Canadian GM Eric Hansen is winner of Guernsey Open
The 40th Guernsey International Chess Festival took place on 19-25 October 2014 at the Peninsula Hotel, Guernsey. The Festival consisted of two events – Open and Holiday (U1800 FIDE). Both sections...
View ArticleSerbian GM Ivan Ivanisevic winner of Chigorin Memorial 2014
Vladimir Bykov, GM Ivan Ivanisevic, GM Ivan Bukavshin, GM Maxim Rodshtein and IM Alexander Sotsky The International Chess Festival “Mikhail Chigorin Memorial” 2014 was held on 17-26th October 2014 at...
View ArticleIlya Makoveev only player with perfect score at EYCC in Batumi
The 7th round of the European Youth Chess Championship 2014 in Batumi was played on Sunday. The first seed in the youngest Open group Ilya Makoveev from Russia is the only player who managed to win all...
View ArticleGM Granda Zuniga is 2014 American Continental champion
The American Continental Chess Championship 2014 took place on 18-26th October 2014 at the Hotel Pipa Atlântico – Convention Center on Praia da Pipa in Brazil. The event was an 11-round Swiss Open with...
View ArticleGM Vladimir Petkov storms through 2014 Montigny Masters
The 2nd Montigny Masters Chess Tournament 2014 was organized by La Dame Noire (Black Queen) Chess Club on 18-26th October 2014 in Martigny, France. The event was a 10-player round-robin tournament,...
View ArticleGM Illya Nyzhnyk tops SPICE Cup 2014
The 2014 SPICE Cup Open was held on 21-26th October 2014 at the Crowne Plaza Clayton Hotel in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. The 9-round Swiss open was sponsored by Webster University and the Susan Polgar...
View ArticleGM Lagarde and IM Koziak lead Sautron Open 2014
The 14th Sautron Chess Open 2014 is taking place from 25th October to 1st November 2014 in Sautron, a commune in the Loire-Atlantique département in western France. The 9-round Swiss event gathered 187...
View Article12 New European Youth Champions For 2014
The European Youth Chess Championships concluded on Tuesday in Batumi, Georgia, and Europe got 12 new Youth Champions for 2014. In the Open group U18 GM Avital Boruchovsky (ISR) 2501 became the...
View ArticleOIBM: Nisipeanu and Bluebaum superior after 5 rounds
The game GM Nisipeanu – GM Graf finished in favor of the current leader German players GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu and IM Matthias Bluebaum lead 18th OIBM Bad Wiessee Open Chess Tournament with perfect...
View ArticleMatch Carlsen-Anand: Venue, Schedule, Tickets
Russian Federation and the city of Sochi are hosting the FIDE World Chess Championship Match 2014. It will take place from November 7th to November 28th, 2014. The match is between World Champion...
View ArticleGM Smagin: “Match with Anand will not be easy for Carlsen”
Grandmaster Sergey Smagin, Vice-President of the Moscow Chess Federation, believes that the FIDE World Championship Match in Sochi will not be an easy walk for Magnus Carlsen. “I am convinced that this...
View ArticleThirteen players in the lead of 18. OIBM Bad Wiessee 2014
Thirteen players share first place after seven rounds in the 18th OIBM Bad Wiessee Open Chess Tournament. No one of the five leaders was victorious and another 8 players joined the lead. GM...
View ArticleDmitry Andreikin wins Tashkent FIDE Grand Prix
Dmitry Andreikin Russian Grandmaster Dmitry Andreikin is the winner of the second stage of FIDE Grand Prix in Tashkent with 7,0/11 points. His nearest followers Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Hikaru...
View ArticleJorge Ferreira winner in Matosinhos
Six players qualified for the Final Stage of the 2013/2014 Portugal Classical Chess Circuit after seven exciting tournaments, consisting of more than 360 players, who participated on the behalf of 62...
View ArticleGuliyev, Battaglini and Li Chao share first place in Caen
GM Li Chao Caen Chess Club “Alekhine” is one of the greatest in the Lower-Normandy Region of France. The Club has been organizing the International Open Tournament of Caen for over 20 years. The 24th...
View ArticleGM Aleksandr Lenderman is the lucky winner of 18. OIBM Bad Wiessee 2014
The prize winners Hovhannisyan (2nd), Lenderman (1st) and Saric (3rd) at the closing ceremony The ninth and final round of 18th Offene Internationale Bayerische Schachmeisterschaft, that was taking...
View ArticleIM Daniil Shkuran wins 3rd Yury Privalov Memorial 2014
Yury Privalov The 3rd Yury Privalov Memorial was held from 28th October to 2nd November 2014 in Lviv, a city in western Ukraine. The event was organized in honor of the Ukrainian trainer Yuriy Privalov...
View ArticleBrunello and Georgiev take the lead in Durres – Photo Report
The Italian GM Sabino Brunello and Bulgarian GM Kiril Georgiev take the lead in the 2nd International Open Chess Tournament “Durres 2014″, which is organized by the Albanian Chess Federation on 1-8th...
View ArticleWorld Chess Championship 2014 LIVE countdown
Carlsen – Anand updates will be published every 15 minutes all day long, refresh the page for the latest news Hello everyone and welcome to the live countdown to the Carlsen – Anand 2014 World Chess...
View ArticleWorld Chess Championship 2014 LIVE countdown (two days left)
Hello everyone and welcome to the live countdown to the Carlsen – Anand 2014 World Chess Championship match on Chessdom.com! Two days are left to the start of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2014 and...
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