More than 30 Grandmasters (GM) will take part in the 3rd Indonesia Open Chess Championship, which offers prize money of US$100,000, almost double that of last year’s $55,000. “To date there are there are 57 foreign participants – including 35 Grandmasters – from 28 countries, who have confirmed their participation in the event, which will [...]

Garry Kasparov, livestream coverage, thousands of people and huge success at the Aquaprofit-Polgar Chess Festival 2013 in Budapest. This year Garry Kasparov was the guest of honor of the annual Aquaprofit-Polgar Chess Festival held in the Palace of Arts in Budapest. The Russian world champion visited many programs at the event and held a presentation [...]

In my book, Better Thinking for Better Chess, I addressed some of the causes of mistakes and various forms of chess blindness. One thing that I left out of my book was getting careless because I did not give my opponent enough respect. I did address having an unpleasant opponent and this game illustrates that […]

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I’m currently involved in two after-school clubs in local schools, catering for children in Years 3 to 6 (ages 7 to 11). In each school I have a new intake of beginners (mostly aged 7, a few aged 8) in September. They all tell me they can play chess. I give them some very simple […]

The 2nd Grand Prix des Pyramides de Port-Marly – Trophée Kaissa took place on 21-22nd September at Les Pyramides de Port-Marly, 16 avenue de Saint-Germain, 78560 Le Port-Marly, France. The tournament was organized by the Grand Echiquier – C.E. De Port-Marly and Jean-Claude Moingt. The 9-round Swiss event with the time control 15′+3” offered 5,350 [...]

Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2013 is taking place from 26th September to 2nd October in the Convocation Room, University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam Road, Hong Kong. The Championship is co-organised by Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong and HKUSU Chess and Board Games Club. Prize Fund is sponsored by [...]

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In the curious ninth round of the FIDE Women Grand Prix that is currently ongoing in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, top three placed players have all suffered losses, but Humpy Koneru continues to lead the standings full point ahead of the nearest followers. Koneru erred immediately after the time control to quickly go down against the winner [...]

The International Chess Festival “Mikhail Chigorin Memorial 2013” is set to take place from 4th to 13th October at the Park Hotel in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Festival will consist of two events: Blitz tournament which will be held on 4th October, and Classic tournament which is a Russian Cup Stage on 5-13th October. The [...]

When you see a good move, sit on your hands and see if you can find a better one. I’d forgotten this old tip from Dr. Tarrasch until one of my Facebook friends recently reminded me of it. Actually it’s one of the best bits of advice you can give to a player, especially young […]

Michigan Chess Festival LLC is organizing the Third Annual Fall Festival on October 23-27, 2013, at the Adoba Hotel in Dearborn, Michigan. The tournament will be played over nine rounds of Swiss system, rated with FIDE, and providing possibility to win FIDE title norms. The tournament is open to players with FIDE titles, USCF over [...]

The 6th Annual Louisville Open was held from September 20-22, 2013 at the Holiday Inn Southwest Fair Expo, Louisville, Kentucky. A total of 112 players competed in four sections. The tournament format was five-round Swiss. International Master Justin Sarkar swept his first four games before drawing his last round to clinch the $1,000 1st place [...]