The Egyptian Chess Federation is organizing the Golden Cleopatra Open, which will be held in Cairo, Egypt – Mondial Hall at Eastern Company Club from 12th to 22nd December 2016, under patronage of Mr. Mohamed Osman Haroon, the Chairman of Egyptian Eastern Company. The tournament is open to all Fide-rated players with a standard rating [...]

The Russian Chess Federation and FIDE Events’ Commission (EVE) will hold a Seminar for International Organizers in Sochi, Russia, from 4-6th December. The seminar is co-organized during the World School Championships 2016. Subject: This seminar will be held at Sochi, Grand Hotel Zhemchuzhina (3, Tchernomorskaya st, Sochi 354002, Russian Federation) from December 04 – 06, [...]

During the European Club Cup 2016 in Novi Sad, Serbia, the ECU organized the 1st ECU Arbiters’ Refreshment Course, which was held from 8th to 10th November. The organizers can proudly say that the course was a big success, as it was attended by 31 participants from 8 different countries: Serbia, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Denmark, [...]

Live games with analysis

and now he’s doing the same for other children

Brilliancy after brilliancy in TCEC

Stockfish vs Houdini also draw in the TCEC Superfinal

Revolutionary visualization training

The 2016 European Chess Club Cup is taking place from 5-13th November in Novi Sad, Serbia. A near-record number of teams are participating – 62 in Open section and 14 in Women’s section. The live commentary is provided by the resident host IM Miodrag Perunovic, special guests IM Eric Hansen and IM Milos Stankovic.

Karjakin defeats Caruana and qualifies for the World Championship