Hastings International Chess Congress 28 Dec 11 - 5 Jan 12
http://www.hastingschess.com/?page_id=347
http://www.hastingschess.com/?page_id=11
Northern California International Jan 2-8 2012
http://dotq.org/chess/
http://adamhuntchess.blogspot.com/
Chennai, India Jan 3-12 2012
http://indianchessfed.org/
V. Perényi Béla Évadnyitó Nemzetközi NyÃlt Egyéni Sakkverseny Budapest, 6–14 Jan 2012
http://firstsaturday.hu/evadnyito_hun_2012.html
CCF Long Play Congress 7-8 January 2012
http://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Adult%20C ... 20Year.htm
73rd Tata Steel Chess Tournament 13-29 Jan 2012
http://www.tatasteelchess.com/
Golden State Open California 13-16 Jan 2012
http://www.goldenstateopen.net/
http://www.chesstour.com/gso12.htm
http://adamhuntchess.blogspot.com/
New Delhi, India Jan 14-23 2012
http://indianchessfed.org/
http://www.delhichess.com
4NCL Divisions 1, 2 & 3 South Barcelo Hotel, Hinckley Island 14-15 January 2012
4NCL Northern League De Vere Wuchwood Park (nr Crewe)
http://www.4ncl.co.uk
Queenstown Chess Classic, Queenstown, New Zealand 15th-23rd January 2012
http://www.newzealandchess.co.nz/queenstownchess/
Junior 4NCL Weekend 2 Barcelo Hotel, Hinckley Island 21st-22nd January 2012
http://www.4ncl.co.uk/jn_competition_rules.htm
Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 24 Jan - 2 Feb 2012
http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com
First Saturday Budapest Hungary 4-14 February 2012
http://firstsaturday.hu/firstsat_progra ... 1_2012.htm
4NCL Northern League Barcelo Majestic Hotel (Harrogate) 4-5 Feb 2012
http://www.4ncl.co.uk
Aeroflot Open 6-17 February 2012
http://www.aeroflotchess.org/
4NCL Divisions 1 & 2 11-12 February 2012 Sunningdale
4NCL Division 3 South Latimer Place
http://www.4ncl.co.uk
3rd NOVY BOR OPEN 11th –18th February 2012
http://www.czechtour.net/novy-bor-open/
e2e4 Brighton International & Seniors 15-19 February 2012
http://e2e4.org.uk/brighton/Feb2012/index.htm
Bunratty Chess Festival 17-19 February 2012
http://www.bunrattychess.com/
Entries include grandmasters Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Gawain Jones, Mark Hebden, Nicholas Pert, Peter Wells, Simon Williams and Keith Arkell.
The 16th Metropolitan Chess FIDE Invitational & 17th Metropolitan Chess FIDE Qualifier
All inquiries, questions, and/or comments regarding Metropolitan Chess, Inc. should be sent to [email protected].
4th Batavia Chess Tournament, Amsterdam 24th Feb - 4 Mar 2012
http://batavia1920.nl/chess/
Mark Hebden and Keith Arkell are playing in the ten player all-play-all.
Bundesliga 25th-26th February 2012
http://bundesliga.liveschach.net/
http://www.schachbundesliga.de/ligen/ra ... u=inactive
European Women's Individual Chess Championship Gaziantep Turkey 1-14 March 2012
http://eiwcc2012.tsf.org.tr/
2-8 March Women International Romanian Openâ€
http://www.frsah.ro/
Cristina Adela Foisor [email protected]
Some free accommodation available for non Romanian players rated 2000+.
