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For the third time since 2022, the Plus City Centre in Pasching (near Linz, Austria) is hosting a major rapid chess and blitz event. Four tournaments will be held from 9 to 12 May, namely the Open Austrian Team Championship in Blitz Chess and Rapid Chess, an Open Blitz Tournament and an Open Rapid Chess Tournament. The total prize fund is €60,000, and with Vishy Anand, Alexandra Kosteniuk and Zhu Chen, three world champions are taking part in this year's Open Blitz Championship.

The colorful Chess Houseboat 2024 tournament will take place from 23rd to 30th November 2024. It is once again scheduled to take place at God's own country, the state of Kerala. . The new attractions this year are the three different places of stay: at the floating houseboat itself in the Vembanadu lake, a beachfront resort at Trivandrum, the capital city of Kerala, and a majestic Dutch fort at Cochin. Apart from the usual Rapid tournament, this time there will also be a Blitz tournament. If...

Russia's Denis Khismatullin opted not to file a complaint over the incident at the World Rapid Chess Championships Polish chess grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda refused to shake the hand of his Russian opponent Denis Khismatullin during last month's International Chess Federation's World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships, footage from the event shows. Khistamullin has not

Bodhana Sivanandan is not only making headlines in England. The 8-year-old took part in the European Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Zagreb and was the best female participant in the blitz tournament with 8½/13 points! | Photo: European Chess Union

CHEATING IN CHESS: US grandmaster and social media star Hikaru Nakamura was accused by a rival of cheating after a hot winning streak. The outcry exposed a generational rift between top chess players, Bevan Hurley reports

After <a href="https://en.chessbase.com/post/leon-mendonca-vs-fritz-19-the-allrounder-gm-level">Leon Mendonca lost against the GM Dog</a>, it's Elisabeth Paehtz's turn to win a point for the humans! Unfortunately, the positional player, the owl, is programmed to play stable and solid. And even at strong club player level, the nocturnal bird can be a threat! However, Elli quickly gains a huge advantage with a well-known London System opening trick, which you can watc...

Won all matches at Malta Blitz Championship

Iranian chess player, Sara Khadem, who contested without a headscarf, has been granted Spanish ctizenship.

European Rapid Chess Champion Jaime Santos Latasa won the final against Boris Gelfand to become the winner of the 36th edition of the "Magistral de Ajedrez Ciudad de León". Santos, is the second Spaniard to win the tournament after Paco Vallejo in 2012.