Spanish and Latin American chess events begin with strong participation Spanish Rapid Chess Championship The Spanish rapid chess championship will have a similar schedule to the ongoing European Rapid Chess Championship. A total of 159 players will participate, with over 50 of them titled GMs, IMs, WGMs, FMs. The event will take place in Barcelona […]
Metropolitan Chess IM and GM tournaments
Metropolitan Chess, Inc. is hosting an International Master norm and a International Grandmaster norm round robin tournament in tandem from December 7th to December 11th of 2011. The tournaments are sponsored by California Market Center, Fashion Business, Inc, Chess.com, MonRoi, LawyerFy, and Betty Bottom Showroom. This tournaments are the 13th and 14th in the series […]
2012 Southern Rocky FIDE Open – 2012 United States G/15 Championship
2012 Southern Rocky FIDE Open (80GP) & 2012 United States G/15 Championship (10GP)February 23rd-26th, 2012 UNM Student Union Building / Hilton Homewood ABQ Airport (Thur.) Featuring GM Melik Khachiyan & GM Alex Yermolinsky Sections: Open (FIDE & USCF Rated), Reserve (U1800), Booster (U1400), Unrated (non-USCF only). 5/SS all sections. 2 or 3 day schedules available […]
Chess in Malaysia
Spot-on for chess amateursChessBY QUAH SENG SUN Asian open championship gives chess enthusiasts a chance to shine. NORMALLY at about this time, I would be counting the number of weeks before yearend. I look forward to the start of a new year, and a new cycle of chess activities for amateur chess players in the […]
Crete Chess Tournaments
Crete Chess Tournaments3rd Rethymno Open and 4th Paleochora Open 3rd Rethymno Open For one week Rethymno, the town of culture and art is becoming the center of chess events around Europe. The Third International Chess Tournament “Rethymno 2011” is going to be held from 11 till 18 July 2011 and give hospitality to great personalities […]
Find or promote tournments
There is a new website which offers a way to search or promote different tournaments from around the world. Please feel free to check it out. Official website: www.allyearchess.com Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
2011 events
13th Dubai Open 2011April 09 – April 19http://dubaichess.ae Open Internacional “Ciudad de Montcada”Del 25 de Junio al 03 de Juliohttp://unioescacs.montcada.cat XXXI Open Internacional de Ajedrez “Villa de Benasque”Del 07 al 16 de Juliohttp://www.openbenasque.com Gibraltar Junior International Chess FestivalDel 18 al 23 de Agostohttp://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com XII Open Internacional de SantsDel 19 al 28 de Agostohttp://www.cotxeres.org/open Chess Daily […]
Barbados Chess Calendar
The Barbados Chess Federation Inc. 2011 Tournament Calendar Dates Tournaments Local/ Regional / International No. Rounds Venues 4 Jan. 2011 Schools Re-open Jan. 21, 22, 24, 26, 29 &31, Feb 2. 1st Qualifier 9 rd Swiss The Chess Centre Feb 12, 19 & 26 United Insurance Inter-School Team Chess Championship (Secondary) 9:00 a.m. 6 rd […]
Huge Interest for ECU Events
Huge Interest for ECU EventsBid deadline for the European Championships 2012 has elapsed On 1st July the bid deadline for the European Championships 2012 has elapsed. The European Chess Union (ECU) office in Berlin received a large number of bids which are posted bellow. European events are becoming extremely popular, as ECU Marketing Director Theodoros […]
Open Chess Tournaments in Italy
Open Chess Tournaments in ItalyComing Next – 2nd Festival Francophone Coming Next – 2nd Festival Francophone July 3-9th, Arvier (Aosta Valley) 2nd Festival Francophone (open, 9 rounds) – official website www.scacchivda.com. Last year winner was Canadian IM Jean Hebert. Open to all the players from about 70 countries belonging to the “Organisation Internationale de la […]