Σκακιστική γιορτή τον Ιούλιο στην Ικαρία, με διαλέξεις, επιδείξεις, προβολές, γρήγορο σκάκι, ξεχωριστούς αγώνες για παιδιά, Λύση Προβλημάτων, Ομαδικό Μεσογειακό Τουρνουά και, βέβαια, με την πιο σημαντική εκδήλωση, το...

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. After four rounds and right [...]

The 9th Annual International Chess Tournament Open Teplice was held  from 14th to 22nd June, 2014, at the Estrade Hall in Culture House of Teplice, Czech Republic. The event gathered 161 players from 23 different countries, including 16 GMs, 15 IMs, 9 FMs, 1 WGM, 2 WIMs and 2 WFMs. More information here Armenian GM Hrant Melkumyan emerged [...]

The Turkish Team Chess Championship – First League is taking place from 23rd to 29th June, 2014 at the Rixos Hotel Konya, in the city of Konya, Turkey. The event includes 24 teams. Top players are: GM Sergey Fedorcuhk (UKR) 2655, GM Baskaran Adhiban (IND) 2624, GM Alexander Galkin (RUS) 2615, GM Viorel Iordachescu (MDA) [...]

Ten of the top young chess players in the United States are vying in the 2014 U.S. Junior Closed Championship June 19-29 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL). Follow live with triple engine analysis Tournament website/ More information and list of participants

From 20 to 22 June 2014 a Workshop for the training of the International Arbiters was organized in Monastir, Tunisia, by the Tunisian Chess Federation, in cooperation with the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and under the auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Workshop was the Monastir Center Hotel (4*) in Monastir, where the participants were [...]

The 5th International Chess Tournament of Forni di Sopra took place from June 14th to 21st, 2014, in Forni di Sopra, part of the Friulian Dolomites Natural Park and one of the jewels of the Italian Alps. The event consisted of three sections: Open A (9-round Swiss) for the players rated above 2000, Open B [...]

The level of detail in this radio interview is far, far, far, far less than in the Chess Life profile mentioned here, but it's still nice to see Ken Regan and his chess-related work featured in the mass media. HT: Brian Karen

Με την συμμετοχή 32 ομάδων ξεκινάει το Σάββατο 28/6/2014 το ομαδικό πρωτάθλημα Α! Εθνικής στο ξενοδοχείο Porto-Rio. ΣΟ Πατρών, ΕΣ Αιγιαλείας και ΝΕΠ θα εκπροσωπήσουν και φέτος την ΕΣΣΠ στην μεγάλη διοργάνωση.

The 9th Edmonton Chess Festival is held from 20th to 29th June, 2014 at the Edmonton Chess Club in the city of Edmonton, Canada. The main event is a 10 player round-robin with the participation of  GM Wesley So (Philippines) 2744, GM Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) 2738,  GM Anton Kovalyov (Canada) 2636, GM Samuel Shankland (USA) 2632, GM Irina Krush (USA) 2484, IM Raja Panjwani [...]

The Moscow Chess Federation will organize the 11th Moscow Open in 2015, the MCF Board decided at the meeting held on 18th June. The recent happenings at the Russian State Social University, which hosted the event since its inception in 2005, “may jeopardize the Festival”. MCF Vice-President Nikita Kim said – “Unfortunately, at the moment [...]

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. After round 3 Ju Wenjun [...]

I’m sure you all know about Legal’s Mate (or, if you prefer, Legall or Legalle, with or without an acute accent). It’s named after François Antoine de Legall de Kermeur (1702–92), a French chess player who taught Philidor and was probably, until he lost a match to his pupil in 1755, the strongest player in […]

Α' Εθνική 2013:  Κεραυνός Ωραιοκάστρου - Σκακιστική΄Άνοιξη 4-6.  (Brunello, Γκορίτσας , Λογοθέτης , Σιγάλας)Μία εβδομάδα απομένει για την έναρξη του Πρωταθλήματος Α' Εθνικής που θα πραγματοποιηθεί στο Ρίο της Πάτρας (28-6/3/7)...

The 2014 Commonwealth Championships and 121st Scottish Championships will be held in Glasgow from 30 June to 8 July 2014. The playing venue is Glasgow City College, 320 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G1 2TG. The main event is the Commonwealth Championship which incorporates a number of other events including the Commonwealth Women’s Championship, the Scottish Championship [...]