European Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2019 concluded today in Tallinn, Estonia and European Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Champions have been announced. The event launched with Competition in Solving problems, and the next on the schedule was European Youth Rapid Chess Championship 2019, which was played on 1st and 2nd of December. More than 650 boys… Read More »
London Chess Conference 2019, with the main theme “Chess and Female Empowerment” took place on 30 November and 1st December 2019. The event is the last 4 years supported by the European Chess Union, and this year additionally through the FIDE Development Fund. The conference opened with the welcome speech of Mr. Malcolm Pein who was supporting the Conference… Read More »
Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS, 2521 blitz rtg, 2538 rapid rtg) triumphed at both European Women Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2019 and took double gold at the event which took place in Monaco, from 29th November-2nd December. European Women Blitz Chess Championship 2019 was played on 30th December. Despite a loss in the last 13th round of the Championship,… Read More »
After 10 played rounds at historical Tournament of Peace, Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR, 2679) triumphed the event with score of 7 points. Scoring 7 points, Vassily Ivanchuk was the sole Winner of the event and on the live rating list, crossed 2700 line, having live rating of 2701! Second place went to Bosiocic Marin (CRO, 2598), with 6.5 points,… Read More »
European Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2019 opens tomorrow in Tallinn, Estonia, and will be taking place from 30th November to 4th December. The event launches with a Competition in Solving problems, tomorrow evening. Next on the schedule is the European Youth Rapid Chess Championship 2019, which will be played on 1st and 2nd December, while Rapid… Read More »
7th edition of the London Chess Conference takes place on 30th November and 1st December 2019, with the main theme Chess & Female Empowerment. The conference examines the involvement of women and girls in chess and presents insights into how to improve the gender balance. 2019 London Chess Conference will be of interest to women chess players, organisers… Read More »
European Women Rapid&Blitz Chess Championship 2019 starts tomorrow and takes place from 29th November- till 1st December in Monte-Carlo/Monaco. The first on the schedule is European Women Blitz Chess Championship 2019 which will be played tomorrow in Hotel Novotel. 91 players coming from 25 European federation will participate the Blitz event and the top seeds are: Kosteniuk Alexandra… Read More »
European Chess Union Board has decided to establish the annual award ceremony – “European Golden Pawn” – that will be held every year on the last Saturday of November in Monaco (Monte-Carlo). First year of the award ceremony will be dedicated to European legends and their achievements The 1st European Golden Pawn Award Ceremony will take place on… Read More »
FIDE World Senior Chess Champions 2019 have been announced yesterday in Bucharest, Romania. The event was played in 2 age categories: 50+ and 65+, Open and Women section, with participation of 366 players. In Open 65+ section, after 11 played rounds, Vaganian Rafael (ARM, 2541), Vaisser Anatoli (FRA, 2497) and Balashov Yuri S (RUS, 2457) tied for the… Read More »
The third edition of ECU School Team Internet Chess Championship 2019 was played on 13th and 20th of November, in two age categories: U11 and U17. 46 teams from 10 federations participated the event which was played on the Chess King Playing Zone platform. In U11 section, Moscow School No.2101 (Russia) took a convincing victory with 7 victories… Read More »
