[Sorry about the delay - I was otherwise engaged yesterday. All of you probably already know what happened, but for completeness' sake we'll write a quick wrap-up and pretend what follows is news.] There was plenty of drama in the final round of the Norway Chess tournament, with three players vying for first place; two of them facing each other. Sergey Karjakin led by half a point over Fabiano...

The 2nd International Golden Apricot Chess Tournament is taking place from 14th to 20rd June, 2014, at the Ataturk Sport Center in the city of Malatya, Turkey. The event is organized by the Turkish Chess Federation, Malatya Metropolitan Municipality and Malatya GHSİM in a 9 round Swiss format with a time control 90 minutes per player [...]

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The organizers of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships, which will take place on 15-21st June in Dubai, have uploaded a promotional video on YouTube. The hefty prize fund of 400 000$ attracted many Top-10 players: Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk, Viswanathan Anand, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Sergey Karjakin and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. FIDE [...]

GM Andrei Kharlov, Honored Master of Sports of the Republic of Tatarstan, passed away at the age of 46, the Russian Chess Federation reported. Kharlov won the Russian Junior Championship in 1988, shared 1-5th place in Russian Chess Championship 1990, shared 1-4th place in European Championship 2000, won the European Club Cup and Russian Team [...]

Η Ναυταθλητική Ένωση Πατρών διοργανώνει το τριήμερο 19/6 -21/6 2014 δυο τουρνουά στο εντευκτήριο της. Το προκριματικό τουρνουά για το διεθνές τουρνουά της Ικαρίας με δύο δωρεάν πακέτα φιλοξενίας στους νικητές και το...

The 28th International Open Tournament Pula 2014 took place on 7-14th June at the Hotel Park Plaza Histria in Pula, Croatia. The 9-round Swiss event was organized by the Chess Club Pula and Croatian Chess Federation. The total prize fund was 8750 EUR. GM Zoran Jovanovic won the tournament with 7,5/9 points, after defeating GM [...]

The 7th Annual Karen Asrian Memorial is taking place from 16th to 24th June, 2014, in the prominent SPA resort of Jermuk, Armenia. The event is a 9 round Swiss Open with a time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds increment starting from [...]

The 7th Annual Karen Asrian Memorial is taking place from 16th to 24th June, 2014, in the prominent SPA resort of Jermuk, Armenia. The tournament will be a 9 round Swiss Open with a time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds increment starting [...]

Η Κρίστεν Στιούαρτ και ο Ρόμπερτ Πάτισον παίζουν σκάκι στη Βραζιλία κατά τα γυρίσματα της  ταινίας της  “Λυκόφως”. Όπως μας πληροφορούσαν τα  σάιτ σχετικού ενδιαφέροντος, οι δυο πρωταγωνιστές φορούσαν βέρες, που...

Webster University Geneva will be the host of the first of three prestigious events this summer in the “Chess for Girls” series, on 23-28th June. This world-class initiative aims to promote and further women’s chess and to give learning and competing opportunities to 10 of Europe’s finest young female talents. Participants aged 14 to 21 [...]

I left you last week answering a phone call in my London office in early 1986. The call was from my friend Mike Fox. Mike and I had started Richmond Junior Club in 1975, but a few years later his job in advertising took him to Birmingham. One of his clients there was an internationally […]

The 5th International Chess Tournament Forni di Sopra is taking place from June 14th to 21st, 2014, at the Palasport in Forni di Sopra, part of the Friulian Dolomites Natural Park and one of the jewels of the Italian Alps. The A section is a 9 round Swiss, open to all players, rated above 2000. [...]