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47th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2019 - Games and Results 13/07/2019
The 47th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting takes place Sat 13th to Sun 21st July 2019. Players: Wojtaszek, Radjabov, Nepomniachtchi, Dominguez Perez, Rapport, Nisipeanu, Fridman and Kulaots.
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Riga FIDE Grand Prix 2019 - Games and Results 12/07/2019
The Riga FIDE Grand Prix takes place Fri 12th to Thu 25th July 2019. This 16 player KO is based on the FIDE World Cup format. Players: Sergey Karjakin, Anish Giri, Wesley So, Pentala Harikrishna, Peter Svidler, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Daniil Dubov, Nikita Vitiugov, Alexander Grischuk, Levon Aronian, Yu Yangyi, Hikaru Nakamura, Veselin Topalov, […]
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Croatia Grand Chess Tour 2019 - Games and Results 26/06/2019
The Croatia Grand Chess Tour event took place in Zagreb 26th June to 8th July 2019. 12 players 11 rounds. Players: Carlsen, Caruana, Ding, Giri, Vachier-Lagrave, Nepomniachtchi, Mamedyarov, Anand, Nakamura, So, Aronian and Karjakin. Magnus Carlsen scored one of his most impressive results when he scored +5 in a tournament without a weak link. Carlen […]
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Netanya International Chess Festival 2019 - Games and Results 26/06/2019
The Netanya International Chess Festival took place 23rd June to 2nd July 2019. Players in the Masters: Dominguez Perez, Svidler, Dubov, McShane, Rodshtein, Nabaty, Gelfand, Eljanov, Postny and Smirin. Boris Gelfand edged out Leinier Dominguez Perez on tie-break after both scored 5.5/9. This is Gelfand's best result in some time. Mikhail Al. Antipov won the […]
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St Louis Summer Chess Classic 2019 - Games and Results 20/06/2019
The St Louis Summer Chess Classic takes place Tue 18th Jun to Fri 28th Jun 2019. Shankland, Gawain Jones, Le Quang Liem, David Howell, Jeffery Xiong and Dariusz Swiercz play in the top group of three all of which are 6 player 10 round events.
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chess.com Junior Speed Chess 2019 - Games and Results 20/06/2019
The chess.com Junior Speed Chess takes place 16th May to 25th July 2019.
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ECF

100th County Championships finals 11/07/2019
The 100th County Championships finals took place on the 13th July 2019. For live boards, the Controller’s blog, live results via the LMS, archives and...
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Junior coaching at the Hull 4NCL 05/07/2019
In the three days before the above congress and concurrently with the first five rounds of the GM norm event, there will be three full...
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NSCC U19 finals 05/07/2019
U19 Winners – City of London School; Runners-up, and winners of Richard Haddrell Trophy – Hampton School Click here for more …
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New IMs – congratulations! 05/07/2019
Congratulations to three new IMs, confirmed by FIDE at the Baku Second Quarter meeting (27th – 30th June 2019) … from left to right, IM...
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Junior bursaries for the Northumbria Masters 02/07/2019
Thanks to generous support from the John Robinson Youth Chess Trust, there are a total of 20 bursaries available for players under the age of...
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Winton British Chess Solving Championship – starter announcement 27/06/2019
Click here to open/download the details and conditions, and the starter problem. Juniors should send entries to Phill Beckett at dep.manager.secondary@englishchess.org.uk or via their school),...
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FIDE

Official statement regarding Igors Rausis 16/07/2019
Lausanne, July 16th, 2019.-FIDE herewith officially confirms that during round three of the open tournament in Strasbourg, Grand Master Igors Rausis (CZE) was inspected by the arbiters, who found hard evidence of computer-assisted cheating. GM Rausis admitted using a smartphone for help during the game in public comments.FIDE as a responsible international body is reluctant […]
FIDE signs a new cooperation agreement with the Olympic Channel 16/07/2019
Madrid, July 16th, 2019.-We are very excited to announce that the International Chess Federation has signed a new cooperation agreement with the Olympic Channel. This partnership to collaborate on content will provide further media coverage to our activities, including highlights from the main competitions, special features involving chess stars, and cross-promotion.The International Chess Federation joins […]
Crucial victory for Vachier-Lagrave at the Riga FIDE Grand Prix 15/07/2019
Following the fascinating tie-breakers on Sunday, the FIDE Grand Prix organized by World Chess in Riga proceeds to the second round. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave wins with black and emerges as the only winner of day one. Following the fascinating tie-breakers on Sunday, the FIDE Grand Prix organized by World Chess proceeds to the second round. The […]
List of Q2 2019 Presidential Board Decisions 15/07/2019
LIST OF Q2 2019 PRESIDENTIAL BOARD DECISIONS Q2PB-2019/01 To approve Russia, Monaco, Switzerland and Italy as the countries to host four stages of the Women’s Grand Prix 2019-2020. Q2PB-2019/02 To approve amendments to the regulations on the FIDE Moscow office indicating that the activities of the office are regulated by decisions of both the Presidential […]
Breathtaking tie-breaks at the FIDE Grand Prix organized by World Chess 15/07/2019
The tie-breakers of the first round unfolded very intensively. Two matches were decided in the last seconds. The first game of the second round of the FIDE Grand Prix organized by World Chess in Riga will take place on Monday. After Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov already secured their qualification in the classical games on […]
Two players qualify directly to the second round of the Riga Grand Prix 14/07/2019
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is the sole winner on the second day of the FIDE Grand Prix organized in Riga by World Chess. He and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave advance directly to the second round, whereas twelve players will compete in tiebreak matches on Sunday. The second leg of the FIDE Grand Prix Series organized by World Chess has […]