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  • 25 November has since 1981 been the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

    Is chess finally safe for women? – 25 Nov 2022

    Recently reported harassment cases are less troubling than those in a German newspaper article that was ignored.

  • The “match of the century” made headlines all over the Western world. Los Angeles Times clipping on [Edward Winter’s Chess Notes][1] [1]: https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/spasskyfischer.html

    It’s 50 years, folks! – 02 May 2022

    The anniversary of the biggest chess event in history, Fischer – Spassky, Reykjavik 1972, is coming up fast. Is chess about to miss out on this communication opportunity?

  • Ukrainian Defence

    Ukrainian Defence – 03 Mar 2022

    Let’s rename the King’s Indian after the country where this heroic opening was developed. The country that is defending our liberty.

  • The match system heavily favours the world champion, but it doesn’t motivate him any more.

    Carlsen has a wish – 26 Dec 2021

    The world champion cares about the welfare of the chess community. The chess community better also cares about the welfare of the world championship. Let’s have a proper debate.

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    Work 4 Chess! – 21 Aug 2021

    How to plan and manage chess competitions during a (hopefully fading) pandemic? Which apps and platforms help clubs to mobilize old members and gain new ones? These questions and more will be answered at our free online conference Work4Chess on 18 September.

  • Women’s chess was all over the FIDE website during the last week.

    By all appearances – 07 Jun 2021

    Reporting on women and girls in chess can go wrong in many ways, but do not despair, help is near. Tatiana Flores has some guidelines.

  • ChessTech2020 v2

    Best Chess Startup 2020 – 29 Nov 2020

    Are you starting out as a chess entrepreneur? Do you have an idea that can revolutionize the way we play, learn or train? Do you run an internal start-up within a chess company? Then you should apply until Wednesday evening and pitch for Best Chess Startup 2020 at ChessTech 2020.

  • Black Friday Sale

    Black Friday chess sales – 26 Nov 2020

    It’s the time of the year when retailers and online shops lure customers with special discounts for “Black Friday” or “Cyber Monday”. Stefan Löffler shows you the chess sales.

  • Has the producer paid for the copyright license? Unlikely.

    Harvesting the Beth-Harmon-Effect – 24 Nov 2020

    To piggyback on the unprecented success of The Queen’s Gambit, which is the most watched Netflix series worldwide since four weeks, here are twelve chess hacks, assembled by Stefan Löffler.

  • ChessTech Conference Topics

    Free registration until 30 November – 17 Nov 2020

    Does chess have the best possible online events? What are the hidden costs of cheating and anti-cheating? Is the chess community telling the right stories to reach a larger audience? These questions and many more are discussed at the ChessTech 2020 online conference on 5 and 6 December.

  • 2019 conference at the Irish Centre in Hammersmith.

    Chess and Technology online conference – 26 Oct 2020

    ChessTech is proud partner of the ChessTech 2020 conference on 5 and 6 December 2020. Here is an advance on what the world’s premier chess-related conference first online edition has to offer.

  • Artwork by his daughter is displayed at Günther Beikert’s board when he competes in Bundesliga this week

    We need to ground chess – 15 Sep 2020

    In order to prevent a global climate catastrophe mankind has to change its play. The international chess community can contribute – by reducing its emissions and taking a leading role, writes Günther Beikert.

  • The medical doctor of the Spanish Federation had more than temperature-measuring to do during the Spanish Championship

    The room parties that shook Spanish chess – 11 Sep 2020

    Covid-19 infections and forfeited games overshadowed the Spanish Individual Championship that ended on Tuesday. The safety standards were high but didn’t go beyond the tournament hall, reports Stefan Löffler.

  • This article is based on Carlo Stellati’s presentation at our webinar Online Ideas and Strategy for Chess Organisations.

    It’s time to synchronize – 13 Jun 2020

    FIDE and the national federations should act together and with the digital platforms to assure the identity of the players, align rankings and titles, provide solutions against cheating and for parental control. If they manage, they and the chess world will come out stronger, writes Carlo Stellati.

  • The ban of Jarvis Khattri for exposing how easy it is to cheat at Fortnite made headlines

    “Cross-platform bans would send a strong signal” – 10 Jun 2020

    How can online chess overcome cheating? A ChessTech debate established the legal problems, a professional set-up for serious competitions and three institutional solutions. For starters we heard cautionary tales what happened in other games, writes Conrad Schormann.

  • [Alex Colovic][1] is President of the Association of Chess Professionals since 2019, a coach, author and grandmaster from Macedonia. [Follow Alex on Twitter][2] [1]: https://www.alexcolovic.com [2]: https://twitter.com/GMAlexColovic

    What can chess professionals do now? – 27 May 2020

    The events that shook the world in the last few months had a colossal effect on the chess world – the tournaments stopped and chess moved online. For some, this changed nothing, for others – everything. Alex Colovic, President of the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP), reflects on how he and his colleagues make a living now.

  • Five out of six players at the top of the B group of the European Online Championship were disqualified.

    Can online chess overcome cheating? – 24 May 2020

    Numerous disqualifications at the ongoing European Online Championship highlight the major battle online chess is fighting these days: cheating. Games with longer time controls will be an especially critical battleground. Is the detection system in place good enough? How do we sanction cheaters? Ahead of our online debate on Tuesday here is an update by Conrad Schormann.

  • Distancing rules require over-the-board players to stay aware of the distance to our opponent

    Returning to the board requires experiments – 11 May 2020

    Playing chess over the board will be restricted by Covid safeguarding rules for the foreseeable future. According to a Harvard study we may have physical distancing until 2022. In order to find out how we can play over the board safely, ChessTech editor Stefan Löffler initiated a small tournament in a Vienna park. He reflects on the findings and calls for more experiments.