We offer you the first playing day of Aeroflot Open in pictures. Now this is a rapid tournament.

On the second day of Aeroflot Open the participants mostly played on a result. However, the camera is indifferent to such subtelties and this is its main advantage over us - alive chess fans.   

The European Individual Chess Championship or as it's more usually mentioned as the qualification tournament for the World Cup, is underway in Legnica, Poland.

The French Team Chess Championship is taking place in a beautiful city of Haguenau which is in 28 km North of Strasbourg.

Hou Yifan arrived to the Czech capital in order to play the four-game match of classical chess Cez Cess Trophy which is traditionally held in June. Her rival will be David Navara. The match starts tomorrow, while last weekend the former world champion already had a walk with her mother; she also gave a simul on twenty boards.