Back to the Future

The organisers of the Zürich Chess Challenge Oleg Skvortsov and Christian Issler prepared a letter for the FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. It mentions the time control novelty that will be tested at the next year competition. [Read more].

• Zürich Chess Challenge Organisers Ask Ilyumzhinov For “Changes In The Rules of Calculating Ratings In Classical Chess”, Chess-News.ru, October 30, 2015

Photo © corentosx

隧道协议 (Tunneling protocol)

Pictured above seated next to 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) is the Chairman of the Zürich Chess Club, Dr. Christian Issler, during the Round Two of the 3rd “Zürich Chess Challenge” in Zürich, Switzerland on January 31, 2014. Dr. Issler was kind enough to act, on behalf of the Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”, as a “go-between” with the Women’s World Chess Champion, so as to bypass the “interference” of the Chinese Consulate in Florence.