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Threatens CAS/TAS in Lausanne

Last Thursday 16 February, FIDE completed the negotiations with CNC and AGON and proceeded to sign respective agreements with both companies. The agreement with Agon and CNC states that Agon will take care of the sponsorship and financial part of the tournaments, while CNC retains the media rights: CNC keeps mainly the media, web and [...]

St. Louis, February 22, 2012 – The fields are set for both the 2012 U.S. Championship and 2012 U.S. Women’s Championship, scheduled to be held simultaneously May 7 through May 20 in St. Louis. Grandmaster Gata Kamsky and International Master Anna Zatonskih each look to defend their respective titles against strong and determined fields. For [...]

The 3rd Pfalz Open took place from 17th to 21st February 2012 at the Berufsbildende Schule, Robert-Stolz-Strasse 30 in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Germany. The Open consisted of two events: A-tournament for players rated over 1800 and B-tournament for players rated up to 1900. Five players shared the first place in the Open A but [...]

The last three rounds of the ACP Women Cup were played on Tuesday. Pia Cramling entered the final round as the sole leader, while Nana Dzagnidze and Katerina Lahno shared the second place half a point behind. In the last round Pia Cramling made a quick draw in the game against Kateryna Lahno and then [...]

Friendly match in Zurich

The 2012 Central Serbia Open Chess Championship was held from 13th to 19th February in Pozarevac. 70 players competed over nine rounds of Swiss system. The highlight of the tournament was the come-back of GM Miroslav Markovic, 1998 Yugoslav champion and world top-100 player in 1999, who convincingly won the competition by collecting 7.5 points [...]

The 2012 Romanian Chess Championships for men and women took place from 13th to 21st February at the Great Hall of the Hotel Casino in Sarata Monteoru. The start of the competitions was delayed for two days due to heavy snow and blocked roads. Men’s championship was played over 11 rounds of Swiss system, while [...]

The 1st Fiji International Open Chess Championship, to be held May 5-12, 2012, is set to become the biggest tournament in Fiji chess history. With airfares to Fiji with both http://www.airpacific.com/ and http://www.virginaustralia.com at historic lows, big turnouts are expected from Fiji’s neighbours in Australia, New Zealand and Asia. In addition, all Fiji’s top players [...]

The ACP Women Cup is under way in Tbilisi, Georgia and will continue until 21st of February. Round robin tournament with twelve participants is played with the time control of 20 minutes per game with an increment of five seconds per move. Three more rounds were played on the third day of the competition. Anna [...]