21st European Union Youth Championship kicks off in Kouty nad Desnou, Czech Republic

On Wednesday, August 16th, the 21st European Union Youth Chess Championship U8, U10, U12 and U14 started in the Hotel Dlouhe Strane in Kouty nad Desnou in the Czech Republic. Following several previous successful editions, the European Union Youth Chess Championship 2023, under the patronage of the European Chess Union, is organized again by Sachovy klub Svetla […]

FIDE World Youth Olympiad 2023: Day 4 Recap

China is leading, followed by Armenia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine.  Despite the heavy double-round playing day yesterday, the young players were back at the boards today at 10:30 AM local time. Fortunately for them, they only had to play one game today. Perhaps the young world travelers can spend the rest of the day […]

FIDE World Cup R6 Game 2: Goryachkina advances to Women’s finals

Aleksandra Goryachkina reaches the finals in the Women’s tournament after eliminating Tan Zhongyi. Carlsen, Caruana and Abasov all qualify for the Open semi-finals Leinier Dominguez Perez was eliminated from the race, after losing to Fabiano Caruana. R Praggnanandhaa staged a comeback against Erigaisi, as the two will be the only pair in the Open going […]