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In Catalonia, 40km south of Barcelona, the 9th Chessable Sunway Sitges Chess Festival 2022 took place from 11 to 22 December. Catalonia, a region located in the east of Spain,…

Fagernes is a small town located in the Innlandet County, 3 hours drive northwest of Oslo. It has had its own chess festival for almost 10 years. Norway was a…

Imperia is a small Italian coastal town located 60 km from the French border. We discovered it on the occasion of its chess festival. After a few weeks in France…

Vaujany is a village located in the French Alps and is mainly known for its winter sports thanks to its cable cars which connect it to important ski areas. The…

Within a city overflowing with history and at the crossroads of chess influences from western, central and eastern Europe, is held the Prague international chess festival.  This festival of closed…

To the North of Copenhagen and within sight of the Swedish coastline lies Kronborg castle, famous as the scene of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Just a few hundred meters from the castle has been held the Kronborg Chess Open for the past fifty years.

County Durham in the North of England is not too far from the Scottish border. Within the County there is the Norman town and cathedral, green hills, moors and the…