More than 800 players are expected to participate in the traditional chess festivals in Romania. “FISCA” XX edition is the first tournament in a row, starting from 24th June to 3rd July in Cap Aurora resort, followed by “Trofeul Litoralului” XXVI edition from 27th June to 7th July in Eforie Nord resort, and finally the XXV edition of… Read More »
The European School Chess Championship starts in 3 days in Halkidiki/Greece, with participation of more than 250 players from over 20 European federations! The Championship will take place from 16 – 26 June in Kallithea, Halkidiki, in organization of the European Chess Union and the International School Chess Union. The tournament will be played according to the Swiss System in 9 rounds,… Read More »
After Anna Ushenina winning the European Individual Women’s Chess Championship 2016, another European title goes to Ukraine, as Anatoly Borodavkin became the European Amateur Champion! The Ukrainian player made a victory in the final round and with 8/9 triumphed at the European Amateur Chess Championship 2016, which finished yesterday in Ruzomberok, Slovakia. Silver medal went to Marek Pniaczek… Read More »
The President of Armenia who doubles as President of the Armenian Chess Federation Mr. Serzh Sargsyan visited Tigran Petrosian Chess House and observed 7th round matches of the 16th European Senior Chess Championship 2016. In round 7 in the 50+ category two leaders of the tournament Rafayel Vaganian and Evgeni Kalegin faced each other. The game ended in a… Read More »
The 6th round of European Senior Chess Championships finished yesterday. In 50+ category top seed Rafayel Vaganyan celebrated third victory in a row and now has 5 points and leads the table with Evgeni Kalegin, but Vaganyan has better tie-break. In this round GM Karen Movsziszian and Roman Akopov also outplayed their opponents. In round 7 two leaders of the… Read More »
The 5th round of European Senior Chess Championship finished yesterday in Yerevan. The sole leader in 50+ category IM Evgeni Kalegin (RUS 2431) made a draw with Black pieces against GM Zurab Sturua (GEO 2545). The top seed GM Rafayel Vaganyan (ARM 2577) outplayed his opponent GM Nikolai Legky (FRA 2446) in just 17 moves. GM Georgi Bagaturov (GEO 2393)… Read More »
Games of the third round of European Senior Chess Championships were played yesterday in Yerevan, capital of Armenia. In 50+ category the top game was between GM Rafayel Vaganyan (ARM 2577) and WGM Galina Strutinskaya (RUS 2237). GM Vaganyan played in a creative manner and sacrificed his bishop, but his opponent showed brilliant defense and game ended in a… Read More »
Ukrainian Grandmaster and former World Champion Anna Ushenina (2450) added another important title to her collection – the title of European Champion! She triumphed at recently ended 17th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship, which took place in Mamaia, Romania from 26th May to 8th June. Ushenina took the lead after 7 rounds and until the end maintained the… Read More »
European Amateur Chess Championship 2016 started on 6th June in Ruzomberok, a town in northern Slovakia, with participation of 80 players from 9 federations. The Championship is organized by Chess Club Prievidza, Chess Club Ruzomberok and Ruzomberok City, under the auspices of the European Chess Union. The top seeds of the event is Marian Holubcik (SVK 1989), Anton… Read More »
Anna Ushenina maintains the lead before the last round of the European Individual Women’s Chess Championship 2016 in Mamaia. In the 10th round she drew with Sabrina Vega Gutierrez on the top board and kept the half a point lead. On the second board Natalija Pogonina drew with Elisabeth Paehtz, while Lilit Mkrtchian defeated Jolanta Zawadzka on the… Read More »
