Meltwater Champions Chess Tour

The European Youth Chess Championship is being held in six age categories, from Under 8 to U18, with separate open and girl sections. Official...

Six different age groups will compete for world titles in rapid and blitz chess. World Rapid & Blitz, 8-18 – Home Page

A strong 10-player round robin for players just below the level of super tournament regulars.

The 11-round European Women’s Individual Chess Championship has a top prize of €10,000 and also qualifies 9 players to the 2023 FIDE Women’s World...

The 11-round European Individual Chess Championship has a €20,000 top prize and also serves as a qualifier for the 2023 FIDE World Cup, with...

The ChessKid European Team Festival began in January 2022, and has so far featured 9 stages, in which over 30 countries took part. The...

This 12-team event, with a new knockout format, was supposed to take place in April but was postponed after Russia invaded Ukraine. Both teams...

The 11-round World Junior Championship is held in Open and Girls categories for players aged 20 and under. Due to the pandemic the event...

The Candidates Tournament that will decide Magnus Carlsen’s next World Championship challenger was started in March 2020 despite a pandemic beginning to take hold...

The 4th stage of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour and the second Major, with 16 players and a $220,000 prize fund. A 3-day preliminary...

The $100,000 Opera Euro Rapid is the 3rd stage of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour and the 2nd Regular event. World Champion Magnus Carlsen and no....

An Online European Chess Club Cup was held in March 2021, but the over-the-board event is planned to return in September with Open and...

The Reykjavik Open had to be cancelled in 2020 while in 2021 the plan is for the main event of the Festival to serve...

Two chess icons, Judit Polgar & Vladimir Kramnik, will captain 2 teams of exciting young players in the search for the next big talent...

Superbet Chess Classic

Since the European Championship had to be postponed due to the pandemic, the European Chess Union has decided to hold a “hybrid” event to...

The $100,000 Opera Euro Rapid is the 3rd stage of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour and the 2nd Regular event. World Champion Magnus Carlsen and no....

The Reykjavik Open had to be cancelled in 2020 while in 2021 the plan is for the main event of the Festival to serve...

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament is one of the most prestigious events in the international chess calendar. The “Wimbledon of Chess” attracts the very...

The International Chess Federation is proud to announce that Gibraltar will host the final stage of the Women’s FIDE Grand Prix, to be played...

The 2020 Speed Chess Championship has been expanded with a brand new, multi-event qualification system and a significantly increased total prize fund of $250,000....

Chess Rising Stars are pleased to announce our 1st Girls’ Online Chess Tournament. Our goal is to organise fun competitions to support and encourage...

The Magnus Carlsen Invitational sees the World Chess Champion challenge seven of his biggest rivals to a 2-week, $250,000 battle. The 8-player online event...

The 2nd edition of the Cairns Cup is once again an all-women 10-player round-robin modelled on the Sinquefield Cup. The total prize fund has...

The 49th Rilton Cup takes place from 27 December 2019 to 5 January 2020 in Stockholm, Sweden. The 9-round Swiss open will feature nearly...

Once again the King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Championships are being sponsored by Saudi Arabia but held in Russia, with the prize fund the...

We are delighted to announce the organisation of the 4th FIDE World Chess Championship for Disabled People. This is the official invitation to all...

We are delighted to announce the organisation of the first FIDE World Disabled Cadets and Youth Chess Championship. This is the official invitation to...

The World Chess Federation (FIDE) and the Romanian Chess Federation have the honour to invite all senior women and men throughout the world to...

This is the official invitation to all National Chess Federations who are participating in the FIDE World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2019, which will...

This is the official invitation to all National chess federations for participation in the FIDE World Junior Chess Championships 2019 (for Open & Girls...

Mumbai, the Financial capital will play host to the World Youth Chess Championship slated to be held for the first time in India. The...

From September 10-14, the World Rapid & Blitz Junior Championships U-14, U-16 and U-18 will be held in Salobreña (Granada), Spain, about 100 km...

The FIDE World Cup will take place in Khanty-Mansiysk on September 9 till October 4. 128 players from 47 countries will compete in a...

The 2019 World Youth Chess Championship is the world’s top-level of youth chess event. The official competition is scheduled to start from August 21,...

The 2018 Sinquefield Cup was one of the most dramatic in the tournament’s history and ended in a three way tie between GM Magnus...

Organizer(s) : Turkish Chess Federation under the auspices of European Chess Union Tournament Director : IA, IO Solakoglu, Ozgur (TUR) 6300510 Chief Arbiter :...

The tournament will be held from 20-29 April, 2019. Before the Open events in categories A, B and C kicked off on Thursday evening, lots...

23 spots for the FIDE World Cup are up for grabs in this traditionally big and strong open championship. (Classical) for more information click...

The biennial world championship among 10 teams. The location will soon be announced.

