A wrap up of the Tasmanian Open and Lightning Championships held on the Eight Hours Day long-weekend from the 11th to the 14th of March.

It is the end of an era as Tasmanian chess legend Richard Neville Ledger (Tasmanian Champion 1965, Tasmanian Lightning Champion 1978, and Tasmanian Open winner 1992) hands in his pen and announces that the latest issue of Chess: Tasmanian Records will be the last.

Continuing the series of "Chess Openings Explained", Jonathan Schrantz (1974 FIDE) from the Chess Club and Scholastic Centre of St Louis presents the Benko Gambit.

A wrap up of the HCC (Inc.) Royal Hobart Regatta Chess Extravaganza played between the 5th and 8th of February.

Over the past 2 weeks (Jan 15-31) the 78th Tata Steel tournament has been being played in Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands.  This is a 13 round, round robin event featuring some of the best players in the world.  Grand Master and noted chess commentator Daniel King presents round by round analysis of the event.

Jonathan Schrantz (1974 FIDE) from the Chess Club and Scholastic Centre of St Louis presents one of his favourite openings, the Noteboom.

A short report of the recent Burnie Shines tournament held on the 24th and 25th of October.

The TCA is now calling for nominations for the Glen Gibbs Memorial Award.  Applications close at 5pm on Friday the 6th of November.

A wrap up of the Tasmanian Rapid Championship held in Devonport on the 25th and 26th of July.

A wrap up of the recently completed Tasmanian Open for 2015.

Check out all video recordings of all the board 1 games from the 2015 Tasmanian Lightning championship.

Watch Carlsen crush 3 opponents blindfolded in a world first at the recent Sohn Conference in New York City.

Max Illingworth, current Australian Chess Champion, analyses games from the recent Kasparov-Short match in St Louis

GM Niclas Huschenbeth presents a 3 part series of short YouTube videos analysing a classic game between Vishy Anand and Gata Kamsky from the 1994 Candidates Match.

An analysis of the recent upset win, 14 year old Sam Sevian defeated Wesley So with the black pieces at the recent US Championships.

Some Puzzles for the keen chess player, answers to follow later!

A wrap-up of the recent TCA state championship held in Hobart.