2018-06-30

26th Klatovy Cup 2018

The 26th Klatovy Cup is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 30 June to 9 July 2018 in Klatovy, Czechia. Players receive 120 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.

Official site

Schedule: (UTC)
Round 1    Jun 30, 2018    14:00 
Round 2    Jul 1, 2018    14:00 
Round 3    Jul 2, 2018    14:00 
Round 4    Jul 3, 2018    14:00 
Round 5    Jul 4, 2018    14:00 
Round 6    Jul 5, 2018    14:00 
Round 7    Jul 6, 2018    12:00 
Round 8    Jul 7, 2018    14:00 
Round 9    Jul 8, 2018    07:00   
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5th Porticcio Open 2018

The 5th edition of the Porticcio Open Tournament 2018 is held in Porticcio - Corsica from June 30th till July 8th 2018.
Time control: the players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.

Official site

Schedule: UTC

Game 1   30  June    13:30
Game 2   1   July      8 :00
Game 3   1   July      13:30
Game 4   2   July      13:30
Game 5   3   July      13:30
Game 6   4   July      13:30
Game 7   5   July      13:30
Game 8   6   July      13:30
Watch the games of the 5th Porticcio Open 2018 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.
You can see games from previous issues of the tournament with computer analysis at ChessBomb:
4th Porticcio Open 2017
3rd Porticcio Open 2016

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14th Prague Chess Festival 2018

The 14th edition of the  Prague Chess Festival 2018 Golden Prague Open, Rapid  and Blitz and Karel Opočenský Memorial (IM) are held from June 30th till July 8th  in Prague, Czech Republic, organised by the Chess Academy Club.
Time control: the players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one
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The tournaments share same schedule:

Round 1 2018/06/30 16:30
Round 2 2018/07/01 16:30
Round 3 2018/07/02 16:30
Round 4 2018/07/03 16:30
Round 5 2018/07/04 16:30
Round 6 2018/07/05 16:30
Round 7 2018/07/06 16:30
Round 8 2018/07/07 16:30
Round 9 2018/07/08 09:30


History:  Karel Opočenský Memorial (IM) is held in honor of the Czech chess player and arbiter Karel Opočenský (1892-1975). Champion of the former Czechoslovakia in 1927, 1929 and 1938.
Watch the games of the  Golden Prague Open 2018; Golden Prague Rapid 2018; Karel Opočenský Memorial (IM) with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.
You can see games from previous issues of the tournament with computer analysis at ChessBomb:
13th Prague Chess Festival 2017 
Golden Prague Open 2016 and Karel Opočenský Memorial 2016
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Swedish Championships 2018

Swedish Championships 2018 are held from 29th of June till 9th of July 2018.

Official site

Schedule: (Timezone CET)
Round 1,June 30th 15.00
Round 2,July 1th 16.00
Round 3,July 2th 15.00
Round 4,July 3th 15.00
Round 5,July 4th 15.00
Round 6,July 5th 12.00
Round 7,July 6th 15.00
Round 8,July 7th 15.00
Round 9,July 8th 11.00
Watch the games of the Swedish Championships 2018 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.
Swedish Championship 2018
Swedish Junior Championship 2018
Swedish Masters 2018
Swedish Masters-Elite 2018
Swedish Senior 50+ 2018
Swedish Senior 65+ 2018
Swedish Weekend Tournament 2018


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2018-06-29

Vidovdan Open 2018

Vidovdan Open 2018, held from 29th of June till 6th of July 2018 in Stari Banovci, Greece is organised by SK Banovci Dunav.
Time control: 90 min all moves + 30 sec per move
Official site

Schedule: (UTC)

Round 1    2018/06/29    14,30
Round 2    2018/06/30    07,00
Round 3    2018/06/30    13,30
Round 4    2018/07/01    07,00
Round 5    2018/07/01    13,30
Round 6    2018/07/02    14,30
Round 7    2018/07/03    14,30
Round 8    2018/07/04    14,30
Round 9    2018/07/05    07,00
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Malaysian Championships 2018

The Malaysian Championships - Men and Women are a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 29 June to 3 July 2018 in Tanjong Malim.
Time control Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.

