The Croatian League 1A is a 10-team round-robin tournament taking place from 8-16 September 2018 in Biograd, Croatia. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. Live game with analysis will be provided daily with the best chess [...]

The World Girls Junior Championship is an 11-round Swiss open taking place in Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey from 5-15 September 2018. The winner becomes the World Girls Junior Champion and receives 2,000 Euros and the WGM title. The 2nd and 3rd placed players receive the WIM title. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves [...]

The World Junior Championship is an 11-round Swiss open taking place in Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey from 5-15 September 2018. The winner becomes the World Junior Champion and receives 3,000 Euros and the GM title. The 2nd and 3rd placed players receive the IM title. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves then 30 [...]

The Santiago Masters is a 10-player round-robin tournament taking place from 5-13 September 2018 in Santiago Compostela, Spain. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. Live game with analysis will be provided daily with the best chess software competing in the Top Chess Engine Championship – [...]

The Opening Ceremony of the Superfinals of 71st Russian men’s championship and 68th Russian women’s championship took place on August 24th in the Magnezit Palace of Culture in Satka, Chelyabinsk Region. Boris Dubrovsky, Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region, Mark Glukhovsky, Executive Direcor of the Russian Chess Federation, and Maria Morozova, Director General of Elena and [...]

Chess Association of “Tehran” province under the auspices of I.R. Iran Chess Federation has the honor to invite all players of national federations to participate in the 3rd Paytakht Cup International Chess Festival which will be held in Tehran, Iran, from the 1st september (arrival) till the 9th of september (departure)2018. Tournament will be held [...]

The 2018 Portuguese Individual Championship is taking place in Braga, Portugal from 2-9 September. The tournament is a 10-player single round-robin. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment starting from move one. Live game with analysis will be provided daily with [...]

The Heraklion IT Grand Prix takes place annually since 2011 and comprises of 3 tournaments, in January, April and September of each year, in Heraklion, Crete, Greece. The 24th Heraklion Open is the third event of the 8th Grand Prix and takes place from September 3-10, 2018, at the Galaxy Hotel. The format is a [...]

The English Women’s Championship is a 5-round Swiss tournament taking place from 31 August to 2 September 2018 in the St. John’s Hotel, Solihull. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. The winner qualifies for the England women’s team at the 2019 European Team Championship in [...]

The 15th Kalamaria International Open is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 29 August to 5 September 2018 at the 4th-5th High School of Kalamaria in Thessaloniki, Greece and is organized by Kalamaria Chess Union, Thessaloniki Chess Union and the Muncipinality of Kalamaria. Players receive 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 15 [...]