Ruben Felgaer finished second and Rauf Mamedov third

IM Evandro Barbosa and Mateus Mendonca finished second and third, respectively

Living legends Evgeny Sveshnikov and Nona Gaprindashvili are the first seeds

Russian GM Vladimir Epishin is the first seed

Several days ago Head of the Board of RCF Ilya Levitov hinted in an interview that the Alexander Alekhine Memorial should take place in April. Businessmen Andrei Filatov and Gennady Timchenko are willing to continue the concept of holding strong chess events in museums, as was established with the World Championship Match between Anand and [...]

The 3rd Gibraltar Junior International Chess Festival will run from 15th to 20th August at the Caleta Hotel and follows the successful pattern of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival, offering some good and very competitive chess-playing opportunities with an equally strong social, fun and educational programme. Age Groups: Under 16 on 1/1/13 ( Born 1997 [...]

The 59th Welsh Chess Championship 2013 will take place on Easter weekend from 29th March to 1st April at The Park Inn Hotel, Circle Way East, Llanedeyrn, Cardiff. The Championship will be held over 7 rounds of Swiss system and in three sections: Championship, Open / Major and Minor. Henry Golding Chessboard Trophy will be [...]

Μετά από μακρά και σκληρή μάχη με τον καρκίνο πέθανε χθες στο Καράκας ο πρόεδρος της Βενεζουέλας Ούγκο Τσάβες. Τον θάνατο του κομαντάντε ανακοίνωσε στις 16.25 τοπική ώρα ο αντιπρόεδρος και διάδοχος του Τσάβες, Νίκολα...

Ready for the strongest event of the first half of 2013

Pairings for London Candidates 2013

As you know mostly I write on news but from now on I will be writing on various topics other than chess news so I was very much excited while writing this post as this is originally something from me. While teaching chess to my students I give following general rules for tactics. Always look [...]

ΕΝΩΣΗ ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΩΝ ΣΩΜΑΤΕΙΩΝ ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ Μακροπούλου 93, Λαμία ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ2ης φάσης ΟΜΑΔΙΚΟΥ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑΤΟΣ Ε.Σ.Σ.Κ.Ε.1ου ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΟΥ ΦΕΣΤΙΒΑΛ «ΦΙΛΙΑΣ & ΜΕΤΩΠΟΥ ΣΥΝΕΡΓΑΣΙΑΣ» Ε.Σ.Σ.Κ.Ε.  αρ. πρ. 140/1-3-2013 Η Ε.Σ.Σ.Κ.Ε και ο...

The winning team got a perfect score

The leaders will face each other in the 4th round

Mark Hebden won the Classic