White to move. How should white proceed? Source: ChessToday.net
Russian Championship 2016
Source: TWIC by Mark Crowther The Russian Chess Championship takes place in Novosibirsk 16th to 28th October 2016. Players: Grischuk, Svidler, Inarkiev, Tomashevsky, Vitiugov,, Jakovenko, Oparin, Fedoseev, Kokarev,, Riazantsev, Goganov and Bocharov play. Alongside is the women’s championship with...
11-year-old Indian prodigy defeats 2600+ GM
R Praggnanandhaa, 11-year-old Indian prodigy defeats Paraguayan Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa, created history earlier by becoming the youngest ever Internation Master (IM). by chandra-moulee-das Oct 2016, 14:22 IST Updated : 12 Oct 2016, 17:54 IST The 11-year-old Indian prodigy R Praggnanandhaa from...
Historic achievement for Syrian Women at Baku Chess Olympiad
The Syrian women team won in their section (D group) at the World Chess Olympiad Baku 2016 Wednesday, 12 October 2016 08:06 For the first time in the history of Chess Olympiads, the Syrian women team won in their...
Chess and the Military
Nigerian Army seeks partnership with Chess Federation October 12, 2016Premium Times The Coordinator of the Chess event at the 2016 Nigerian Army Sports Festival, Allen Kigbu, has revealed plans to partner the Nigerian Chess Federation in their quest to...
Meet America’s Newest 15-year old Grandmaster
Ruifeng at last year’s SPICE Cup Congratulations to 15 year old Ruifeng Li who just earned his final GM norm! He already made the rating requirement so he will officially be a GM soon. Also a big congratulations to...
Interesting question about chess coaching
I have an interesting topic which came up again today. I have been asked many times why SPICE students won more titles and have more success than all other collegiate chess programs combined in the past 4-6 years (they...
Women speaking up about their beliefs
TEHRAN // Female chess players in Iran have hit back at calls to boycott the world championships due to be held in Tehran, after a US champion who opposes the country’s Islamic dress code called for the venue to...
FIDE World Cadets Championship 2016 in Batumi, Georgia
FIDE World Cadets Championship 2016 18 – 31 October 2016, Batumi – Georgia FIDE WORLD CADETS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS BATUMI (GEORGIA) 18 – 31 October 2016 GENERAL REGULATIONS 1. Invitation This is the official invitation to all national chess federations...