Today there is a calendar of competitions that will be held in 2023 under the auspices of the Grand Chess Tour. Superbet Chess Classic Romania: May 4-16, Bucharest, Romania Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland: May 19-26, Warsaw, Poland SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia: July 3-10, Zagreb, Croatia Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: November 12-19, St….
The 13th memorial of A. Margaryan continues in Yerevan (Armenia). Z. Sturua is in the lead – 2.5. B. Daneshvar, B. Pour Agha, K. Sychev are half a point behind. Participants: K. Sychev, S. Lobanov, Z. Sturua, A. Davtyan, B. Daneshvar, B. Pour Agha, D. Shahinyan, E. Ohanyan, M. Mkrtchyan, E. ChaqryanDates: from January 8 to…
Yesterday in Minsk (Belarus) the national chess championship has started. D. Lazavik, A. Aleksandrov, S. Vashchilov and M. Nikitenko scored one point each. Participants: D. Lazavik, M. Nikitenko, A. Aleksandrov, A. Gorovets, V. Zarubitski, M. Tsaruk, A. Siniauski, Y. Naumovich, S. Vashchilov, A. Alishevich.Dates: from January 9 to January 17System: round robin, 9 roundsLine-up: 10…
The 13th memorial of A. Margaryan continues in Yerevan (Armenia). The leaders are B. Daneshvar, D. Shahinyan, Z. Sturua, A. Pour – 1.5. E. Chaqryan and K. Sychev are half a point behind. Participants: K. Sychev, S. Lobanov, Z. Sturua, A. Davtyan, B. Daneshvar, A. Pour, D. Shahinyan, E. Ohanyan, M. Mkrtchyan, E. ChaqryanDates: from January…
The National Chess Championship has started in Tbilisi (Georgia). G. Quparadze and M. Mchedlishvili are in the lead — 4 each. G. Nigalidze is half a point behind. On the point – T. Sanikidze and M. Gagunashvili. Rating favorites: M. Gagunashvili, M. Mchedlishvili, N. KacharavaDates: from January 4 to 13System: round robin, 9 rounds Line-up: 10 participants, 6 grandmasters…
The Pan-American Universities Championship has ended in Seattle (USA). 47 teams took part in the competition. The first team of Webster University won. The first team of the University of Missouri is in second place. In third place is the first team of the University of Texas Rio Grande. Grandmasters took part in the tournament:…
Today in Minsk (Belarus) the national chess championship starts. Participants: D. Lazavik, M. Nikitenko, A. Aleksandrov, A. Gorovets, V. Zarubitski, M. Tsaruk, A. Siniauski, Y. Naumovich, S. Vashchilov, A. Alishevich. Rating-favorites: D. Lazavik, M. Nikitenko, A. AleksandrovDates: from January 9 to January 17System: round robin, 9 roundsLine-up: 10 participants, 4 grandmasters Official website Starting list
The traditional chess festival “Roquetas Chess Festival 2023” has ended in Roquetas de Mar (Spain). 167 players and 8 grandmasters participated in the competitions with a prize fund of 7,500 €. The victory was won by Spanish grandmaster Jose Cuenca. Christian Rios is in second place. On the third – Andreas Merzario. Technical results:1. J….
The traditional 15th chess festival “City of Messina — Gate of Sicily” has ended in Messina (Italy). 52 players and 6 grandmasters participated in the competitions with a prize fund of 4000€. Lithuanian grandmaster Titas Stremavicius won. Ernst Sipke is in second place. On the third – Andrey Sumets. Technical results:1-3. T. Stremavicius (Lithuania), S….
The rapid chess tournament within the framework of the XXXII Keres Memorial festival “Remembering Paul Keres” has ended in Tallinn (Estonia). 96 players, 12 grandmasters participated in the competitions with a prize fund of 9000 €. The victory was won by the Ukrainian grandmaster Yuriy Kuzubov. Tomas Laurusas is in second place. On the third…