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At the recently held Montengro Chess Championship 2021, IM Luka Draskovic claimed the title of the National Champion for the first time in his chess career.

Top four players from the National Championship took part in the knock-out tournament in Budva. The winner of the event earned the spot for the upcoming World Chess Cup 2021.

FTX Crypto Chess Cup 2021 is going to take place from May 23 to May 31 and is broadcast on TV2, Eurosport, and online streaming platforms Twitch and YouTube across multiple platforms. Chessdom.com will provide extensive coverage of the FTX Crypto 2021.

Official website of the Champions Chess tour / Latest event: Carlsen wins Meltwater Championship Chess Tour

The prominent Indian news agency TOI featured the upcoming FTX Crypto Chess Cup. In an article by Prasad Ramasubramanian titled “FTX Crypto Cup chess to kick off from May 23”, Carlsen is quoted,

As a big sports fan and NBA enthusiast, I was thrilled to learn that FTX is continuing its move into sports by partnering with the Champions Chess Tour.

Magnus Carlsen for TOI

The FTX Crypto Chess Cup 2021 was just announced and it is already making headlines. In an article titled “The World’s first bitcoin chess tournament” The Sun presents the FTX event of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour:

“The world’s first bitcoin chess tournament, the FTX Crypto Cup, is being held from May 23. “A cool $100,000 of that is a bonus paid in crypto by new sponsor FTX, the leading cryptocurrency exchange.

The European Hybrid Qualification Tournament 2021 for the FIDE World Chess Cup 2021 will take place from 22nd-30th May through Tornelo online platform. Live games from the top boards will be daily on Chessdom.com

FTX Crypto Chess Cup 2021 is going to start this week. The Meltwater Champions Chess Tour delivers a world first for its next event – an elite-level bitcoin chess tournament. The star-studded FTX Crypto Cup offers a record prize pot for an online tournament of $320,000.

A cool $100,000 of that is a bonus paid in crypto by new sponsor FTX. Fans will be able to track the prize pot’s value in real-time throughout the broadcast to see how it fluctuates.

The 10th jubilee season of the Swedish Rapid Team Battle kicks off this Wednesday, May 19th.

Around 400 players will compete for 26 Swedish chess clubs. The event will be played Online at Lichess, with 5 rounds taking place every Wednesday from 19:30 CEST. The time control is 10 minutes + 2 seconds.

In 2012 Vishy Anand won his World Championship against Boris Gelfand in Moscow. The next day both the champion and his rival went to meet the Russian President Vladimir Putin. In their conversations, Vishy mentioned that he learnt chess at a Soviet Cultural Center called the Tal Chess Club. “So, we brought this upon ourselves,” replied Putin!

The ECU Girls and Women’s weekend took place 15-16 May. Hosted by the German Chess Youth Association aka Deutsche Schachjugend e.V., the virtual festival collected more than 800 participants. They enjoyed a rich program of events including multiple GM/IM/WGM/WIM/WFM simuls, seminars by top players, live commentary, workshops, coaching sessions, and series of tournaments.