International chess forum | Moscow Open 2024

Free entry

Live broadcast

Watch live broadcasts of Moscow Open 2024 every day on VKontakte page of Moscow Chess Federation.

About the event

On July 20, International Chess Day, International chess forum Moscow Open 2024, organized by Moscow City Department of sport together with Moscow city chess federation, ended.

In 2024, the forum celebrated its 20th anniversary. More than 1,000 athletes from 5 countries (Russia, the Republic of Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Egypt) took part in the tournament, which lasted five days.

As part of Moscow Open 2024, all-star game took place for the first time. Its winner was world champion in rapid and blitz Sergey Karjakin, who beat European champion Ernesto Inarkiev.

The men’s stage of the Russian Cup was won by grandmaster Zhamsaran Tsydypov, the women’s stage — by FIDE master Ekaterina Goltseva.

Here are winners of children’s tournaments:
boys under 9 years old: Egor Tapazov
girls under 9: Elzyata Levgeeva
boys under 11: Ilya Malchenko
girls under 11: Sofia Obraztsova
boys under 13: Arthur Avagyan
girls under 13: Lyubov Frolova
boys under 15: Erik Kuus
girls under 15: Maria Ryzhova

Forum program

All-star game

All-Star game schedule

17:00

Beginning of the match

16:00

Beginning of the match
21:00

Closing ceremony

On July 18 at 12:00 Sergey Karjakin and Ernesto Inarkiev will hold a simultaneous game and an autograph session.

Open tournaments*

*Tournaments A, B, C

A — stage of the Russian Cup among men Moscow Open;
B — stage of the Russian Cup among women Moscow Open;
С — stage of the Russian Cup among boys and girls under 9, 11, 13, 15 years old.

15:30

Opening ceremony
16:00

1st round

10:30

2nd round
16:30

3rd round

10:30

4th round
16:30

5th round

10:30

6th round
16:30

7th round

10:00

8th round
15:30

9th round
21:00

Closing ceremony

Every day spectators will be able to follow the progress of the matches with the comments of the famous grandmasters

Additional program

An additional program for forum guests is planned at Moscow Open 2024:
— online commenting;
— master classes in arts and crafts;
— performances by children’s creative groups;
— an area with floor chess pieces;
— magnetic chessboard.

On July 16, the dance group Vera and the art project TENORS OF THE XXI CENTURY will perform at opening ceremony, and the host will be Dmitry Guberniev.

On July 20, before the awarding ceremony, the artist Zvonkiy will perform in front of the participants and guests of the competition.

Also, as part of the competition, an All-Russian refereeing seminar will be held.