Chess Tournaments

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What are the big tournaments now and do they have common dates? So far I know there is WCCC and CCT. Are there others and when are they each year?

-Josh
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jshriver wrote:What are the big tournaments now and do they have common dates? So far I know there is WCCC and CCT. Are there others and when are they each year?

-Josh
There is usually a big tournament at Paderborn Germany every year.
http://wwwcs.uni-paderborn.de/~IPCCC/

There is a Dutch tournament every year:
http://www.csvn.nl/

There is a CIS tournament going on right now at the Russian State Social University. (No web, link -- tragically).

Here is a listing of recent tournament activity:
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/CC-Calendar.htm
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End of june there is an author's tournament in Belgium: Programmer's Tournament
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Yes, and there are actually two Dutch tournaments: the Open Dutch Computer-Chess Championship (ONK), usually early November, and a tournament where no title can be earned (ICT), usually in May.

I also heard of the Polish Open.
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Post by Spock »

I'd also be interested in the time controls for each