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Solid opening theory and understanding the initial phases of the game is essential in 21st century chess.

The US Chess Championship 2016 will start on Thursday, April 14 in St Louis. It is the strongest US Championships ever, with top-10 players Caruana, Nakamura and So and top-100s Kamsky, Onischuk, Robson and Shankland.

The top three players will compete in a special blitz round robin format against Garry Kasparov.

The US Women Chess Championship 2016 will start on Thursday, April 14 in St Louis. The 2016 U.S. Women’s Championship will feature seven-time U.S. Women’s Champion GM Irina Krush, who seeks to maintain her iron grip over an up-and-coming field of American females. The 12-player round robin will also include 8 players selected by the January 2016 U.S. Chess rating supplement, two wildcards and the U.S. Junior Girls Champion, 15-year-old WIM Ashritha Eswaran, who also appeared in the 2014 U.S. Women’s Championship.

Three-time British champion David Howell and UAE national coach Ivan Sokolov join leaders

Three-time British champion David Howell and UAE national coach Ivan Sokolov of the Netherlands lead seven other grandmasters (GMs) who remain unblemished after three rounds of action in the Dubai Open Chess Championship – Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup  at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club.

Grandmaster Alexander Morozevich has scored back-to-back victories in the Russian Rapid Grand Prix after grabbing the trophy in Cheboksary. Earlier this week he won the Star Trek tournament in Korolev.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 22 to 26 June 2016 in Silver Lake – Veliko Gradiste, Serbia, by the Serbian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The Romanian Chess Championships 2016 for men and women were held from 2-10th April at Hotel Parang in Olanesti.

The Championships were organized by the F.R. Sah, CS Tinerii Maestrii Bucuresti and IO Elena Cristian. Both sections were played as 9-round Swiss events.

The Portes du Soleil International Open Chess Tournament is scheduled to take place from 20-27 August, 2016, in mountain village of Morgins, Switzerland.

CT-ART 6.0, the latest installment of the renowned chess course, is now available here in the Chessdom shop! The collection includes 5 best tactics courses for all levels:

Exciting news for the computer chess world – Houdini 5 chess engine has officially confirmed participation in the Top Chess Engine Championship (TCEC) Season 9.