The last three rounds of the ACP Women Cup were played on Tuesday. Pia Cramling entered the final round as the sole leader, while Nana Dzagnidze and Katerina Lahno shared the second place half a point behind. In the last round Pia Cramling made a quick draw in the game against Kateryna Lahno and then [...]
Friendly match in Zurich
The 2012 Central Serbia Open Chess Championship was held from 13th to 19th February in Pozarevac. 70 players competed over nine rounds of Swiss system. The highlight of the tournament was the come-back of GM Miroslav Markovic, 1998 Yugoslav champion and world top-100 player in 1999, who convincingly won the competition by collecting 7.5 points [...]
The 2012 Romanian Chess Championships for men and women took place from 13th to 21st February at the Great Hall of the Hotel Casino in Sarata Monteoru. The start of the competitions was delayed for two days due to heavy snow and blocked roads. Men’s championship was played over 11 rounds of Swiss system, while [...]
The 1st Fiji International Open Chess Championship, to be held May 5-12, 2012, is set to become the biggest tournament in Fiji chess history. With airfares to Fiji with both http://www.airpacific.com/ and http://www.virginaustralia.com at historic lows, big turnouts are expected from Fiji’s neighbours in Australia, New Zealand and Asia. In addition, all Fiji’s top players [...]
The ACP Women Cup is under way in Tbilisi, Georgia and will continue until 21st of February. Round robin tournament with twelve participants is played with the time control of 20 minutes per game with an increment of five seconds per move. Three more rounds were played on the third day of the competition. Anna [...]
Abierto IRT Internacional “Triple Frontera de America” was organized by Juan Antonio Bella on 16-19th February in Monte Caseros, Argentina. The 7-round Swiss tournament gathered 60 players and among them five Grandmasters. Uruguayan Grandmaster Andres Rodriguez Vila took a clear first place with 6.0 points, half a point clear of Cuban-Colombian GM Neuris Delgado Ramirez [...]
Metropolitan Chess, Inc. is hosting an International Master norm round robin tournament from February 22nd to 26th of 2012. This tournament is the 16th in its series and is being held in Suite C1002 of the California Market Center on 110 East 9th Street, Los Angeles 90079. The tournament is organized by Ankit Gupta, FA, [...]
The 2nd Ferdowsi International Chess Open Tournament was held from 9th to 20th February in Mashhad, Iran. The tournament was organized by the Chess Association of “Khorasan-Razavi” province on behalf of I.R.Iran Chess Federation and conducted over 11 rounds of Swiss system. Grandmaster Arman Pashikian took an early lead and maintained the position to become [...]
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