ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ ΔΙΑΙΤΗΣΙΑΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ  ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ 5Η ΑΓΩΝΙΣΤ.ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΙΚΗ (ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ 9/2/2014)   ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ ΟΔ ΕΣΟ  

Master Classes were given by Li Chao and Natalia Pogonina on Monday evening in the Archie Suite at the Caleta Hotel. The classes proved very popular with Li Chao showing two of his games from his time here at the Tradewise Chess Festival this year. The first was a win against Mongolian woman player Munguntuul, [...]

Sue’s snowed under with work and got a bad cold so I promised to take over reporting on part three of our New Zealand trip (although Sue’s the one that’s made it look nice with photos etc.). After spending the week with our friends in New Zealand we flew over the Cook Strait to the […]

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As is fitting for a world champion, Magnus Carlsen has won the classical stage of the 2014 Zurich Chess Classic, finishing with a terrific, undefeated score of 4/5. Or rather, 8/10, as they are using a 2-1-0 scoring system for the classical stage. The tournament is not over, because today (or tomorrow, depending on where you are) there will be a rapid stage too, another round-robin but with...

Recently 14 juniors I coach participated in their first tournament outside of school in a borough schools championship. I run chess clubs at three schools in the Kingston-upon-Thames and I invited those players that were ready to participate in the Championship on 25 January. At stake were individual and school prizes (based on the top […]

The 12th Congress of the Russian Chess Federation took place on Saturday 1st February 2014 in Moscow, with delegates from 62 regional chess federations across the country taking part. The congress approved changes to the Statutes of the Russian Chess Federation and elected new governing bodies. Amendments to the Statutes of the Russian Chess Federation [...]

The Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo, a keen supporter of the tournament, visited the Tradewise Chess Festival today. The Chief Minister was met at the Caleta Hotel by tournament organiser Brian Callaghan, Tradewise chairman, James Humphreys, and tournament director Stuart Conquest. The Chief Minister visited the main broadcast studio in the Archie Suite, the [...]

What should you play if you have very little time to study? One answer is to adopt the Colle System which acquired the name Businessman’s Opening as it requires very little time to learn and maintain. White plays 1.d4 followed by 2.Nf3 and 3.e3 almost regardless of how his opponent answers. There are two different […]

Videos by Vijay Kumar

It was down on the beach for the team from China today competing in the Gibraltar Masters of the 2014 Tradewise Chess Festival. The crisp air and the warm radiant sunshine made it a near-perfect day in Gibraltar today. The team and their coach took some time out on Catalan Bay (the beach below the [...]

Over the 12 years of the Gibraltar chess festival the Gibraltar Masters has run alongside the Amateurs and the Challengers tournaments. These are played from early in the day throughout the 10 day Tradewise Chess Festival and the numbers keep increasing year on year. This year we have a record number of players in both [...]

Οι ισοπαλίες χαρακτήρισαν τον δεύτερο γύρο στον ΠΟΑ και ΠΟΒ ΕΣΣΠ 2014. Τα αποτελέσματα αναλυτικά …

City, State, January 27, 2014: The Scottish Chess Federation, Chess Scotland has joined hands with the online chess training website Chessity; and the partnership has been formed to train the Scottish chess players through Chessity’s eLearning tools, to improve the talents to the national level. Chess Scotland is the governing body for chess in Scotland. [...]

The week before last, a studious new member of Richmond Junior Club asked if I could demonstrate some Evans Gambit games. So last week I showed a couple of games from Move Two! (which, incidentally, is just being republished with minor updates) to the lower half of the club, most of whom are among the […]