The 2012 World Blitz Championship qualifying tournament took place at the Russian State Social University (V.Pika st., 4) on Monday, February 6th. The competition with 99 players consisted of 11 rounds of Swiss system, with time control 3 minutes per game with additional 2 seconds per every move, and FIDE rating calculation. The prize fund [...]

The 2nd International Chess Tournament of Forni di Sopra will take place from June 16th to 23rd, 2012, in Forni di Sopra, part of the Friulian Dolomites Natural Park and one of the jewels of the Italian Alps. Following the tremendous success of the inaugural event in 2011, which was won by GM Carlos Matamoros, [...]

The rating favorite Evgeny Tomashevsky was held to a draw at the start of the 2012 Aeroflot chess tournament. Tomashevsky did not continue his game against Aleksandrov and signed one of the shortest draws of the day in just 15 moves. The young talents Caruana and Le Quang Liem started with victories by defeating Dmitry [...]

The 2nd Schoenenwerd Weekend CHessOpen is set tot ake place from 10th to 12th February at the Hotel Storchen, Oltnerstrasse 16, CH-5012 Schönenwerd, Switzerland. The tournament will be played over 5 rounds of Swiss pairings with the time control of 100 min + 30 sec increment for the whole game. The prizes will be distributed [...]

The 7th Mikhail Tal Memorial will take place from 7th to 19th June, 2012, in Moscow, Russia. The RCF reports that Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian and Vladimir Kramnik have already confirmed their participation. The venue, tournament format and other participants will be announced later. The previous edition was held in November 2011, but this time [...]

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FIDE has published the list of titles approved by the 1st quarter Presidential Board held in Al Ain, UAE from 3 to 6 of February 2012. The PB also confirmed that the 2012 Chess Olympiad and FIDE Congress will be held in Istanbul, Turkey from 27th August to 10th September. The bids for the Candidates [...]

The 2012 Romanian Chess Championships for men and women are set to take place from 10th to 19th February at the Great Hall of the Hotel Casino in Sarata Monteoru. Men’s championship will be played over 11 rounds of Swiss system, while ladies will compete over 9 rounds of Swiss. The total prize fund for [...]

Municipality of Karposh and Chess Club Gambit Aseko-See are organizing Open Karposh 2012 from 7th to 14th April in Skopje, FYR Macedonia. The 9-round Swiss open will feature prize fund of 17500 EUR: 1) 3500 EUR, 2) 2500 EUR, 3) 1500 EUR, 4) 1200 EUR, 5) 1000 EUR, 6) 800 EUR, 7) 700 EUR, 8) [...]

Ο Σ.Ο. Παγκρατίου και ο Σ.Μ.Α.Ο. Kαισαριανής προκηρύσσουν το 13ο μηνιαίο Τουρνουά Rapid (15 λεπτά) ανοιχτό για όλους τους παίκτες,που...

SOCAR Energy Georgia and the Georgian Chess Federation have signed an agreement on general sponsorship on Friday. The agreement was signed by the director of SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan) Georgia Mahir Mammadov and the President of the Georgian Chess Federation Gia Giorgadze. The funds are dedicated for the organization of international chess tournaments [...]

The 21st Annual Eastern Class Championships will take place from March 2-4, 2012, at the Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The event has a $18,000 projected prize fund with $12,000 guaranteed. The event has 7 sections: Master, Expert, Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E. All sections are 5 [...]

The 3rd Pfalz Open is scheduled to take place from 17th to 21st February 2012 at the Berufsbildende Schule, Robert-Stolz-Strasse 30 in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Germany. The Open consists of two events: A-tournament for players rated over 1800 and B-tournament for players rated up to 1900. The organizers have secured the prize fund in [...]

The 4th International Villach Open is starting today and continues over 9 rounds of Swiss tournament system until 18th February. The tournament is organized by the ESV ASKÖ Admira Villach and incorporates the 31st Open Championship of Villach. The playing venue is Volkshaus Völkendorf, Neubaugasse 9, 9500 Villach, Austria. The tournament is themed as “Chess [...]

The 28th International Open Cappelle la Grande will take place on 3-10th March 2012 at the Palais des arts in, France. The popular tournament features the prize fund of 30,000 EUR and starts immediately after the 11th Rochefort Chess Open, making it convenient for the players to combine participation in two events. Cappelle-la-Grande is a [...]