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The 2015 Russian Seniors Championships were held from 6-15th April in Lesnoy Gorodok, Moscow Region.

Grandmaster Evgeny Sveshnikov won the men’s event with 7,0/9 points. IM Vladimir Zhelnin took the silver, outscoring GM Yury Balashov and IM Evgeny Kalegin on tie-break.

30 players competed in the event, including 7 Grandmasters.

The 1st International Blau Open Calvià is taking place from 11-19th April, 2015, in Palmanova/Magaluf (one of the most important tourist center of Mallorca, Spain).

The event is organized by Chess Club Blau Escacs Calvià in collaboration with City Council Calvià and Balearic Chess Federation in a 9-round Swiss format.

65 players from 15 different countries compete for the prize fund in total of 6,000 €.

Top seed is Spanish IM Sergio Cacho Reigadas (2519).

The 43rd edition of Dortmund Chess Meeting is taking place from 27th June to 5th July, 2015, in the NRW Orchestra Centre in Dortmund, Germany.

Five Grandmasters have moved to the front of the Thai Open Chess Championship as the tournament, being played at the Dusit Thani Resport in Pattaya, passes the halfway mark.

The Hungarian Chess Federation organized the International Women Spring Chess Festival from 7-15th April, 2015, in Budapest, the capital of Hungary and one of the largest cities in Central Europe.

The event was a 9-round Swiss tournament, exclusively for women. The tempo of play was 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″.

The 10th JAPFA International Chess Festival is set to start at the Hotel Kartika Chandra in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Grandmaster Dragan Solak walked away with Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup after Tuesday night’s final round of the 17th Dubai Open Chess Tournament at Dubai Chess and Culture Club.

The 24th Annual Eastern Class Championships will be held from April 24-26, 2015, at the Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, 366 Main St, Sturbridge, Massachusetts.

The event has 7 sections: Master, Expert, Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E. All sections have either 3-day (April 24-26) or 2-day (April 25-26) schedules to play in.

The playing format is 5-round Swiss with the time control 40/110, SD/30, d10.

The Uganda Chess Federation (UCF) under the auspices of the African Chess Confederation (ACC) has the honour of inviting all chess federations in Zone 4.2 that are affiliated to the World Chess Federation (FIDE) to participate in the

The Bangkok Chess Club Open saw many big fights in round four with the big upset of the day being GM Oliver Barbosa’s win over GM Nigel Short and which helped him join two former champions in GM Francisco Vallejo Pons and