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I've found lots of good sites for learning chess, but not yet a good place to learn about chess championships. I am a little overwhelmed by the number of tournaments, each of which seems, to the noob, to have a completely unique set of contenders from any other tournament.
Can anyone recommend me a link that has a good summary of the main chess tournaments, and/or the key movers and shakers in the chess world currently? Oh, and don't just say "chessclub.com" -- I'm that dumb that you need to point me to the specific page. Thanks! |
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Well, keeping track of tournaments is pretty exhausting; mostly because there are so many of them...
 Here are some good sites learn about tournament chess: Enjoy!   |
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What do you mean by chess championship?
Do you mean tounaments like Linares, Wijk aan Zee, M-Tel, etc or do you mean World Championship, or World Team Championship, World Junior Championship, World Rapid Championship, Contitnental Championships, National Championships, etc ? There are many (chess) championships  |
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Yikes! This is the problem... Which tournaments do you find particularly compelling in the chess season? I guess (and this really is a guess) that as with other sports, the tournaments I'd probably find most interesting initially would probably be:
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Stick to this forum
We covered all top tournaments for the last year: 2008 Morelia/Linares 2008 Ataturk Women Masters 2008 Amber Blindfold and Rapid 2008 European Championship 2008 Baku - FIDE Grand Prix 2008/09 2008 M-Tel Masters 2008 Dortmund 2008 - 9th Karpov (Poikovsky) 2008 Biel 2008 North Urals Cup 2008 Mainz chess festival 2008 Sochi - FIDE Grand Prix 2008/09 2008 Mihail Tal Memorial 2008 Bilbao Masters 2008 Womens World Championship 2008 World Championship 2008 Chess Olympiad 2008 Pearl Springs 2008 Elista - FIDE Grand Prix 2008/09 2009 Wijk aan Zee 2009 Challenger Match 2009 Linares 2009 Istanbul - FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2009/10 2009 European Championship 2009 Amber Blindfold and Rapid 2009 Nalchik - FIDE Grand Prix 2008/09 These top tournaments (Wijk aan Zee, Linares, M-Tel Masters, etc.) are all invitational tournaments, not anykind of championships. Players get invited by their reputation and how deep the pockets from the organizers are If you have a milion to spare, you can have Anand, Topalov, Kramnik, Carlsen, Ivanchuk, etc. to play at your home  World Championship and tournaments that are part of the World Championship cycle (like Grand Prix) are different - you have to qualify for them. And this is a very VERY long, difficult and complex topic  You can start with a short review of the history of World Championship and about the current cycle read this. Women World Championship also had some recent changes. Of course there are other interesting tournaments too. You will just have to browse daily through the sites that KHollister suggested to see whats going on. Then you can pick out which one you find interesting to follow. This message has been edited. Last edited by: ebutaljib, |
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So the chess season looks complicated...because it is complicated.
Thanks all, plenty to start me off |
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There really isn't any "season" in chess. At least not like in other sports. Chess players basically play only for money and reputation. Players with good reputation (high rating and interesting playing style) have more chances to get invited to prestigious and more lucrative chess tournaments than players with lower rating and/or "boring" playing style.
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