Four months before India became free from the British, the Madras Chess Club was formed on April 26, 1947. It is the oldest Indian chess institution on record, older than its parent body, the All India Chess Federation. History has made this organisation change names to the Madras State Chess Association and later to the [...]

The Bay Area International open chess tournament is set to take place on 2-8th January, 2014, at the Hilton Santa Clara, 4949 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, California 95054. The International is open to players with FIDE Ratings above 2000 (a few special exceptions may be made at the discretion of the organizers). But to [...]

Σήμερα στο Batumi Γεωργίας : http://wccc2013batumi.ge/schedule.htmlΣυμμετέχοντες : http://wccc2013batumi.ge/Participants.pdfΚαλή επιτυχία!

If there is one piece that is neglected by beginners, it’s the Rook! On countless occasions, I’ve watched my beginning students let their powerful Rooks sit idly on their starting squares as if this powerful piece was worthless. The Rook is a long distance and powerful attacker capable of both mating the opposition King in […]

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Indian Grandmaster and top seed Humpy Koneru had a flying start with three straight victories in the FIDE Women Grand Prix that is currently ongoing in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Koneru defeated Ju Wenjun, Elina Danielian and then performed a nice positional squeeze against former world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk. All games in round three were decisive. Certainly [...]

Bulgarian Chess Federation has sent a bid to FIDE to hold the Candidates Tournament in March 2014 in Kozloduy. Earlier, Russian city Khanty-Mansiysk was bidding to hold the event in Ugra region. And while Khanty-Mansiysk didn’t publicly announce the proposed prize fund, the Kozloduy offer is apparently 1,5 million EUR worth. The minimum required by [...]

Hou Yifan won the seventh game in the FIDE Women’s World Championship Match to regain the title of Women’s World Champion that she already held on 2010-2012. Yifan defeated the defending champion Anna Ushenina with the overall 5,5-1,5 score in the match that was held in Taizhou, China. The final game started with a Sicilian [...]

Την Κυριακή 29 Σεπτεμβρίου και Κυριακή 6 Οκτωβρίου θα διεξαχθούν οι δύο πρώτοι γύροι του Ομαδικού Πρωταθλημάτος Παίδων Κ16 και του Ομαδικού Πρωταθλήματος Παμπαίδων Κ12 Οι αγώνες της πρώτης φάσης θα ολοκληρωθούν στις 17/11...

Την Κυριακή 29 Σεπτεμβρίου και Κυριακή 6 Οκτωβρίου θα διεξαχθούν οι δύο πρώτοι γύροι του Ομαδικού Πρωταθλημάτος Παίδων Κ16 και του Ομαδικού Πρωταθλήματος Παμπαίδων Κ12 Οι αγώνες της πρώτης φάσης θα ολοκληρωθούν στις 17/11...

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The first chess opening I was taught as a child was the Giuoco Piano. I was seven or eight and it was a cousin of the same ago who showed me the opening. My two uncles frequently played chess on the weekend and Christopher passed along what his dad taught him about central control when […]

The 2013 SPICE Cup Open is scheduled to take place on 15-19 October, 2013, in Saint Louis, Missouri. The tournament is sponsored by Webster University and the Susan Polgar Foundation. The SPICE Cup Open will offer $11,000 guaranteed prize fund and the opportunity to win GM/IM norms. Minimum rating (FIDE) is 2100 and the number [...]

Grand Open Blagoevgrad 2013, organized by the Blagoevgrad Municipality, Foundation Moral I Pravo and Victory Blagoevgrad Chess Club, will be held from 28th September to 5th October at the 22-ri Septemvri Hall in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. The tournament will be played over nine rounds of Swiss system and is valid for FIDE/BG elo and GM/IM Norms. [...]

Chess in Schools and Communities is delighted to announce today a novel way for any chess player, of any rating, to have their dream come true and compete alongside the World’s Elite and the Best of British at the 5th London Chess Classic, running from Saturday 7th December to Sunday 15th December 2013. This year [...]