Ukrainian GM Kateryna Lagno defeated the former world champion Antoaneta Stefanova in round six of the FIDE Women Grand Prix that is currently ongoing in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Lagno moved ahead in the standings and is now sharing the first place with Indian representatives Humpy Koneru and Harika Dronavalli. Koneru and Dronavalli drew each other after [...]

The Bangladesh Chess Championship named Berger Paints 39th National Chess Championship-2013 began from 21st September 2013 at the Media Centre of Bangladesh Olympic Association in Dhaka. The event is being held with all play all (round-robin) system and it will continue up to 6th October 2013. The average elo of 14 participants is 2298. Tournament [...]

All top chess engine battles today

With Aronian, Mamedyarov, Vachier Lagrave and Adams

You can watch live games at the current FIDE Grand Prix here. An interesting training exercise is to guess what the next move will be in the game you are watching. Maybe write down some candidate moves first and select one, and see what gets played. Angus James

The chess engine Spike 1.4 (2921 ELO) is the surprising leader of TCEC Stage 2. In a field of multiple engines over 3000 ELO, Spike has collected 3,5/4 and is leading the field. It achieved victories over Exchess, Spark, Jonny, and drew with the TCEC Stage 1 winner Bouquet. Second position is for Critter 1.6a [...]

The second round of the final FIDE Grand Prix was played today at the Chapelle de la Villedieu in Paris, France. The only decisive game of the day was Laurent Fressinet’s victory against Alexander Grischuk, who is chasing the first place and qualification to the Candidates Tournament. The opening was somewhat unusual but the plans [...]

Indian Grandmasters Humpy Koneru and Harika Dronavalli are joint leaders after the 5th round of the FIDE Women Grand Prix that is taking place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Harika beat her team-mate from Mika Chess Club Yerevan GM Elina Danielian, while Koneru split the point with the former world champion Antoaneta Stefanova in the only drawn [...]

The International Chess Festival Baku Open 2013, dedicated to the Independence Day of Republic of Azerbaijan, is taking place on 18-28th September at the AF Hotel near Caspian Sea. The Festival is organized by the Azerbaijan Youth & Sport Ministry and Azerbaijan Chess Federation. The total prize fund is 50.000 USD. First place is 10.000 [...]

A large open tournament dedicated to the 70th birthday of International Master Alexander Zakharov (Rostov on Don), Honored Coach of Russia, was held over 10 days in the tourist complex “Akvaloo” (Krasnodar Territory). The tournament was attended by 65 players, including 22 Grandmasters, many of them being students and friends of Alexander Ivanovich Zakharov. The [...]

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The closing ceremony of the World Women’s Chess Championship match was held on the morning of 23rd September in the Taizhou Hotel. Among the guests were Continental President from Americas Jorge Vega, FIDE Vice President Nizar Ali Elhaj, David Jarett, vice-president of Chinese Olympic Committee and Assistant Director of National Sports Bureau, Xiao Min, General [...]

The official website for the much awaited World Chess Championship 2013 between defending champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Magnus Carlsen is fully functioning as of today 23rd September 2013. The official address of the FIDE World Chess Championship is http://chennai2013.fide.com The championship will also be covered on various social networks: Twitter: https://twitter.com/FWCM2013...

Διάλεξη του διεθνούς μαιτρ Ηλία ΚουρκουνάκηΦίλες και φίλοι,σας καλούμε στην διάλεξη που θα δώσει, την Πέμπτη 26 Σεπτεμβρίου, στις 9:00 μ.μ., ο διεθνής μαιτρ, συγγραφέας και προπονητής σκακιού Ηλίας Κουρκουνάκης, με...

Η οργανωτική επιτροπή του προγράμματος σχολικού σκακιού «Παίζω Σκάκι – Μαθαίνω Σκάκι», καλεί τους προπονητές σκακιού της Ένωσης να δηλώσουν το ενδιαφέρον τους για συμμετοχή τους στο πρόγραμμα έως την Παρασκευή 29...