World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad started in Çorum, Turkey
An ancient Turkish city Çorum is hosting 2019 FIDE World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad from October 20 to November 6. Forty eight teams from all around the world will play 9 rounds (Swiss system) with the time control 90 min for the whole game with a 30-sec increment from the first move. Each squad consists […]
Euro Team Championship reaches midpoint
The European Team Championship in Batumi crossed a half-way mark. With four more rounds to go the participants are enjoying the day off. Although many teams did not manage to bring their best players, there are nine GMs with a rating over 2700 in the Open section, with Anish Giri (Netherlands), Shakhriyar Memedyarov (Azerbaijan) and Levon Aronian (Armenia) at the top […]