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GM Rauf Mamedov to visit Bay Area

European Blitz Champion GM Rauf Mamedov will participate in two events at the new Bay Area Chess office which is located at 2050 Concourse Drive #42, San Jose 95131, USA.

On 11th February Mamedov will give a lecture titled “The Secrets of Chess Strategy” and then he will hold a 25-board simultaneous exhibition.

Hikaru Nakamura repeats success in Gibraltar Masters

Hikaru NakamuraAmerican Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura has won the 2016 Tradewise Gibraltar Masters, which concluded at the Caleta Hotel on Thursday 4 February.

“Nona-75th Anniversary” International Open Chess Tournament

The International Open Chess Tournament dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the legendary chess champion Nona Gaprindashvili is scheduled to take place from 21-30th April, 2016, at the Chess Palace in Tbilis, Georgia.

The tournament is organzied by the Ministry of Sport and Youth of Georgia, Tbilisi city Hall and Georgian Chess Federation.

European Amateur Chess Championship 2016

The European Amateur Chess Championship 2016 will be held in Ruzomberok, northern Slovakia, from June 5 (day of arrival) to June 12 (day of departure) 2016.

The tournament will be held in the „Sports hall Koniaren“, and the official accommodating hotel is Hotel Kultura.

76th Noteboom Chess Tournament 2016 LIVE!

The 76th Noteboom Chess Tournament is taking place from February 5-7, 2016, in the venue of CORPUS Congress Centre, at the Leiden city, in the Netherlands.

The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with top seed Dutch player GM Benjamin Bok (2607)

21st HIT Open 2016

The 21st HIT Open 2016 is taking place from January 29 to February 4, in Nova Gorica, Slovenia.

The event is organized by Chess Club Nova Gorica in a 9-round Swiss FIDE format with prize fund in total of 6,000 EUR.

Top seed is Hungarian player GM Tamas Banusz (2612).

Three players lead with perfect score in Moscow Open A Tournament

After four round of play in the Men’s Cup of Russia stage, the main event of the RSSU Chess Cup Moscow Open 2016, three players are in joint lead with perfect score – Urii Eliseev (Moscow), Vasiliy Korchmar (Saratov) and Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine).

Southwest Class Championships 2016

The 7th Southwest Class Championships will be held from February 11-15, 2016, at the DFW Airport Marriott South, 4151 Centreport Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

The event has 7 sections: Master, Expert, Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E. The Master Section is a 9-round Swiss over 5-day schedule (February 11-15) with GM and IM norms available.

FIDE Arbiters’ Magazine No 2

Official FIDE logoThe FIDE Arbiters’ Commission has the pleasure to publish the second issue of the Arbiters’ Magazine (PDF).

Hou Yifan in Norway Chess 2016 Qualifier

Altibox Norway ChessThe Norway Chess 2016, sponsored by Altibox, is scheduled to take place in Stavanger from April 18-30. It is going to be a ten player single round robin event.

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