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Chess Assistant 2017 PRO is now available in the Chessdom shop.

Houdini Aquarium PRO 2017 is now available in the Chessdom shop with Houdini 5 PRO inside – the engine has improved greatly since the previous version and is now stronger than ever, 200 ELO points over Houdini 4 PRO, now supporting up to 128 core

In the conference hall of the Grand Hotel Zhemchuzhina, Sochi, the opening ceremony of the World Schools Chess Championship took place on 2nd December. 499 players from 30 countries arrived to take part in the competition. The tournament is hosted in Russia for the first time ever.

Chess grandmaster Timur Gareyev, also known as the Blindfold King will set a new world record for Blindfold Chess in Las Vegas.

OFF da ROOK Entertainment along with the Las Vegas Chess Center will present a special Blindfold Chess event with the Blindfold King.

Montenegro Chess Federation announced the official invitations for the European School Chess Championship and the 17th European Youth Rapid & Blitz U-8,10,12,14,16,18 Championship, both to be organized in June 2017 in Budva, Montenegro.

The winner of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix series 2015/16 is announced in Khanty-Mansiysk.

Magnus Carlsen is World Chess Champion 2016! He successfully defended the title in a match with Sergey Karjakin, after 6-6 in the classical part and 3,0-1,0 in the tiebreaks. Congratulations!

The World Schools Individual Championships starts on December 2, 2016 in Sochi. More than 400 young chess players from 30 countries will take part in the event, for the first time ever hosted in Russia.

The registration deadline for the European Rapid and Blitz Championships has been extended until 5th December.

Mark Evgenyevich Taimanov, an outstanding grandmaster, participant of the legendary candidates tournament of 1953, candidates cycle of 1970-1972, and Match of Century of 1970, passed away in St. Petersburg.