Icelandic Championship starts this Saturday
The Icelandic Championship will start this Saturday, August 22. The event will be played in the town of Gardabaer which incidentally was also the venue when GM Margeir Petursson last played in the event, way back in 1996! Many people are looking forward to his participation as one of the old guards of Icelandic chess. Margeir will […]
FIDE President address on anti-cheating policies
Dear chess friends, I believe there is a consensus that computer-assisted cheating is a real plague of contemporary chess. We have already taken strong steps to enhance our efficiency in fighting it, including strengthening analytical tools, using detectors and scanners in all official FIDE events, training arbiters, finding a right legal basis, and having a dedicated […]