Charlotte Chess Center in North Carolina organized three ALTO (At Least Twenty-One) chess tournaments played in 5 rounds from April 29 – May 1 with a total prize fund of 5.500$. The main tournament gathered 25 players including 3 grandmasters, while the U1800 and U1400 tournaments brought together more than 80 players. GM Elshan Moradiabadi […]

The Icelandic Chess Championship 2022 took place from April 21 – May 1 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Ten players competed in 9 round robin rounds of the Championship and Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson defended the 2021 champion’s title. The Winner was known with a round to spare and the last round determined only the medalists. Final rankings […]

The Spanish Chess Club “V Centenario San Sebastián de los Reyes” posted today about an extraordinary chess game played in Madrid between a 100-year-old gentleman and a 10-year-old youngster. A 90 years age difference on the chess board showed the beauty of the game. The experience had prevailed as Mr. Manuel Alvarez Escudero won the […]

The Cabo Verde Chess Open 2022 took place from 22-30 April in Mindelo – S. Vicente located in the island country of the central Atlantic Ocean – Cabo Verde. The event gathered 34 players from 10 countries, and after 9 rounds played in swiss system Mariano Ortega Amaralle won the event. Yago De Moura Santiago […]

Jules Arnous de Rivière (1830-1905), also known as Arnous-Rivière, was perhaps the strongest chess player in France between the mid 1850s and the mid 1880s. He was ranked in the world’s top 20 for some time, his highest position, according to Rod Edwards’ retrospective analysis, being 11th with a rating of 2556 in 1859. By … Continue reading "Jules Arnous de Rivière" The post...

Indian MPL Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2022 were held from 27th to 30th April 2022 in Nashik, India. The Rapid event was first on the schedule taking place 27-29 April with participation of 184 players. GM Chithambaram Aravindh successfully retained his National Rapid and Blitz titles after his triumph in both events in 2019. […]

A 7-year-old girl from Romania – Eliza Cretescu agreed to play in the 4th round of the European School Chess Championship 2022 even though her opponent was running late for the game. European Chess Union recognized the thoughtful act and awarded Eliza Cretescu with the special Fair Play Award. Read more: European School Chess Champions […]

Women’s German Chess Masters 2022 took place from 22–30 April in Best Western Plus Plaza Hotel Darmstadt. It was a 10-player round-robin tournament with Hanna Marie Klek, Dinara Wagner, Lara Schulze, Melanie Lubbe, Sarah Papp, Josefine Heinemann, Elena Kopke, Jana Schneider, Antonia Ziegenfuss, and Brigitte Burchardt. Dinara Wagner won the event with the final score of […]

The Mitropa Chess Cup 2022 kickes off in Corte and takes place from 27th April – 8th May in the Sports complex (COSEC) of Corte, Corsica, France.   Replay: Mitropa Cup 2021 information / Mitropa Cup 2021 live games / Mitropa Cup news Throwback: Mitropa Cup 2011 with Richard Rapport The teams of Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany...

The 1st Chessable Sunway Formentera Festival is a 10-round swiss tournament taking place from 29 April to 8 May 2022 in Formentera, Spain. The Festival features two open events: A and B, with 54 players from 20 countries competing in the A tournament, including 33 titled players. The top seeds are GM Jaime Santos Latasa, […]

Leading off the 2022 Grand Chess Tour will be the Superbet Chess Classic held from 3-15 May in Bucharest, Romania. The series of the Grand Chess Tour 2022 events will follow with three rapid & blitz tournaments in Paris, Croatia, and Warsaw; and will conclude with the final classical event, the Sinquefield Cup.  Following last year’s […]

More than 200 kids from 22 European federations took part in the 2022 European School Chess Championship. The event was played from 20-30 April in “Rodos Palace” Hotel and Conference center, Rhodes, Greece. The Winners are: U17 – Can Isik GU17 – Can Isil U15 – Andreev Konstantin (FIDE)GU15 – Akat Elifnaz U13 – Morkunas […]

The French National Championships 2022 for youths and juniors concluded this week in Agen. With participation of more than 1500 kids the event was one of the most numerous chess events for youths in Europe. The Winners are: U20 – Yovann GatineauGU20 – Sarah DjidjeliU18 – Joseph GirelGU18 – Camille Blanquet U16 – Simon LamazeGU16 […]

The 27th edition of the TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament will be held from 3-9 May at the Malmo Live conference centre in Malmo, Sweden. Eight players will play the seven rounds robin round tournament and the battlefield is led by GM Jorden van Foreest. The participants list: GM Jorden van Foreest GM Michael Adams GM […]