Top seeded Aleksandrov Aleksej (ELO 2618) of Belarus is leading with 7 points followed by six players with 6.5 points each

The 12th Lausanne Young Masters chess tournament was held as a 7-round Open from 16th to 19th September in Lausanne, Switzerland.

WGM Jovana Vojinovic won the Grandmaster tournament with 6.5 points from ten games. It turned that the victory was convincing as WGM Iva Videnova lost in the final round and slipped a full point behind.

Riga Chess Federation, Alexei Shirov and Riga Armenian Society have organized Vladimir Bagirov Memorial, which took place on 20th September in Riga, Latvia.

Starting today noticias de ajedrez will appear at es.chessdom.com en castellano!

Interview with Leinier Dominguez for the recently opened Spanish version.

The 19th Open Internacional d'Escacs Actius Vallfogona de Balaguer is set to take place on 24th and 25th September in Vallfogona de Balaguer, Catalonia, Spain.

The 22nd Internationales Gocher Open 2011 is scheduled to take place from 29th September to 2nd October at the Kultur und Kongreßzentrum Kastell in Goch, Germany.

Germany will be represented by Arkadij Naiditsch, Daniel Fridman, Georg Meier, Jan Gustafsson and Rainer Buhmann.

Corsica Masters 2011 is a Super Open with over 60 000 EUR prizes!

The youngest GM of his time Jorge Cori and his talanted sister the World Junior Champion Deysi Cori won parallel events in Latin America.   Jorge Cori was successful at the Abierto Internacional Marcel Duchamp, where in the competition of 6 GMs, 14 IM, and 9 FM Jorge Cori won the first place with 7,5/9. [...]

My 1st norm came from Asian Individual in Mashad, Iran, then came the Battle of the Grandmasters in the Philippines, it's our National Championship, and I earned the 2nd norm there.

International Chess Tournament "Vilnius Open 2011" will be held from Saturday 19th November until Monday 27th November in Vilnius, Lithuania, "Panorama" hotel, Sodų g. 14.

GM Aleksandrov Aleksej (ELO 2618) of Belarus is marching towards the title in the 4th Mayor's Cup International Chess Tournament 2011.

Bilbao – Sao Paulo Grand Slam is starting in just a few days in Brazil. Carlsen, Anand, Aronian, Nakamura, Ivanchuk, and Vallejo will play in the Final Masters 2011. Chessdom will provide live coverage of the event, including Grandmaster commentary and daily news. Expect many videos from Brazil and Bilbao on the Chessdom blip channel [...]