3rd Ferdynand Dziedzic International Chess Memorial
The 3rd Ferdynand Dziedzic International Chess Memorial was held on March 3rd at Żeromskiego St. 28 (sports hall) in Trzcianka, Poland. The tournament is organized to commemorate Ferdynand Dziedzic,...
View ArticleEmpire Chess DVDs (volume 1-5 pack)
The first five discs from Chessdom’s Empire Chess DVD series are now all published. GM Leonid Kritz, GM Eugene Perelshteyn, and GM Damian Lemos now have ready for you hours of strong chess tactics and...
View Article2013 Pittsburgh Open, four-way tie on the top
The 14th Annual Pittsburgh Open was held on 1-3rd March at the Doubletree Hotel Pittsburgh Green Tree, 500 Mansfield Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.The event had a $12,000 prize fund based on 150 paid...
View ArticleKore Akshayraj victorious in Cannes Open
The 27th International Winter Chess Open took place from 25th February to 3rd March at the playing venue Lerins, in Cannes, France. Indian IM Kore Akshayraj, who recently rounded the necessary...
View ArticleChess Candidates Tournament - Pairings
The London Chess Candidates tournament will be played as a double round-robin from 15th March to 1st April at the IET at 2 Savoy Place.The winner of the Candidates will become the Challenger to...
View ArticleAlekhine Memorial: New Super-Tournament
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...
View ArticleUT Dallas Spring Events
To prepare for the Final Four of Chess Tournament, UT Dallas will host two events during spring break: the UT Dallas Spring Blitz Tournament and the UT Dallas Spring FIDE Open Underwritten by Turner...
View Article48th Capablanca Memorial
The 48th edition of the Tournament Capablanca in Memoriam 2013 will take place from April 20th to May 1st at Habana Riviera Hotel in La Havana, Cuba. The event is organized by the Cuban Chess...
View ArticleNM Will Stewart to open Chess Arena
The Chess Arena is off to its early beta start. With the help of all pre-registered players the technical team has started polishing the rough edges on the back-end of the platform. As a big “thank...
View ArticleFIDE Grand Prix moves from Portugal to Switzerland
Following the weeks of speculation, the Portugal Chess Federation announced on its website that the 3rd stage of the FIDE Grand Prix will not be held in Lisbon as planned. “Unfortunately, for the...
View ArticleChess Candidates 2013 start in London
The opening ceremony of the Candidates 2013 took place in London. The FIDE President Kirsan Ilymzhinov and the AGON director Andrew Paulson welcomed the players and their accompanying personnel. Among...
View ArticleGarry’s Choice 115, 114 & 113
Garry’s Choice is the exclusive world famous column by Garry Kasparov. The 13th World champion dissects top games of modern chess/ in English, 25 pages in total, for Chess Informant. You can now get...
View ArticleSeven Samurai. And One Master.
People say that in London to play the FIDE Candidates Tournament, there will be Magnus Carlsen and seven other guys. You know, vox populi vox Dei, as the ancient saying has it, but actually no result...
View ArticleKirsan Ilyumzhinov interview in London
During ICC live radio broadcast, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov very kindly gave an interview to GM Yasser Seirawan.
View ArticleGeneva Chess Masters
The Geneva Chess Masters will take place on 24-30th June, 2013, at the Theatre Pitoeff in Geneve, Swizerland.Vladimir Kramnik, Judit Polgar, Hikaru Nakamura, Etienne Bacrot, Romain Edouard, Alexandra...
View ArticleMagnus Carlsen on BBC
Magnus Carlsen, described as the greatest chess player of all time, is in London competing at the Candidates Tournament.BBC presenter Ros Atkins interviewed Mr Carlsen while playing him, and spoke to...
View ArticleHD Bank Cup International Live
The 3rd HD Bank Cup International Chess 2013 will be held from 18th to 25th March, 2013 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. var cbeOptions = { layout: "3", room: "2013-hdbank", game: "", annotations: true...
View ArticleMagnus Carlsen vs Alexander Grischuk (Video)
GM Damien Lemos analyses a game between Magnus Carlsen and Alexander Grischuk from the 2013 Candidates Tournament.
View ArticleAl Jazeera on Chess in Armenia
Armenia has produced more than 30 grandmasters and won the team chess Olympiads in 2006, 2008 and 2012. Armenian champion Levon Aronian is currently the third-best player in the world, according to...
View ArticleChallenge GM Tamir Nabaty in the Chess Arena
The Chessdom Chess Arena playing zone continues its daily Master Challenges. Today at 16:30 CET (10:30 EST, 15:30 GMT) http://arena.chessdom.com will have a Grandmaster Challenge with GM Tamir Nabaty...
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