The tournament will start with a clock simul by David Howell and will finish on July 21st

The event finishes on Sunday July 14th

First seed Isan Ortiz is in sole second place

All generalizations are false, in some sense. Including this one. I am very interested in the intersection of chess, philosophy and psychology. It would be wonderful if by improving our understanding of these we could at the same time “improve” our chess, A “Royal Road” to chess improvement: Become more intelligent and more enlightened in [...]

The FIDE World Chess Cup (World Cup) will be held from 10th August to 3rd September in Tromsø, Norway. The event is an integral part of the World Championship Cycle 2012-2014. The winner and the runner up of the World Cup 2013 will qualify to the Candidates stage of the World Championship cycle 2012-2014. If [...]

Chess competitions at the 27th World Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia, are taking place on 9-15th July in the equestrian sports complex “Kazan”. The tournament is held in two sections – Men and Women, each to be played over nine rounds of Swiss system. Each country is allowed to register up to eight players in [...]

Saudi Chess Association, Qatar Chess Federation and NGiT have organized the Saudi Riyadh International Chess Championship on 26-28th June at the cultural cafe in Riyadh. The 11-round Swiss tournament was played with the rapid time control on 10′+5”. Unrated player Elwin Retanal from Philippines claimed a clear first place with 10 points, leaving the second-placed [...]

This year's edition runs until July 14th

The Championships will take place from the 6th to the 14th of July

Grischuk defeated Mamedyarov in a very instructive way

Η περιοχή μας για ακόμα μια φορά φιλοξενεί τα Πανελλήνια Ατομικά Πρωταθλήματα Παίδων Κορασίδων το διάστημα 8-14 Ιουλίου στο ξενοδοχείο Porto Rio.

Live games with analysis

Live games with analysis

The Festival will take place on 12th - 21st July 2013

The surprise of the event was 14-years old Croatian Sven Tica, who got second place