The Week in Chess

Chess News from throughout the World
  1. The 57th Capablanca Memorial takes place 3rd to 12th May 2024. Ruslan Ponomariov, Aryan Chopra, Luis Ernesto Quesada Perez, Evgeny Romanov, Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera and Mads Andersen play.
  2. The Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz takes place in Warsaw 6th to 13th May 2024. Round 1 on May 8th. Players: Magnus Carlsen, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Wei Yi, Arjun Erigaisi, Vincent Keymer, Kirill Shevchenko, Dommaraju Gukesh, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and Anish Giri.
  3. The 28th Tepe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament took place in Malmo 27th April to 3rd May 2024. Players: Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Arjun Erigaisi, Vincent Keymer, Peter Svidler, Nils Grandelius, Anton Korobov, Marc'Andria Maurizzi and Ju Wenjun. There was a three way tie on 4.5/7. Nodirbek Abdusattorov emerged the winner over Arjun Erigaisi in a second tie-break, Peter Svidler lost to both these players in the first tie-break.
  4. The German Schachbundesliga took place over 15 rounds Sat 21st Oct to Sun 28th Apr 2024. SC Viernheim were the surprise champions winning all their matches and finishing 3 points clear of Baden-Baden. This is the first time Baden-Baden didn't win the league since the 2015/16 season, and only the second time they didn't win since their first title in 2005/06.
  5. The 24th European Women's Championship takes place Thu 18th Apr to Tue 30th Apr 2024 in Rhodes, Greece. Top seeds: Yuliia Osmak, Marsel Efroimski, Bella Khotenashvili, Dinara Wagner, Antoaneta Stefanova, Lela Javakhishvili etc
  6. The Dutch League took place 16th September 2023 to 20th April 2024. Kennemer Combinatie had already won the league before this weekend's final round.
  7. The 14th Karen Asrian Memorial takes place in Yerevan Wed 24th Apr to Thu 2nd May 2024. The event returns after missing last year. Top seeds Manuel Petrosyan, Zaven Andriasian, M Pranesh etc.