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26th Sharjah Rapid 2021

2021-04-29T19:50:00.015+03:00

The 26th Sharjah Rapid is held from 29th to 30th April 2021 in Sharjah Chess Club.

Time control: 10 min. for a game, and 3-sec.increment from move 1.

Official site

Schedule in UTC:

Round 1 Apr 29, 2021 17:30

Round 2 Apr 29, 2021 18:15

Round 3 Apr 29, 2021 19:00

Round 4 Apr 29, 2021 19:45

Round 5 Apr 29, 2021 19:59

Round 6 Apr 30, 2021 17:30

Round 7 Apr 30, 2021 18:15

Round 8 Apr 30, 2021 19:00

Round 9 Apr 30, 2021 19:54

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78th LOTTO Polish Championship

2021-04-29T18:39:00.004+03:00

The 78th LOTTO Polish Championship is held from 29th April to 8th May 2021 in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Official webpage

System of play: 2 classical games in each match, then 2 rapid games, if necessary and 2 blitz games, then Armageddon.

Time control:

Classical games: 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 min. till game end and 30-sec. increment from move 1.

Rapid games: 15 mins with 10-sec. increment per move,

Blitz games at 5 mins with 3 -sec. increment

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3rd Vezerkepzo GM

2021-04-24T19:41:00.001+03:00

The 3rd Vezerkepzo GM is held from 24th to 30th April 2021 in Budapest, Hungary.

Time control: 90 min. for a game, and 30-sec.increment from move 1.

System of play: 10-players in a Round Round

Official site

Schedule: every day at 12.30 UTS

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New in Chess Classic Knockout 2021

2021-04-24T19:28:00.001+03:00

The New in Chess Classic is held from April 24 till May 2, 2021 on chess24.

It is the fifth leg on the $1.5 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.

Players include GM Magnus Carlsen, GM Wesley So, GM Hikaru Nakamura, GM Alireza Firouzja, and 15-year-old Polgar Challenge winner GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu.

The time control is 15 minutes for the whole game and a 10-second increment per move. The knockout phase has four-game rapid matches. In case of a tie after two matches, two 5+3 blitz games are played and if needed, an Armageddon game, where White has five minutes and Black four but with draw odds.

Official site

Schedule: Games start at 17:00 UTC.

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Icelandic Championship 2021

2021-04-22T15:14:00.001+03:00

The Icelandic Championship is held from 22-30 April 2021 in Kópavogur, Iceland.

Time control: 90 minutes + 30 sec increment after each move and additional 30 minutes after 40th move from each player.

System of play: 9 Rounds where each paricipant will play each opponent single time

Official site

Schedule in UTC

Round 1 Apr 22, 2021 16:00

Round 2 Apr 23, 2021 16:00

Round 3 Apr 24, 2021 16:00

Round 4 Apr 25, 2021 16:00

Round 5 Apr 26, 2021 16:00

Round 6 Apr 27, 2021 16:00

Round 7 Apr 28, 2021 16:00

Round 8 Apr 29, 2021 16:00

Round 9 Apr 30, 2021 16:00

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