Youth Club Cup: HMC Den Bosch – De Toren Arnhem is held on 28th June, 2014, in the town of Rosmalen, in the Netherlands. Official website

The XXII Montcada International Chess Tournament is in progress at Espacio Cultural Kursaal,in Montcada i Reixac, Spain. Cuban IM Camilo Ernesto Gomez Garrido and FM Roman Oganisian from Russia are ahead with perfect score after three rounds. Gomez Garrido defeated IM Sebastian Felipe Sanchez (Columbia), IM Joshua Ruiz (Columbia) and Rishi Sardana (Australia), while Oganisian outplayed Guillem...

The ICCD World Deaf Team Championship – Chess Olympiad 2014 took place from 18th to 28th June, 2014, at the Congress Center of the Grand Hotel Adriatic in the Croatian pearl Opatija. The Men Section was won by the Bulgarian team with members Nikolay Ninov, IM Veselin Georgiev, FM Dimitar Serafimov and IM Petar Orev. Bulgaria collected [...]

The 2nd Jaen Chess Festival is taking place from 28th June to 2nd July, 2014 in the Andalusian city of Jaen, Spain. The event is a 9 round Swiss with a total of 64 players from 5 different countries, including 4 GMs 7 IMs and 3 FMs. Top seed is Bulgarian GM Alexander Delchev, winner [...]

And more too, including the latest video entry with Magnus Carlsen & Espen Agdestein discussing his (Carlsen's) play in the World Rapid Championship. Have a look.

Beginners often make the mistake of memorizing an opening before they have a solid grasp of its underlying mechanics. The problem with memorizing an opening, as opposed to learning the mechanics underlying the opening (the opening principles), is that you’ll run into serious trouble the moment your opponent makes a move not included in your […]

The European School Chess Championships 2014 were held from 13th to 27th June, 2014 in the beautiful city of Kavala, situated on the Bay of Kavala in the northern Greece. The event was open to school chess champions in categories OPEN U7, U9, U11, U13, U15, U17/ GIRLS U7, U9, U11, U13, U15, U17. The [...]

Αρχίζει  σήμερα Σάββατο, στις 16:30 το  Ομαδικό Πρωτάθλημα Α’ Εθνικής 2014, στο Ρίο της Αχαϊας. Οι συναντήσεις της 1ης αγωνιστικής: ΠΣ Περιστερίου – Πειραϊκός ΟΦΗ – Αργοναύτης Κορινθίας ΣΟ Καβάλας – ΟΦΣ Καβάλας ΣΟ...

The 5th tournament of the FIDE Women’s Grand-Prix 2013-2014 is taking place from 18th June to 2nd July in Lopota, Georgia. Twelve players compete in the round robin tournament. The event is organized by the Georgian Ministry of Sport and Youth, FIDE and Georgian Chess Federation, and sponsored by SOCAR. The most awaited game of [...]

The Israeli Individual Men Championship 2014 was held from 17th to 26th June, 2014 in Beersheba, a city in Israel, known as national chess center, with more Grandmasters per capita than any other city in the world. It was exactly player from Beersheba who claimed the title this year. GM Victor Mikhalevski shared first place [...]