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Live video from the playing hall of the Women World Championship 2015 and a replay of the opening ceremony.

Information: Official website / Full list of participants / Live games with analysis / Videos with commentary

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The 19th Annual Mid-America Open was held from March 13-15, 2015, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel St. Louis-Clayton, 7750 Carondelet Ave., St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

The 5-round Swiss event had seven sections: Open, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500, Under 1300 and Under 1000.

Grandmasters Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (both from Vietnam) have qualified for the 2015 World Chess Cup in Baku after claiming the top two places in the FIDE Zone 3.3 Championship.

IM Pham Le Thao Nguyen qualified for the next Women’s World Championship after winning the women’s section of the Zonal Championship.

The FIDE Zone 3.3 Championships 2015 for men and women were held from 06-16 March 2015 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

The press conference and opening ceremony of the 2015 FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship were held tonight in Gazprom Galaktika and Grand Hotel Polyana.

Sixty-four chess players from 28 countries are taking part in the knockout contest which lasts until 7 April. The first game of the first round is starting on Tuesday 15:00 local time.

Sochi, 16 March 2014. – The FIDE Women’s World Championship starts today in Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi.

Sixty-four chess players from 28 countries are taking part in the knockout context, which lasts until 7 April.

Jersey Chess Open 2015 is taking place March 15 – March 20 in Hotel Ambassadeur, St Clement Bay.

Top participants are GM Michal Krasekow, GM Eduardas Rozentaliz, GM Jahongir Vakhidov, GM Tamas Fodor, GM Mark Hebden, IM Jovanka Houska, etc. Chief arbiter is IA Adam Raoof.

Games will be live daily on Chessdom.com with computer analysis by the top TCEC engines Komodo, Houdini, and Stockfish.

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to participants in the opening ceremony of the 2015 Women’s World Chess Championship.

The message reads, in part:

“Our country is justifiably proud of its chess traditions and has great experience in organising prestigious competitions of this kind. We will of course do everything possible to make sure that this championship is of the very highest level.

Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy and Allsport Management are organizing the 2nd International Grandmasters Chess Tournament from 15-24th March at the Indian Council For Cultural Relations, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani, Kolkata-71, India.

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and ECF President Dominic Lawson met in London on 11 March 2015; also present were the Russian Federation President Andrei Filatov and colleagues.

The 2015 edition of the traditional chess tournament Reykjavik Open is taking place from 10-18th March at the Harpa Conference Hall.

A total of 274 players from 37 countries, including 42 Grandmasters and 30 International Masters, are taking part in the event.

Grandmaster L’ami Erwin NED 2605 is leading with 6,5/7 points.

Live games with analysis