The World Junior U20 Chess Championship 2013 will take place in Hatay, Türkiye, from 12th September (Arrival) to 27th September (Departure) 2013.Please download the REGULATIONS of the tournament. […]
Proposed changes to the Laws of Chess will be further discussed at the EB in Tallinn in October 2013 to be implemented in 2014. There will be no changed to the Laws of Chess at 1st July 2013. […]
The opening ceremony of the 4th stage of FIDE Grand Prix Series 2012-2013 took place in the Amphitryon hall of Makedonia Palace Hotel in Thessaloniki (Greece) on the 21st of May. The players and guests were greeted by the Tournament Director Theodoros Tsorbatsoglou, President of the Greek Chess Federation Georgios Makropoulos, General Secretary of Sports Kir […]
FIDE is pleased to announce the fourth stage of the FIDE Grand Prix Series will be held in Thessaloniki (Greece) between the 21st of May and 4th of June 2013. The 5-star Makedonia Palace Hotel and its owner, international business investor and philanthropist Ivan Savvidi, are FIDE's sponsors for the 12-player Grand Prix Chess Tournament. "This even […]
This youtube link is to a South African national TV programme regarding a chess in schools project in South Africa.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQqoAnAhs3I […]
Our #1 rated player Hikaru Nakamura and the reigning US Champ, Gata Kamsky are playing in the FIDE Grand Prix in Greece. Round one brought good and bad news for American fans. […]
CLO editor Jen Shahade talks about some highlights of her trip to Saint Louis for the US Chess Champs, including the Ramirez-Kamsky final, visiting the ICA school and commentary with GMs Ashley and Seirawan (content/view/12210/343/). […]
This month's check is in the mail by Alex Dunne features an annotated game by Kenneth Holroyd, our newest International Correspondence Chess Master. […]
Hikaru Nakamura, the #1 rated player in the US, had a fine performance at Norway Chess, tying for second with Carlsen, a half point behind tournament winner Karjakin. […]
The Western Pacific Open was recently hosted by Metropolitan Chess in Los Angeles from April 26-28. IM Justin Sarkar won the Open section. Next up is the 27th Metropolitan Chess FIDE Invitational. […]