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First Friday Masters March 2018 was held from 3 to 7 March in Puchong, Selangor.
It was 10 players round-robin tournament.
3 players have finished with 6,5 points out of 9.

WGM Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova had the best tie-break. She was followed by IM Nguyen Van Huy and IM Wynn Zaw Htun.

Hello and welcome to Chessdom.com’s coverage and live updates from the 2018 Berlin Candidates.

“26th Ferdowsi Cup” International Chess Festival was held in “Mashhad, Iran” from March 2-9.
The tournament was divided in 3 sections.

51st Iranian Men Chess Championship-Final will be held in Bushehr Chess House-Shoghab Park-Saheli St.-Bushehr.
It will be 12 players round-robin. Time control is 40moves in 90 min. then 30 min. till the end plus 30 sec. increments from move 1.

starting list

The 2018 Candidates Chess Tournament will take place 10-28 March in Berlin. The prize fund will total €420,000, or an estimated $500,000 at the current exchange rate. In addition to €420,000, the prize will also include 10% of the pay-per-view revenues from the event. The winner will get a chance to fight for the World Championship title against Magnus Carlsen this November in London at the World Chess Championship 2018.

34e Open de Cappelle la Grande is held from 3 to 10 March.
360 players are participating in the tournament.
The venue is Palais des Arts et des Loisirs.
After 6 rounds 3 players have 5 points out of 6, GM Christian Bauer, IM Marcin Krzyzanowski and GM Jules Moussard.

pairings for top 20 tables round 7

A new ballet, created in honour of the chess grandmaster, Paul Keres, once the most famous Estonian in the world, will premiere in September at the Estonian National Opera.

Once upon a time, Paul Keres (1916-1975) was the most distinguished Estonian around the globe – his fame in the chess circles was comparable to the respect Arvo Pärt commands today in the classical music world. Keres was among the world’s top chess players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s.

The Russian Chess Federation and the Charitable Foundation of Elena and Gennady Timchenko invite regional chess federations to take part in the contest to hold the Russian Championship Superfinals 2018 in a local museum as part of the Chess in Museums program.

From 23 to 25 February 2018 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Tokyo, Japan, by the Japanese Chess Association, in cooperation with the Asian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The lecturer was IA Takis Nikolopoulos (GRE), FIDE Arbiters’ Commission Chairman and FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer was FA Jumiko Hiebert (JPN)

The lectures were in English language.

Twenty five (25) people from Japan and Macau participated in the Seminar.