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Tal Memorial Tournament - Moscow (Russia)

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:00:00 +0200

The Tal Memorial Tournament takes place in Russian capital city - Moscow 9th-19th November 2007. All 10 players are in FIDE Top 20 list. Average rating: 2742; Average age: 29. Participants...

The event will be followed by the FIDE approved World Blitz Championship 2007 which will be a double round robin tournament November 21st-22nd 2007.

European Team Chess Championship 2007 - Crete (Greece)

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 08:00:00 +0300

The European Team Championship 2007 will take place in Crete (Greece), 27th October - 6th November, 2007.

There are 39 countries who confirmed their participation. Seven top level Super-GMs will take part: Ivanchuk, Topalov, Morozevich, Mamedyarov, Radjabov, Aronian and Shirov. The first round starts on 28 october 15.30 local time. Schedule, live gages and teams' list (men and women)...

World Chess Championship 2008 (WCC 2008)

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:20:00 +0300

The World Chess Championship 2008 (WCC 2008) will take place in the second half of the year 2008 (most probably in September-October). The World Chess Championship 2008 will be a match, not a tournament. The reigning world chess champion, Indian Viswanathan Anand will defend his title against the former world champion, Russian Vladimir Kramnik.

Another chess match should precede the World Chess Championship 2008. Bulgarian Veselin Topalov will play a match against the winner of World Cup 2007. This match should take place in the 3rd quarter of 2008. The Updated List of Qualifiers for the World Cup 2007 is available at FIDE site, dated 9/30/2007.

What's next
World Cup 2007 - Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia), 22 Nov - 18 Dec, 2007
Women World Chess Championship 2008 - Most probably in the 1st half (March-April) of 2008
World Chess Championship 2008 (WCC 2008) - Viswanathan Anand - Vladimir Kramnik
Candidates 2008 match - World Cup 2007 winner - Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)
World Chess Championship 2009 (WCC 2009) - The winners from WCC 2008 and Candidates 2008 match
Chess Olympiad 2008 in Dresden - 12-25 November, 2008

Women World Chess Championship 2008 in Argentina?

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:00:00 +0300

FIDE Women World Chess Championship is planned for 2008. From Press Release - Presidential Board meeting in Mexico City, dated 9/19/2007 we find out this phrase "Women World Chess Championship 2008 will be held in Argentina". The event was planned for "March 8-25th, 2008 in Prague, Czech Republic" (from Press Release of the 1st Presidential Board 2007).

The reigning women world chess champion is Xu Yuhua from China. On March 25, 2006 she won the Women's World Chess Championship (10-27 March 2006) in Ekaterinburg (Russia). Read more...

Champions' League Chess Tournament in Vitoria, Spain

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 06:10:00 +0300

The âChampions League" Chess Tournament (Liga de campeones) will take place in Vitoria (Spain), November 1-15, 2007.

Participants are Anatoly Karpov, Judit Polgar, Alexander Khalifman, Ruslan Ponomariov, Veselin Topalov and Rustam Kasimdzhanov. All players are former World Chess Champions...

17th World Senior Chess Championship 2007

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:10:00 +0300

17th World Senior Chess Championship 2007 takes place in Gmunden (Austria), 17th-28th September, 2007. 11 rounds will be played. Standings after round 6...

6th Georgiev- Kesarovski Memorial - Sunny Beach (Bulgaria)

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:40:00 +0300

6th Georgiev-Kesarovski Memorial takes place in Sunny Beach (Bulgaria), from 10th to 18th of September, 2007. The prize fund is 11 000 BGN (5 500 EUR). 118 players take part in that event. For up to date information, results, pairings, chess games and photos, please go to the official site:
http://sunnybeach-chess.com/2007_results.html

Live games are not available.