Donostia Chess Festival » donostia http://www.donostiachess.com Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:20:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Change in pairings of Group A http://www.donostiachess.com/en/2011/12/change-in-pairings-of-group-a/ http://www.donostiachess.com/en/2011/12/change-in-pairings-of-group-a/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:08:07 +0000 donostia http://www.donostiachess.com/eu/?p=231 Continue reading →]]> Due to an error when importing the FIDE rating list, the pairings of the A Tournmanet will be change. The pairings will be changed at the tournament hall and won’t be published beforehand on the Internet.

All players are advised to get to the tournament hall as soon as posible.

]]> http://www.donostiachess.com/en/2011/12/change-in-pairings-of-group-a/feed/ 0 Published the pairings for 29th of december http://www.donostiachess.com/en/2011/12/published-the-pairings-for-29th-of-december/ http://www.donostiachess.com/en/2011/12/published-the-pairings-for-29th-of-december/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:04:27 +0000 donostia http://www.donostiachess.com/eu/?p=228 You can view the pairings of the A and B tournaments using the “Pairings and Results” option of this website

]]> http://www.donostiachess.com/en/2011/12/published-the-pairings-for-29th-of-december/feed/ 0 Entry closed http://www.donostiachess.com/en/2011/12/entry-closed/ http://www.donostiachess.com/en/2011/12/entry-closed/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:14:52 +0000 donostia http://www.donostiachess.com/eu/?p=189 We have already closed the entry for the tournament. We will publish the pairings tree tomorrow morning.

]]> http://www.donostiachess.com/en/2011/12/entry-closed/feed/ 0 Registration of players on december 28 http://www.donostiachess.com/en/2011/12/registration-of-players-on-december-28/ http://www.donostiachess.com/en/2011/12/registration-of-players-on-december-28/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:28:56 +0000 donostia http://www.donostiachess.com/eu/?p=147 All players must register at the tournament hall from 10:00 to 13:00 on december the 28th. If any player is unable to get to the tournament hall on that time, should inform the organizing committee.

]]> http://www.donostiachess.com/en/2011/12/registration-of-players-on-december-28/feed/ 0 Change of the starting time of the C Tournament (International Open) http://www.donostiachess.com/en/2011/12/change-of-the-starting-time-of-the-c-tournament-international-open/ http://www.donostiachess.com/en/2011/12/change-of-the-starting-time-of-the-c-tournament-international-open/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:10:53 +0000 donostia http://www.donostiachess.com/eu/?p=116 After looking at the participant list and analzying its pros and cons, we have decided to change the starting time of the C Tournament to 15:00 CET.

]]> http://www.donostiachess.com/en/2011/12/change-of-the-starting-time-of-the-c-tournament-international-open/feed/ 0 Deductions for amateurs http://www.donostiachess.com/en/2011/11/deductions-for-amateurs/ http://www.donostiachess.com/en/2011/11/deductions-for-amateurs/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:26:18 +0000 donostia http://www.donostiachess.com/eu/?p=100 Continue reading →]]> Due to the level of the players already registered for the A and B tournaments, and it’s hard for an amateur player to continue playing these tournaments, the first 30 players with less than 2300 of rating registered for tournaments A and B, will only pay the registration fee of the C tournament!

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We have just published the list of players registered. This is the list of the top 10 players:

  1. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Azerbaijan 2733
  2. Ruslan Ponomariov Ukraine 2723
  3. Arkadij Naiditsch Germany 2712
  4. Leinier Dominguez Cuba 2712
  5. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave France 2710
  6. Viktor Laznicka Czech Republic 2703
  7. Laurent Fressinet France 2700
  8. Andrei Volokitin Ukraine 2695
  9. Loek Van Wely Nederlands 2686
  10. Rustam Kasimdzhanov Uzbekistan 2675

View the full list and register to play it!

]]> http://www.donostiachess.com/en/2011/11/published-the-list-of-players-registered-to-the-tournament/feed/ 0 San Sebastian 1911-1912 – 2011-2012 aniversary tournament http://www.donostiachess.com/en/2011/07/san-sebastian-aniversary-tournament/ http://www.donostiachess.com/en/2011/07/san-sebastian-aniversary-tournament/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:11:50 +0000 donostia http://www.donostiachess.com/?p=10 Continue reading →]]> We are preparing a tournament to be played in late 2011 and early 2012 commemorating the legendary chess tournaments organised in San Sebastian in 1911 and 1912.

We are now giving 3 details about the tournament, and will be providing more information in coming weeks:

  • Prize fund of 100.000 €
  • Tournament will be played using K.O. system and creating one more parallel tournament for the losers of the first round and an International Open.
  • Each player will play each round 2 simultaneous games, one with white and the other with black.

We will have many sponsors and helpers to the tournament, one of them will be Gros Xake Taldea which will provide the venue of the tournament from 28th of December 2011 to 5th of January 2012.

We will publish more information in coming weeks.

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