The Piemontese regional committee F.S.I., with the F.S.I. council patronage, will organize in Turin, from February 25 to 27th 2009, an International Convention on the theme: “Chess: a game to grow up with”, based on the chess teaching methods in school and on the chess teaching potentialities in the development of cognitive competences and learner’s personalities.

Aeroflot open will be a mixture of top grandmaster chess and young tallents super show, featuring over 70 GMs above 2500 ELO.

We hinted on this possibility back in December and now FIDE Press Release confirms it – UEP is bidding on both candidate tournament and 2011 World Championship match. Read the FIDE announcement…

The decision was reached during today’s meeting of the Grand Slam Association in Wijk ann Zee, Netherlands. Tian Hunguey, the Executive Director of the Chinese chess federation, presented the government’s 5-year guarantee for Nanjing Pearl Spring tournament.

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov said during the Chess Festival “Moscow Open 2009″ opening ceremony that the global financial crisis will not affect the chess tournaments circuit.