Large photo report from the playing hall.

Participants may compete in the U-8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 20 Age-Groups for Girls and Open. In addition, Seniors (aged 50 and above) will be held.

e2e4 Amersham Congress is scheduled to take place on 18th – 20th May 2012, at the De Vere Latimer Place Hotel, Latimer, Chesham, England. The Congress consists of three tournaments, FIDE Open, FIDE Challengers and FIDE Major. FIDE rated players may play in the Challengers or Major if they are rated below 2000 or 1750 [...]

The 20th edition of the Sigeman Chess Tournament will be organized by Limhamn Chess Club on 9-16th May in Malmö, Sweden. This year the tournament will have a round robin format with eight players. The tournament has attracted additional sponsorship and the lineup is stronger than ever before with the average rating of 2643. Players: [...]

The European School Chess Championships 2012 will take place in the Conference Center of Athos Palace****, a member of the G Hotels Group in Kallithea, located on the Kassandra peninsula of Halkidiki. Update: The registration for the European School Championships 2012 is in progress. Until 4th May participants from 10 European Countries have registered. Since [...]

The Croatian Chess Federation and Chess Club “Pula” are organizing the 26th International Open Tournament Pula 2012 from 9th to 16th June at the Hotel Histria in Pula, Croatia. Within the short registration period already 164 players are signed to take participation. The tournament will be played over 9 rounds of Swiss system. The prize [...]

Norm opportunities and high prize fund.

The 50th India National Challengers (National B) Chess Championship 2012 will take place from 18th to 28th May 2012 at Ramaiah Kalyan Mandapam in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. The Championship is organized by the Chittoor District Chess Association, on behalf of AICF and under the aegis of Andhra Pradesh Chess Association. Top 30 rankers of this [...]

The 1st International Open Chess Tournament “Paleros 2012″ will be organised in the 4-star Paleros Resort Beach Hotel, on the coast of the Ionian Sea, opposite the island of Lefkada and the celebrity island Skorpios of the famous Aristotelis Onassis. Paleros is an excellent summer location in western Greece, surrounded by pure natural beauty and [...]

The Vietnam Chess Federation, on behalf of the Asian Chess Federation and FIDE, organizes the 11th Asian Continental Individual Open and Women’s Chess Championships on 4-14th May 2012 at The First Hotel in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. The tournament will be conducted as a Swiss System competition of 9 or 11 rounds depending on [...]