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SIB-CMS 52nd National Premier & Zone 3.7 Chess Championship
Grandmaster SP Sethuraman of PSPB continues to remain alone at the top with 7.5 points, at the end of the eleventh round of the SIB-CMS Zone 3.7 & 52nd Indian Premier Chess Championship, organised...
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129th MGU Open with brand new sponsor, Martin Metev takes the trophy
Martin Metev The 129th MGU Open 2014 was held on 13-14th December, 2014, at Chess Club MGU, in Sofia, capital and largest city of Bulgaria. The event was organized in honor of GM Jan Timman (born 14th...
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Asian Seniors and Amateur Chess Championships 2014 concluded
Buddhika Amarasinghe of Sri Lanka won the Asian Amateur Chess Championship 2014 convincingly with a 7.5/9 score to win by a clear margin. This event was held from December 5-12, 2014 at the beautiful...
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WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan is 2014 Iranian women’s champion
WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan is 2014 Iranian champion (courtesy of Iranian Chess Federation) The 2014 Iranian National Chess Championship for women was organized by the Tehran Chess Association on 7-16th...
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GM Pavel Maletin is winner of the Russian Rapid Cup
Grandmaster Pavel Maletin claimed the 2014 Russian Rapid Cup after beating Alexander Riazantsev 2-1 in the final match. The final Rapid Grand-Prix 2014 – Cup of Russia was held on 13-16th December in...
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SportAccord World Mind Games: final impressions
Text and photos: IM/ WGM Alina l’Ami Official website/ More information here/ Basque system LIVE (m)/ Basque system LIVE (w)/ Blitz LIVE (m)/ Blitz LIVE (w)/ Rapid LIVE (m)/ Rapid LIVE (w) From head to...
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S P Sethuraman is 2014 Indian Chess Champion
GM S P Sethuraman won the SIB-CMS College 52nd National Premier Chess Championship, organised by Kottayam Chess Academy, with an undefeated score of 8.5 points, at CMS College, Kottayam, in the...
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European Blitz Chess Championship 2014: David Navara convincing winner
Grandmaster David Navara won the European Blitz Chess Championship 2014 that was held on 19th December at the Centennial Hall in Wroclaw, Poland. 616 players from 31 European federations (FIDE Zones...
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Evgeny Postny wins Zadar Open
Grandmaster Evgeny Postny from Israel won the main section of the 2014 Zadar Open which was held from 14-20th December in Zadar, Croatia. Postny completed the event with 7,0/9 points, half a point...
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Princes take 5-3 lead against Kings in Shchelkunchik 2014
The first round of the Generations “Shchelkunchik 2014″ Tournament was played today at the Botvinnik Chess Club in Moscow. The younger Russian generation “The Princes” shocked their more experienced...
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Montenegro Chess Championships 2014
The 2014 Montenegro Chess Championships took place from 10-20th December in the country capital Podgorica as part of the “December Days of Chess”. The men’s tournament event was a 12-player...
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European Rapid Chess Championship 2014: Jan-Krzysztof Duda is the winner
The 16-years old Polish Grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda won the European Rapid Chess Championship 2014 that was held on 20-21st December at the Centennial Hall in Wroclaw, Poland. 783 players from 32...
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Al Ain Classic has started
Al Ain has already made a significant contribution to high class chess events in the Gulf region. Currently it is hosting their third international open tournament, Al Ain Classic, on 18-27 December....
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GM Vladimir Baklan tops Sunway Sitges Chess Festival 2014
The 1st Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival 2014 took place on 13-21st December, 2014, at the luxurious Sunway Playa Golf Sitges Hotel & Spa, situated on the Promenade of Sitges (40 km....
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GM Granda Zuniga impressive in Valladolid
Julio Granda Zuniga The 10th International Rapid Chess Tournament of Valladolid took place on 21st December, 2014, at the Holtel Novotel (Valladolid) in the northwestern Spain’s biggest city. The event...
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33rd Empire City Open
The 33rd Annual Empire City Open is taking place from December 26-28, 2014, at the New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Ave at 34th St, across from Penn Station, New York. The event has 5 sections: Open, Under...
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24th North American Open
The 24th Annual North American Open is taking place from 26-30th December at Bally’s Casino Resort, 3645 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, Nevada. The event has 7 sections: Open, Under 2300, Under 2100,...
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2014 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship underway in Texas
The 2014 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship is underway at the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel, in South Padre Island, a resort town in Texas, United States. Almost 200 players from 45...
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Gata Kamsky tops Empire City Open
Gata Kamsky won the 2014 Empire City Open after edging fellow Grandmaster Robert Hungaski on tie-break. The two players finished with 5,0/6 points each and earned 900 USD apiece. Kamsky recovered from...
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WGM Klaudia Kulon convincing in Wroclaw
The 4th Women Grandmaster Chess Tournament Memorial of Krystyna Holuj-Radzikowska took place on 10-18th December, 2014, at the Chess Club KSz Polonia Wrocław, in Wroclaw, the largest city in western...
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