Junior 4NCL Weekend 3 Barcelo Hotel, Hinckley Island 3rd-4th March 2012
http://www.4ncl.co.uk/jn_competition_rules.htm
Cappelle La Grande International Open 3-10 March 2012
http://www.cappelle-chess.fr/en2/default.php
First Saturday Budapest Hungary 3-13 March 2012
http://firstsaturday.hu/firstsat_progra ... 1_2012.htm
Reykjavik Open 6-13 March 2012
http://skaksamband.is/?c=webpage&id=490/
European Women's Rapid & Blitz Championship Gaziantep Turkey 15-19 March 2012
http://eiwcc2012.tsf.org.tr/
e2e4 High Wycombe Congress 16-18 March 2012
http://e2e4.org.uk/high_wycombe/Mar2012/index.htm
Close tournament for GM norms in Mallorca 18-24 March 2012
http://www.winterchess.com/es/torneos/2 ... bases.html
Organiser: Sebastià Nadal [email protected]
European Individual Championship Plovdiv, Bulgaria 19th March - 1st April 2012
http://www.eicc2012.eu/
Gawain Jones, David Howell, Adam Hunt, Andrew Ledger and Jovanka Houska have all entered.
1st LANTA OPEN 22nd –28th March 2012
http://www.czechtour.net/lanta-open/
Cork Congress 23-25 March 2012
http://www.corkchess.com/index.php?page=cork-congress-2
March of Kings Calgary (Canada) 24 Mar - 25 Mar 5 round open
http://www.albertachess.org/2012MOK.html
European Senior Team Chess Championship Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia 26 March - 5 April 2012
http://sent2012.sahohlacnik.com/
4NCL Divisions 1, 2, 3 North & South 31 March - 1st April 2012
http://www.4ncl.co.uk/index.htm
6th annual Philadelphia Chess International Open 4th - 8th April 2012
http://www.chesstour.com/po12.htm
e2e4 Dublin International 5-9 April 2012
http://e2e4.org.uk/dublin/index.htm
Doeberl Cup Canberra, Australia 5-9 April 2012
http://www.doeberlcup.com.au/
CCF Easter International 6-7 April 2012
http://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Adult%20C ... Easter.htm
Delft 6-8 April 2012
http://www.delftseschaaksite.nl/toernoo ... le&id=2049
Stewart Haslinger is playing in the A Group, David Gilbert and Brendan O'Gorman are playing in the B Group and Tim Allen in the C group.
Southend-on-Sea Easter Congress 6-9 April 2012
http://southendchess.awardspace.biz/clu ... gress.html
Surrey Easter Congress (Open and Major sections) April 6-9 April 2012
http://www.surreychesscongress.co.uk
6th Annual Grand Pacific Open Victoria, (Canada) 06 Apr - 09 Apr 6 round open
3150 € in prizes
http://grandpacificopen.pbworks.com/w/p ... /FrontPage
First Saturday Budapest Hungary 7-17 April 2012
http://firstsaturday.hu/firstsat_progra ... 1_2012.htm
Sydney International Open 11-15 April 2012
http://sio.parrachessclub.org/schedule.php
Thailand Open 13-19 April 2012
http://bangkokchess.com/events-calendar ... -open-2012
Lethbridge Open, Lethbridge Lodge (Canada) 14 Apr - 15 Apr, 5 round open
http://www.albertachess.org/2012LO.html
World Amateur Championship Porto Carras, Halkidiki, Greece 15-23 April 2012
http://gamesfestival.chessdom.com/world-amateur
http://gamesfestival.chessdom.com/world ... rticipants
Dominic Gibbs is playing in the World Amateur whilst Isaac Sanders and Ravi Haria are playing in the open.
Mallorca, 9th to 15th April, new tournament for IM norms
http://www.winterchess.com/es/torneos/3 ... bases.html
750 YEARS MELAKA INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL 2012
in the Historical City of MELAKA, MALAYSIA from 20th April to 1st May 2012.
http://www.melakachess.org ORGANIZING SECRETARY Khairi Jansar
(Tel: +6019.391.4349 / Email: [email protected]) TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Najib Wahab
(Tel: +6016.338.2542 / Email: [email protected])
Mallorca All-play-all (GM/IM norms possible) 22-28 April 2012 http://www.winterchess.com/es/torneos/2 ... bases.html
Organiser: Sebastià Nadal [email protected]
3rd Luc Open Tournoi International d'Echecs de Lille 23-29 April 2012
http://www.lucopen.fr
Nakhchivan Open, Azerbaijan 27th April - 7th May 2012
http://www.azerichess.az http://www.chess.az; Email : [email protected]
8th World School Individual Chess Championship Iasi, Romania 28 April - 6 May 2012
http://wscc2012.ro/index.php?option=com ... &Itemid=28
Amateur Chess Tournament Alpen Resort Hotel Milano 28 April - 1 May 2012
Contact Adam Raoof
Grand-Prix 2012 of French Chess Federation Nancy (France) 28-29 april 2012
On saturday : international rapid open, 9 rounds 15min+3sec.
