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The 2nd Vugar Gashimov Memorial should take place in April or May in Shamkir, Azerbaijan, Lent.az reports.

Azerisport speculated earlier that the main event will once again be six-player round-robin.

On 7th February, during the Moscow Open 2015, a joint meeting between the representatives of FIDE, ECU and Russian State Social University was held in the University premises.

This year the Moscow Open – RSSU Student Grandmasters’ Cup was dedicated to the memory of Alexander Pochinok for the first time. He was the Head of the Ministry of Labour of Russia and one of the creators of the Department of Chess in the RSSU.

IM Evgeni Dragomarezkij is the clear winner of the Moscow Open – RSSU Cup Veterans’ Tournament.

Following a draw in the last game with GM Yuri Balashov, Dragomarezkij finished atop of the standings with 7,5/9 points.

From 3-5th February 2015 a Refreshing Course for Arbiters in English language was organized on Internet by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission.

The 17-years old Chinese WGM Lei Tingjie won the Moscow Open 2015 – Russia Women’s Cup stage with 8,0/9 points, leaving the nearest followers full point behind.

The Portuguese Chess Federation organized the National Youth Team Semifinals 2014/2015 on 7th February, 2015, in Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal.

The event was a 7-round Swiss team event with tempo of play 15′ + 10″ and it was organized under the auspices of Secondary School Padre António Vieira, Estrelas S. João de Brito and Junta de Freguesia de Alvalade.

The 55-years old Russian Sergey Galakhov dominated the Moscow Open – RSSU Cup C tournament, reserved for amateurs, in the field of 326 players.

Galakhov started with eight consecutive victories before settling for the only draw in the final round. The nearest opposition was left full point behind.

Grandmaster Ernesto Inarkiev emerged convincing winner of the Moscow Open – RSSU Men’s Cup 2015 after defeating Russian champion Igor Lysyj in the final round.

The 18th International Lienz Open is taking place from 7th to 14th February, 2015, at the RGO-Arena Julius-Durst-Straße 6, 9900 Lienz, a medieval town in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

The total prize fund of the festival is 10,000 EUR with 1900 EUR reserved for the winner of Open A.

Top seed is  Spaniard GM Korneev Oleg (2591).