Leaders emerge at European Chess Club Cup. Alkaloid Skopje and Cercle d’Echecs Monte-Carlo are the leaders of the Open and Women’s sections, respectively, after five rounds of play at the 2016 European Club Cup in Novi Sad, Serbia.

Alkaloid defeated the strong team Mednyi Vsadnik from St.Petersburg by 3,5-2,5. The loss of Ding Liren to Peter Svidler was overturned by Dmitry Andreikin and Yuriy Kryvorucko.
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Syberia remains in contention to defend the last year’s title after scoring against Ashdod. On the shared third place are as many as eight teams with 8 points each. The remaining two rounds promise to be very exciting!

European Chess Club Cup 2016

Jan 20, 2024

Chess Calendar 2024

Brace yourselves for an exciting year on the chessboard (and online).

2024 will be the year of the Chess Olympiad, Candidates and Women Candidates, amongst other top level events! Whom are you rooting for?

2023 Calendar 

 

January

Roquetas Chess Festival | January 2nd – 7th

9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Roquetas de Mar, Spain.

Featuring GMs Karen H. GrigoryanLi Min Peng and Vitaliy Bernadskiy among others.

Official Website | Broadcast

 

European Women’s Blitz Championship 2023 | January 12th

13-round Swiss blitz tournament held in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Featuring GMs Alexandra KosteniukBella Khotenashvili and Antoaneta Stefanova among others.

Official Website | Broadcast

 

European Women’s Rapid Championship 2023 | January 13th – 14th

11-round Swiss rapid tournament held in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Featuring GMs Pia Cramling, Alexandra Kosteniuk and Bella Khotenashvili among others.

Official Website | Broadcast

 

Charlotte Open | January 13th – 15th

6-round Swiss classical tournament held in Charlotte, USA.

Featuring GMs Emilio CordovaJianchao Zhou and Julio Catalino Sadorra among others.

Official Website | Broadcast

 

Tata Steel Masters | January 13th – 28th

14-player round-robin rapid tournament held in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands.

Featuring GMs Ding LirenIan Nepomniachtchi and Alireza Firouzja among others.

Official Website | Broadcast

 

Tata Steel Challengers | January 13th – 28th

14-player round-robin rapid tournament held in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands.

Featuring GMs Hans Moke NiemannMustafa Yilmaz and Anton Korobov among others.

Official Website | Broadcast

 

Floripa Chess Festival | January 20th – 28th

10-round Swiss classical tournament held in Florianópolis, Brazil.

Featuring GMs Aryan TariAlexandr Fier and Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez among others.

Official Website | Broadcast

 

Hit Open | January 26th – February 2nd

9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Nova Gorica, Slovenia.

Featuring GMs Ferenc BerkesMatej Sebenik and Pier Luigi Basso among others.

Official Website | Broadcast

 

February

International Chess960 Festival | February 9th – 11th

9-round Swiss rapid tournament held in Berlin, Germany.

Featuring GMs Matthias BluebaumErik Van den Doel and Dmitrij Kollars among others.

Official Website

 

Portimão Chess Festival | February 11th – 18th

9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Portimão, Portugal.

Featuring GMs Eduardo Iturrizaga BonelliIvan Ivanisevic and Kevin Spraggett among others.

 

Chess Open Graz | February 17th – 23rd

9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Graz, Austria.

Featuring GMs Abhijeet GuptaJergus Pechac and Bartosz Socko among others.

Official Website

 

Cambridge International Open | February 19th – 24th

9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Featuring GMs Michael AdamsFrancesco Sonis and Sergei Tiviakov among others.

Official Website

 

FIDE World Fischer Random Championship | February 19th – 25th

8-player Group & Knockout stages rapid tournament.

Official Website

 

Cannes Festival International des Jeux | February 19th – 25th

9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Cannes, France.

Official Website

 

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | February 24th – March 6th

TBD

Official Website

 

Prague Chess Festival Masters | February 27th – March 7th

10-player round-robin classical tournament held in Prague, Czech Republic.

Featuring GMs Vincent KeymerPraggnanandhaa R and Vidit Gujrathi among others.

Official Website

 

Prague Chess Festival Challengers | February 27th – March 7th

10-player round-robin classical tournament held in Prague, Czech Republic.

Featuring GMs Abhijeet GuptaJergus Pechac and Bartosz Socko among others.

Official Website

March

Cappelle la Grande Open | March 2nd – 8th

9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Cappelle-la-Grande, France.

Featuring GMs Maxime LagardeKrishnan Sasikiran and Emre Can among others.

Official Website

 

Reykjavik Open | March 15th – 21st

9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Featuring GMs Abhimanyu PuranikXiangyu Xu and Matthieu Cornette among others.

Official Website

 

La Roda Open | March 27th – 31st

9-round Swiss classical tournament held in La Roda, Spain.

Featuring GMs Xiangyu XuKarthik Venkataraman and Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera among others.

Official Website

 

Semana Santa San Vicente del Raspeig Open | March 27th – April 1st

9-round Swiss classical tournament held in San Vicente, Spain.

Featuring GMs Jules MoussardMaksim Chigaev and Leon Luke Mendonca among others.

Official Website

 

April

 

Menorca Open | April 2nd – 7th

9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain.

Featuring GMs Chithambaram AravindhThai Dai Van Nguyen and Aryan Chopra among others.

Official Website

 

Candidates Tournament | April 3rd – 25th

8-player double round-robin classical tournament held in Toronto, Canada.

Featuring GMs Ian NepomniachtchiFabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura among others.

Official Website

 

Women’s Candidates Tournament | April 3rd – 25th

8-player double round-robin classical tournament held in Toronto, Canada.

Featuring GMs Humpy KoneruAleksandra Goryachkina and Tingjie Lei among others.

Official Website

 

European Women’s Chess Championship | April 19th – 29th

11-round Swiss classical tournament held in Rhodes, Greece.

Official Website

 

World Cadet Rapid Championships | April 26th – 27th

11-round Swiss rapid tournaments held in Durrës, Albania.

Official Website

 

World Cadet Blitz Championships | April 28th

11-round Swiss blitz tournaments held in Durrës, Albania.

Official Website

 

May

 

European Senior Team Chess Championships | May 7th – 15th

9-round Swiss classical tournaments held in Brežice, Slovenia.

Official Website

 

Norway Chess | May 26th – June 7th

10-player round-robin classical tournament held in Stavanger, Norway.

Featuring GM Magnus Carlsen among others.

Official Website

 

June

 

World Junior U20 Championships | June 1st – 14th

TBD

 

Teplice Open | June 15th – 23rd

9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Teplice, Czech Republic.

Featuring GMs Karthik VenkataramanEvgeny Postny and Jiri Stocek among others.

Official Website

 

FISU World University Championship Mind Sports | June 25th – 30th

9-round Swiss tournaments held in Entebbe, Uganda.

Official Website

 

European Individual Chess Championship | June 30th – July 13th

TBD

Official Website

 

July

 

Biel International Chess Festival | July 13th – 26th

TBD

Official Website

 

August

 

Lewis Chess Legends | August 6th – 14th

9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Trondheim, Norway.

 

European Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship | August 15th – 20th

TBD

 

European Youth Chess Championship | August 21st

TBD

European Amateur Chess Championship | August 24th – September 1st

 

September

 

45th Chess Olympiad | September 10th – 23rd

TBD

 

October

 

World Youth Chess Championships | October 22nd – November 2nd

TBD

 

November

 

Amsterdam Chess Open | November 1st – 3rd

TBD

 

December

 

Shenzhen Longgang Chess Masters | December 4th – 10th

TBD