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After the classical part of the Zurich Chess Challenge, which was won by Viswanathan Anand, the final day of the event was reserved for the rapid section.

The classical games were counted as 2 points for win, 1 point for draw towards the overall score. Rapid games were adding 1 point for a win, 0.5 for a draw.

The 2nd Bunratty Classic Chess Tournament 2015 is taking place from 18th to 22nd February, 2015, at the luxurious Bunratty Castle Hotel & Spa, Ireland.

The event is a 10-player single round-robin tournament.

Top seed is French GM Sebastien Maze (2585).

Tournament website

The Curacao Chess Federation in cooperation with FIDE cordially invites you to attend the FIDE Organizers’ Seminar for International Organizers.

The 12th Annual Susan Polgar Foundation Girls’ Invitational is scheduled to take place from 26-30th July at Webster University, Saint Louis, Missouri. The event will offer more than $200K in prizes and scholarships.

Webster University will provide complimentary room and meal accommodation on campus for all qualifiers.

After following the games of Magnus Carlsen for a full month and his victories in Tata Steel 2015 and the dramatic Armageddon in Grenke the FIDE World Champion is taking a deserved break. His next large event is Gashimov Memorial 2015 in Shamkir in the month of April.

The 2nd Bunratty Classic Chess Tournament 2015 is taking place from 18th to 22nd February, 2015, at the luxurious Bunratty Castle Hotel & Spa, Ireland.

The event is a strong 10-player single round-robin tournament with top seeded player GM Anish Giri (2797).

Evgeny Tomashevsky scores another victory in the FIDE Tbilisi Grand Prix to extend the margin on the leaderboard before the first rest day.

The 6th Pfalz Open 2015 was held from 13th to 17th February, 2015 in Neustadt, Germany.

Jerusalem is getting ready for the 2015 European Individual Championship. The highly prestigious tournament, open to all members of European Federations, will be staged in hotel Ramada on February 23rd – March 8th 2015 by the municipality of Jer