Luke McShane finds balance to cement his place as world’s top amateur Leonard Barden Friday 14 August 2015 14.31 EDT England’s Luke McShane is currently the world’s strongest amateur as the City financial trader keeps his place among the...
African Amateur Individual Chess Championship 2015
The 1st edition of the African Amateur Individual Chess Championship was held in the prestigious Matola City Village hotel in Maputo, Mozambique from the 31st of July 2015 (arrival) to 10th of August 2015 (departure). The event was organized...
5th Qualification Tournament of the World Online Amateur Championship
The 5th Qualification Tournament of the 1st FIDE World Online Amateur Blitz Championship 2015 was held on 18th June on the official FIDE Online platform. An impressive number of 142 participants from 43 countries competed in the 11-round Swiss...
Galakhov wins Moscow Open Amateur Tournament by a full point
Sergey Galakhov walked through Moscow Open Amateur TournamentFeb 8, 2015 The 55-years old Russian Sergey Galakhov dominated the Moscow Open – RSSU Cup C tournament, reserved for amateurs, in the field of 326 players. Galakhov started with eight consecutive...
Asian Seniors and Amateur Chess Championships 2014
The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka, on behalf of the Asian Chess Federation, is organizing the 5th Asian Seniors and Amateur Championships from 5-12th December 2014 in Waskaduwa, Sri Lanka. The tournaments will be played in 9 rounds according...
Asian Seniors and Amateur Championships 2013
The Royal Jordanian Chess Federation, on behalf of the Asian Chess Federation, invites your players to participate in the Asian Seniors and Amateur Championships 2013. The Championships will be held from 24th January to 2nd February 2014 in Amman,...
FIDE announcement
FIDE has been informed that a certain entity with the name Amateur Chess Organisation is advertising events so-called “World Amateur Championships” supposed to be held in Rhodes in 2014. These events do not have any official recognition neither from...
Lehel Vrencian wins 2013 Amateur World Championship
Romanian Lehel Vrencian grabbed the winner’s trophy at the FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship 2013, which was played in Iasi, Romania, from 21th April (1st round) to 30th April (9th round). Vrencian obtained 8 points in the 9 rounds...
World Amateur Chess Championship 2013 is underway
The FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship 2013 is currently being played in Iasi, Romania, from 21th April (1st round) to 30th April (9th round). The tournament is played according to the Swiss System in 9 rounds. Rate of play...
World Amateur Chess Championship 2013 – Iasi, Romania
WORLD AMATEUR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP Romania, IASI, 21 to 30 April 2013 After the success from May 2012, where over 500 children from 38 countries competed in the World School Chess Championship, Iasi prepares for another big chess events: WORLD...