Ilmar Raud Memorial


The 48th edition of the Ilmar Raud Memorial was held from 30th...

New trends in chess according to Dubai World rapid and blitz championship. First part.

25/06/2025
Magnus Carlsen won both championships. He was lucky, but the strongest players have...

Draw principle

21/06/2025
DRAW PRINCIPLE In sport there is always a winner and draw outcome is considered...

Ivanchuk in a bad mood or how he won the Latvian Railway Open

02/04/2025
The Riga Railway Open in rapid chess took place in the last weekend...

American journey part three

03/03/2025
Marshall chess club championship The 97th Championship took place in the middle of...

American journey part two

03/02/2025
After Dallas I was heading to California. There was a tournament in Orange...

American journey part one

23/01/2025
Dallas University UTD has a chess program long time ago. They have tradition...

Simul in Nõmme district

12/09/2025
Because of local elections coming soon there are more social activities in Tallinn....

Simul in San Francisco

28/06/2025
I was invited to give a simul in Estonian cultural days event. http://www.lep-esto2013.com/[http://www.lep-esto2013.com/] in San...

Chessolympiad in Istanbul

20/09/2025
I visited Istanbul back in 2002 when I was a member of Estonian...

DRAW PRINCIPLE

08/06/2025
Where to start if you like teach your child to develop some good...

Tartu blitz tournament

20/05/2025
To make chess tournaments attractive for weaker players the handicap formula is used....

Kasparov in Tallinn

18/04/2025
In 1981 we had USSR junior team training camp in Tallinn in Pirita...

Zollikon simul and lecture

14/04/2025
It was nice spring day in Switzerland when I arrived to the chess...

Meeting with HE Kirsan ILYUMZHINOV

15/12/2024
FIDE president found a moment to visit Tallinn the capital of Estonia last...

The official presentation of the book “Chess Gymnasium”

15/12/2024
The official presentation of the book “Chess Gymnasium” took place this Wednesday on...

Simul in Narva

16/10/2024
There was a big chess festival the stars of Baltic Sea in Narva...

Chess Simul pictures in Helsinki

03/02/2025
Chess Simul pictures in Helsinki.

Vilnius blitz tournament


Vilnius blitz tournament There is a traditional chess day in Lithuanian Seimas (Parliament). This...

Fujairah chess festival


The first Fujairah International chess tournament was organized by local chess club http://www.fujairahchess.com/[http://www.fujairahchess.com/] . The...

Gibraltar Chess Festival


Gibraltar chess festival. There were three big opens in history of chess. Annual...

Heart of Finland


It was long and cold summer. Everybody is back in business and I...

Interview with Onischuk


1.Please tell us about the Mexican Open you won a week ago. It...

Jaan Ehlvest visiting Zollikon


Dear chessfriend, I am glad to inform everybody that we have book signing...

Jakarta Open


Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 17,508 islands. It encompasses 34 provinces with...

Jurmala Chess Festival 2013


Petrov Memorial Jurmala 2013 Small introduction is needed to explain wider chess public origin...

Keres memorial rapid tournament 2013


Keres traditional memorial rapid tournament was held in Tallinn from 11th till 13th...

Las Vegas National Open


The tournament was held in Riviera hotel. Full information about the festival may...

Macau and Jakarta


Good friend of mine Mr. Utut Adianto invited me last year to play...

Paul Keres Memorial


The Estonian Sports Association Kalev organized the 21st Paul Keres Memorial on 6-8th...