The 2022 FIDE Presidential election will be held on August 7, 2022, at the FIDE General Assembly in Chennai, India. The Electoral Commission, after a preliminary exam, approved the following list of valid Presidential ticket candidacies: Mr. Andrii Baryshpolets and Mr. Peter-Heine Nielsen; Mr. Inalbek Cheripov and Mr. Lewis Ncube; Mr. Arkady Dvorkovich and Mr. […]
Monthly Archives: June 2022
Le Quang Liem continues to lead the Masters tournament at the Prague Chess Festival, as wins for Saleh Salem and Sam Shankland in round 7 did not affect the status of the fight at the top of the standings table. Meanwhile, in the Challengers, co-leaders Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Vincent Keymer drew their direct encounter. Top […]
in the end, rating favourite Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu (pictured, on the left) won the Targu Mures Open, a tournament that is part of the Romanian Grand Prix, a series of strong open events in Romania. In round 1 Nisipeanu lost against WGM Mihaela Sandu but he recovered and finished sole first with 7.0/9, ahead of […]
In 2019, the Prague Chess Festival took place for the first time and currently, the 4th Prague Chess Festival is played – with two interesting grandmaster tournaments, the Masters and the Challengers, an Open, the Futures, a tournament for young players, and a number of side events. In an interview, Petr Boleslav, organiser and tournament […]
Le Quang Liem grabbed the sole lead at the Masters section of the Prague Chess Festival after beating Saleh Salem in Tuesday’s sixth round. Pentala Harikrishna is in sole second place a half point back. In the Challengers, former sole leader Vincent Keymer was held to a draw by Marcin Krzyzanowski, which allowed Nodirbek Abdusattorov […]
Almost eight years ago, in 2014, it was with deep chagrin that we announced the demise of the decades-old chess column in the venerable New York Times. Its most recent upkeeper at the time was the New York Times journalist, Dylan Loeb McClain, who still writes about chess affairs for the paper. It is with […]
Fritztrainer video courses now run everywhere! They run in a stand-alone app for Windows and Mac; they run in the ChessBase programme; and now, brand new, they are streamable in the ChessBase video portal – for tablets, iPads and smartphones! In fact, regardless of whether you order the download or the DVD: you can watch […]
Vishy Anand played some fantastic chess in the Norway Chess 2022. He finished 3rd in a very strong field, defeating Magnus twice in the event – once in blitz and other at the Armageddon. He very nearly got the better of World Champion in classical as well. In this article, we talk with Vishy about […]
Vishy Anand played some fantastic chess in the Norway Chess 2022. He finished 3rd in a very strong field, defeating Magnus twice in the event – once in blitz and other at the Armageddon. He very nearly got the better of World Champion in classical as well. In this article, we talk with Vishy about […]
The FIDE Candidates Tournament is the ultimate qualifier for the FIDE World Championship. Eight prominent grandmasters will compete for a top spot in this double round-robin event in Madrid, Spain, from 16 June to 5 July 2022. The first place is all that matters, as the winner qualifies to face the reigning World Champion Magnus […]