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Double edged start of the Greek Chess League

Top GMs stunned, favorite teams winning

The strong Greek League 2009 has started in Halkidiki on the 3rd of July. It is one of the top teams competitions of Europe, featuring multiple grandmasters and a boasting number of 600 players.

 
 
Etienne Bacrot square 3

Bacrot - Jakovenko LIVE!

Dortmund 2009 live commentary

Carlsen square

Carlsen - Kramnik LIVE!

Dortmund 2009 live commentary

Acropolis Georgiev

GM Kiril Georgiev top seeded at Villa de Benasque

Burmakin, Laznicka, Mamedov, and Kotronias are the 2600+ players

Dortmund chess 2009

Dortmund round 2, live blog

live discussion of Dortmund chess 2009

Dortmund chess 2009

Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2009

pairings, results, standings

Figures Medes 1

Asian Junior Begins in grand style!

2-7th July at Ceylon Continental Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka

ChessCube SA Open

ChessCube SA Open 2009

FIDE rated event over the internet!

Dortmund Chess 2009

Dortmund Sparkassen round 1 LIVE!

Dortmund Chess 2009 live blog

 
 
Figures Medes 1

Anton Kovalyov Wins Quebec Invitational Chess Championship

June 19th to 27th in Auberge Universel, Montreal

Ita youth 1

Italian Youth Chess Championship

Report by Adolivio Capece and Gustavo Kuzel

Figures Medes 1

International Chess Festival Eforie Nord 2009

held on 19-28th June in Bucharest, Romania

Wang Yue sq

Wang Yue confirmed as a participant for Nanjing 2009

he joins Topalov, Anand, Carlsen, Jakovenko, and Radjabov

Acropolis Georgiev

GM Kiril Georgiev wins Memorial Vicente Sebastian

GM Evgenij Agrest, GM Borko Lajthajm, and GM Mateo Ramon share second

gfk open 2009 chess

GfK Open 2009

organized by Hilversum Chess Club HSG, Dutch Champion in 2008 and 2009

magistral de asuncion

II Magistral Ciudad de Asunción, Copa Roggio

pairings, opening ceremony, and photos

ivanchuk

37th Greek chess league

A strong field of over 500 players participate in the 2009 edition

 
 
Carlsen press square

Dortmund Chess 2009 (pairings added)

With Carlsen, Kramnik, Jakovenko, Leko, Bacrot and Naiditsch

Iturrizaga

GM Movsziszian, GM Pogorelov, and five more lead Villa de Sort

Indian chess player invasion at the tournament

ocenia zonal chess 1

IM David Smerdon wins Oceania Zonal

Smerdon qualifies for the World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk

ikaros chess

Interview with Dimitris Skyrianoglou

players from over 15 countries join the Ikaros festival three months before the start

Ivanchuk square 5

Vassily Ivanchuk Routinely Concludes Bazna Kings, Takes First Place

Alexei Shirov beats Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu in the final round

Baadur Jobava square

Baadur Jobava convincingly wins open tournament on his home field

clear first place, a full point ahead of the competition

Figures Medes 1

Farrukh Amonatov and Anton Filippov qualify for the World Chess Cup

FIDE Zone 3.4 Championship, 16-26th June in Tashkent

Robert Ris

Reaction by IM Robert Ris

letter to the Hungarian Chess Federation and Chessdom.com