Riga Chess federation has a pleasure to announce the Latvian Railway Open, one of the strongest rapid chess opens in the World. The tournament will be held on 28-30 March, 2014, at the Latvian railway museum in Riga, Latvia. The tournament will be held in three groups A, B and C. The festival will feature [...]

1. FIDE is opening a bidding procedure for the FIDE World Women’s Championship (knock-out system, 64 players) to be held 9-31 October 2014. 2. Each bid shall contain the following particulars as minimum: a) Proposed venue of the event. b) Proposed prize fund for the players (minimum 450,000 USD & should be offered net of [...]

Capablanca’s games are an excellent study for intermediate players who want to improve their game. His endgame skill is legendary. His positional judgment is also highly regarded. One positional motif that recurs in his games is the use of his pawns on one side of the board to restrict an enemy bishop and then launch […]

Latvian Chess Federation is holding the 3rd Vladimir Petrov Memorial on 20-23 February, 2014, in Jurmala, Latvia. The first event was the Blitz tournament which was held on 20th February in the Amber Beach resort (Jaunkemeri). 81 players from six countries played in the 9-round Swiss with the time control 4 min + 3 sec. [...]

The Association of Chess Professionals has reached an agreement with the organizers of Poikovsky – one of the strongest Grandmaster tournaments in the World. The tournament in Poikovsky, named after Anatoly Karpov, will take place between 10 – 21 May, 2014 with the participation of the World’s best players and the ACP wild-card. The organizers [...]

It has been a while since there has been a major Chess960 event - at least I can't recall any since the Mainz Festival stopped running them. There will be one in Moscow tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday, and while there aren't any 2700s involved there will be some 2600s in action. Those who enjoy this form of the game might want to check it out. HT: Ross Hytnen

Over on the ChessBase website.

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The 3rd Annual Recession Buster Open was held on 15-17th February at the Marriott San Diego Airport/Liberty Station in San Diego, USA. The playing format was 6-round Swiss and the tournament consisted of six sections: Open, U2200, U2000, U1800, U1600, U1400. The guaranteed prize fund was 20,000 USD. The main Open section (FIDE rated) gathered [...]

The 14th International Chess Festival Mediterranean Flower will take place from 2nd to 8th March at the Chess Club Rijeka in Rijeka, Croatia. The 10-players round robin event is organized by the Chess Club Draga. The last year winner IM Eva Repkova had to cancel the participation for personal reasons, but the organizers have securred [...]

In round 3 of the Pittsburgh Chess Club championship, I won a game in which the theme was total restriction of opponent activity. I have rarely played a game in which activity was so squashed, and thought it would be instructive to point out places where my opponent could have played more actively. The opening […]

The Presidents Weekend Championship took place on 14-16th February at La Quinta Inn & Suites in Coral Springs, Florida, USA. The tournament was organized by Boca Raton Chess Club. The playing format was 5-round Swiss with five sections (Open, U2100, U1800, U1500, U1000). GM Julio Becerra won the Open section with 4,5/5 points. The U2100 [...]

The 2014 Zagreb Chess Open will be held on 17-24th March at the Panorama Zagreb Hotel, Krešimir Ćosić Square in Zagreb, Croatia. The nine round Swiss tournament is organized by the Zagreb Chess Union and the Zagreb Sports Union. The total prize fund is 7800 EUR, with 1550 EUR reserved for the champion. Last year [...]

Georgian Grandmaster Baadur Jobava wins the David Bronstein Memorial in Minsk after edging Sergey Fedorchuk and Mikhailo Oleksienko (both Ukraine) on tie-break. The three players completed the event with 7,0/9 points each. The Belarus Chess Federation organized the International Open Tournament from 11th to 19th February to mark the 90th anniversary of David Bronstein’s birth. [...]

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