Irish Championship 9 Round FIDE rated Closed Swiss Event Saturday July 2nd to Sunday July 10th 2016 For Irish players rated over 1900 on the June 2016 ICU published rating list or over 1900 on the June 2016 FIDE list Venue: Quad Room – UCD Dublin Rate of Play: 105 minutes for the first 40 […]
XX Voronezh International Chess Festival

XX Voronezh International Chess Festival Tuesday, 14 June 2016 11:51 XX Voronezh International Chess festival is in progress! It traditionally takes place in Voronezh from June 10 to June 21. The programme is also traditional: three one day tournaments (Chess960, Rapid and Blitz) and three classical chess tournaments (Master Open for players with Elo >2200, […]
3-way tie for 1st at European Senior (over 65), Bogdanov on tiebreaks

http://chess-results.com/tnr218918.aspx Final Ranking after 9 Rounds (top 20) Rk. SNo Name sex FED RtgI Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rp n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 4 IM Bogdanov Valentin UKR 2376 6,5 0,0 46,5 51,0 2438 9 6,5 5,63 0,87 10 8,7 2 5 GM Kupreichik Viktor D BLR 2361 6,5 0,0 44,5 48,0 […]
Teplice Open 2016

SK Teplice is holding its 11th International Chess Tournament from 11-19th June at the House of Culture in Teplice, Czech Republic. 179 players from 30 countries are competing in the 9-round Swiss event. Among them are 17 Grandmasters and 23 International Masters. The total prize fund is 170.000,- CZK. Official website Participants (top 30): 1 […]
Persona Non Grata

In Memoriam Viktor Korchnoi: Chess Grandmaster, Soviet Defector, Pugnacious Competitor DOUG BANDOW June 13, 2016, 5:00 am Almost anything associated with the Cold War appears to be an anachronism these days. Today’s college graduates never saw the hammer and sickle fly over the Kremlin, the deadly wall that cut Berlin in half, or defectors leave home […]
GM Sturua wins European Senior (over 50) Championship

http://chess-results.com/tnr218917.aspx Final Ranking after 9 Rounds (top 20) Rk. SNo Name sex FED RtgI Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rp n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 2 GM Sturua Zurab GEO 2545 7,0 0,0 46,0 49,0 2535 9 7 6,88 0,12 10 1,2 2 8 GM Bagaturov Giorgi GEO 2393 6,5 0,0 48,0 52,0 2503 […]
Daily Chess Improvement: Knock Out Chess Tactic!

Black to move. How should black proceed? Source: ChessToday.net