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Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2019 - Games and Results 19/08/2019
The Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament took place 10th to 15th August 2019. Players: Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Ding Liren, Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin, Leinier Dominguez, Yu Yangyi and Richard Rapport. Levon Aronian took clear first place ahead of Yu Yangyi, Ding Liren and MVL who tied for second. Sergey […]
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7th Sinquefield Cup 2019 - Games and Results 16/08/2019
The 7th Sinquefield Cup takes place 17th to 30th August 2019. Players: Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Ding Liren, Anish Giri, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Levon Aronian, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Viswanathan Anand, Sergey Karjakin and Hikaru Nakamura.
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chess.com Junior Speed Chess 2019 - Games and Results 11/08/2019
The chess.com Junior Speed Chess took place 16th May to 10th/11th August. Wei Yi beat Jeffery Xiong in the final on August 10th (11th for Wei Yi due to different time zones) by virtue of drawing a final Armageddon game. The regular match was drawn and they shared two wins apiece in the bullet overtime. […]
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72nd ch-RUS 2019 - Games and Results 10/08/2019
The 72nd Russian Chess Championship takes place 10th to 22nd August 2019. Players: Championship: Artemiev, Vitiugov< Matlakov, Tomashevsky, Jakovenko, Inarkiev, Fedoseev, Alekseenko, Motylev, Dreev, Sarana and Predke Women's: Goryachkina, Kosteniuk, Gunina, Kashlinskaya, Girya, Pogonina, Bodnaruk, Shuvalova, Tomilova, Charochkina, Potapova and Shafigullina.,
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26th Abu Dhabi Masters 2019 - Games and Results 06/08/2019
The 26th Abu Dhabi Masters takes place Fri 2nd Aug 2019Sat 10th Aug 2019. Top seeds: Yuriy Kryvoruchko, Ni Hua, Saleh Salem, Parham Maghsoodloo, Vladimir Akopian, Vladimir Onischuk, Andrei Volokitin, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan etc. Alongside is a Rapid and Blitz match between Peter Leko and Alexander Morozevich. Leko won the rapid 3-0 on the first day.
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Levitov Chess Week 2019 - Games and Results 05/08/2019
The Levitov Chess Week takes place 3rd to 6th August 2019. This is a private event in Amsterdam for Ilya Levitov on his 40th birthday. Blitz and Rapid tournaments with: Kramnik, Anand, Grischuk, Svidler, Nepomniachtchi, Gelfand, Giri and Bareev. Games are not being broadcast live.
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ECF

Leonard Barden’s birthday 16/08/2019
Leonard Barden celebrates his 90th birthday on Tuesday 20th August. Very best wishes from all at the ECF!
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PRO University Chess League 15/08/2019
— from Dylan Mize, Vice President of the UCL Chess Society PUCL is the UK’s first intercollegiate team rapid event. Fixtures are played between teams...
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UK Open Blitz Championships 2019 14/08/2019
For the second year running, and featuring eight 15-round qualifying Swiss tournaments played in different cities around the United Kingdom during September, with the top...
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World Online Prison Chess Championship 12/08/2019
Click here to read the report from Carl Portman, ECF Manager of Chess in Prisons
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2019 English Women’s Championship 12/08/2019
The 2019 English Women's Championship is now open for entries - https://www.englishchess.org.uk/english-womens-championships-2019/
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Motions for the 2019 Annual General Meeting 12/08/2019
The 2019 Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday 12th October 2019 in London (starting time 1.30pm, at the Thistle City Barbican, Central Street,...
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FIDE

The 3rd World Cadets Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships finished in Minsk 18/08/2019
The 3rd FIDE World Cadets Rapid & Blitz Championships among boys and girls under 8, 10 and 12 years old have finished in Minsk (Belarus), on June 18. 635 young chess players from 35 federations took part in the World Cadets Blitz Championships. Two players Aleksandr E. Usov from Russia (Open U-10) and Yeganegi Barad […]
Results of the World Cadets Rapid Championship 17/08/2019
The 3rd FIDE World Cadets Rapid and Blitz Championships among boys and girls under 8, 10 and 12 years are underway in Minsk, Belarus August 16-18.Five rounds were played on the second day of the World Cadets Rapid Chess Championship and after the final 9th round we have the names of the winners and medalists. […]
Full pairings for the Women Grand Prix in Skolkovo 17/08/2019
The drawing of lots for the first leg of the Women Grand Prix (Skolkovo, 10-23 September 2019) was made yesterday at our office in Lausanne. FIDE's Chief Operating Officer, Willy Iclicki, picked the numbers, and the Chief Arbiter for the event, Andrzej Fillipowicz, developed the round-by-round pairings accordingly. Round 1 […]
World Cadets Rapid and Blitz Championships start in Belarus 17/08/2019
The 3rd FIDE World Cadets Rapid & Blitz Championships among boys and girls under 8, 10 and 12 years old have started in Minsk, Belarus on August 16. The championships will be held in Palace of Sport in Minsk, Belarus till 18th of August. 720 young chess players from 36 countries are taking part in […]
Open positions to work at FIDE 16/08/2019
We have open the following positions to work at FIDE in our new office in Lausanne: Marketing specialist We are looking for a Marketing Specialist to be incorporated into our recently formed marketing department. The Candidate would join our current team to assist the CMCO in the development and implementation of marketing plans, commercial partnerships, and […]
Viktor Kupreichik Memorial started in Minsk 16/08/2019
Eltaj Safarli (AZE), Aleksej Aleksandrov (BLR), Yuri Balashov (RUS), Manvel Pogosian (BLR), Sergei Zhigalko (BLR) and Vladimir Barskij (RUS) remain perfect after three rounds at the Viktor Kupreichik Memorial. The International Rapid Chess Tournament “Memorial tournament in honour of Viktor Kupreichik” takes place from 15th till 17th August 2019 in the Palace of Sports in […]