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The Super Heroes Cup 2021, organized by Chessbase India, took place 14-16 May. 16 real life super heroes fought in a knock-out tournament and all of them are already winners!

The event featured 6 visually impaired persons, 6 physically disabled and 3 deaf. Read more about participants here.

Koivisto,  the open source chess engine by Kim Kåhre and Finn Eggers, is dominating the Qualification League of the Top Chess Engine Championship. After 19 rounds (out of total 26) it has collected 16,5/19. This is 2,5 points lead ahead of the second, the star debutant ClassicAra.

Belarus Open and Women’s Chess Championships 2021 simultaneously took place from 8-16 May in Minsk.

Both events were played within 9 rounds, swiss system, with 23 players in Open section and 12 players in Women’s section.

GM Marie Sebag is playing a simul exhibition as part of the ECU Girls and Women Chess Weekend. The commentary is provided by WGM Katarzyna Toma.

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The latest ICGA (International Computer Games Association) Journal features no less than FOUR scholarly papers concerning TCEC (Top Chess Engine Competition)! The tireless team Hernandez-Haworth has been covering TCEC Cup competition from its very beginning from Cup 1 until 8, and TCEC Leagues Season from Season 10 until 20, with a series of eloquently written and well-illustrated articles.

Fans of the Queens Gambit series on Netflix? WIM Lara Janzelj and WIM Teja Vidic aka Checkitas are going to cover the strategy in the opening carrying the same name. This is event is part of the ECU Girls and Women Chess Weekend.

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WGM Petra Papp is providing a simul for the the ECU Girls and Women Chess Weekend. Commentary is by WIM Inna Agrest.

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Ukrainian Teams Chess Championships 2021 took place from 6th-14th May in Lviv with participation of more than 150 players competing for their clubs in three events: classical, rapid and blitz.

Law Academy Kharkiv dominated the event taking first place in all competitions! Bank Lviv was second in a classical event and Chernivitsi Zubr took bronze.

FIDE 3.4 Zonal Chess Championship concluded today in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

The event took place from 6-15 May, with participation of 34 players from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

After 9 rounds played in Swiss system, two chess prodigies qualified for the upcoming FIDE World Chess Cup 2021: GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov and GM Nodirbek Yakubboev!

WFM Denise Trippold is one of the star guests in the ECU Girls and Women Chess Weekend. She will be playing a simul with the participants. Commentary is provided by WFM Nikola Mayrhuber.

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