The action got a running start today as the majority of the first-round battles at the 2013 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship produced a clear victor.

Half of the men’s games and 80 percent of the ladies’ skirmishes gave decisive…

Chessdom were first to cautiously hint that the next FIDE Grand Prix event will take place in Thessaloniki from 22nd May.FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov now officially confirmed that the tournament will be in Greece.The event was supposed to take pl…

ChessDailyNews reveals that the Mayor of Paris Mr. Bertrand Delanoe wrote to FIDE to support the French Chess Federation in its aim to organize the World Chess Championship Match between Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen.The French Chess Federation…

The Norwegian Chess Federation has written to FIDE on the issue of the venue of the upcoming World Chess Championship match between Viswanthan Anand and Magnus Carlsen. The letter has also been made public in order to try and halt what seems an almost…

Chessdom announced that the Women’s World Championship Match 2013 between the reigning World Champion Anna Ushenina
(Ukraine) and her challenger Hou Yifan (China) will be organized by the
FIDE and Chinese Chess Association on 10-27 September 2013,…

The first leg of the new cycle of FIDE Women’s Grand-Prix 2013-2014, which will give qualification to the Women’s World Championship Match 2015, is being held in Geneva on 3-15th May under sponsorship by Neva Foundation.
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The 2013 U.S. Championship and 2013 U.S. Women’s Championship are being held simultaneously from May 2 through May 13 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL).
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The games of the last round of the Alekhine Memorial were played on 1st May in St. Petersburg. Levon Aronian and Boris Gelfand shared the first place with 5.5 points each. The Armenian Grandmaster had a better tie-break score and was awarded the top p…

Stavanger Chess Club invites all Norwegian and international chess players to participate in Stavanger Open NGP 2013.The tournament will be held in comfortable and suitable playing facilities at Scandic Stavanger Forus Hotel from Wednesday 8th of May …

Chess Academy of GAZI, Organization of Athletics of Municipality of Maleviziou, Municipality of Maleviziou, Organization of Athletics of Municipality of Heraklion and Hotel Dolphin Bay organize the 9th International Chess Tournament Gazi-Heraklion fro…