Montenegro Championship: Luka Draskovic takes his first title
IM Luka Draskovic emerged as the winner of the 73rd Montenegro chess championship. The 9-round Swiss tournament with the prize fund of €4,500 was held in Podgorica and attracted 35 players including two GMs. The champion scored 7 out of 9, with 5 wins and 4 draws, and clinched his first national title. Grandmaster Dragisa Blagojevic came in second […]
Chess for Freedom Conference and Tournament: Brief recap
The International Chess Federation together with the Cook County Sheriff’s Office (Chicago, USA) held the first event of the Chess for Freedom program. The project, aimed at the introduction of chess as a tool for education and social inclusion in prisons of different countries, is carried out under the 12th World Champion Anatoly Karpov’s patronage. The project […]