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The 16th Annual Pittsburgh Open will be held from March 6-8, 2015, at the Wyndham Garden Pittsburgh Airport Hotel, One Industry Lane, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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

In round 2 India equalised the score to 4-4.

Live games here. Video courtesy of Vijay Kumar.

European Chess Union announces the official launch of the sponsorship program by Bank of Georgia, a private Bank, belonging to the UK Company Bank of Georgia Holdings plc.

Bank of Georgia will financially support the European Chess Union in a 4 years-program as announced in the ECU General Assembly in Batumi.

The first installments for the 2015 ECU budget have already reached the ECU Bank account in Switzerland.

The 29th Cannes Winter Open – Festival des Jeux 2015 took place from 22nd February to 1st March at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France.

World Champion Magnus Carlsen will be guest of honor at this year Reykjavik Open.

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

In round 1 China took a 2,5-1,5 lead as Ding Liren defeated B Adhiban.

Live games here. Video courtesy of Vijay Kumar.

The 15th International Chess Festival Mediterranean Flower 2015 is taking place from 1st to 7th March, 2015, at the Chess Club Rijeka, in the splendid city of Rijeka, situated on the Adriatic Coast of Croatia.

The tournament is organized by FM/ FT Ivan Mandekic and Chess Club “Draga” under the auspices of the Mayor of Rijeka, Vojko Obersnel, the Mayor of Primorsko-Goranska Region, Zlatko Komadina, and the President of the Croatian Chess Federation, Josip Leko.

The 2015 Susan Polgar Foundation’s National Open Championship for Girls and Boys was held from 27th February to 1st March in San Mateo, California.

In the course of the three-day chess festival, the SPFNO awarded qualifications for:
- The Prestigious Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls
- The FIDE World Youth Chess Championship 2015 in Porto Carras, Greece.
- As well as $100,000 in prizes.

FIDE Vice President Israel Gelfer arrived to Tbilisi to attend the FIDE Grand Prix and discuss with Georgian Chess Federation the preparation for the World Cup and Chess Olympiad.

Q: Mr.Gelfer, you are here in Tbilisi for the closing ceremony of the FIDE Grand Prix. What can you say about the tournament?