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The International Chess Open Cetinje 2016 is going to take place 4-10 May in Montenegro. A total of 69 players from 10 countries participate, among them are 15 GMs, 11 IMs, and 33 titled players.

The two-times World Youth Chess Champion WGM Stavroula Tsolakidou was the last to carry the Olympic torch and light the circle in her home city of Kavala.

Zone 4.3 Championships

FIDE Zone 4.3 Championships have come to an end and the winners are both from South Africa. In the Open Section Ryan Pierre van Rensburg won with a score of 7/9 and thus getting the right to represent the zone in the World Cup and also becoming an IM.

Ding Liren and Wesley So are going to play a 4 games match as part of the China – USA summit in Shanghai. The event takes place from 4-8 May, games start at 08:00 CET and will be live on Chessdom.com with computer analysis.

The match Poland-Hungary will be one of the many accompanying events of this year’s festival in Katowice. This is the second leg encounter after the meeting held in Budapest in 2014.

The newcomer in the premier computer chess championship TCEC – Fizbo by Youri Matiounine has played a fantastic game in round 2 of the Preliminary stage. Fizbo defeated one of the favorites of the group – Ginkgo (ELO 3037).

The Kazakhstan Chess Championship takes place 3-13 May, 2016, in Almaty. It is a 12 player round robin event with the top players of the country including Murtas Kazhgaleyev, Rinat Jumabayev, and Anuar Ismagambetov.

Live games will be daily on Chessdom.com with computer analysis by Komodo, Stockfish and Houdini – the engines that are currently competing in the strongest ever computer chess championship (12 engines of 3100+ ELO and 23 engines over 2850 ELO). Live games from TCEC here

Montenegro Chess Federation organizes the International Chess Open Tournament Cetinje 2016, from 4 to 10 May 2016, on the occasion of 10 years of renewal of the independence of Montenegro.

Cetinje, the old capital of Montenegro – the city museum, is only 30 km from Budva, the center of Montenegro’s tourism, and 30 km from the capital Podgorica. The airports Tivat (49km) and Podgorica (42km) are nearby.

After claiming the winner’s trophy with one round to spare, Valentina Gunina had a pressure-free game against Nino Batsiashvili. It was still an interesting encounter as black sacrificed two pawns for active play. The battle settled in a draw before the time control.