The 79th LOTTO Polish Championship and the 74th Polish Women’s Chess Championship kicked off yesterday in Kruszwica. The events are simultaneously played from 9-17 May 2022. The Men’s Championship is a 16-player knockout tournament with two classical games in each match, followed, if necessary, by two rapid games, then two blitz games, then Armageddon. The […]

The compositions of Spanish (Open and Women’s) teams for the upcoming 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 in Chennai have been announced!Read more: Kenya Teams for 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 / India teams for Chess Olympiad 2022 announced / German Team for 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 to be captained by Jan Gustafsson Spanish Team (Open section): Francisco […]

Wesley So emerged as the sole leader after five played rounds at the Grand Chess Tour Romania 2022. Read more: So maintains the sole lead at Grand Chess Tour Romania 2022 In the exclusive interview So spoke about his personal life, childhood, things he likes to do, how his perfect day looks… Speaking about what […]

Day 5 of the Superbet Chess Classic Romania came with an exciting finish with Fabiano Caruana taking down Azeri Shakhriyar Mamedyarov to get back to fifty percent. Today’s games brought some surprise lines and missed opportunities, but was overall a peaceful day. Going into tomorrow’s rest day, Grandmaster Wesley So has drawn his game and […]

The American grandmaster Hans Niemann won the 27th edition of the TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament scoring unbeaten 5/7 points. After winning the Capablanca Memorial Elite group with a round to spare, Niemann today triumphed the second tournament in a row. Read more: Magnus Carlsen vs Hans Niemann(video and game) Hans Niemann was a whole point […]

The 21st edition of the IPCA World Individual Chess Championship 2022 takes place from 8-17 May in Ashdod, Israel. 28 physically disabled chess players – men, women and juniors (2002 year of birth and younger) compete in the 9 rounds swiss tournament, fighting for the total prize fund of 5.500e. The winner among men, women, […]

The 73rd edition of the Argentine Women’s Superior Chess Championship “Malvinas heroes” 2022 took place from 1-8 May at the University of La Punta. LIVE now: Grand Chess Tour Romania 2022 A record number of 44 players competed in the 9 rounds swiss tournament for the total prize fund of 250.000 pesos. WIM Florencia Maria […]

The MegaChess set from RMD Recuperacion Materiales Diversos built from 1.250 recycled tires has just arrived in Stavanger, Norway! The chess pieces are made from recycled tires, weighing up to 240kg, and sit on the 100 squared meter chess board – the largest chess board in the World! The King piece is 180cm tall, being […]

1. Election procedures – full information here 2. European Chess Championship 2024 By the deadline of the 29th of April 2022, the following bids has been received:    2.1 European Senior Teams Chess Championship 2024 Lignano, Sabbiadoro, Italy Brezice, Terme, Catez, Slovenia 2.2. European Senior Individual Chess Championship 2024 Porec, Croatia, Lignano, Sabbiadoro, Italy 2.3...

The following valid nominations have been received within the deadline of the 6th May 2022, for the ECU Board elections 2022. . A – Ticket of  Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili: President: Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili (GEO) Deputy President: Mrs. Dana Reizniece-Ozola (LAT) Vice President: Mr. Malcolm Pein. (ENG) Vice President: Mr. Gunnar Bjornsson (ISL)...

Regular readers will probably be aware of my views that, in general, you will learn more from the games of players 200-300 points stronger than you than from the games of players 1000 points stronger than you. To put it another way, you might learn from: Your own games: learning from the mistakes you made … Continue reading "110 Instructive Chess Annotations" The post 110 Instructive Chess...

Carloz Alcaraz is currently making headlines for his fantastic performance in the Mutua Madrid 2022. He will play today the final of the tournament against Alexander Zverev at 18:30 CET, an event that will have glued to the screens every tennis fan. Alcaraz qualified for the final defeating Djokovic in a thriller match 6-7(5), 7-5, […]

The Appeal Chamber of the FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission (EDC) decided on May 6th to dismiss the appeal presented by Grandmaster Sergey Karjakin, confirming the 6 months ban that was imposed by the EDC on March 21st, 2022 after Karjakin was found guilty of breach of article 2.2.10: “Sergey Karjakin is found guilty of breach of article […]

Day 3 of the Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest did not fail to entertain the audience. It has been the most exciting day by far, but at the same time heartbreaking for some of the players, commentators, and fans. While we have been used to only seeing one decisive result per round, today could have […]