Official site

Schedules for both men and women editions: (UTC)

Round 1    Jun 29, 2018    00:30 
Round 2    Jun 29, 2018    07:00 
Round 3    Jun 30, 2018    00:30 
Round 4    Jun 30, 2018    07:00 
Round 5    Jul 1, 2018    00:30 
Round 6    Jul 1, 2018    07:00 
Round 7    Jul 2, 2018    00:30 
Round 8    Jul 2, 2018    07:00 
Round 9    Jul 3, 2018    00:30 

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2018-06-28

Gold Coast Open 2018


The Gold Coast Open is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 28 June to 2 July 2018 in the Arundel Hills Country Club in Queensland, Australia. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.

Official site

Schedule: (UTC)

Round 1    Jun 28, 2018    09:00 
Round 2    Jun 29, 2018    00:00 
Round 3    Jun 29, 2018    05:00 
Round 4    Jun 30, 2018    00:00 
Round 5    Jun 30, 2018    05:00 
Round 6    Jul 1, 2018    00:00 
Round 7    Jul 1, 2018    05:00 
Round 8    Jul 1, 2018    23:00 
Round 9    Jul 2, 2018    04:00
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2018-06-27

Iraq Final 2018

IRQ Final for Men 2018 is organised from 27th of June till 5th of July 2018 in Baghdad, Iraq.
Time cotrol:  90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

Schedule:
Round 1         2018/06/27 16:00
Round 2         2018/06/28 16:00
Round 3         2018/06/29 10:00
Round 4         2018/06/29 18:00
Round 5         2018/06/30 10:00
Round 6         2018/06/30 18:00
Round 7         2018/07/01 16:00
Round 8         2018/07/02 16:00
Round 9         2018/07/03 16:00
Round 10 2018/07/04 16:00
Round 11 2018/07/05 10:00
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Astana Open 2018

The International Chess Festival Astana Open 2018 is held from 25th of June till 3rd of July 2018 in Kazakhstan and consists of 5 tournaments - Astana Masters; Astana Open-B (open U14; open U10); Chess Cup of the Republic of Kazakhstan for children under 10 years and Astana Open-blitz, dedicated to the International Chess Day; Astana Open-A Stage 1 - Chess Cup of the Republic of Kazakhstan. With a total guaranteed 19 000 USD. The 1st prize in the open tournament is 3600 USD

Official site

Schedule:
Round 1    2018/06/27      09.00
Round 3 2018/06/28      10.00
Round 4 2018/06/29      05.00
Round 5 2018/06/30      04.00
Round 6 2018/06/30      10.00
Round 7 2018/07/01      05.00
Round 8 2018/07/02      05.00
Round 9 2018/07/03      05.00

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2018-06-26

6th International Cesme Open 2018


The 6th International Cesme Open is a 9-round Swiss Open taking place from 26 June to 1 July 2018 in Cesme Turkey.
Time control: the players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.
The winner of the last year's edition of  Cesme Open Chess Tournament 2017 was Andrey Sumets from Ukraine.

Official site

Schedule: (UTC)

Round 1    Jun 26, 2018    14:00 
Round 2    Jun 27, 2018    07:00 
Round 3    Jun 27, 2018    14:00 
Round 4    Jun 28, 2018    07:00 
Round 5    Jun 28, 2018    14:00 
Round 6    Jun 29, 2018    07:00 
Round 7    Jun 30, 2018    07:00 
Round 8    Jun 30, 2018    14:00 
Round 9    Jul 1, 2018    07:00
Watch the games of the 6th International Cesme Open 2018 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.
You can see games from previous issues of the tournament with computer analysis at ChessBomb:
5th International Cesme Open 2017
4th International Cesme Open 2016
3rd International Cesme Open 2015

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Russian Higher League 2018

The Russian Higher League - Men and Women are a 9-round Swiss Open taking place in the Ring Premier Hotel in Yaroslavl from 26 June to 5 July 2018. The top five players in the tournament will qualify for the 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal - Men and Women.
The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. No draw offers are allowed before move 40.
The overall prize fund is 5 million roubles, or around 70,000 euros.