On sunday : Final matches for the 8 qualified players.
1st prize : 4000 euros - Total prize : 15 000 euros
all information in english : http://echecs54.free.fr/gpffe/gpffeeng.htm
Email : [email protected]
Spring in Krakow International Chess Championship of Malopolska, Poland 28 April - 6 May
http://www.mzszach.l.pl Jan Kusina [email protected]
4NCL All Divisions Barcelo Hotel, Hinckley Island 5-7 May 2012
http://www.4ncl.co.uk/index.htm
First Saturday Budapest Hungary 5-15 May 2012
http://firstsaturday.hu/firstsat_progra ... 1_2012.htm
31st Annual Arnprior Open, (Canada) 05 May - 06 May, 5 round open
http://www.eoca.org/PDF/31st%20Annual%2 ... 20rev1.pdf
3rd International Chess Festival HRADEC KRALOVE OPEN 12th -19th May 2012
http://www.czechtour.net/hradec-kralove-open/
Calgary International Chess Classic, (Canada) 15 May - 21 May, 9 round open
http://calgaryinternationalchessclassic.com/
37th Annual Paul Keres Memorial Richmond, BC V6X 1A3 (Canada) 19 - 21 May,
6 round open with 3000 € in prizes
http://keresmemorial.pbworks.com/w/page ... /FrontPage
e2e4 Amersham Congress 18th - 20th May 2012
http://e2e4.org.uk/amersham/May2012/index.htm
There will be three sections, Masters, Challengers (U2000/ECF 170) and Major (U1750/ECF 140).
e2e4 Diamond Jubilee Congress 2nd - 6th June 2012
http://e2e4.org.uk/gatwick/jun2012/index.htm
There will be three sections, Masters, Challengers (U2050/ECF 175) and Major (U1800/ECF 145).
1st Grand Europe Open Golden Sands, Bulgaria 4-12 June 2012
http://golden-sands-2012.chessmix.com/information.html
First Saturday Budapest Hungary 2-12 June 2012
http://firstsaturday.hu/firstsat_progra ... 1_2012.htm
4th Capo d'Orso Open International Palau, Sardinia 2nd-9th June 2012
http://asd.caissa.it/en/index.php?cont= ... _torneo=19
The tournament is open to players rated below 2350. David Lettington has entered.
19th Metropolitan Chess FIDE Invitational June 6-10 2012
IM norm round robin http://metrochessla.com/players-2012.php
European Individual Schools Championships June 12-21 2012
http://www.fide.com/images/stories/FIDE ... CCregs.pdf
5TH NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT June 20-24 2012
http://www.marshallchessclub.org/tourna ... tional2012
[email protected]
e2e4 Buxton Chess Congress 29 June - 1st July 2012
http://e2e4.org.uk/calendar/index.htm
Klatovy, Czech republic, 30.6.-8.7.2012
http://www.sachy-klatovy.cz//download/K ... 012_EN.pdf
40th annual World Open Philadelphia July 1-8 2012
http://www.chesstour.com/wo12.htm
2nd Women International Chess Tournament - Memorial of Krystyna Hołuj - Radzikowska. WGM all-play-all tournament July 2-9 2012 Piotr Murdzia [email protected]
http://www.wgmradzikowska.pl/index.php? ... 20&lang=en
ACO World Amateur Chess Championship Dubai July 6 - 15, 2012
http://www.amateurchess.com/dubai.html
Rethymno International chess tournament: 7-14 July 2012
Web: http://www.rethymnochess.gr, e-mail: [email protected]
119th Scottish Chess Championship 7-15 July 2012
http://www.chessscotland.com/scottishch ... hedule.php
First Saturday Budapest Hungary 7-17 July 2012
http://firstsaturday.hu/firstsat_progra ... 1_2012.htm
THE HOPES OF THE WORLD 9th European Festival of the School Champions 7-20 Jul 2012 Varna, Grand Hotel, Varna 5 *†Bulgaria
Tournaments for school champions U8, U10, U12, U14, U16
Director of the festival – Boris Hristov Tel./Fax: +35952642877, Mobile tel.: 0886 025403 e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Mariyana Hristova, organizer [email protected], [email protected],
Tel.: 0878 792786, 0884 068248
