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Esfahan Chess Association is honored to invite all players from national Chess federations to participate in the 3rd Zendehrood Open Chess Tournament which will be held in Esfahan, Iran, from 2-8th September 2011. Registration & accommodation is free for Players with rating 2400 or higher and for one player from each country. The 3rd Zendehrood [...]

GM Alexander Ivanov progresses automatically to next round.

Serbian Premier League for women is taking place from 26th August to 6th September in Valjevo. 12 teams compete in the round robin event. SK BAS defends the last year’s title. IM Dembo Yelena, IM Foisor Cristina-Adela, WGM Kashlinskaya Alina, WGM Videnova Iva, WGM Voiska Margarita and WGM Olarasu Gabriela are top rated foreign players. [...]

Serbian Premier League for men and women is taking place from 26th August to 6th September in Valjevo. Both competitions are played over 11 rounds according to Berger system. The League is conflicting with the World Chess Cup but still a number of strong internationals have taken up the top boards. GM Arkadij Naiditsch joined [...]

Metropolitan Chess, Inc. is hosting an International Grand Master norm round robin tournament on August 23 to 27 of 2011. This tournament is the 11th in its series and is being held in Suite C998 of the California Market Center on 110 East 9th Street, Los Angeles 90079. The participants include: IM Zhanibek Amanov (KAZ), [...]

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The 1st ADX Chess Festival is set to take place Tuesday 30th August at Hotel Sheraton WTC in São Paulo, Brazil. The highlight of the day will be the lecture by former world champion Garry Kasparov who is flying in from Argentina. In the evening the 5th SP Masters Series will be played with Garry [...]

GM Alexander Fier brings the surprise in R1 of the World Cup

By the decree of the President of Ukraine № 845/2011, on awarding state awards of Ukraine on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of independence, the famous Grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk was awarded the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise IV degree for his significant personal contribution to the independence of Ukraine, the establishment of its [...]

After the beautiful opening ceremony yesterday, the World Cup 2011 saw an exciting start on the boards today. The 62 games attracted the weekend attention of thousands of chess fans that truly enjoyed the five hours action from Khanty Mansiysk. First games from the World Cup The first two game to finish were Ragger – [...]

The 13th Open Internacional de Sants, Hostafrancs i la Bordeta was organized by C.E. Catalunya, C.E. Comtal, C.E. La Cadena and Secretariat d’Entitats de Sants from 19th to 28th August at the Auditori del Centre Cívic de les Cotxeres de Sants in Barcelona, Spain. The monumental 10-round Open gathered 659 people, a new Spanish participation [...]

The 23rd International Chess Festival Porto San Giorgio took place from 21st to 28th August in Palasavelli, Italy. The organizers have managed four tournaments: Open A with 179 participants, Open B (U1800) with 69 players, Open C (U1500) with 26 players and U16 round-robin event with 10 players. Open A provides 14 regular and 13 [...]

Interview with GM Gilberto Milos