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ivanchuk

37th Greek chess league

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

In total there will be 590 players, 96 of which titled GMs, IMs, WGMs, and FMs. Each team consists of 12 players (5 with no limit, then a woman, a girl under 18, a girl under 16 and boys under 18, 16, 14 and 12,) and reserve players.

 
 
Carlsen press square

Dortmund Chess 2009 (pairings added)

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

Salome Neuhauser sq

Salomé Neuhauser and Sarah Hegarty to play a rapid match

The main event of the 5th Chess Festival Dieppe

Etienne Bacrot square 3

10th International Festival d'échecs de Montréal

Étienne Bacrot, Arkadij Naiditsch and Alexander Onischuk are among invited

Judit Polgar sq

The Richard Riordan Chess Festival

July 12-14th in Netanya, Israel, part of the 18th Maccabiah Games

Summer Cup 2008 views

Summer Cup 2009

Chess in the largest 5-star resort of Europe and the Mediterranean

Figures Medes 1

Quebec Invitational Chess Championship

June 19 to 27 at Auberge Universel, Montreal

ikaros chess

Ikaros 2009 chess (video added!)

Live longer while playing chess

Nanjing

2nd FIDE Women Grand Prix

27th Sept - 9th October 2009 in Nanjing

Figures Medes 1

7th Mediterranean Chess Championships

10-18th September in Rijeka, Croatia

 
 
Ruy Lopez fabiano

Ruy Lopez 2009

The chess festival will take place in Zafra, Spain

Balogh Csaba square

XXXII Open Internacional de ajedrez Barbera del Valles

Barbera del Valles chess tournament, 04.07-12.07, 2009

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Oceania Zonal chess tournament

Gold Coast, Australia, 20-26 June 2009

Diego Flores

Zonal Chess Tournament 2,5

10-18 June, Asuncion, Paraguay

nino maisuradze

French Women Chess Championship 2009

10-22 August, Nimes, France

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Orissa International Open

7-14th July at At- Hotel Swosti Plaza in Bhubaneswar

Wang Carlsen Leon

XXII Magistral Ciudad de Leon - An artist match, to start with

Ivanchuk-Morozevich (Friday) and Carlsen-Wang Yue (Saturday) will be the semifinals

christian bauer

France - Armenia chess rapid match

Chessdom.com commentator GM Christian Bauer to face the Olympic champions

leinier dominguez

Leinier Dominguez is top seeded at Capablanca Memorial 2009

Capablanca Memorial will feature for the first time Premier group

Nigel Short square

Sigeman Co Chess Tournament 2009

England's legend GM Nigel Short, rated 2674, is the top-seeded player

 
 
Alexei Shirov square 1

10th Poikovsky Karpov tournament

Alexei Shirov is top seeded at Poikovsky 2009

lublin chess live

Lublin Chess 2009

1st International Grandmaster Tournament

Ivanchuk

Ivanchuk - Navara match on Novoborsky SK

Navara plays white in first game, live text commentary on Novoborsky SK

Ivanchuk

Navara - Ivanchuk rapid match

main attraction of the Cez Chess Trophy 2009

Teimour Radjabov square 6

Bazna Kings Tournament 2009

the strongest event ever to take place in Romania

vanya somov chess

Young Stars of the World

Chess festival in memory of Vanya Somov

asia continental chess

Asia Continental Chess Championship, Subic 2009

Sasikiran, Wesley So, and Zhou Jianchao top seeded

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World Computer Chess Championship

WCCC and the Computer Olympiad to take place in Pamplona