Here's a wide-ranging interview, closing with a few comments about Vugar Gashimov and the memorial tournament in his honor starting in a few days. (HT: Jaideep Unudurti)

Here you will find a bit about the 2014 Candidates, a look towards the 2016 Candidates (assuming Vladimir Kramnik gets there!), and (from Anand's side of things) an optimistic and intriguing look towards the Carlsen rematch later this year. (HT: Brian Karen)

Με την συμμετοχή 86αγοριών και κοριτσιών ξεκίνησε σήμερα 14/4/2014 το ατομικό πρωτάθλημα Παίδων Κορασίδων ΕΣΣΠ 2014. Για αποτελέσματα και κληρώσεις ενημερωθείτε από τους συνδέσμους που ακολουθούν....

The 3rd Annual Larry Evans Memorial Open, formerly the Far West Open, will take place on 18-20th April at the Sands Regency Hotel/Casino in Reno, Nevada. The tournament format is 6-round Swiss with the time control 40/2, G/1 d5 in five sections – Open, A, B, C and D. The Open section will be FIDE [...]

The 7th edition of the Pedro Lezcano Montalvo Memorial will be organized by the Chess Federation of Gran Canaria on 14-20th April 2014 at the Avenida de Canarias Hotel, Ateneo Municipal de Vecindario. C/ Colón s/n (Vecindario). The tournament will be a 9-round Swiss Open. The top prizes will be 600, 500, 350 Euros, etc. [...]

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Many amateurs agonise over why their chess isn’t better, with most blaming their alleged lack of opening knowledge. In reality, though, chess is really all about calculation. The old question chessplayers always hate being asked by non-players, namely “How many moves do you see ahead?” really is the key point. The biggest difference between strong […]

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The 4th Ferdynand Dziedzic International Chess Memorial was held on 13th April, 2014, at Żeromskiego St. 28 (sports hall) in Trzcianka, Poland. The tournament is organized to commemorate Ferdynand Dziedzic, teacher, chess player, successful trainer, chess arbiter and creator of chess groups in Trzcianka. The tournament was played over 9 rounds of Swiss system with [...]

Croatian Grandmaster Ognjen Cvitan preserved the lead from the penultimate round and won the 2nd International Chess Tournament Golden Island Krk 2014 with 8/9 points. The event took place at the Hotel Malin in Malinska, Island Krk, Croatia, on 6-12 April, 2014. It was a Swiss tournament, in 9 rounds, 90 minutes + 30 sec [...]

The third Stage of TCEC – Season 6 is in progress. The format is a quad round robin each engine will play both sides of the same opening against each other, twice. The top 4 will move on to Stage 4 while the rest are out of TCEC for the current season. The Komodo Chess [...]

The New Zealand Chess Federation is pleased to announce the following teams in board order for the 2014 Tromsø Chess Olympiad: Open Team 1. IM Puchen Wang 2. IM Russell Dive 3. FM Luke Li 4. IM Anthony Ker 5. FM Ben Hague Non-travelling reserves: David Guthrie, FM Bob Smith, FM Stephen Lukey Women’s Team [...]

Last time we looked at a pawn ending played between two young players (about 1500-1600 strength) at Richmond Junior Chess Club. After various misadventures, during which Black miscalculated badly in a position where he had a simple win, this position was reached, with White to play. Before we continue looking at the game, some basic […]

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The 41st Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez de La Roda 2014 is set to take place on 16-20th April at La Caja Blanca in La Roda, Albacete, Spain. The 9-round Swiss open is organized by the Club Polideportivo de La Roda and managed by the tournament director Andres Martinez Cebrian. The prize fund of 11,000 EUR [...]