9th South Wales International Open 8-13 July 2012
http://www.southwaleschess.co.uk/SWI/
49th Canadian Open St. Victoria (Canada) 08 Jul - 13 Jul 9 round open
11050 € in prizes
http://monroi.com/2012-cocc-home.html
20th Metropolitan Chess FIDE Invitational July 11-15 2012
IM Norm Round Robin http://metrochessla.com/players-2012.php
European Youth Team Chess Championship Pardubice Czech Rep 11-19 July 2012
SIXTH INTERNATIONAL OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT “VARNA†Bulgaria – 11-20 July 2012
CONTACTS WITH THE ORGANIZER: Boris Hristov Mobile tel.: 088 6025403; Tel./Fax: 052 642877 е-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Mariyana Hristova, organizer [email protected], [email protected] Тел.: 0878 792786, 0884 068248
Czech Open Pardubice 12-29 July 2012
http://www.czechopen.net/en/
Paleochora International chess tournament: 16-23 July 2012
Web: http://www.chaniachess.gr, e-mail: [email protected]
European Amateur Chess Championship Pardubice, Czech Republic 18-29 Jul 2012
http://www.czechopen.net/en/
Fifth New York International Chess Tournament June 20th-24th 2012
http://www.marshallchessclub.org/tourna ... tional2012
Quebec Invitational Chess Championship Montréal (Canada) 21 Jul - 28 Jul
9 round open with 13800 € in prizes
http://echecsmontreal.ca/coq/index.html
30th International Chess Open of Andorra 21-29 July 2012
http://www.escacsandorra.com [email protected]
Kecskemet, Hungary 21st-29th July 2012
http://www.pzszach.org.pl/pub/1/173/CAI ... UNGARY.pdf
99th British Championship North Shields 22nd July - 4 August 2012
http://britishchesschampionships.co.uk/
EU Youth Championships 2012 Mureck, Austria July 31 - August 9 2012
http://www.jugendschach.at Mail: [email protected]
Under 8, 10, 12 & 14.
World Junior Athens, Greece 1-16 August 2012
http://www.athens2012.org/
1.-9.8. 2012 15th OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER
http://www.czechtour.net/olomouc-chess-summer/
21st Metropolitan Chess FIDE Invitational August 3-7 2012
GM Norm Round Robin http://metrochessla.com/players-2012.php
ACO World Youth Championship Paris August 04 - 12, 2012
http://www.amateurchess.com/paris.html
First Saturday Budapest Hungary 4-14 August 2012
http://firstsaturday.hu/firstsat_progra ... 1_2012.htm
Split chess open tournament Split, Croatia 11-19 August 2012
http://www.splitchessopen.com
2nd Metropolitan International August 14th-18th 2012.
e2e4 International 15th - 19th August 2012
http://e2e4.org.uk/calendar/index.htm
European Youth Chess Championship Prague 16-26 August 2012
http://www.eycc2012.eu/
2nd International Tournament "ISTHMIA' Vrachati Korinthias Greece 18-25 August 2012
http://www.isthmia.gr
12th European Seniors Championship Kaunas Lithuania 18-26 August 2012
http://www.escc2012.eu/
http://www.escc2012.eu/images/stories/O ... cc2012.pdf
5th Jessie Gilbert Celebration International Festival 18-26 August 2012
http://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/
Budapest Open 18th-26th August 2012
http://firstsaturday.hu/firstsat_progra ... 1_2012.htm
Kecskemet, Hungary 18th-26th August 2012
http://www.pzszach.org.pl/pub/1/173/CAI ... UNGARY.pdf
World University Championships Guimaraes, Portugal 19-26 August 2012
e2e4 Leicestershire Chess Congress 24-27 August 2012
http://e2e4.org.uk/calendar/index.htm
Berks & Bucks Congress 25-27 August 2012
Email: [email protected]
6th Leyland Chess Congress 25-27 August 2012
http://www.leylandchess.org.uk/congress/index.htm
BDO Haarlem, Netherlands 25 August - 2 September 2012
All-play-alls with GM and IM norm opportunities.
