The Riga Railway Open in rapid chess took place in the last weekend of March. Many strong GM-s were participating, but the result of the winner Ivanchuk made headlines. At […]
American journey part three
Marshall chess club championship The 97th Championship took place in the middle of December over two weekends and finished just before Christmas. My flight from Vegas was delayed because of […]
How to teach chess to children, useful tips
DRAW PRINCIPLE In sport there is always a winner and draw outcome is considered weakness. In chess however the draw is result of perfect game by both players. It is […]
Paul Keres Memorial
The Estonian Sports Association Kalev organized the 21st Paul Keres Memorial on 6-8th January in Tallinn, Estonia. The Preliminary 7-round Swiss tournament with the time control 15′+10” was held on […]
American journey part two
After Dallas I was heading to California. There was a tournament in Orange County. The 49th Annual American Open (the first tournament to become both an American Classic and Heritage [...]
American journey part one
Dallas University UTD has a chess program long time ago. They have tradition to invite some strong players for their annual training tournament before the important team competition at […]
Jakarta Open
Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 17,508 islands. It encompasses 34 provinces with over 238 million people, making it the world’s fourth most populous country. The most famous island is […]
Simul in Nõmme district
Because of local elections coming soon there are more social activities in Tallinn. I was asked to promote one of the electoral alliance to give a simul. It took place […]
Heart of Finland
It was long and cold summer. Everybody is back in business and I owe some information. My chess summer took me to Heart of Finland tournament which took place in […]
Simul in San Francisco
I was invited to give a simul in Estonian cultural days event. http://www.lep-esto2013.com/ in San Francisco at the end of June. The simul was held in Grand Hyatt hotel where […]