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In this day and age, playing in long lasting tournaments is quite hard for chess enthusiasts. Routine working obligations rarely give them permission to take part in tournaments, even if they really look forward to participating. Even chess trainers or instructors usually cannot play, because of their training duties. Therefore, most of them play online, and follow their favorite players’ performances at the top tournaments to fulfill their enjoyment.

The 14th International Chess Festival Prague Open 2015 is taking place on 9-16th January 2015 in Prague, the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.

The event is organized by AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o. as a part of the Czech Tour 2014/2015 Series and will take place at the Olympik Hotel ****, Sokolovska 138, Praha 8.

The 3rd Winter Sea Deluxe Open took place from 2-6th January, 2015, in Gabicce Mare, Italy, next to the Adriatic Sea.

Hungarian Grandmaster Tamas Banusz emerged victorious in the tournament after concluding the race with 7,0/9 points.

The 90th Hastings International Chess Congress took place from 29th December 2014 to 6th January 2015 in Hastings, England. The main event was the 9-round Hastings Masters with 106 participants.

Chinese Grandmaster Zhao Jun convincingly won the trophy and £2000 top prize by scoring 8,0/9 points and leaving the nearest followers a full point behind. Zhao Jun had a TPR of 2852 and earned 26 elo points.

The victory of Komodo at the Top Computer Chess Championship (TCEC) sent ripples of shock waves through the world of computer chess.

The United States Chess Federation (USCF) has confirmed March 31 – April 13 as the dates for the US Chess Championship 2015. The event is set to be held in Saint Louis and the format is to be announced in the following days.

Top seed Grandmaster Ivan Popov of Russia with 7.5 points and a superior tie-break clinched the title in the 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament at Nehru Stadium, Chennai on 6th Jan, 2015.

For the first time in the history of Chennai Open, there was an eight way tie.

The 2015 Azerbaijan Chess Championship for men is taking place from 6-15th January.

The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with 22 participants.

There are 8 Grandmasters and 7 International Masters in the field. Top seed is GM Rauf Mamedov (2642).

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German Grandmaster Arkadij Naiditsch continued to impress in the mini-Swiss tour as he won a second trophy, this time at the Basel Chess Festival.

The 2015 Azerbaijan Chess Championship for men is taking place from 6-15th January.

The tournament format is 9-round Swiss with 22 participants. There are 8 Grandmasters and 7 International Masters in the field.

Round 1 results: