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Salem A.R. Saleh and Denis Khismatullin will play a 8 game classical time control friendly match from 07.01 to 15.01 in UAE. The match is organized by the UAE Chess Federation, and it is the first of series of matches of training matches for Salem A.R. Saleh with top Grandmasters. Chessdom Arena with triple engine [...]

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The Knight must be the most fascinating piece in the game of chess. It moves and attacks in a funny direction at a short distance. Recently The Chess Improver published a post “Knight moves” discussing the special issues that the Knight raises when it comes to visualizing what it can do and how it can […]

The Chess Academy of Armenia is organizing the 2014 Andranik Margaryan Memorial on 8-15 January at the Armenian Chess Academy. The main event is the 10-player round robin tournament for the Grandmaster norm. Among the participants is the new World U18 champion IM Idani Pouya from Iran. GM Wen Yang CHN 2592 GM Goganov Aleksey [...]

Fresh from his victory at the Al-Ain Classic, Grandmaster and former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta will spearhead the Indian challenge in the 12th edition of Parsvnath Delhi International Grandmasters Chess Tournament that gets underway here at the Ludlow Castle sports complex on Thursday. One of the strongest events in the annals of Indian opens [...]

Grandmaster Tornike Sanikidze of Georgia annexed the title in the 2nd Gurgaon International Open Chess Tournament after settling for a quick draw with International Master Swayams Mishra in the tenth and final round that concluded here at the Suncity International School. In what turned out to be a four-way tie for the top, veteran Grandmaster [...]

Δύο νέα τουρνουά ξεκινάνε σύντομα από τον Σ.Ο.ΣΑΧ.Το 3ο Τουρνουά της Παρασκευής ξεκινάει στις 17 Ιανουαρίου και το 2ο Δορυφορικό τουρνουά ξεκινάει στις 14 Ιανουαρίου.Ακολουθούν οι προκηρύξεις.ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ «ΤΟ 3o ΤΟΥΡΝΟΥΑ...

What seems easy for us can be much more difficult for kids. So if you are able to break the learning process down into small blocks they will able to grasp it quickly and effectively. Recently I joined another school as a chess coach. Our topic today was to teach them the basic two rooks […]

With sponsorship from the Malaysian Intellect Development Foundation, Polgar Chess Asia and the Kuala Lumpur Chess Association (KLCA), together with the Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF), is pleased to announce the DYTM Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah KL International Open Chess Championship will be held in Kuala Lumpur from 4-11 April 2014. The tournament will be played [...]

1000 issues, that is. A bit congratulations and thank you to Mark Crowther of TWIC (The Week In Chess), who has achieved this remarkable milestone. He offers a little reminiscence of his (nearly) 20 years(!!) of TWIC, and makes a brief request for donations. Please offer a contribution there if you can, as his work has been an incredible benefit to all of us by bringing practically all of the...

The Stockholm Chess Federation organized the 43rd Rilton Cup from 27th December 2013 to 5th January 2014. The tournament was played in three groups: Rilton Cup, Rilton Elo and Rilton Open (the Open was only for Nordic players with a national rating lower than 1800). Rilton Cup and Rilton Elo are rated with FIDE and [...]

The 2nd Winter Sea Deluxe Open was held on 2-6th January at the Hotel Michelacci in Gabicce Mare, Italy, next to the Adriatic Sea. The tournament was organized by the Fano Chess Club and Dario Pedini. A total of 126 players competed in three sections: Open A for those rated above 1900, Open B for [...]

A FIDE Seminar for International Organizers was held on 27-30th December in Madrid, Spain. This seminar was organized by Capablanca Chess Academy with the support of the Madrid Chess Association and the Chess Federation of Spain “FEDA”. 16 organizers from different regions in Spain participated in the seminar. All participants took the examination at the [...]