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The 2021 Open Chess Championship of Dominican takes place from 7th-23rd May 2021 in Distrito Nacional.

The event gathered 60 participants, competing in 11 rounds for the National Champion title! Top seeded is IM Munoz Santana Jose Lisandro, 6 times Dominican National Chess Champion (2006, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017).

European Girls’ and Women’s Chess Weekend kicks off tomorrow with a wide range of events: tournaments, workshops, team battle, simultaneous exhibitions and coaching sessions.

Many events don’t require a pre-registration and all are open to all interested female participants, regardless of their chess knowledge, title or rating! #TweetOftheDay

Built on a network of trust and cooperation between chess enthusiasts, Worldwide Junior Chess provides an exciting and engaging online chess team competition and training ground for children. More than 2.500 players compete in 200 teams from over 70 countries. Worldwide Junior recently held the first editions of their festival and it was an all-round success. Goran Banovac and Maurizio Matteoli share more in an interview for Chessdom.com

FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 and FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss 2021 will simultaneously take place in Douglas, Isle of Man, from October 25 to November 8, 2021.

International Chess Federation FIDE has recently updated regulations for the events, clarifying the qualification criteria.

According to updates, FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 will gather 114 chess players:

The 2021 World Chess Championship aka known as the Carlsen – Nepomniachtchi 2021 match will be held 24 November – 16 December in Dubai. The battle for the most important title in the sport of chess will be between the reigning champion Magnus Carlsen and his challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi.

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The fourth and final leg of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix will take place from May 22 to June 2, 2021, in Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar.

Twelve players will compete in a round-robin event in Gibraltar, fighting for the qualification spot for the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament 2022. Two best ranked players on the list with cumulative scores from all 4 Grand Prix events will qualify for Women’s Candidates.

Live games from the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2021 will be daily on Chessdom.com

The African Individual Chess Championship 2021 is going to take place 17-28 May in Lilongwe, Malawi. The event has separate sections for men and women. Both tournaments will be 9 rounds Swiss.

The Africa Individual Chess Championship 2021 is going to take place 17-28 May in Lilongwe, Malawi. This is the participants list for the open section.

Africa Individual Chess 2021 full information / Participants Open / Participants women

Africa Individual Chess Participants

The African Individual Chess Championship 2021 is going to take place 17-28 May in Lilongwe, Malawi. This is the participants list for the women section.

Africa Individual Chess 2021 full information / Participants Open / Participants women

African Individual Women Chess Participants

ClassicAra continues to impress at TCEC S21 QL. After eight rounds ClassicAra is still undefeated with 6 wins and 2 draws. The only engine that stopped ClassicAra’s rampage is the other revelation of QL – Koivisto.