The tournament was held in Riviera hotel. Full information about the festival may found on http://www.vegaschessfestival.com/natlopen/ At the end I shared first place, but I did not expect to win […]
Jaan Ehlvest visiting Zollikon
Dear chessfriend, I am glad to inform everybody that we have book signing and simul by Jaan Ehlvest in Zollikon Switzerland on 14th of April in local chess club for […]
Interview with Onischuk
1.Please tell us about the Mexican Open you won a week ago. It was the Mexican Open Championship. I already played in this tournament three times in the past and […]
Jurmala Chess Festival 2013
Small introduction is needed to explain wider chess public origin of this competition. Not so long ago the cosmopolitan chess player Alexei Shirov returned back to his hometown Riga. He […]
Gibraltar Chess Festival
There were three big opens in history of chess. Annual New York Open and after the Aeroflot Open. New York Open is already history, because the organizers could not find […]
Keres memorial rapid tournament 2013
Keres traditional memorial rapid tournament was held in Tallinn from 11th till 13th of January.
Fujairah chess festival
The first Fujairah International chess tournament was organized by local chess club. The first prize was 15 000 USD, still in the Masters section there were only little bit more than […]
Chessolympiad in Istanbul
I visited Istanbul back in 2002 when I was a member of Estonian team playing first board. This was second Olympiad in Istanbul and this time the premises were outside […]
Draw Principle
Where to start if you like teach your child to develop some good character traits. First you need to understand that we need to teach the process, winning a game […]
Tartu blitz tournament
To make chess tournaments attractive for weaker players the handicap formula is used. Other big incentive is good organization and the money.