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India and China are playing a 4-board Scheveningen Match on 1-10th March in Hyderabad.

In round 4 China won 2,5-1,5 to equalise the score 8-8.

Live games here. Video courtesy of Vijay Kumar.

A new product is available at the Chessdom chess shop and it is dedicated to the World Champion Magnus Carlsen.

The Chess Federation of the Vietnam has the honor to invite all Chess Federations in Zone 3.3 affiliated to FIDE to participate in the Zone 3.3 Zonal Championships 2015 for Open and Women from 06-16 March 2015 in H

The Chess Federation of Nepal, on behalf of the Zonal President, has the honor to invite all National Chess Federations of Zone 3.2 affiliated with FIDE to participate in the Asian Zonal (Zone 3.2) Chess Championship 2015 Men & Women organized by Chess Federation of Nepal which will be h

India and China are playing a 4-board Scheveningen Match on 1-10th March in Hyderabad.

In round 3 India won 2,5-1,5 to take the 6,5-5,5 lead.

Live games here. Video courtesy of Vijay Kumar.

The traditional 5th blitz match between “Blondes” and “Brunettes” took place on 3rd March at the telecenter “Ostankino” in Moscow.

The playing format was Scheveningen with eight players in each team.

It was a close call before the last round, but eventually the Blondes won with the score 34:30 to extend the overall lead to 3,5:1,5 in all matches held from 2011.

The Chile Chess Federation held its final 2014-2015 championship stage from 21-28th February at the Universidad San Sebastián, Sede Bellavista, in Santiago.

The tournament format was 9-round Swiss with 24 participants.

IM Cristóbal Henríquez and FM Pablo Salinas shared the first place with 7,0/9 points each. In the dramatic rapid tie-break Henríquez won by 1,5-0,5 to be crowned new national champion.

Piumini Danesi is an Italian company for duvets, pillows, and bed comfort. They have chosen the sport of chess as one of their primary research methods.

The Sport History and Statistics Fan Club has conducted a survey of journalists (primarily sports journalists) and press officers of sports federations.

The aim was to identify which Russian sportspeople had been popular in 2014 – a minimum of seven athletes – and also the most popular coach, team and manager.

The World Team Chess Championship 2015 is organized by the Armenian Chess Federation under the auspices of FIDE, from 18-29th April in Tsakhkadzor, Armenia.

The tournament will be held at the Golden Palace Tsakhkadzor Hotel.

According to FIDE Regulations and the decision of FIDE President the following federations participate in the championship:
Russia, China, Hungary, India, USA, Egypt, Ukraine, Armenia, Cuba, Israel.