Chess News

Dave sadly passed away yesterday [2/3/22] after a short spell in hospital. He will be greatly missed by Chester members. Our thoughts are with his wife Laura and family. He…

International Women’s Day – March 8th, 2022 – is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action…

We are a research group at the University of Edinburgh conducting a study on chess knowledge and memory in children. If you have a child between the ages of eight…

— from Alan Burke Stan was very well known by many of our long-serving members for his duties both for the Manchester Chess Federation as well as for the ECF…

Nigel Crucefix 1963-2022 It is with immense sadness that Trowbridge Chess Club shares the news of the sudden death of Nigel Crucefix, aged 58. Nigel joined the Bradford-on-Avon Club (as…

I am pleased to invite you on behalf of the IPCA to participate in the 21st IPCA World Individual Chess Championship for the Physically Disabled 2022 in Ashdod, Israel from…

The Mind Sports Olympiad are excited to share with you our plans for two major competitions in 2022. For the first time ever we are planning to hold two separate…

The John Robinson Youth Chess Trust is funding bursaries (free entry) to the 3rd EJCOA Invitational, which takes place on 23-27 February at The Chess Centre, Ilkley, West Yorkshire. Entries…

The Commission for Women’s Chess is truly grateful to the FIDE President Mr. Arkady Dvorkovich, the FIDE Council and the Management, for their decision to have declared 2022 the Year…

— from FIDE Following a success of the FIDE Open Tournaments support in 2021, FIDE will be expanding and extending Aid Package Program through 2022. This project will support seasoned…

— from Nigel Towers David is the first English GM to win Chess.com’s Titled Tuesday (as far as I am aware). 10 out of 11 in this evening’s event (4/1/22)…