The HSG Open 2014 is taking place from 20th to 22nd June, 2014 at the Amrâth Hotel Lapershoek in the city of Hilversum, situated in the province of North Holland, in the Netherlands. The event is a 6-round Swiss with a time control 110′ + 10” and a first prize of 1250 €. Top seed [...]

The 3rd HMC Calder Cup 2014 is taking place from 20th to 28th June, 2014 at the Sociaal-cultureel centrum “De Biechten”, in the town of Rosmalen, in the Netherlands. The event is a 10 player round-robin with a time control 90′ for 40 moves plus 30′ for the rest of the game plus 30 sec [...]

The Rapid & Blitz World Championships have concluded, and Magnus Carlsen, the classical world chess champion, is now also the world champion in rapid and blitz play. While the margin of victory wasn't particularly large in either event, his play was consistently strong and he was the deserving winner of both events. In the rapid, he lost one game - to Viswanathan Anand(!), though by a blunder...

TCEC have decided to run a Special Event – Fischer Random Chess (FRC) tournament with the 8 best engines (supporting FRC) from the season that just ended. In Fischer Random Chess (Chess960) the pieces at the starting position are placed randomly in one of the 960 possible ways. In this particular competition opening books won’t [...]

After the conclusion of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships in Dubai, there was a ceremony of the 1st Annual Asian Chess Excellence Awards. The winners are Viswanathan Anand, Yu Yangyi and Le Quang Liem. The prizes were awarded by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Continental President for Asia Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Al-Nehyan. [...]

Vijay Kumar presents the video from day two of the FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship in Dubai, UAE. Magnus Carlsen won another World Champion title. FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship, replay games FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship – Day 1 video

One of the hardest problems facing the beginner is planning. If I ask a roomful of young beginners to define the word “plan,” I get a variety of answers ranging from “I don’t know” to “I’m going to checkmate my opponent on move thirteen with my Queen and a Rook.” Then there’s the student whose […]

ICCD World Deaf Team Championship – Chess Olympiad 2014 is taking part from 18th to 28th June, 2014, at the Congress Center of the Grand Hotel Adriatic in the Croatian pearl Opatija. The event is organized by the Chess Club “e4″ Zagreb with the approval of the Croatian Deaf Sports Association, under the patronage of Milanka Opačić, minister of [...]

The 2nd International Golden Apricot Chess Tournament took place from 14th to 20th June, 2014, at the Ataturk Sport Center in the city of Malatya, Turkey. The event was organized by the Turkish Chess Federation, Malatya Metropolitan Municipality and Malatya GHSİM in a 9 round Swiss format with a time control 90′ + 30”. Bugarian [...]

Magnus Carlsen wins two FIDE World titles in 5 days

The Israeli Individual Chess Championship for men is taking place from 17th to 26th June, 2014. 32 players are participating in the event, including 10 GMs, 4 IMs and 8 FMs. Top seed is GM Ilia Smirin (2660). Follow daily with triple engine analysis

This game is another recently completed draw against a chess master. This game is from the final round of the 2011 Golden Knights Correspondence Chess Championship. The first 18 moves were in my database. I was on my own from move number 19 on. So far, I have no wins, one loss and one draw […]

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. A promising start of the [...]

The 2nd International Chess Festival Cesme Open 2014 took place from 14th to 19th June, 2014 in Cesme, a beautiful coastal Turkish city, situated 85 km west of Izmir, the largest metropolitan center in Turkey’s Aegean Region. The 9-round Swiss Open, organized by the Turkish Chess Federation and the major sponsor Cesme Municipality, was split into [...]

Vijay Kumar presents the video from day one of the FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship in Dubai, UAE. Live video broadcast from the FIDE World Blitz 2014 Games FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship 2014 LIVE Games Videos from the FIDE World Rapid Championship: (the winner is Magnus Carlsen)