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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Exciting chess events in the Corsican Chess League calendar

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012


Hello everyone,


We have some exciting events lined up during the Corsican Chess League calendar for 2012 with a number of important international competitions. The richest event in the terms of money prizes will be the 16th Corsican Circuit from 27th to 31st October in Bastia and Aiacciu. Finale du Grand Prix FFE is 60,000 EUR worth.


Press conference of the Corsican Chess League



But certainly the highlight of the year will be the visit of the Women’s World Champion Hou Yifan from China. The Match Of The Champions between Hou Yifan and 2011 European Women Champion Viktorija Cmilyte will be held on 21st and 22nd May in Porti Vechju.


The calendar also introduces the new 1st Open International 
d’Aiacciu which will be held from 24th to 28th April in Aiacciu.


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1 comment:

  1. Keith Schmidt, BerlinFebruary 26, 2012 at 11:24 AM

    Hou Yifan has been quite a worthy successor to you chess queen i must say

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