World Chess Olympiad 27th August - 10th September 2012
http://istanbul2012.tsf.org.tr/en/
CCF Late Summer Long Play Congress (incl FIDE Open) 1-2 September 2012
1.-9.9. 2012 11th SUNNY BEACH OPEN (Sunny Beach, Bulgaria)
http://www.czechtour.net/sunny-beach-open/
First Saturday Budapest Hungary 1-11 September 2012
http://firstsaturday.hu/firstsat_progra ... 1_2012.htm
Kecskemet, Hungary 15th-23rd September 2012
http://www.pzszach.org.pl/pub/1/173/CAI ... UNGARY.pdf
ICSC 15th World Individuals Championship Almaty, Kazakhstan 27 Sept - 7 Oct 2012
http://www.almaty-2012deafworldchess.com/
http://www.fide.com/component/content/a ... ships.html
Oslo Chess International 30th September - 7th October 2012
http://www.bergensjakk.no/oslointernational/
Florence International Chess Contest 5-7 October 2012
http://www.florencemove.org
First Saturday Budapest Hungary 6-16 October 2012
http://firstsaturday.hu/firstsat_progra ... 1_2012.htm
European Club Cup Eilat Israel 11-17 October 2012
http://www.ecc2012-chesseilat.com/
Eilat International Open 11-13 October 2012
http://www.ecc2012-chesseilat.com/
e2e4 High Wycombe Chess Congress 12-14 October 2012
http://e2e4.org.uk/calendar/index.htm
Amateur Chess Tournament in Mallorca U2000 14-21 October 2012
http://www.bellevuechess.com
38th Guernsey International Chess Festival will be held on 21-27 October 2012
http://www.guernseychessclub.org.gg/fes ... stival.htm
e2e4 Gatwick International 26-31 October 2012
http://e2e4.org.uk/calendar/index.htm
4NCL Div 1 & 2 Sunningdale 3-4 November 2012
http://www.4ncl.co.uk
4NCL Div 3 South Latimer Place 3-4 November 2012
http://www.4ncl.co.uk
First Saturday Budapest Hungary 3-13 November 2012
http://firstsaturday.hu/firstsat_progra ... 1_2012.htm
World Youth Championships Maribor, Slovenia 7-19 November 2012
http://www.wycc2012.com/
World Seniors Championship Kamena Vourla, Greece 12-25 November 2012
http://www.worldseniors2012.org
Malta International Open 18-25 November 2012
http://www.chessorg.de/malta.php & http://www.chessorg.de/anmeldung.php
[email protected] Conditions available for GM, IM & WGM.
Commonwealth Chess Championship – 22nd November to 1st December, 2012.
Bharat Singh Hon.Secretary All India Chess Federation [email protected]
e2e4 Brighton Chess Congress 23-25 November 2012
http://e2e4.org.uk/calendar/index.htm
4NCL Division 3 North 24-25 November 2012
http://www.4ncl.co.uk
Vilnius Open & Lithuanian Amateur Championship 1-9 December 2012
http://www.vilniusopen.eu
4th London Chess Classic 1-10 December 2012
http://www.londonchessclassic.com/
First Saturday Budapest Hungary 1-11 December 2012
http://firstsaturday.hu/firstsat_progra ... 1_2012.htm
European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship, Warsaw Poland 14-16 Dec 2012
Hastings 28 December 2012 to 6 January 2013
10 rounds. [email protected]
Gibraltar 21-31 January 2013
Amateur + challengers start 21-25, the second set 26-30. Masters 22-31 a 10 round event. [email protected]
Lawrence Cooper
Director of International Chess
English Chess Federation 20/12/11