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The 2016 College Chess Final Four for the President’s Cup is taking place on April 2-3 at the historic Marshall Chess Club in New York.

The President’s Cup is a Team Round Robin scored by total individual points. In the event of a tie, the teams are declared Co-champions. The tournament is FIDE & US Chess rated.
Official Time Controls: Game 90 with a 30-second increment each move.

Round 1 (10 am – April 2):
Webster vs Columbia / Texas Tech vs UT RGV

The dates of the 16th World Schools Chess Championship were announced today. By decision of FIDE (International Chess Federation), one of the main international children’s tournaments will be held on December 2-12, 2016 in Dagomys (Sochi), Russia.

Evgeny Miroshnichenko, this name is very famous in the world of chess. Some of chess people call him “Miro”. He has twice become the Ukrainian National Champion, won several strong competitions. But now he is more known as the chess commentator and chess coach.

Press-release of the 2016 1st quarter Presidential Board meeting, Moscow, 28-29 March 2016

The 2016 1st Quarter PB was held under the auspices of the Russian Chess Federation in the historical Metropol Hotel in Moscow.

Luxembourg hosts a qualifying tournament for European Small Nations to compete in the FIDE World Chess Cup whose finalists join the group of candidates to find a challenger for the Chess World Champion, currently Magnus Carlsen.

Abu Dhabi Chess Festival Committee has the honor of inviting you to take part in a distinguished chess annual event, which consists of numerous FIDE registered tournaments

The 10th Annual Philadelphia Open was held over the Easter weekend from March 23-27, 2016, at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, 1201 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

The event had 7 sections: Open, Under 2200, Under 2000, Under 1800, Under 1600, Under 1400 and Under 1100.

The Open Section was a 5-day 9-round Swiss tournament with FIDE norms possible. 87 players competed in this group.

The 2016 Karpos Open is taking place from 1-7th April at the Hotel Aleksandar Palace in Skopje, FYR Macedonia.

The 10th Annual Grand Pacific Open was held from 25-28th March at the Hotel Grand Pacific in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

The 6-round Swiss event had three rating sections and guaranteed prize fund of $5000.

The 10th Annual Grand Pacific Open drew a blowout record 152 players from around the world: Brazil, France, 6 states and 7 provinces.

The US Virgin Islands Chess Federation was the host for the 2016 edition of the CARIFTA Chess Championships. The tournament has now finished and winners in each of the sections are as follows: