Gibraltar International Chess Festival

The #GibChess Battle of the Sexes was declared open by Dr John Cortes, Minister of Education and Environment, at the @GibGarrisonLib tonight - more photos flic.kr/s/aHBqjzzGjZ - play starts at 15.00 CET on Monday

Photo-report on Day 2 of the #KingstonChess Invitational, with Conor Murphy, Maciej Czopor & Stanley Badacsonyi leading on 3/3 johnchess.blogspot.com/2024/08/2024-k…

If anyone is wondering who the strongest chess player at #KingstonChess is, the photo gives the answer. Chinese GM Zhang Pengxiang is here to support his pupil Jack Liu. Back in 2001 Zhang won his first round FIDE World Championship match by 3-1. His opponent? Anatoly Karpov.

Report on rounds 4 & 5 of the #KingstonChess Invitational. Conor Murphy and Stanley Badacsonyi share the lead. Games, photos, plus a meeting with a distinguished Chinese GM johnchess.blogspot.com/2024/08/2024-k…

A successful #4ncl return last weekend for @WhiteRoseChess. Was a bit anxious with my first GM opposition for over a year, but Sue inspired me to 3/3. Included my first wins over the legendary Mickey Adams and Alexei Shirov, both of whom I've suffered against in the past. 🧵 1/n

Well done, Monica! Congrats from all your chess friends of #GibChess also to proud mum Cathy.

IM Dietmar Kolbus secured bottom place in the #FIDEGrandSwiss with one round to spare, to qualify as... the happiest chess player in the tournament! There's a moral there somewhere, folks. It's not about the winning, it's the taking part.

My round 4 report on the #FIDEGrandSwiss is now online: iomchess.com/news/276-fide-… - Andrey Esipenko is the sole leader, four players head the Women's Grand Swiss, the Volokitin-Keymer 'touch-piece-move' game, and more...

We're so happy to announce Bodhana Sivanandan as England's First World Youth #Chess Champion in 25 Years. Bodhana won all 11 of her games in Egypt. Bodhana was one of our special guests @Chess_Fest where she took on children from CSC schools in a simultaneous display

Round 2 photos from #FIDEGrandSwiss are now available here: iomchess.com/gallery/round-… 📸John Saunders

🔥 The game is on! Catch the start of Round 3 of the #FIDEGrandSwiss in this video compilation. ♟️

"I need to gain some rating to get the GM title, and I hope to get it here and hopefully a Candidates spot!" - Vaishali Rameshbabu shares her aspirations for the FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss tournament. #FIDEGrandSwiss

My round 3 report on the #FIDEGrandSwiss is now available: iomchess.com/news/275-fide-… - enjoy annotations of two brilliant tactics & Vaishali's win with the Grand Prix Attack, plus the Isle of Man Governor's visit

Preview of the FIDE #GrandSwiss and #WomensGrandSwiss chess tournaments, starting 25 October at the Villa Marina, Douglas, Isle of Man iomchess.com #iomchess - stellar line-ups include @FabianoCaruana @GMHikaru @AlirezaFirouzja @anishgiri @DGukesh & many other GMs

It's official! UKGov support for @ecfchess and chess in parks and schools announced by @DCMS with @RishiSunak @lucyfrazermp welcoming Shreyas Royal and Bodhana Sivanandam to @10DowningStreet See: gov.uk/government/new…

Our July pages will ideally be printed today. Much to enjoy within, including @DanielKingChess on Ding Liren, lovely reports on the @amateurchesscom in Kos & @ECUonline Seniors, and @johnchess and Ingrid Ives on Ronnie & Cobie Ives, a pioneering chess couple in the 1950s. #chess

@photochess Enhorabuena!

Got three years residence in Spain 😭😭😭 I am so happy!!!!!

Happy 60th birthday to Swedish chess legend Pia Cramling! 🎉 🎂 A grandmaster since 1992 and one of the strongest female players since the 80s. Pia joined a chess club at age 10; 50 years later she is still an active player that continues to inspire #womeninchess worldwide.

Happy 60th to one of our legends! GM Pia Cramling is a treasure.

Ukraine takes on UK in solidarity chess tournament bbc.in/3FMKkel

Happy birthday, Vishy from all your friends in Gibraltar.