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The 13th International Chess Festival “Aeroflot Open 2016″ took place from 29th February to 11th March in Hotel “Cosmos”, Moscow.

The new controversial monopoly-like policy that AGON is trying to place over common chess heritage – the freedom of chess moves – has provoked massive reaction

In the 6th round of the Women’s World Championship Match the defending champion Mariya Muzychuk lost with white pieces and allowed her opponent

Modern Chess – the pdf and pgn magazine by Grandmasters for aspiring players – has its February edition available in the Chessdom shop here.

Commercializing, professionalizing, developing, enriching, and growing chess as a sport is a fantastic thing. But not at the expense of chess community traditions, history, and common chess knowledge.

Friday March 4th AGON announced a controversial move to monopolize the chess games from the Candidates 2016.

Latvian player IM Toms Kantans, managed to beat the top seed in Stockholm Chess Challenge,

The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) has unveiled the feature films in the Spotlight, Midnight, and Special Screening sections. Also announced was the Centerpiece film, Works In Progress screenings, and the feature film lineup for the 10th annual Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival. The 15th edition of TFF will take place from April 13-24 in New York City.

The 6th HDBank Cup International Chess Open 2016 is set to take place from 8-13th March at the First Hotel, 18 Hoang Viet Str, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.

The event is a 9-round Swiss open tournament with an average Elo rating of 2350.

Chinese player GM Wang Hao (2717) heads the field of 71 players from 12 different countries, including 15 GMs, 2 WGMs, 23 IMs, 2 WIMs, 10 FMs and 2 WFMs.

The Candidates Tournament 2016, together with the Chess Olympiad in Baku and the World Chess Championship in New York, is one of the top tournaments of the year.