Latvian Chess Federation and Grandmaster Alexei Shirov have the pleasure to announce the 2013 Vladimir Petrov Memorial, which will be held on 15-17 February at the Jurmala City museum in Jurmala, Latvia. The aim of the tournament is to pay tribute to one of the brightest representatives of Latvian Chess ever who tragically died in [...]

The popular chess training platform Chessity features the famous steps method by the Euwe Ring holder IM Cor van Wijgerden. Part of the training in the platform is based on competitive chess games. Every weekend Chessity organizes three chess tactics battle events. They are free to participate and start at Saturday 12:00 CET, Sunday 12:00 [...]

Article by Jason Fagone for Wired Magazine Julian Schuster first heard the rumor a year and a half ago. Susan Polgar, the legendary grand master known to journalists as “the Queen,” was unhappy in her current position as Texas Tech’s chess coach. She was feeling unappreciated. She had made this known to certain people in [...]

The young and super talented Anish Giri has announced his participation in the 2013 Reykjavik Open. The Dutchman enters the tournament with a FIDE rating of 2720 putting him slightly ahead of the Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave who checks in at 2715. This places Giri at #25 in the world which is quite impressive for someone [...]

After six rounds of the GRENKE Chess Classic in Baden-Baden, some interesting patterns have emerged. In all six rounds, one game has been decisive and two games have been drawn. The other two patterns are closely related to this. Five of the six decisive games have been Arkadij Naiditsch's, the only exception coming in round 1 when Fabiano Caruana defeated Georg Meier. That round was also the...

There are some terrific sources of instructional content on the internet and here’s a source that everyone should be aware of. English International Master Andrew Martin has a well deserved reputation of being one of the best presenters of chess videos, his relaxed and humorous style providing an nice backdrop to the chess instruction. On [...]

GM Aivars Gipslis Memorial Tournament was organized by the Latvian Chess Federation and Alexei Shirov on 9th February at the Technical University in Riga, Latvia. The tournament was held to commemorate Aivars Gipslis, eight-times Latvian champion and respected Grandmaster. The tournament was played over 9 rounds of Swiss system with the blitz time control of [...]

Chess Association of Khorasan-Razavi province on behalf of I. R. Iran Chess Federation has the honor to invite all players from national federations to participate in the 21th Fajr International Chess Open Tournament will be held in Mashhad, northwestern of Iran, from Wednesday, February 20 to Thursday, February 28, 2013. Participation in the 21th Fajr [...]

Chess Association of Khorasan-Razavi province on behalf of I. R. Iran Chess Federation has the honor to invite all players from national federations to participate in the 6th Fajr International Women Open Tournament will be held in Mashhad, northwestern of Iran, from Wednesday, February 20 to Thursday, February 28, 2013. Participation in the 6th Fajr [...]

Naiditsch played 5 out the 6 decisive games in the tournament...

The 32 qualified players will participate in a Knockout on Friday...

A very impressive win by Naiditsch...

The other two games have become very sharp...

The Sigeman Chess Tournament 2013 will take place on 22-28 May...

Another disappointing round...