Chess Gambit 64

  Today, the Grandmaster Tournament in České Budějovice (28.06-06.07.2025) ended. The winner was the grandmaster from Germany Alexander Donchenko , and the second place was taken by Anton Korobov from Ukraine.

  Grandmaster Anton Korobov of Ukraine won the round robin Marienbad Open 2025 , scoring 6.5 points from 9 games without a single loss. We are posting one of his winning games. Time - 2x 1,5 h/40 + 30 min + 30 s/move, 9 Round robin. Date: 2025.01.18-25  

Olomouc Chess Summer 2024 - A round robin GM tournament   Federation - Czech Republic ( CZE ),  Tournament director -  IA Fuksik, Jakub Time control (Standard) 2x90 min./40 moves + 30 min. + 30 sec./move Tournament type - r ound robin, 10-17.08. 2024 Congratulations to the tournament winner - Johan Willow

  The tournament victory went to Dutch grandmaster Max Warmerdam . Securing second and third places, with identical scores, were Jingyao Tin from Singapore and Aleksander Donchenko from Germany. Congratulations! TEPLICE OPEN 2024  (15-23.06.2024)  - Final Ranking (TOP-20) Rk. SNo Name sex Gr FED RtgI Club/City Pts.  TB1   TB2   TB3  1 2 GM Warmerdam, Max NED 2654 Netherlands 7,5 42 54 2445 2 12 GM Tin, Jingyao SGP 2570 Singapore 7,5 42 54 2381 3 3 GM Donchenko, Alexander GER 2639 Germany 7,5 37 48,5 2289 4 16 GM Stocek, Jiri CZE 2524 Czech Republic 7 39,5 50 2327 5 26 IM Akbas, Umut Ata TUR 2437 Turkiye 7 38,5 50 2288 6 24 IM Finek, Vaclav U18 CZE 2450 Czech Republic 7 34 44 2238 7 4 GM Svane, Frederik GER 2638 Germany 6,5 41 53,5 2409 8 39 IM Martin, Julian GER 2402 Germany 6,5 41 52 2466 9 21 IM Kaasen, Tor Fredrik NOR 2465 Norway 6,5 40,5 53 2348 10 17 GM Babula, Vlastimil CZE 2521 Czech Republic 6,5 39 50 2326 11 9 GM Postny, Evgeny ISR...

The European Women Chess Championship 2022 just started in rainy Prague. The amount of 123  players from a total of 28 countries sat down at the chessboards in the Don Giovanni Hotel in Prague. These players will fight in the next 11 days, not only for a prize pool of €60,000 but also for  advancement to the Women World Cup 2023.  The home Czech Republic is represented by 14  players, who also account for the largest group at the championship. However, there are also  significantly competing delegations from Ukraine and Poland, which arrived with 13 and 12  participants.    European Women Chess Championship 2022 Standing after round 2 Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts.  TB1   TB2   TB3  rtg+/- 1 1 GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2531 2 0 1 2 3,4 5 IM Mammadzada Gunay AZE 2466 2 0 1 2 4,5 9 WGM Fataliyeva Ulviyya AZE 2413 2 0 1 2 5,3 10 WGM Zawadzka Jolanta POL 2412 2 0 1 2 5,2 16 IM Tsolakidou Stavroula GRE 2388 2 0 1 2 5,2 25 I...