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Sunday, July 7: Great Chess Fest in London
7/3/2024 – Once a year the English school chess initiative "Chess in Schools and Communities" organises a chess festival in the heart of London, in Trafalgar Square, which naturally focuses on children and young people. Next Sunday, July 7, is the day again. The theme of this year's ChessFest is the chess fairy tale "Alice Through the Looking Glass".More than 15,000 people are expected to descen..
2024.07.03 -
Tan Zhongyi wins Cairns Cup, Anna Muzychuk grabs second place
6/23/2024 – Tan Zhongyi signed a quick draw with Alexandra Kosteniuk to become the outright winner of the Cairns Cup in Saint Louis. The Chinese star finished the event with an undefeated 6/9 score. In the one decisive game of the final round, Anna Muzychuk defeated Alice Lee to secure sole second place. This was Muzychuk’s second win in a row, after having collected seven draws in the first sev..
2024.06.28 -
Dutch Grandmaster Max Warmerdam wins Teplice Open
6/27/2024 – After nine rounds, three players shared first with 7.5/9 at the Teplice Open in the Czech Republic: Dutch Grandmaster Max Warmerdam, GM Tin Jingyao from Singapore and GM Alexander Donchenko from Germany. But Warmerdam had the best tie-break and won the tournament. The chess tradition of tournaments in Teplice began in 1922. In October of that year a "Chess Congress" was held there. F..
2024.06.28 -
Chessify takes first at the World Corporate Chess Championship
6/20/2024 – The team from Chessify emerged victorious at the World Corporate Chess Championship organised by FIDE in New York. After an intermediate round, four teams competed for the title in a knockout tournament. In the final, the Chessify team defeated the Chess Mood team.The San Francisco company emerged as victors after defeating the Delaware-based ChessMood team in the finals.Third place ..
2024.06.23 -
Eindhoven Wins Alma Mater University Chess Tournament in Bologna
6/20/2024 – The University of Bologna in Italy was founded in 1088 and is the oldest university in the world. It was at its foundation that the word "Universitas" was first coined. From 14 to 16 June, sixteen universities, including some of the most prestigious in the world (such as Yale, Cambridge and the Sorbonne), took part in the First Alma Mater University Chess Tournament for Teams, held i..
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Nihal beats Balog in Armageddon, wins Cluj Grand Prix Rapid
6/19/2024 – Nihal Sarin won the Cluj Grand Prix Rapid 2024 after beating Hungarian GM Imre Balog in Armageddon with the white pieces. This was the second leg of the Romania GP 2024. The talented Indian teenager scored 8½/10 and so did Balog. Their seventh-round battle ended in a draw, and thus they had to play an Armageddon decider. Spanish GM Jaime Santos scored 8/10 to finish third. Vishy Anan..
2024.06.21