The 3rd Iraq International Chess Championship was held on 23-29th March at the Al Mansoor Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq. 66 participants from 16 nations, of which 28 title holders, competed. Headed by GM Konstantin Tarlev of Ukraine and GM Merab Gagunashvili of Georgia, the 9-round Swiss witnessed tough fight in most of the rounds. At [...]

As a result of our commitment and energy Georgian Government allocated unprecedented amount of money (14 462 500 Euros) from the state budget for holding both above mentioned competitions.

The 8th Annual Philadelphia Open will be held over the Easter week from April 16-20, 2014, at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, 1201 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event has 7 sections: Open, Under 2200, Under 2000, Under 1800, Under 1600, Under 1300 and Under 1000/Unrated. The Open Section will be a 9-round event held over [...]

TCEC Stage 3 starts with a bang

World Champion Magnus Carlsen visited Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology on 8th April to meet the students and guests and to give a simultaneous exhibition. The event was organized by Runa Capital fund, Phystech-Union and Sberbank Technologies, with the purpose to give an opportunity to talented students to meet the World Chess Champion and [...]

The Cyprus Chess Federation and FIDE Zone 1.10, with the support of ECU and the FIDE Events Commission, are holding the 1st Individual FIDE Zone (1.10) Championship 2014 in Larnaca, Cyprus, on 21–30th April 2014. The event is a twelve-player round-robin. Each member Federation is sending one player as its representative. The host Federation will [...]

The 14th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2014 will take place from 12th to 19th of April 2014 at the 5-star Dusit Thani Bangkok Hotel. The event is organized by the Bangkok Chess Club. There are two groups of play: Open category for all players, and Challenger category for players rated below 2100 or unrated (ratings [...]

The European Senior Team Championship 2014 was held from 1-9th April in Sibenik, Croatia. 36 teams competed in the 9-round Swiss event. Russia 1 took a clear first place with 16 match points (8 wins and loss against Croatia) to claim another gold medal in this competition. The winning team consisted of Grandmasters Semen Dvoirys, [...]

Δημοσιεύω επιστολή του Ομίλου Σκακιστών Τριανδρίας, γιατί το σκεπτικό είναι πολύ ενδιαφέρον και αφορά σίγουρα πολλές ομάδες που προβληματίζονται για το οικονομικό βάρος της συμμετοχής τους στην Α’ Εθνική καθώς...

I’ve written quite a few posts on The Chess Improver that revolve around the importance of piece development in chess. Some of them have focused on developing one’s own pieces, while some have focused on disrupting the opponent’s development. In this post, I present a game in which both were pursued simultaneously and consistently, with […]

Jamie Kenmure informs about the players and team captains who have applied for the Australian Team for the Chess Olympiad in Tromso. Open: Ari Dale, Junta Ikeda, Max Illingworth, Moulthun Ly, Rishi Sardana, David Smerdon, Anton Smirnov, Stephen Solomon, John-Paul Wallace Women: Sarah Anton, Arianne Caoili, Irina Berezina, Biljana Dekic, Emma Guo, Katherine Jarek, Giang [...]

Στο Porto Rio θα διεξαχθεί το φετινό πρωτάθλημα Παίδων Κορασίδων. Για τεχνικούς λόγους ο αριθμός των γύρων περιορίζεται σε 5. Ακολουθεί συμπληρωματική προκήρυξη.

In my last article I discussed a few points which we often ignore while working hard at chess improvement. But those were chess things, so today I would like to highlight some points which are not chess but yet very important. They can also have a huge effect. The first things that come to mind […]

The Western Pacific Open is scheduled to take place on 25-27th April at the Radisson LAX, 6225 West Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045 The tournament will be held over 5 rounds of Swiss system and in five sections – Open, Premier, Amateur, Reserve, Booster. Time control is 40/2, SD/1, d/5 (2-day option, rounds 1-2, [...]

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