The Russian Team Chess Championship 2017 aka Premier League is going to take place 1-10 May, 2017, in Sochi, Russia. It will consist of eight teams. Top seeded are the team of Sibir with Vladimir Kramnik, Anish Giri, Shakhriyar...
German Bundesliga 2016/2017 round 14 results

Round 14 results BRE-SFB Fressinet, Laurent Melkumyan, Hrant ½-½ BRE-SFB Piorun, Kacper Areshchenko, Alexander ½-½ BRE-SFB Bluebaum, Matthias Mista, Aleksander ½-½ BRE-SFB Sprenger, Jan Michael, Dr. Efimenko, Zahar 0-1 BRE-SFB Werle, Jan Schreiner, Peter 1-0 BRE-SFB Lauber, Arnd Markgraf,...
12 year old Malaysian girl “harassed and humiliated” at Chess Tournament

12 year old Malaysian girl “harassed and humiliated” at Chess Tournament! Should the organizer and tournament director be suspended for their action? 12-year-old girl forced to withdraw from chess tournament for ‘seductive’ outfit Posted on 28 April 2017 –...
GM Bosiočić leads Croatian Championship after 5

Ranking crosstable after round 5 Rk. Name FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 1 GM Bosiočić Marin CRO * ½ 1 1 1 1 4,5 0,5...
Mamedyarov suffers 1st loss but still leads Gashimov Memorial

Round 8 results Karjakin, Sergey – Eljanov, Pavel 1-0 Kramnik, Vladimir – Adams, Michael 1-0 So, Wesley – Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ Topalov, Veselin – Harikrishna, P. ½-½ Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 Standings after 8 rounds 1. Mamedyarov,...
FIDE Ethics Commission Tackles A Number of Disciplinary Cases

Ethics Commission meets in Madrid The FIDE Ethics Commission (ETH) recently met in Madrid, Spain to decide a number of disciplinary cases and to conduct a hearing in two cases of alleged cheating. In case 1/2016 (R Smith /...
Hard work does pay off for twin brothers

Ann Arbor teen accepted to all 8 Ivy League schools By Lauren Slagter on April 26, 2017 at 6:15 AM, updated April 26, 2017 at 8:03 AM ANN ARBOR, MI – The college acceptance letters Jadal Williams and Taimor...
Daily Chess Improvement: Important Endgame Knowledge!

White to move. Win or draw? How should white proceed? 8/5k2/1p6/1P6/6K1/1P6/8/8 w – – 0 1
FIDE Online Arena updates its daily tournament schedule

FIDE Online Arena updates its daily tournament schedule FIDE Online Arena is updating its daily tournament schedule. More Rapid, Blitz and bullet tournaments are available for FIDE and Platinum members. The new program is enriched with thematic tournaments, chess...