Chess is a great sport to play for training your concentration and focus. There are many chess tournaments in the world that can be used as a place for sharing and gaining more skills in playing chess. Playing chess needs focus and strategy to win the game. If you are looking for information on International Chess Tournaments that will be held in 2019, you are in the right place. Here are the lists of International Chess Tournaments in 2019.
9Th HD Bank International
This chess tournament will be held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It will be held in 7 up to 13 March 2019. This is a great tournament which followed by top chess athlete in the world, such as Loek van Wely, Mukesh, Antoaneta Stefanova, Wang Hao and Ivan Cheparino.
European Individual Championship
This is an important chess tournament because the players will fight over the place for the World Cup. This prestigious chess tournament will be held on 18 March up to 29 March 2019. It takes place in Skopje Macedonian (FYROM). There are 22 places that must be contested by the players for the later.
US Chess Championship
This is an elite chess championship in the United States. Although the scope is national championships, you can see the top chess USA players competed in this chess competition. This championship will be held in Saint Louis, USA starting from 20 March 2019 up to 1 April 2019. This chess championship is played in 12 player round Robin. The prize for this championship is quite high, at about $194,000.
Shamkir Chess
This chess tournament will be held in Shamkir, Azerbaijan. Shamkir chess is the chess tournament that takes place in Shamkir for recalling the memory of Vugar Gashimov. He is the grandmaster from Shamkir, Azerbaijan that died in 2014. There are 8 nations that will be completed in this chess tournament. They are Norway, China, Netherlands, Azerbaijan, India, Russia, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic. This tournament will be held from 31 March 2019 up to 8 April 2019.
Bangkok Chess Club Open
Bangkok Chess Club Open will be held in Bangkok, Thailand. This event will be held on 6 April up to 14 April 2019. Some top players participate in this competition. You can see Jan Gustafsson played in this event.
GAMMA Reykjavik Open
GAMMA Reykjavik Open is an open chess tournament which takes place in Reykjavik, Iceland. This tournament is 34th edition which takes 9-round format. This tournament is held on 6 April up to 16 April 2019.
Here are the lists of International Chess Tournaments in 2019. They are 9Th HD Bank International, European Individual Championship, US Chess Championship, Shamkir Chess, Bangkok Chess Club Open and GAMMA Reykjavik Open.