GM Alexey Sarana won the European Individual Chess Championship on Monday in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia. The 23-year-old Russian grandmaster, who played under the FIDE flag, edged out GMs Kirill Shevchenko (Ukraine) and Daniel Dardha (Belgium) on tiebreak. The three players all finished on 8.5 points out of 11 rounds in what was a large Swiss …
Russia’s chess federation has completed its historic switch to Asia in a move branded by the European Chess Union as a “shameful day” for the game. The Asian Chess Federation formally adopted the Chess Federation of Russia into its ranks at a meeting of its General Assembly in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. The move had …
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Novy Bor won the 2022 European Club Cup on Sunday after beating Asnieres Le Grand Echiquier in the final round. The Czech team won the tournament nine years after their first European gold in 2013. Third-seeded ASVOe Pamhagen became the surprise winners of the women’s tournament as the only team to finish the competition undefeated. GM …
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GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Viswanathan Anand, the two biggest names in action at the 2022 European Club Cup in Mayrhofen, Austria, had to settle for draws in the first round. The tournament is a seven-round Swiss event for European club teams, with open and women sections. How to watch? The games of the European …
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GM Monika Socko won the 22nd European Women’s Chess Championship, held August 20-31, 2022 in Prague. The 44-year-old Polish grandmaster was the only player to score 8.5 out of 11 rounds in a field of 123 players. Socko, the seventh seed, finished half a point ahead of a group of five players who scored eight …
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