The last stage of the 2013 Cup of Russia, the Cup of the Governor of Ugra, was held from 27th November to 6th December in Khanty-Mansiysk. Grandmaster Denis Khismatullin finished clear first with 6,5/9 points after holding Dmitry Bocharov with black pieces in the final round. Khismatullin earned 4500 EUR for the effort. Vladimir Fedoseev, [...]

Grandmaster-elect Danyyil Dvirnyy convincingly won the 73rd Italian Chess Championship by finishing the event with 8,0/11 points, a full point ahead of the last-year champion GM Alberto David and GM Sabino Brunello. The Championship was held from 21st November to 2nd December at the Hotel Villa Maria Regina, via della Camilluccia 687, in Rome. Earlier [...]

The draw for the group stages of the London Chess Classic took place on Wednesday 4th December at Ravenscroft Primary School in Newham. Pupils at the school conducted the draw in the presence of Malcolm Pein and deputy arbiter David Sedgwick. The players were divided into four pools on the basis of their FIDE Rapidplay [...]

The 27th Belgrade International Open Championship (Belgrade Trophy) was held from 24th November to 2nd December in Obrenovac. 182 players competed in the nine round Swiss event. Grandmaster Miroslav Tosic and IM Dusan Lekic shared the first place with 7,5 points each. Tosic counted a slightly better tie-break and is awarded with the winner’s trophy. [...]

Chennai based ONGC employee Grandmaster Sethuraman S P won the premier section of 2nd Hyderabad International Grandmasters Chess Tournament after drawing with Grandmaster Merab Gagunashvili of Georgia in the eleventh and final round that concluded here at Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Indoor Stadium, Yousufguda today. Sethuraman finished with eight and half points out of a [...]

The 34th Memorial Edoardo Crespi is taking place from 30th November to 8th December in the large tournament hall of Chess Club in Milan, via Sant’Uguzzone 8. The main event is Master Group which is being played over nine rounds of Swiss system. On 4th December two minor Groups, Open A (elo 1750-2050) and Open [...]

With just one round remaining, Grandmaster S P Sethuraman with eight points moved closer to clinch the trophy as he defeated compatriot Vidit Santosh Gujarathi in the penultimate round of the 2nd Hyderabad International Grandmasters Chess Tournament at Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Indoor Stadium, Yousufguda on Monday afternoon. Hyderabad Open is sponsored by Oil and [...]

Chennai based ONGC employee Grandmaster Sethuraman S P maintained his sole lead with six and half points after splitting the point with Mikhail Mozharov in the eighth round of 2nd Hyderabad International Grandmasters Chess Tournament here at Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Indoor Stadium, Yousufguda on Sunday. Playing safe with white pieces in a Symmetrical English [...]

The three-time British Champion, GM Jonathan Rowson, steps up to play in the biggest tournament of his career after being given the wild card spot into ‘The Super Sixteen’ Grandmaster Rapid at the London Chess Classic, that runs 7-15 December at the Kensington Olympia. Two spots remain to be filled for the Super Sixteen, and [...]

Grandmaster S P Sethuraman jumped to sole lead after defeating overnight joint leader Grandmaster Vladislav Borovikov of Ukraine in the sixth round of the ongoing 2nd Hyderabad International Grandmasters Chess Tournament here at Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Indoor Stadium, Yousufguda on today. The tournament sponsored by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd, Mahindra Ecole Centrale, [...]