CNN news anchor and London correspondent Nina dos Santos featured the Russian Chess Federation President Andrei Filatov in CNN’s “The Business View”. Below excerpts from web edition: Filatov hopes to one day found his own museum in London and promote a “better understanding” of his home nation. “I want to show the creative work of [...]

Georgian chess legends Nona Gaprindashvili and Maia Chiburdanidze have responded to Garry Kasparov’s remarks against awarding the World Chess Olympiad 2018 to Georgia. Chess-news.ru brings the translation from Russian. We cannot hide our disappointment and frustration after reading Garry Kasparov’s statement directed against holding the World Chess Olympiad 2018 in Georgia. We would...

The Tromsø 2014 Chess Olympiad organisers have confirmed that the year’s biggest chess event will go ahead after 12 million Norwegian krone (almost 1.5 million euros) in additional funding was received from the Norwegian government. “Naturally, we are grateful and happy,” said Chair of the Board of the Tromsø 2014 Chess Olympiad Hans Olav Karde, [...]

We thank IM Erik Kislik from the U.S. for sharing a comprehensive and insightful overview of the TCEC Superfinal between Stockfish and Komodo. He analyzes the decisions made by the engines and uses concrete examples to explain the reasons why the ex-champion Komodo found itself in trouble in the critical games of the match. We [...]

The traditional Ilyumzhinov Baltic Cup 2014 is starting on 6th June, 2014 in Liepaja, a city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea. 12 participants from the Baltic countries (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) will take part in the event. First seed is the reigning Latvian champion for men GM Igor Kovalenko. 1. GM Kovalenko Igor [...]

Round 3 of the Norway Chess tournament was eventful, with a lot of movement and excitement at the top. Fabiano Caruana entered and left the round in clear first and with a half point lead, but it could easily have been different - both ways. Early on Magnus Carlsen obtained a serious edge, and later on Caruana had excellent winning chances before the world champion scraped out a draw. Levon...

The 8th edition of BPB Limburg Open is scheduled to take part from 6th to 9th June, 2014 at the Sporthal De Geusselt in the city of Maastricht, in the Netherlands. The Festival will be split into four groups: Group A (open to all players rated 2000 or more), Group B (open to all players rated between [...]

The Skaksamband Islands has announced the lineups for the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway. Open team: 1. GM Hannes Stefansson (2540) 2. GM Hjorvar Gretarsson (2545) 3. IM Gudmundur Kjartansson (2434) – new national champion 4. GM Throstur Thorhallsson (2425) 5. GM Helgi Olafsson (2555) Captain is GM Jon Arnason Women’s team: 1. WGM [...]

The 30th European Club Cup and the 19th European Club Cup for Women will take place on 13-21st September, 2014, at the Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao, Spain. The championships will be held in 7 rounds, played in the Swiss system in accordance with the ECU Tournament Rules. This competition is offering the possibility to achieve [...]

The 28th International Open Tournament Pula 2014 is taking place on 7-14th June at the Hotel Park Plaza Histria in Pula, Croatia. The 9-round Swiss event is organized by the Chess Club Pula and Croatian Chess Federation. The total prize fund is 8750 EUR. At the present, 185 players from 17 countries are registered to [...]

Υπήρξε ένας ριζοσπάστης, αντικομφορμιστής, ηθοποιός και σκηνοθέτης του αμερικάνικου κινηματογράφου (σαν σκηνοθέτης δήλωνε «ερασιτέχνης» και σαν ηθοποιός υπέγραφε επαγγελματίας), Κινήθηκε χαράζοντας τη δική του...

Last week, I wrote about deciding to analyze my tournament games from over thirty years ago for my own benefit as well as for valuable teaching material. I started off with my first tournament game, from 1980, as an unrated 10-year-old boy, which I lost without much of a fight. This week, I bring a […]

Fabiano Caruano won his second straight game to open the Norway Chess tournament, beating Peter Svidler with what I'm pretty sure was some monster preparation in a Paulsen Sicilian. As he was the only winner in round 1 he remains the sole leader, and as an added bonus he has reached 2800 for the second time in his career. (It wasn't official the first time and it isn't yet official now, but...

The French Highest League for men TOP-12 was held from 24th May to 3rd June, 2014 in Saint-Quentin, Picardy, France. Eleven teams competed for the title “Champion of France” after Chess Club Marseille’s refusal to take part in the prestigious French team championship. The team of Clichy (Members: GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, GM Dmitry Jakovenko, GM [...]

The Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed the participants in the traditional children’s tournament “White rook”. The opening ceremony took place on 2nd June, 2014 at OK “Dagomys”, in Sochi. The team championship is a 9 round Swiss event with a time control 1 hour per player plus 10 seconds per move starting from move 1. [...]