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The 19th Neckar Open 2015 is taking place on 2-6th April, 2015, in Deizisau, a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.

The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 120′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″.

The prize fund in Open-A is 12,050 € and the winner will receive 3,000 € + Trophy.

The second game of the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship final match was played in SCC Galactica (Sochi, Krasnaya Polyana) on April 3.

Mariya Muzychuk had White and started the game with 1.е4. Her third move (3.Bb5) came as a surprise for Natalia Pogonina, because earlier Muzychuk played mostly 3.d4.

Margaret Murphy is the President of the US Virgin Islands Chess Federation and member of the Appeals Committee for the FIDE Women’s World

The 42nd International Chess Tournament La Roda (Albacete) is taking place from 1-5th April, 2015, at La Caja Blanca in La Roda, Albacete, Spain.

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

The prize fund in total of 11,000 € will be awarded as follows: 2,000 €/ 1,300 €/ 1,000 €/ 800 €/ 700 €/ 600 €/ 500 €/ 400 € …etc.

Many special prizes will be distibuted to the best players in different categories.

The final match of the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship started in SCC Galactica (Sochi, Krasnaya Polyana) on April 2.

Objective: To educate and certify Organizers on an international basis. The seminar is co-organized during the Russian Youth Chess Championship by the Russian Chess Federation with the support of FIDE Events’ Commission (EVE).

The 42nd International Chess Tournament La Roda (Albacete) is taking place from 1-5th April, 2015, at La Caja Blanca in La Roda, Albacete, Spain.

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

GM Julio Granda Zuniga (2649) from Peru heads the field of 252 players from 16 different countries, including 12 GMs.

The 2015 edition of OGD Prinsenstad Weekender is taking place on 3-5th April, 2015, at the auditorium of the Grotius College, in Delft, the Netherlands.

The event is organized by OGD and the Delfise Chess Club (DSC) in 6 rounds with tempo of play 100′ + 10″.

The prize fund of the festival is nearly 4,000 € and 1,000 € of them will be distributed to the winner.

The 2015 edition of OGD Prinsenstad Weekender is taking place on 3-5th April, 2015, at the auditorium of the Grotius College, in Delft, the Netherlands.

The event is organized by OGD and the Delfise Chess Club (DSC) in 6 rounds with tempo of play 100′ + 10″.

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The LXI Mexican International Open Tournament is taking place from 31st March to 5th April, 2015, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel****, in the city of Monterrey, the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico.