For the 22nd time in a row the town of Jyväskylä organises the most important chess tournament of its country, the Heart of Finland Open.

The International Open Chess Tournament Albena 2012 will take place from 26th May to 3rd June at the Albena Sports Hall, in Albena, Bulgaria. The 9-round Swiss open is organized by the Bulgarian Chess Federation, Chess Club “Dobrich – Albena” and Albena JSCo. Albena is one of the most popular resorts on the Bulgarian Black [...]

The 7th Mikhail Tal Memorial will take place from 7th to 19th June, 2012, in Moscow, Russia. Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Levon Aronian, Radjabov Teimour, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana have confirmed the participation. The venue, tournament format and other participants will be announced later. Update: The field is now complete with Alexander Morozevich, Alexander [...]

Carlsen, Anand, Radjabov, Karjakin, Ivanchuk, average ELO 2790

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The 2nd International Chess Tournament of Forni di Sopra will take place from June 16th to 23rd, 2012, in Forni di Sopra, part of the Friulian Dolomites Natural Park and one of the jewels of the Italian Alps. Update, 11th May: GM Ivan Salgado from Spain top seeded, many talented female players in the field [...]

The Chess Academy of Chalkida “Palamedes of Evia” has the pleasure to invite you to the “Negroponte 2012″ International Tournament that will take place from 9th till 17th of August 2012 at the beautiful city of Chalkida in Greece. The tournament will be an Open 9-round Swiss event with a total prize fund of 10.000 [...]

There will be three events, Open A for the players rated above 1950, Open B for the players rated under 2050 and Weekend Open on 25-27th May.

The Icelandic Chess Federation, in co-operation with the Reykjavik Chess Academy, welcomes you to the 28th edition of the Reykjavik Chess Festival which is scheduled to take place from February 19th to February 27th, 2013 (new dates). New in the 2013 edition is an additional 10th round, the double day will be early in the [...]

The 10th International Chess Tournament “World’s Youth Stars” Vanya Somov’s Memorial will take place from 11th to 24th May at the Palace of Culture KINEF in Kirishi, Leningrad region. The tournament is a 12-player, single round-robin event, according to the acting rules of FIDE. It is possible to obtain IM norms. Players: IM Belous Vladimir [...]