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 […]
Las Vegas National Open
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 […]