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 [...]
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 Vietnam Chess Federation has the honor to invite your Federation to participate in The 2nd HDBank Cup Open Chess tournament 2012 which to be held from 1st to 8th March, 2012, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Update: Players list added bellow Time control and format: Swiss System 9 rounds. FIDE rated and eligible [...]
The 3rd Pfalz Open is scheduled to take place from 17th to 21st February 2012 at the Berufsbildende Schule, Robert-Stolz-Strasse 30 in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Germany. The Open consists of two events: A-tournament for players rated over 1800 and B-tournament for players rated up to 1900. The organizers have secured the prize fund in [...]
Games Festival, to be held in the 5-star Porto Carras Grand Resort in Halkidiki, Northern Greece from 16 to 22 April, includes the World Amateur Chess Championship, the Alexander the Great Open, and Hebe Open. Two months before the start of the Festival there are over 200 players registered, setting the competition on pace for [...]
The 16th Annual Mid-America Open will take place from March 16-18, 2012, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel St. Louis-Clayton, 7750 Carondelet Ave., St. Louis, Missouri (I-64 W/US 40-W Exit 32B, 1.2 miles north on Hanley Rd). The event has a $18,000 projected prize fund with $12,000 guaranteed. The event has 7 sections: Open, Under 2000, [...]
There are 104 chess players registered so far (unofficial list 16th February 2012)
The Government of Turkey and the Turkish Chess Federation (TCF) and Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality are organizing the European Individual, Rapid and Blitz Women’s Chess Championships 2012 which will take place in Gaziantep, Turkey, from 1st March (Arrival) to 19th March (Departure) 2012. GM Viktorija Cmilyte from Lithuania is defending the last year’s title. Cmilyte also [...]
Latvian Chess federation and Grandmaster Alexei Shirov have the pleasure to announce the Vladimir Petrov Memorial. The aim of the tournament is to pay the tribute to one of the brightest representatives of Latvian Chess ever who tragically died in Soviet camps during the Second World War. The tournament will be supported by the family [...]
The 2012 Doeberl Cup, 50th in a row, will be held from 4th to 9th April at the Hellenic Club of Canberra in Australia. The Olympus Room provides the main playing hall for the event. An $17,850 prize money pool is on offer. The event will consist of five tournaments: – Premier Tournament to be [...]