Official site

Schedule: (UTC)

Round 1    Jun 26, 2018    12:00 
Round 2    Jun 27, 2018    12:00 
Round 3    Jun 28, 2018    12:00 
Round 4    Jun 29, 2018    12:00 
Round 5    Jun 30, 2018    12:00 
Round 6    Jul 2, 2018    12:00 
Round 7    Jul 3, 2018    12:00 
Round 8    Jul 4, 2018    12:00 
Round 9    Jul 5, 2018    12:00

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Carlsen & Dominguez Accept Wildcard Invitations for Grand Chess Tour Tournaments in Saint Louis


The Grand Chess Tour is pleased to announce that reigning World Champion GM Magnus Carlsen from Norway and GM Leinier Dominguez from Cuba have both accepted wildcard invitations to participate in the 2018 Grand Chess Tour at our forthcoming tournaments in Saint Louis, USA in August 2018.

GM Magnus Carlsen will participate in the 2018 Sinquefield Cup while GM Leinier Dominguez, currently rated number 2 in the world on the June 2018 FIDE Rapid rating list, will participate in the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament. 

During their respective tournaments, they will be joined by the nine full tour participants who are:
  1. GM Fabiano Caruana, (USA)
  2. GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)
  3. GM Wesley So (USA)
  4. GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
  5. GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA)
  6. GM Sergey Karjakin (RUS)
  7. GM Viswanathan Anand (IND)
  8. GM Levon Aronian (ARM)
  9. GM Alexander Grischuk (RUS)
The 2018 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz will take place from August 11 until August 15 and offers a prize fund of $150,000. The 2018 Sinquefield Cup will then take place from August 17 until August 28 with the players competing for a prize pool of $300,000. Both tournaments will be held at the Saint Louis Chess Club while the traditional Ultimate Moves tournament will take place between the two events on August 16. The Sinquefield Cup will be the last scheduled encounter between the current World Champion and contender Fabiano Caruana before their highly anticipated World Championship match in November.
 
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Commonwealth 2018

The Commonwealth Chess Championships 2018 is held from the 26th of June till 3rd of July 2018 in Delhi, India. The Championships are divided into 15 categories. The main event is the Commonwealth Championship which also incorporates the Commonwealth Women’s Championship. Junior titles within this event are the Commonwealth Under 20 and Under 18 events for both male and female players. There are separate junior events at U16, U14, U12, U10, and U08 levels.

The Commonwealth of Nations, is an intergovernmental organisation of 53 member states.

Official site

Schedule: (UTC)

Round 1    2018/06/26    09:30
Round 2    2018/06/27    09:30
Round 3    2018/06/28    09:30
Round 4    2018/06/29    09:30
Round 5    2018/06/30    04:00
Round 6    2018/06/30    09:30
Round 7    2018/07/01    08:30
Round 8    2018/07/02    08:30
Round 9    2018/07/03    07:30
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You can see games from previous issues of the tournament with computer analysis at ChessBomb:
Commonwealth Championship 2017

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2018-06-25

Happy Birthday to Vladimir Kramnik!



 Photo by FIDE. 
The the Russian chess grandmaster turns 43 today. He is 6th in the FIDE world ches ranking with 294 wins in his chess career. His Elo rating reached 2792, 2775 - rapid, 2793 blitz. The top player has many remarcable successes as being Classical World Chess Champion (from 2000 to 2006) and World Cup winner (2013).

 We wish him a long chess career and many more successes in the future! 
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