Σκακιστικά νέα

Dmitry Jakovenko defeated Anish Giri in the 7th round of Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix to emerge clear second in the standings, half a point behind the leader Evgeny Tomashevsky.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 11 to 14 June 2015 in Rosenheim, Germany, by the German Chess Federation’s Arbiters’ Commission, in cooperation with the German Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The 19th International Chess Tournament Guingamp took place from 14th to 21st February, 2015, in Guingamp, a city in northwestern France.

The event was a 9-round Swiss open tournament with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″ and prize fund in total of 4,600 €.

GM Nikita Maiorov from Belarus lifted the trophy with 7/9 points and took the first prize in the amount of 1,000 €.

Teimour Radjabov and Peter Svidler have scored their first respective victories in the FIDE Grand Prix in Tbilisi.

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

In the earlier encounters Blondes won two matches, Brunettes were better in one, while one match was tied.

The playing format will be Scheveningen with eight players in each team.

The Southwest Class Championships were held from February 13-16, 2015, at the DFW Airport Marriott South, 4151 Centreport Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas.

India’s biggest television network Doordarshan will telecast four exclusive Highlights of the Chennai Open Chess Championship 2015 on its DD Sports Channel from 19-22nd February.

Filmed and Produced by Vijay Kumar the 30 minutes highlights of each episode will be telecast as under:

The International Chess Open Graz 2015 took place on 13-20th February 2015 at the beautiful and modern Hotel Spa Novapark in Graz, the second-largest city in Austria.

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

Jerusalem is getting ready for the 2015 European Individual Championship.