The 2013 European Club Cup in Rhodes, Greece has finished, and as the teams generally have relatively little geographical unity I'll leave an investigation of the team results to you, dear readers. Of more interest to this writer was the individual aspect, and that such superstars as Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, and Alexander Grischuk (and a very big "and so on") were participating. The...

The Unive Crown Group was a short event, a double-round robin of four players, but despite its brevity Wesley So managed to clinch clear first with a round to go. His score of 4.5/6 (three wins, three draws) left him a full point and a half ahead of Michael Adams and (in a surprise) Robin van Kampen, who was by far the lowest-rated player in the tournament. Loek van Wely finished last with 1.5...

That obvious pun is slightly inapt, however, as Air Force, oddly enough, is primarily a running team. That's not likely to go so well for them either, and we can expect Notre Dame to win in a rout starting in a couple of hours (5 p.m. ET). The Fighting Irish (enjoy the nickname while you can, before the forces of political correctness strike) will win their sixth game of the year, but out of...

G-Team Novy Bor from Czech Republic defeated Minsk 4,5-1,5 in the final round in the Open section of the European Club Cup to take a clear first place and win the prestigious trophy. G-Team Novy Bor won six matches, including the clash with the previous champion and top-seeded SOCAR, and tied only Malachite to conclude [...]

The London Chess Classic showcases the hard work done by Chess in Schools and Communities, of how chess can be used as a very effective and invaluable educational tool in the classroom to help children with their school work. There has been a lot of global research done on chess in the classroom; and many [...]

The seventh and last round of the 2013 European Chess Club Cup is currently ongoing at the Rodos Palace Hotel on Rhodes, Greece. Round 7 photo gallery All games are being broadcasted live: Open / Women

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The 17th Corsica Masters started in Bastia as 182-player Open Oscaro.com to later continue with a knockout phase. French Grandmaster Andrei Istratescu (2664 elo) won the qualification stage and top 14 finishers advanced to play in knockout matches. Croatian Grandmaster Ivan Saric eliminated Evgeny Postny, Etienne Bacrot and Sergey Fedorchuk to qualify for the final. [...]

GM Norm Player / results needed IM Avital Boruchovsky                 Any IM Andreas Heimann                    Any IM Vladislav Kovalev                     Any IM Manuel Bosboom                    Draw IM Benjamin Bok                            Win IM Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson    Win IM Mads...

As a full time chess instructor and coach, I have the wonderful opportunity to watch my student’s blossom into better chess players. I feel extremely fortunate in that my passion for chess has transformed into a wonderful career that leaves me completely satisfied. Because chess is my passion, I work extremely hard at providing the […]

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Research shows that targeting different brain functions with many different engaging and adaptively difficult chess exercises can improve overall tactics. Chessity’s training is directed towards these models, and is based on memorization of key concepts and positions. These key positions eventually become your ‘instant memory’. Chessity’s intuitive programme for chess coaches is designed...

G-Team Novy Bor from Czech Republic stunned the defending champion SOCAR in round six in the Open section of European Club Cup to take over the lead with one round to go. SOCAR had a good start with Anish Giri’s beautiful victory but in the later stage of the match things went wrong for the [...]

Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo won all matches in the first six rounds in Women section of the European Club Cup to secure the title of European Champion with one round to spare. Standings on 12 match points the team is full three points ahead of the nearest follower Ugra. This is the fifth title for [...]

The sixth round of the 2013 European Chess Club Cup is currently ongoing at the Rodos Palace Hotel on Rhodes, Greece. Round 6 photo gallery All games are being broadcasted live: Open / Women