128 players started the World Cup and at the end there was a sole winner. The knock out format is cruesome, but in my opinion most democratic system used to […]
Liepaja chess festival 2017
How to lose a game-in 20 moves or in the endgame
Screening the tournaments in different levels There are a lot of tournaments going on around the World. Recently I got my eye on the supertournament in Norway and the […]
Mikhail Tal memorial
Ivanchuk in action
Ivanchuk won the rapid World Championship in Doha at the end of last year. I first played against Vassily in 1986. In 1988 he was already rated among the top […]
London Chess Festival 2016
Pühajärve handicap tournament 2016
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 […]