Σκακιστικά νέα

The newcomer in the premier computer chess championship TCEC – Fizbo by Youri Matiounine has played a fantastic game in round 2 of the Preliminary stage. Fizbo defeated one of the favorites of the group – Ginkgo (ELO 3037).

The Kazakhstan Chess Championship takes place 3-13 May, 2016, in Almaty. It is a 12 player round robin event with the top players of the country including Murtas Kazhgaleyev, Rinat Jumabayev, and Anuar Ismagambetov.

Live games will be daily on Chessdom.com with computer analysis by Komodo, Stockfish and Houdini – the engines that are currently competing in the strongest ever computer chess championship (12 engines of 3100+ ELO and 23 engines over 2850 ELO). Live games from TCEC here

Montenegro Chess Federation organizes the International Chess Open Tournament Cetinje 2016, from 4 to 10 May 2016, on the occasion of 10 years of renewal of the independence of Montenegro.

Cetinje, the old capital of Montenegro – the city museum, is only 30 km from Budva, the center of Montenegro’s tourism, and 30 km from the capital Podgorica. The airports Tivat (49km) and Podgorica (42km) are nearby.

After claiming the winner’s trophy with one round to spare, Valentina Gunina had a pressure-free game against Nino Batsiashvili. It was still an interesting encounter as black sacrificed two pawns for active play. The battle settled in a draw before the time control.

The FIDE World Youth U14, U16, U18 Championships 2016 (open and girls) will be held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, from the 20th of September (arrival) till the 4th of October (departure) 2016.

The Championships will be organized and held by AI “UgraMegaSport” with the assistance of the Ugra Chess Federation and under the auspices of Russian Chess Federation and FIDE.

DisasterArea is one of the newcomer engines in Season 9 of the premier chess engine event TCEC. The engine by Jochen Peussner had a promising start in Stage 1a.

The Russian Team Chess Championship takes place 1-10 May, 2016, in Sochi. The games start at 15:00 local time (14:00 CET) daily with live analysis on Chessdom.com

The competition is a 5-team double round-robin. Syberia, with Vladimir Kramnik and Alexander Grischuk are the defending champions. The main challengers are ShSM with Karjakin. The other participants are Ladiya Kazan, Mednii Vsandnik, and Zhiguli.

Chess Academy of Armenia and Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia, cooperating with FIDE, Armenian Chess Federation, and Armenian State Pedagogical University are organizing an International Conference, entitled “Theoretical and Practical Issues of Chess Education in Schools”.

The Conference is to take place on 30 September (arrival day) to 3 October (departure day), 2016, at “Russia hotel”, in Tsaghkadzor, Republic of Armenia.