The 15th International Chess Festival “City of Messina — Gate of Sicily” continues in Italy. Standings after the 3rd round

The traditional 15th chess festival “City of Messina — Gate of Sicily” continues in Messina (Italy). T. Stremavicius is in the lead – 3. 9 participants are half a point behind, including V. Kazakouski, S. Brunello, E. Sipke. Rating-favorites: V. Kazakouski, T. Stremavicius, S. BrunelloDates: from January 2 to January 8System: swiss, 9 roundsPrize fund: € 4000 (€…

The XXXIV International Open “Roquetas Chess Festival 2023” has started in Spain. Standings after the 1st round

A traditional chess festival has started in Roquetas de Mar (Spain). After the 1st round, 74 participants have 1 point each, including A. Fier, J. Cuenca and Y. Solodovnichenko. Rating-favorites: A. Fier, J. Cuenca, Y. SolodovnichenkoDates: from 3 to 8 JanuarySystem: Swiss, 9 roundsPrize fund: 7,500 € (2000 € – 1st place)Line-up: 167 participants, 8…

The “33. Staufer-Open 2023” continues in Germany. Standings after the 4th round

The traditional chess festival “33. Staufer-Open 2023” continues in Schwabisch-Gmund (Germany). The leaders are Peng Li Min, R. Vogel, V. Petrovskiy, T. Lang and J. Gabriel – 3.5 points each. Rating favorites: E. Safarli, Peng Li Min, F. SchlosserDates: from January 2 to January 6System: swiss, 9 roundsPrize fund: € 5,300 (€ 1,500 — 1st place)Line-up: 200 participants, 8…

Dmitrij Kollars won the night “Titled-Tuesday”

The traditional weekly online tournament “Titled-Tuesday”, held on the gaming platform, has ended “Chess.com “. 447 players with international titles took part in the tournament with a prize fund of $ 5,000. The victory was won by German grandmaster Dmitrij Kollars, with a score of 9.5 out of 11. In second place – Matthias Bluebaum…

Jan-Krzysztof Duda won the daily “Titled-Tuesday”

The traditional weekly online tournament “Titled-Tuesday”, held on the gaming platform, has ended “Chess.com “. 542 players with international titles took part in the tournament with a prize fund of $ 5,000. The victory was won by Polish grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda, with a score of 10 out of 11. In second place – Hikaru Nakamura…

International Chess Festival 15th “City of Messina – Gate of Sicily” started in Italy

The traditional chess festival 15th “City of Messina – Gate of Sicily” has started in Messina (Italy). After the 1st round, 18 participants won their games, including T. Stremavičius, V. Kozakovsky, S. Brunello Rating favorites:  T. Stremavicius, V. Kozakovsky, S. BrunelloDates:  from January 2 to 8System:  Swiss, 9 roundsPrize fund:  € 4,000 (€ 1,300 – 1st place)Line-up:  61 participants, 6 grandmasters…