Σκακιστικά νέα

The 2nd round of the 16th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship 2015 finished on Wednesday without any major upsets.

The first seed Nana Dzagnidze (GEO 2570) defeated IM Marina Guseva (RUS 2391), while GM Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL 2512) convincingly won against WGM Daria Charochkina (RUS 2391).

From 9 to 13 May 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Pattaya, Thailand, by the ASEAN Chess Academy, in cooperation with Thailand Chess Association and under the auspices of FIDE.

Fabiano Caruana, Peter Svidler and Sergey Karjakin won their respective games in the 6th round of the FIDE Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk to occupy the top spots on the crosstable.

Sergey Karjakin added another victory after the rest day, inflicting loss to Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, the French Grandmaster’s third in a row.

Peter Svidler defeated Anish Giri after a long endgame, but most likely black missed better moves on several occasions.

The 24th Croatian Cup is taking place from 20-24th May, in Bol, a town on the south of the island of Brač in the Split-Dalmatia County of Croatia.

The event is a 6-round Swiss team event with an average Elo rating of 2223.

The 2015 Chinese Individual Chess Championship for women is taking place from 18-29th May, in Jiangsu Xinghua, a city under the administration of Taizhou, Jiangsu province, China.

Turkish IM Ogulcan Kanmazalp emerged clear winner of the 4th Open Internacional Llucmajor, that was held from 10-17th May at the Club Náutico Viejo de LLucmajor, near Palma de Mallorca.

The 9-round Swiss tournament attracted 201 players from 32 countries. Among them were 27 Grandmasters and 26 International Masters.

The 2015 Chinese Individual Chess Championship for men is taking place from 18-29th May, in Jiangsu Xinghua, a city under the administration of Taizhou, Jiangsu province, China.

The fourth and final stage of the FIDE Grand Prix series 2014-2015 is taking place from 13-27th May in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Here is live video from the playing hall and live from the press conferences in the last of the FIDE Grand Prix tournaments.

The 16th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship 2015 started on Tuesday in Oazis Palace Chakvi hotel in Chakvi, Georgia.

The 3rd International Chess Festival Cesme Open 2015 will take place from 15-20th June, at the Cesme Aya Haralambos Church, in Cesme, a splendid coastal Turkish city, situated near the largest metropolitan center in Turkey’s Aegean Region, Izmir.