The traditional super tournament at the start of the year. For more information.

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This is the 3rd event on the 2018 Grand Chess Tour, with exactly the same format as in Leuven and Paris. Links: official website

The defending champions from 2017 are 8-time champion Etienne Bacrot and 6-time champion Sophie Milliet.

This 9-round open will determine the 2018 British Champion, with Gawain Jones the defending champion. Links: official website

This rapid and blitz tournament is the second event of the 2018 Grand Chess Tour and is sponsored by Colliers International, Vivendi and DailyMotion....

The Your Next Move rapid and blitz tournament is the first event in the 2018 Grand Chess Tour. The regular tour players are Anand,...

The 6th edition of Norway Chess will struggle to compete with the 5th edition, which featured the full world Top 10 at the moment...

The 19th edition of the Karpov tournament in the small Siberian oil and gas town of Poikovsky is a strong 10-player round-robin featuring Nepomniachtchi,...

The FIDE World Junior Chess Championships 2017 (for boys & girls under 20) which will be held in Tarvisio, Italy from November 12th to...

The Chess.com Isle of Man International Chess Tournament, to be held in Douglas from 23 September to 1 October, made possible by substantial sponsorship...

The Championship will be held from October 27th (day of arrival) until November 7th (day of departure) 2017 in Hersonissos, Crete, Greece. Each national...

The European – ACP Women’s Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2017 will take place in Monaco, from 20th to 24th October, 2017, in the...

Turkish Chess Federation invites all European Chess Federations members of ECU to participate in the 33rd European Club Cup and the 22nd European Club...

European Chess Union have the honour to invite all European Chess Federations to participate in the EUROPEAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2017

European Universities Championships 2017 organized in 19 sports make it possible for student-athletes to get to know each other and challenge their skills in...

The All India Chess Federation requests all the member Federations of FIDE to take part in the World Youth Under – 16 Chess Olympiad...

The organizer invites all senior Ladies and Gentlemen throughout the world to participate at the 27th Open FIDE World Senior Chess Championship (50+ 65+),...

The 1st FIDE World Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships for Boys and Girls U14, U16, U18. The championships will be held in Hersonissos,...

The World Chess Championship for Disabled from the 05th October to the 13th October 2017 in Dresden under the patronage of the FIDE. Regulations...

The Championships will be organized and held under the auspices of the Uruguayan Chess Federation (FUA), the Confederation of Chess for Americas (CCA) and...

The European Youth Team Chess Championship 2017 will be held from 16th to 24th August in Rymanów Zdrój, Poland, at the PST “Stomil” Rymanów...

Category Junior International

The 8th edition of the tournament and the final stage of the 2016 Grand Chess Tour...

The planned 2016 Qatar Masters Open has been cancelled, but the World Rapid and Blitz Championships will take place in Qatar

The 2016 U.S. Championship is a 12-player round-robin tournament featuring the strongest players in the USA, who compete for USD $100,000 in prize money,...

The 2016 U.S. Championship is a 12-player round-robin tournament featuring the strongest players in the USA, who compete for USD $194,000 in prize money,...

The European Youth Chess Championship 2016 is organized by AVE-KONTAKT Pardubice agency, Czech Chess Federation and the European Chess Union in Prague/Czech Republic, from...

Romanian Chess Federation, “Mind Games & Events” Sports Association, under the auspices of European Chess Union. The championship will be held in Mamaia resort...

The European Individual Chess Championship 2016 will be held in Gjakova (Kosovo*), 11 – 24 May 2016, at the “Pashtriku” Hotel. The organizer of the competition...

NEW YORK, March 1, 2016: The 2016 FIDE World Chess Championship, the pinnacle of the global sport played by more than 600 million people,...

This is the official invitation to all national chess federations of FIDE to participate in the World Cadets Chess Championships 2016. The championships will...

The FIDE World Junior Chess Championships 2016 (for boys & girls under 20) which will be held at Bhubaneswar, Odisha, INDIA from 7th August...

NR klub delaged by the Slovak Chess Federation will orginise the Worlth Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2016 in Poprad, Slovakia from July 21st to...

Teams from all FIDE federations have the right to participate. They may represent a national federation or any regional structure of a national federation....

This is the official invitation to all national chess federations of FIDE to participate in the World Amateur Chess Championships for men and women...

25th Open International Chess Tournament of Kavala 2016

Karpos Open 2016 is traditional open chess tournament

Women’s World Chess Championship Match 2016

European School Chess Championships 2016. Swiss System in 9 rounds, with the time control 90 minutes for 40 moves.

Tournament of 5 rounds. time control: 90 minutes for all moves plus 30 second Fischer increments from move 1

FIDE RATED Tournament organised at Golders Green Parish Church Hall, West Heath Drive, London NW11 7QG.

British Universities' Chess Association (BUCA)