Small Chess Olympiad was adopted in significant project of affirmation and development of sports in schools in Republic of Srpska, entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and was held on 30th of March in Banjaluka, with aim to bring chess closer to schools and their students. Before the finals, various competitions were organized in districts and towns of Republic… Read More »
Grenke Chess Festival 2019 containing Grenke Chess Open in three categories: A,B and C, and Grenke Chess Classic tournament gathering top world Grandmasters, started in Karlsruhe, Germany. The festival has started with Grenke Chess Open, which is played from 18th-22nd of April. This year, the Open events gathered more than 2100 players coming from all over the world-… Read More »
After great fights at Reykjavik Open 2019, which took place from 8th-16th April in Reykjavik, eight players tied for the top, but thanks to the best tiebreaks, Romanian Grandmaster, Lupulescu Constantin (ROU, 2634) won the event. Among the group on the top with 7 points each were: Firouzja Alireza (IRI, 2669), Grandelius Nils (SWE, 2687), Jones Gawain C… Read More »
The Slovenian Chess Federation invites representatives of Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italia, Slovakia and Switzerland to the MITROPA CUP 2019, which will take place from 26h May-4th June in Hotel Radin, Zdravilišče Radenci, Slovenia. The tournament will be held in two sections, the open section, and the women`s section. Each team will be composed of 4 players… Read More »
The chess team of the southern Israeli port city of Ashdod won its seventh national championship title last weekend. The 11th and last round of the top division was held in Ramat Aviv (North of Tel-Aviv) chess house with the participation of 72 players (representing the top 12 teams), out of which 32 were grandmasters and 20 International… Read More »
GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2019 has started yesterday in Reykjavik, Iceland, and takes place from 8th-16th of April. 239 players coming from 33 federations participate the event. Among them 31 Grandmasters, 19 International masters, and in total 85 titled players. The very strong line-up of the event is completed with 12 players rated over 2600. Top seeders are: Jones… Read More »
FIDE Chess in education commission (EDU), Chess academy of Armenia and ”Chess” Scientific Research Institute of Armenia are organizing an International Conference, entitled “Current state and development trends of chess education”, which will be held at “Multi rest house” hotel in Tsaghkadzor, Republic of Armenia, from 6th of May (arrival day) to 9th of May (departure day) 2019. Working… Read More »
The 6th edition of Shamkir Chess tournament, in memory of Vugar Gashimov, launched yesterday and takes place from 30th March-9th April in Shamkir, Azerbaijan. The Gala Opening Ceremony of the event took place on Saturday, 30th of March, with attendance of the executive chief of Shamkir region, Alimpasha Mammadov, the Minister of the Youth and Sports, Azad Rahimov,… Read More »
Teams of Russia and China became the Winners of FIDE World Team Chess Championship 2019 in open and women’s section respectively. After 10 played rounds at the Open section, which gathered the strong national teams of Azerbaijan, China, Egypt, England, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Sweden and United States of America, the team of Russia won the event scoring 16 match points,… Read More »
The 37th edition of the Andorra chess open will take place from 27th July-4th August 2019 in 4* hotel Panorama, in Andorra. The event is open for everyone, regardless on rating or category, but organizers set registration limit of 170 players. Registration can be done on the day of the first round if there is a space for additional… Read More »
