2017-12-15

live games and web app for the European blitz and rapid championship

The European blitz and rapid chess championship for 2017 is hosted in Katowice, Poland. 1138 players from 37 federations join the blitz championship on Friday December 15th, including 72 GMs, 68 IMs, 62 FMs, 4 WGMs and 12 WIMs. 1238 players from 39 federations join the rapid championship on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th of December, including 71 GMs, 68 IMs, 67 FMs, 4 WGMs and 12 WIMs. Top players include GM Ernesto Inarkiev, GM Zaven Andriasian, GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek, GM David Navara, GM Ruslan Ponomariov, GM Igor Kovalenko, GM Sergei Zhigalko and GM Luke McShane.

pgn4web is used for live games broadcast using the mosaic view, please select the "js boards" option from the tournament live page; 100 live boards make this event one of the largest live tournament broadcast.

pgn4web is also used to provide a live games web app for fullscreen view and for installation on users' devices, please select the "app boards" option from the tournament live page; this event the first large scale deployment of the pgn4web live games web app; more information on using the pgn4web live games web app for a live tournament broadcast is available on the pgn4web project wiki.