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chess.com Speed Chess 2019 - Games and Results 21/02/2020
The chess.com Speed Chess tournament started 2nd September 2019 and finished 21st February 2020. MVL, Ding Liren, Nakamura, Aronian, Mamedyarov, Wesley So and Giri (already eliminated) are just some of the leading players competing. The event has reached the second round with Artemiev beating Aronian 16-9 on November 14th. Nepomniachtchi beat Ding on 18th Nov, […]
Mark Crowther
2nd Prague International Chess Festival 2020 - Games and Results 21/02/2020
The 2nd Prague International Chess Festival took place Tue 11th Feb to Sat 22nd Feb 2020. In the Gujrathi Vidit Santosh, Alireza Firouzja (the top two on tie-break). Jan-Krzysztof Duda and David Anton Guijarro all scored 5/9. Firouzja beat Vidit 2-0 in a tie-break match to win the event.
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2nd Cairns Cup 2020 - Games and Results 17/02/2020
The 2nd Cairns Cup took place in Saint Louis Thursday 6th Feb (Opening Ceremony) to Mon 17th Feb 2020. Cairns Cup is a women's tournament named in honor of co-founder Dr. Jeanne Sinquefield’s maiden name. Players: Wenjun Ju, Humpy Koneru, Mariya Muzychuk, Kateryna Lagno, Dronavalli Harika, Nana Dzagnidze, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Valentina Gunina, Carissa Yip and […]
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German Bundesliga 2019-2020 - Games and Results 09/02/2020
The German Bundesliga takes place 23rd November 2019 to 2nd May 2020. Sadly for the second year running a team has had to drop out. SV Lingen withdrew before the third weekend of play having failed to secure funding for the rest of the season.
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PRO Chess League 2020 - Games and Results 09/02/2020
The PRO Chess League takes place 7th January to 5th May 2020. Teams from all over the world play online hosted by chess.com. Players including: Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Alexander Grischuk, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura, Rados?aw Wojtaszek, Wei Yi, Harikrishna Pentala, Alireza Firouzja, Quang Liem Le, David Navara, […]
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Gibraltar Chess Festival 2020 - Games and Results 31/01/2020
The Gibraltar Chess Festival took place 19th to 30th January 2020. 21-year-old, Russian star David Paravyan won the event after a tie-break involving the top four finishers. 7 players finished on 7.5/9, only four qualified a final knockout to win the title. Andrey Esipenko had led for most of the final half of the event […]
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ECF

Election of Council Chair 28/02/2020
Following an email vote, the Board has unanimously endorsed the Council vote to elect Michael Farthing as Chair of Council. The Board wishes him well...
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Northern Junior Chess Championship winners 27/02/2020
… played at Abbey Gate School, Chester on the 22nd/23rd February 2020 Under 7s 1st – Savannah Ashton, Three Cs =2nd – Sammy Goldsmith; Nishad...
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Winton British Chess Solving Championships final 26/02/2020
The Final of the 2019-20 British Chess Solving Championship, sponsored by Winton, took place at the Copthorne Hotel, Slough on 22nd February. The event consists...
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WWoE Junior Congress prizewinners 26/02/2020
Major 1st= Aliriza Gorgun (Wilts); Eryl Malanta (Surrey) 3rd= Chirag Hosdurga (Bristol); Saahil Bansal (Kent) West of England U18 Champion – Aliriza Gorgun West of...
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Women’s chess 24/02/2020
Women’s chess continues to develop across the country, with two noteworthy events in the Midlands over the last two weeks. Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire – 15th...
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Bloxwich JCA celebrates 10 years! 24/02/2020
Bloxwich Junior Chess Academy celebrates having reached a milestone 10 years – a decade! Founded by Eunice and Ray Dolan, it started with 6 children...
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