Skalica has been alive with chess since 23. until 31. August 2025. The CHESS Slovak OPEN festival took place in the Culture House, which brought nine days of intense duels, accompanying tournaments and meetings with chess personalities. In total, approximately 150 players from 19 countries participated in all tournaments. The director of the event…
DetailsChess Slovak Open tournament in Skalica confirmed its reputationé, with the bonus of the triumph of the houseof the host Martin Jablonickéhim The sixth edition of the Chess Slovak Open was the highlight of the weekséit Skalickéof chesséfestival organized byéorganized by the Skalica Chess Club. It confirmed its quickly acquired and growing reputation as a…
DetailsThe open championship of Slovakia in blitz chess took place in Skalica. Juraj Druska from Žilina and Ema Walterová from Bratislava won not only domestic titles, but also a ticket to the 2024 European Championships. Druska dominated, Walter surprised Almost 30-year-old Juraj Druska from Liptov left no one in doubt about his qualities. With a…
DetailsThe largest international chess tournament in Slovakia, which has already won the recognition of the international chess federation FIDE, is in its fifth year. The International Chess Federation ranked it among the 25 most important tournaments in Europe and among the TOP 50 in the world. In addition to the four chess tournaments, the participants…
DetailsThe current number one of the Slovak ranking GM Jerguš Pecháč will also present himself at almost two hundred players at the Skalický Chess Festival (August 20 – August 28, 2022 at the Svätá Ľudmila Hotel in Skalica). In addition to the main SLOVAK OPEN tournament, which will be under the auspices of FIDE, we…
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