The winter is coming In Pühajarve at the last weekend of November was held the strongest handicap tournament ever. It was 17th in a row thanks to the former […]
Chigorin memorial 2016 second part
We always wonder why someone is successful in chess. The rating should say everything about the ranking before the tournament. However the Chigorin memorial was won second year straight by […]
Chigorin memorial in Saint Petersburg
Chess is still very popular in Russia. The traditional festival in Saint Petersburg saw record number of chess players. The festival started with blitz […]
XXIII International Chess Festival ”Liepajas rokade-2016”
The traditional chess festival in Latvia took place in the first weekend of august this year in Liepaja . The Open, the blitz, the supertournament, the tennis tournament were all […]
Iran’s first Stars Cup
Ilmar Raud memorial tournament
Tips for beginners by Jaan Ehlvest
1. Tip number one. Today everybody uses computer to study chess. Quickly browsing through databases to look a certain game and with help of a computer programs to evaluate the […]
Games from the Berlin World rapid and blitz Championship
To comment rapid games on chess media is not very common and I like to fulfill this cap. Years ago there was the “Informator” a regular edition published in former […]
Guillotine in Berlin part one
The World Championship in rapid and blitz took part in Berlin in Alt Moabit region. This was the location of one of the oldest prison in Germany which was built […]
Cheating in Dubai
The 17th Dubai Open Chess Tournament took place from 5th – 16th April 2015 at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club, with players from at least 43 countries competing for […]