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Russian grandmaster Kirill Alekseenko emerged as the sole Winner of the 9th Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival. GM Kirill Alekseenko showed complete dominance at the event maintaining the lead from …

The 2022 European Open and Women’s Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships took place from 16-18 December in Katowice, Poland. The event gathered 1000 players coming from more than 40 European federations, with …

GM Aleksandr Volodin and WFM Anastassia Sinitsina emerged as the Winners of the Estonian Chess Championship 2022. GM Aleksandr Volodin scored unbeaten 7/9 points, and the last-round draw against Andrei …

The FIDE Council has approved today a major reform of the qualification paths to the Candidates Tournament – the event that decides the challenger for the World Championship match. The …

GM Peter Prohaszka and WFM Zsuzsanna Terbe emerged as the Hungarian Chess Champions for 2022. GM Peter Prohaszka finished the event unbeaten with a score of 17 points, clinching his …

GM Velimir Ivic and WGM Irina Chelushkina have been newly crowned Serbian Chess Champions. 20-year-old GM Velimir Ivic defended his 2021 national title after emerging as the sole Winner of …

The Romanian Chess Federation announced legendary grandmaster, coach and the winner of the Olympic gold with Uzbekistan, Ivan Sokolov, as a new captain of the Men’s National Team. Ivan Sokolov …

GM Fernando Peralta emerged as the Winner of the 97th Argentine Chess Championship leaving three players half a point behind. Peralta clinched his third national title, having previously won the …

20-year-old Georgios Mitsis clinched his maiden Greek Chess Champion title after winning the 71st Panhellenic Chess Championship. Meanwhile, 62-year-old WGM Marina Makropoulou claimed the 44th Panhellenic Women’s Chess Championship, breaking …

The 2022 National Chess Championship of Kazakhstan was played from 2nd-11th December in Semey, with the teen chess stars clinching the national titles in both Open and Women’s sections. The …