The 5th Open Županja was held this weekend, 19-21st August in Županja, Croatia. The 9-round event, managed by the Chess Club “Sladorana”, saw the first four rounds played at a rapid time control of 15 min + 5 sec, and the remaining five rounds, which were also valid for FIDE rating, played at the time [...]

The Manhattan Open was held from August 17-21, 2011 at the New Yorker Hotel, 481 8th Ave at 34th St. (across from Penn Station), New York, NY. IM Vladimir Romanenko and GM Alex Shabalov were tied at the top of the Open Section, both finishing with an unbeaten 7/9. Romanenko led the tournament from start [...]

“Scacchistica Milanese”, historical chess club founded in 1881 and organizer of the prestigious Crespi International Tournaments, hosts the 31st International Chess Festival Conca Della Presolana on 20-28th August in Bratto, Italy. The tournament is managed under the patronage of the Italian Chess Federation, with ScacchiRandagi as technical partner. The playing venue is Centro...

The 8th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open was held between August 18th to 25th in Cititel Midvalley Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 98 players from 22 federations took participation in the 9-round event. 12 Grandmasters and 17 International Masters joined the competition. China’s GM Li Shilong emerged clear winner with 7.5 points out of 9, half [...]

The 1st International Tournament Isthmia 2011 took place from 18th to 25th August at the “Alkyon” Hotel in Vrachati, Korinthia, Greece. The tournament was 9-rounds Swiss event, divided in two rating groups. Group A was for the players with FIDE rating over 2000 and Group B for the players with FIDE rating under 1900 or [...]

Azerbaijani Chess Club SOCAR has announced its lineup for the upcoming European Club Cup in Slovenia, extratime.az reported. SOCAR captain, also the head coach of Azerbaijan, GM Vladimir Tukmakov, kept the core of the last year’s team but also introduced certain changes. Azerbaijan nationals Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Teimour Radjabov, Rauf Mamedov and Eltaj Safarli all remain [...]

The 2nd International Chess Festival Valtellina Open will take place from 12th to 18th September in Livigno, Italy. The Festival is managed by the A.S.D. Circolo Scacchistico Amos Cusini and will be played in two groups – Open A from players rated above 2000 elo and Open B for players under 2000 elo. The total [...]

The 10th Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament is set to take place on 14-23rd January at the Ludlow Castle Sports Complex, Near Kashmere Gate Metro Station, Civil Lines New Delhi, India. The tournament will be conducted as per FIDE Laws of Chess and FIDE Swiss System with 11 rounds. Subject to FIDE approval, Accelerated Pairing [...]

The Armenian government decided on August 25 to allocate AMD 45 million (approx 85.000 EUR) to the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs to award the national chess team members, who won the gold medal at the World Chess Team Championship in Ningbo, China. Previously, Armenian chess players had three bronze medals from the world [...]

The French Chess Championships were held from 14th to 26th August in Caen. The winner was decided only in the final round when top two national players were paired against each other and a number of other contenders eyed the trophy. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave’s trusted Gruenfeld Indian earned him a draw with black pieces against Etienne [...]

Two of Vietnam’s leading chess players, Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, arrived in Russia yesterday to attend the World Chess Cup 2011, which will take place in Khanty Mansiysk city from August 26 to September 21. The tournament has attracted more than 120 players from 46 countries and territories around the world [...]

Bangladeshi Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman left the country yesterday for Russia to take part in the FIDE World Chess Cup to be held in Khanty-Mansiysk from August 28 to September 21. Rahman, with a rating of 2528, is scheduled to face the 2009 world junior champion and newly crowned French champion Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who is 194 [...]

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The FIDE World Cup 2011 was officially opened in Khanty Mansiysk. The beautiful ceremony began according to schedule at 20:00 local time (16:00 CET). After a short introduction from the hosts of the competition, the FIDE President Kirsan Ilymzhinov and the Khanty Mansiysk representative Mr. Filipenko were invited to the scene to greet the participants [...]