Citizen Co-Hosts First Annual Inner City Chess Tournament By Safiyyah Muhammad The Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group Inc. has partnered with a local mentoring program, A Better Tomorrow (ABT) to host their 1st Annual Chicago Inner City Team Chess Tournament....
World’s biggest chess championship faces bankruptcy over £300k tax bill
Cheque, mate: World’s biggest chess championship faces axe over £300k tax bill By Leon Watson 28 AUGUST 2016 • 11:31PM The world’s biggest chess championship faces being wound up after its organiser was bankrupted over a £300,000 tax bill. The prestigious Delancey...
FM Mohammad Fahad Rahman wins 14th Dubai Juniors Chess Tournament – Maktoum Bin Hamdan Cup
Fide Master (FM) Mohammad Fahad Rahman of Bangladesh crowned himself this year’s champion of the 14th Dubai Juniors Chess Tournament – Sheikh Maktoum Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup following an exciting final-round victory over the UAE’s Candidate Master (CM) Omran...
FM Mohammad Rahman leads 14th Dubai Juniors Tournament
Mohammad Fahad Rahman of Bangladesh maintains half-point lead after eighth-round draw with top-seed Viktor Matviishen of Ukraine in the 14th Dubai Juniors Chess Tournament. FM Viktor Matviishen vs. FM Mohammad Fahad Rahman Fide Master (FM) Mohammad Fahad Rahman of Bangladesh...
Belaya Ladya scholastic team event started in Dagomys
The final tournament of the traditional all-Russian scholastic chess team event Belaya Ladya (also known as White Rook) started in Dagomys. Founded in 1969, the tournament is the oldest scholastic sports competition in Russia. Since 2015, Belaya Ladya also...
Fouress Technologies Junior Rapid Chess Championship
After the success of our ‘KAM Pharmacy Senior (40+) Rapid Chess Championship’ tournament on 17th April 2016 (see photos here), we bring you a tournament for players under the age of 18 years, the ‘Fouress Technologies Junior Rapid Chess...
Historic achievement for young chess players in Franklin County, MS
By Randy Youngblood Franklin County Advocate Riley Middleton, a third grade student at Franklin Lower Elementary, rode with his mother. They followed a big yellow school bus from late afternoon well into the star-filled east Mississippi night of Friday, April...
Chess included in £1.5 billion to extend the hours of British state schools?
Chess – the cheap, easy solution for our underperforming schools AMOL RAJAN George Osborne announced in yesterday’s Budget that £1.5 billion would be made available to extend the hours of British state schools. This is a marvellous and long-overdue...
Photos from SPF National Open for Girls & Boys in San Mateo, CA
Over 300 photos from 2016 SPF National Open for Girls and Boys: https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/SPFNO2016InSanMateoCA
11th SPF National Open for Girls and Boys (Over $100K in prizes / World Youth Qualifier)
Feb. 27 or 27-28, 11th SPF National Open for Girls and Boys 6SS, G/60 d5. Official Qualifier for the SPF National Girls’ Invitational & FIDE World Youth 2016. MAIN EVENT: San Mateo Event Center, 1346 Saratoga Dr., San Mateo. Free Parking. $100,000+...