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The International Chess Festival Nakhchivan Open 2015, dedicated to the memory of Heydar Aliyev, is taking place from 1-10th May at the Nakhchivan Chess Center in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan.

The Festival is organized in a 9-round Swiss format by the Azerbaijan Youth & Sport Ministry, Azerbaijan Chess Federation and Nakhchivan AR Chess Federation.

Magnus Carlsen (2876) added 13 new Elo points in May 2015 FIDE list  after winning Shamkir Chess Tournament (Gashimov Memorial) 2015.

The 2015 Russian Premier League takes place from 30th April to 11th May, at the Zhemchuzhina Grand Hotel**** in Sochi, a Russian city situated on the Black Sea coast.

The event is an 8-team round-robin tournament with prize fund in total of 1,000,000 RUB.

The top seed team is “Malakhit”, headed by GM Alexander Grischuk (2794).

The 2015 Russian Team Chess Championship for women takes place from 30th April to 11th May, at the Zhemchuzhina Grand Hotel**** in Sochi, a Russian city situated on the Black Sea coast.

The event is a 7-round Swiss team tournament with the participation of 10 teams and prize fund in total of 700,000 RUB.

The 2015 Russian High League takes place from 30th April to 11th May, at the Zhemchuzhina Grand Hotel**** in Sochi, a Russian city situated on the Black Sea coast.

The event is a 7-round Swiss team tournament with the participation of 20 teams and prize fund in total of 500,000 RUB.

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The International Open “Queima das Fitas” 2015 is taking place from 30th April to 3rd May at the Hotel D. Luis, in Coimbra, Portugal.

The tournament is part of the National Circuit in Classical Chess 2014/2015.

The 7-round Swiss event is organized by the Chess Section of the Academic Association of Coimbra, with the support of the Portuguese Chess Federation, of the Chess Association of Coimbra District and the Hotel D. Luís.

The 11th Copenhagen Chess Festival is taking place from 29th April to 3rd May, 2015, in Ballerup, a Danish town, seat of the Ballerup Municipality, in the Region Hovedstaden.

The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with the time control of 90′ + 30″. It’s organized by Chess Club BMS Skak, in collaboration with the Copenhagen Chess Federation (KSU), the Danish Chess Federation (DSU), the Support Federation of the Danish Chess Federation (DSUS).

The field of 83 players is headed by 6 GMs and 10 IMs.

India’s biggest television network Doordarshan will telecast four exclusive Highlights of the Reykjavik Chess Open 2015 on its DD Sports Channel from 1-4th May.

Filmed and Produced by Vijay Kumar the 30 minutes highlights of each episode will be telecast as under:

The Russian Individual Chess Championship for girls was held from 21-30th April, 2015, in Loo, Russia.