Online chess school

Chess has a long history in Iran. Many believe that the game originated from here.  The Iranian chess federation was very busy this year organizing different tournaments . One of [...]

Ilmar Raud Memorial tournament   The 50th chess festival in a small Estonian town Viljandi was dedicated to the memory of a local chess hero Ilmar Raud. He was 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 […]

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 […]

Rapid events are common in Baltic states. The idea of rapid chess was introduced into practice years ago in Soviet Estonia. Later European and World Championships were held at the […]

I like to look and compare chess and mathematics in terms of possible propadeutics for future studies in school and life. Propaedeutics (from the Greek. Propaideio – will go before) […]

Good friend of mine Mr. Utut Adianto invited me last year to play in the first Jakarta Open, I could not accept his invitation last year but visited the capital […]

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 boring result, […]

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 […]

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 [...]