The 78th Spanish Chess Championship is taking place from 29th August to 6th September in Linares. 94 players are registered to compete in the 9-round Swiss event. Defending champion is GM Julen Luis Arizmendi Martinez and top-seeded player is GM Oleg Korneev. Participants: 1 GM Korneev Oleg 2625 2 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan 2614 3 [...]

The prestigious President Cup Tournament was held from 15th to 22nd August, 2013, at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club in Dubai, UAE. Top seeded player International Master Omar Noaman from Sharjah won the competition with 8,5 points from nine rounds. CM Faisal Abdulla of Abu Dhabi Chess Club was runner-up with 7,5 points while [...]

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The 3rd Indonesia Open Chess Championship will take place on 9-18th October at the Puri Ratna Ballroom, Grand Sahid Jaya Hotel, Jl. Jenderal Sudirman 86 Jakarta 10220 – Indonesia. The Indonesia Open Chess Championship 2013 is open for all chess players from federations member of FIDE with ELO Rating minimum 2200. The tournament is organized [...]

The Spanish Rapid Chess Championship was held on 26-27th August, 2013, in Linares. 94 players competed in the 9-round Swiss event with the time control 15 min + 5 sec. Grandmasters Kamil Miton, David Lariño Nieto and James Plaskett shared the first place with 7,0/9 points each. Miton wins the top prize on tie-break, while [...]

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The 88th French Chess Championships were held from 11th to 23rd August at the Palais des sports Jean Weille in Nancy. 846 players (not counting all the players in many blitz and other activities around the official events) competed in 9 official tournaments organised by the French Chess Federation and its new president Diego Salazar. [...]

The 45th Annual Atlantic Open was held from August 23-25, 2013, at the Washington Westin Hotel, 1400 M St NW at Thomas Circle, Washington, DC. GM Alex Lenderman comfortably took the Atlantic Open title, winning the Open Section with an undefeated 4½/5 score. Lenderman won his first four games to take the driving seat and [...]

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People are often looking for an answer to their ‘repertoire problems’ and can be delighted when they discover something simple to play, such as the London System. But after a while a new problem can occur, that of stagnation. They’ve reached a point where they know what they’re doing but the mind is no longer […]

The 21th International Troy Open Chess Tournament was held on 17th -24th August, 2013, at the ÇTSO Congress & Fair Center in Çanakkale, Turkey. The tournament was organized by the Turkish Chess Federation, Çanakkale GHSİM and Çanakkale 1915 Chess Club. The 9-round open competition attracted a massive field of 473 players. Georgian IM Giga Quparadze [...]

e3e5.com reports that the news portal AZE.az has posted the graphics of the future Chess Palace that will be built in National Seashore Park in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijan Chess Federation anticipated that the construction should start by the end of year 2013. The sources of AZE.az say that the complex should be completed by [...]

Untitled Pratyusha Boddha of Andhra Pradesh emerged an early leader with two points after the 2nd round of the United Bank of India 40th National Women Chess Championship, organised by Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy & All Sport Management at Spring Club, Kolkata on Tuesday. In the 12-player round robin championship, Partyusha won the exchange of [...]

The 18th edition of the Vienna Chess Open was held on 17th – 25th August 2013 at the Vienna Town Hall – Stiege 1, Lichtenfelsgasse 2 – in the Austrian Capital. The event consisted of four playing groups: Group A, Open to all / 9 rounds CH-system Group B, rating Elo U2000 / 9 rounds [...]