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After two weeks of intense competition, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) crowned Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, 27, the 2015 U.S. Chess Champion and Grandmaster Irina Krush, 31, the 2015 U.S. Women’s Chess Champion.

Krush hails from Brooklyn, N.Y. and Nakamura calls Saint Louis home.

The win is familiar territory for Krush, who claimed her fourth-consecutive title in the women’s tournament. This was Nakamura’s first return to the U.S. Championship since winning in 2012.

Grandmasters Alina Kashlinskaya and Boris Savchenko have emerged winners of the Moscow Rapid Championships that were held on 11-12th April at the Russian State Social University.

A record 19 Grandmasters assembled in Pattaya on Sunday for the 15th Thailand Chess Open and showed why they had achieved their status with a near-perfect 18,5/19 start.

Wesley So was forfeited in round nine of the 2015 U.S. Chess Championship for making notes on the paper under his scoresheet.

The 15th Bangkok Chess Club Tournament which also incorporates the Thailand Open Championship 2015 is now underway at the Dusit Thani Resort in Pattaya, Thailand.

Held annually with Thailand’s biggest holiday period when the Songkran Water Festival takes place, the event which is taking place from 12-19 April 2015 comprises an International Open and a Challengers.

The Open has started with 193 players from 38 counties of which from the 77 titled players no less than 20 are Grandmasters.

FIDE and the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission are going to organize an Internet Based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar, from 25 to 31 May 2015, under the auspices of FIDE.

The World Women’s Team Championship is organized by the Chinese Chess Federation and FIDE from 18-29th April, 2015, in Chengdu, China.

The event is a round-robin team championship with the participation of Russia, Ukraine, China, Georgia, India, Poland, Armenia, USA, Kazakhstan and Egypt.

Tournament website

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

The main event of the Festival is the GM tournament, taking place from 14-23rd April as a round robin event with 12 players.

The 15th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2015 is taking place from 12-19th April at the Dusit Thani Pattaya, Thailand.

The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″.