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The European Seniors Chess Championship is taking place 19-27 April in Halkidiki, Greece.

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Sokolov, Akopian, Jones, Savchenko have six points each

The Norway Chess 2016, sponsored by Altibox, is going to take place in Stavanger April 18-30. It is going to be a ten player single round robin event. Six of the players have been announced and they include the World Champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway), the ex world champions Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) and Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Levon Aronian (Armenia), Anish Giri (The Nederlands), and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France).

The Norway Chess 2016, sponsored by Altibox, is going to take place in Stavanger April 18-30. It is going to be a ten player single round robin event. Six of the players have been announced and they include the World Champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway), the ex world champions Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) and Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Levon Aronian (Armenia), Anish Giri (The Nederlands), and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France).

The 14th Open International de Malakoff is taking place from 16-24th April at the Salle des Fetes Jean Jaures, 92240 Malakoff, Paris, France.

The 9-round Swiss tournament is organized by the club “Malakoff et Mat”, Ville de Malakoff and Conseil Général des Hauts de Seine.

Top prizes are EUR 1500/800/500

The 16th Bangkok Chess Club Open – Thailand Open Chess Championships 2016 took place from 10-17th April in Dusit Thani, Bangkok, Thailand.

The event had two sections: Open category for all players (9-round Swiss), and Challenger category for players rated below 2100 or unrated (7-round Swiss).

The Open section had 198 participants from 39 countries. Among them were 14 Grandmasters and 16 International Masters.

Chris Torres, President of Chess & Music Academy in Northern California, conducted an interview with Paul Truong, Coach & Chief Strategist of Webster University #1 ranked Collegiate Chess program.

Chris Torres: Congratulations on winning the Final Four for the 6th consecutive time. That is impressive.

The 34th Open International d’echecs de Metz was held from 10-16th April, 2016, at the Complexe Saint-Symphorien Longeville-Les-Metz in Metz, France.

The playing format was 9-round Swiss and there were two sections: Open A for players rated above 1900 and Open B for players rated under 2000.

The total prize fund was 8200 EUR with 2500 EUR reserved for the winner. The organizer was the chess club Metz Alekhine.

The AX Portugal is organizing ten consecutive chess tournaments this summer throughout Portugal.

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