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Argentine Championship: Fernando Peralta wins fifth title

Fernando Peralta defended his national title in the 98th Argentine Chess Championship. A native of Lomas de Zamora, he won this event for the fifth time, following his success in 2006, 2018, 2020 and 2022. Peralta defeated Federico Pérez Ponsa in a two-game rapid playoff to take the title. Leonardo Krysa and Pablo Actosta tied for third place, netting 7/11 points each. | Photos: Federación Argentina de Ajedrez

Switzerland , Argentina , Lomas-de-zamora , Buenos-aires , Swiss , Argentine , Pablo-ismael-actosta , Vidit-gujrathi , Alan-pichot , Fernando-peralta , Ariel-tokman , Leonardo-krysa

Faustino Oro, Argentina's golden boy, continues to impress

A bit over three years into his chess career, Faustino Oro, aged 10, continues to set record after record in Argentina. The “golden boy” (‘oro’ means gold in Spanish) became the youngest player to achieve an IM norm in history, as he broke the record previously set by Uzbek star Javokhir Sindarov. Oro is also referred to as “the Messi of chess”, since his incredibly quick ascent has created major expectations among Argentine chess fans! | Photo: Emmanuel Fernández / Clarín

United-states , Mar-del-plata , Buenos-aires , Argentina , Comodoro-rivadavia , Distrito-federal , Barcelona , Comunidad-autonoma-de-cataluna , Spain , Italy , Uzbekistan , Romina

Never Ending Saga of Moroccan Chess

When it comes to internal politics, our noble game is anything but ‘noble’. Nasty games can be played within federations for personal gain and power at immense expense to chess players. Disagreements and anomalies have affected the work of some federations at various degrees, but it seems that no one has suffered as much or as long as chess in Morocco. Diana Mihajlova reports.

Morocco , Vietnam , Republic-of , France , Russia , Canada , Rabat , Rabat-saléemmour-zaëmo , Casablanca , Grand-casablanca , Canadian , Moroccan

Iturrizaga and Khademalsharieh win Spanish Championships

The Spanish Championships were held in Marbella this year, a nine round Swiss, in which men and women played in the same tournament. In the end, Eduardo Iturrizaga and Sarasadat Khademalsharieh won the titles. With 7.0/9 Iturrizaga shared first with Alan Pichot and Maksim Chigaev, but won the tournament on tiebreak. Khademalsharieh finished with 6.0/, but had a better tiebreak than her rival Marta Garcia Martin. | Photos: Patricia Claros Aguilar (FEDA)

Switzerland , Spain , Swiss , Spanish , Sarasadat-khademalsharieh , Eduardo-iturrizaga , Alan-pichot , Sarasadat-khademsharieh , Marta-garcia-martin , Maksim-chigaev , Spanish-championship

Stories that caught our eye: September 30 to October 6

A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Buenos-aires , Distrito-federal , Argentina , Venezuela , Malvinas , Tucumáas , Mar-del-plata , Lomas-de-zamora , Mexico , Trelew , Chubut , Austria

Abdusattorov convincingly wins ChessKid Cup

Nodirbek Abdusattorov beat Fabiano Caruana 2½-1½ to win the ChessKid Cup, the third event of the 2023 Champions Chess Tour. It was a hard-fought Grand Final match, which saw Abdusattorov beating Caruana for a second time in the tournament. With this victory, the Uzbek ace gained a spot in the Tour Playoffs which will take place in December. Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura are already qualified to the series’ final event.

Uzbekistan , Argentina , Norway , Uzbek , Nguyen-ngoc-truong , David-anton , Jules-moussard , Fabiano-caruana , Gata-kamsky , Magnus-carlsen , Shakhriyar-mamedyarov , Raunak-sadhwani

ChessKid Cup: Caruana wins Loser's Bracket and advances to Grand Final

Fabiano Caruana lost to Nodirbek Abdusattorov in Round 2 of the ChessKid Cup, but now he has a chance for revenge in the Grand Final. On Day 4, Caruana first defeated Jules Moussard in the semi-finals of the Loser's Bracket and then beat Jorden Van Foreest in the final. | Photo: Lennart Ootes (Archive)

Alan-pichot , Pentala-harikrishna , Jorden-van-foreest , Tania-sachdev , David-howell , Shakhriyar-mamedyarov , Daniel-naroditsky , Division-ii-vladimir-fedoseev , Games-division , Chesskid-cup , Bracket-caruana , Jorden-van

Floripa Chess Open 2023 – Chessdom

The 9th edition of the Floripa Ches Open will be held from 23-29 January in Florianopolis, Brasil. The event will be played in 10 rounds, swiss system, with a total prize fund of 40.000R$. More than 550 players will participate in the festival which features several events: Open tournament, Team tournament, Blitz, School events for […]

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C.A. Solvay wins Spanish League, Gukesh shines

The Cantabrians from C.A. Solvay were crowned champions of the Spanish League’s ‘División de Honor’ after securing a decisive victory over Magic Extremadura in the final round. The team led by Pentala Harikrishna and Gukesh Dommaraju was the only one of four co-leaders to get a win in Saturday’s seventh round. DuoBeniaján Costa Cálida from Murcia and Magic from Extremadura got second and third place, respectively. | Photos: Spanish Chess Federation

Sestao , Pais-vasco , Spain , Iran , Argentina , Chennai , Tamil-nadu , India , Spanish , Alan-pichot , Oleg-korneev , Gyula-breyer

Sandro Mareco victorious at Mexico Open

A massive chess festival took place in Chihuahua, Mexico on April 12-17. Almost a thousand participants played in the numerous open tournaments, which included events for women, amateurs and different age categories. In the main event, Argentinian GM Sandro Mareco was the outright winner after scoring 7½ out of 9 points. Pablo Salinas (Chile), Kevin Cori (Peru) and Luis Ibarra (Mexico) finished a half point. | Photo: Official site

Mexico , United-states , Argentina , Havana , Ciudad-de-la-habana , Cuba , Chile , Peru , Buenos-aires , Distrito-federal , Chennai , Tamil-nadu