The FIDE Online Arena, the virtual chess club for chess players around the world is upgraded with new features and offers to new members full membership services for a period of 4 months, free of charge. Promotional offer Players, who already have a FIDE ID number, are welcome to create an account with full membership […]
40th Internet Based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar

The Chess IQ Academy is going to organize an Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar, from 6 to 11 April 2015, under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer and Technical Organizer will be IA Sevan Muradian (USA), FIDE Lecturer. The lectures will be in English language. The Seminar will give FIDE Arbiter norms and titles, according […]
Changes at the top

On Chess: Rumbling In The Top Ranks Of American ChessBy BRIAN JERAULD The acquisition of Grandmaster Wesley So was the big news coming out of 2014. The Philippine-born prodigy and former Webster University star joined the U.S. Chess Federation after cracking the world’s top 10. But just a month into 2015, So is already setting […]
The Rock potential

CHESS FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS ROCK POTENTIAL FOR EVENTS-LED TOURISM Gibraltar’s Minister for Tourism Samantha Sacramento hosted her first chess- dinner for the visiting participants of the 13th edition of the Tradewise Chess Festival. Evidently wanting to confirm Government’s commitment to the tournament her message to all was simple. “We want you to continue coming to the […]
Former FIDE President Friðrik Ólafsson honored

Chess Grandmaster Honorary Citizen of Reykjavík BY EYGLÓ SVALA ARNARSDÓTTIR January 29, 2015 11:02 Updated: January 29, 2015 11:15 Friðrik Ólafsson, Iceland’s first grandmaster in chess, was given the title Honorary Citizen of Reykjavík at a ceremony in Höfði yesterday. Friðrik, who celebrated his 80th birthday on January 26, was made an honorary member of […]
The Queen with “The Queen”

Photo by Jurriaan Hoefsmit The Queen with “The Queen” The world chess champion Hou Yifan was pleasantly surprised by Dutch chess ambassador Hans Bohm during the prizegiving of Tata Steel tournament last Sunday in Wijk aan Zee. The Chinese first lady was delighted to be presented with the new book by Hans Bohm & Yochanan […]
Gibraltar Chess 2015 LIVE!
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Closing out chess tactic

White to move. Can you find the correct continuation for White? 2r1r1k1/q2bp1bR/3p2p1/3P4/1pBN2P1/1P3P2/1pPQ4/1K5R w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Gibraltar round 3 pairings

Full pairings here: http://chess-results.com/tnr158561.aspx Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The Sicilian Najdorf Defense … and more
The Sicilian Dragon Posted on January 27,2015 By GM Levan Aroshidze in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, Beginner’s Corner. The Dragon variation is probably the most aggressive and ambitious line of the Sicilian defense, but at the same time it is quite risky. Black fianchettoes his dark-squared bishop and creates a strong pressure on […]