Σκακιστικά νέα

The World Chess Championship Match 1972 between the challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union started on July 11th, 50 years ago. The match took place in the Laugardalshöll arena in Reykjavík, Iceland, and has been dubbed the Match of the Century.

The 127th edition of the Scottish Chess Championship took place from 2-10 July 2022 at the Edinburgh Chess Club in Edinburgh. FM Murad Abdulla won the event clinching his third Scotland National Chess Champion title.

28th 4NCL Congress Open took place from 8-10 July at Woodland Grange, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, featuring three tournaments: Open, Under 2000 and Under 1700. All events were played in 5 swiss rounds and gathered nearly 200 participants.

The 2022 Swedish Chess Championships (Championship, Masters Elite, Masters, Seniors 50+, Seniors 65+ and Juniors) took place from 1-10 July in Uppsala, being played as 9 round-robin tournaments and 9 swiss rounds tournaments.

The 2022 Swiss Chess Championship took place from 4-10 July in Samnaun, being played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with 68 players. Simultaneously with the National Open and Women’s Chess Championship, the Swiss National Seniors Chess Championship took place with participation of 16 players who fought over 7 swiss rounds.

The Biel International Chess Festival was opened for the 55th time yesterday by OC President Peter Bohnenblust and in the presence of Martin Schlup, President of the Grand Council of the Canton of Berne and André Vögtlin, Central President of the Swiss Chess Federation.

The 35th edition of the Leon Masters took place over the weekend 8-10 July in Leon, Spain.

American youngster Jeffery Xiong had a dream debut on the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour today as he grabbed the sole lead of the FTX Road to Miami online super-tournament. The 21-year-old Texan kicked off the $150,000 esports event with three back-to-back wins in the prelim stage. One point behind and still unbeaten is another rookie American Sam Sevian, also 21. Both are now on course to cruise into the knockouts.  

The 56th edition of the Ilmar Raud Memorial Chess Tournament took place 3-10 July at the Viljandi Sports Center in Viljandi, a town in southern Estonia. This year, the event included qualifications for Estonian Men’s and Women’s Individual Chess Championships, Estonian Junior Chess Championships, and Estonian Seniors Chess Championships. Based on the final results, Estonian best female and male players will qualify for the National finals.

In the last 6 months won: Washington chess congress, Northern Virginia open, Charm city open, Virginia open and took second at Cherry blossom. Adding 110 rating points and cashing in $4915, his achievement made his coach Miodrag Perunovic “the Butcher” proud.