The Russian Chess Federation (RCF) is nominating Andrei Filatov, President of the RCF, to the post of Vice-President of FIDE (the World Chess Federation). The next elections for the FIDE leadership, including the president and vice-presidents, will take place on 11 August 2014 in the Norwegian city of Tromsø during the World Chess Olympiad. The [...]

Critter continues the string of successful performances in TCEC Season 6 – Stage 4, defeating Houdini and Komodo in a row in the 35th and 36th round of the competition. The engine, considered an outsider after the first part of Stage 4, is clearly getting back in shape. Should Stockfish be in danger or should the [...]

The 7th edition of Beirut International Chess Open was organized by The Amicale Chess Club from 5th to 14th May, 2014, in Beirut, the capital and the largest city of Lebanon. The event was a 9 round Swiss Open,  with a time control of 90 minutes per player plus 30 seconds per move starting from move [...]

Το στενόμακρο παραλληλόγραμμο Ποίημα του Τριαντάφυλλου Σωτηρίου. Σημειώνει: “Έμπνευση, η παραπάνω πασίγνωστη διάταξη, η οποία προέκυψε σε παρτίδα το έτος και στην πόλη που υποδηλώνονται. Ο νικητής φωτογραφίζεται...

Recently I watched an unusual and fascinating video clip by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili about playing White while accepting move and Pawn odds. In this particular context, he was talking about playing against computers. But actually, I got to thinking, someone wanting to deepen understanding of chess could do well to seriously reflect on how this […]

The 8th Tashkent International Open – Memorial of Georgy Agzamov, the first grandmaster of Uzbekistan, will be held on 14-24th May in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The tournament is a 9-round Swiss with the time control 90 min + 30 sec increment from move one. The total prize fund is 20,000 US dollars. The tournament is organized [...]

The 2nd Cherry Blossom Classic is set to take place on 24-26th May at the Mariott Washington Dulles Airport, 45020 Aviation Drive, Sterling VA 22166, Virginia. The tournament will consist of three sections – Open, Reserve (U2000) and Amateur (U1600). The playing format is 6-rounds Swiss system: Open Section G/160, d5, FIDE rated; Reserve and [...]

The 6th KIIT International Chess Festival will take place on 24-31st May at the KIIT International School, Patia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. The Festival is organized by the All Odisha Chess Association, KIIT University, AICF and Odisha Mining Corporation. The Elite Category is reserved for players rated 2000 FIDE and higher. The tournament will be conducted [...]

A to Z, as in Akobian to Zatonskih. Gata Kamsky defeated Alex Lenderman on the white side of a King's Indian Attack while Varuzhan Akobian knocked of Ray Robson with Black in a Catalan. As a result Akobian leads the U.S. Championship with 5/7, half a point ahead of Kamsky and a full point ahead of Alexander Onischuk (drew with Timur Gareev), Joshua Friedel (beat Alejandro Ramirez), Daniel...

It seems so. Don't make those reservations for Tromsø just yet.

The 2014 Kazakhstan Chess Championship for men was held from 3rd to 12th May, 2014 in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan. The tournament was a 12 player FIDE round robin with an average rating 2417 (seventh category). GM Rinat Jumabayev finished on top with the impressive score of 9/11 points, a full point ahead of the runner-up. [...]

The FIDE Arbiters’ Commission announces the list of participants of the Guayaquil workshop for the training of the International Arbiters. The workshop will be held from 6 to 8 June 2014 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The venue of the workshop will be the Conference Hall of the Sheraton Hotel (5*) in Guayaquil, where the accommodation of [...]

The UK Chess Academy is organizing the Delancey International Open on 26-30th May at the Richmond Park Academy in East Sheen in London. The event will consist of the 9-round Swiss International Open, the 5-round Swiss U2000 FIDE Open, the 6-round Swiss U110 ECF Open, and the 7-round Swiss FIDE Blitz. The International Open will [...]

The 22nd annual Sigeman Chess Tournament is taking place from 15th to 19th May, 2014 at the classical Hipp Theater in central Malmo, Sweden. This year’s edition of the traditional event is a round robin tournament in 5 rounds with a time control of 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 [...]

The Croatian Cup 2014 is taking place from 14th to 18th May, 2014 in the town of Bol on Island Brac, Croatia. The format of the tournament is a 6 round Swiss with a time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes per player for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds [...]