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The 14th Open Heraklion Grand Prix 2015 is taking place on14-19th April, 2015 at the luxurious Hotel Astoria**** in Heraklion, the capital of the island of Crete, Greece.

The event is organized by the Heraklion Chess Club as a part of the Heraklion Grand Prix Series 2015.

The format of the tournament is 7-round Swiss FIDE.

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The curtains came down on the 17th Dubai Open Chess Championship – Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup with Turkey’s Grandmaster (GM) Dragan Solak receiving the Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup during Wednesday night’s awarding c

Chess Insider, the online magazine in pdf and pgn that follows the games of the World Champion Magnus Carlsen, is now available at the Chessdom Shop.

The Chess Association of Malawi has the honour of inviting all chess federations in Zone 4.3 that are affiliated to the World Chess Federation (FIDE) to participate in the 2015 Zone 4.3 Individual Chess Championships.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 29 May to 2 June 2015 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, by the Tajikistan Chess Federation and under the auspice of FIDE.

The 2015 Russian Seniors Championships were held from 6-15th April in Lesnoy Gorodok, Moscow Region.

Grandmaster Evgeny Sveshnikov won the men’s event with 7,0/9 points. IM Vladimir Zhelnin took the silver, outscoring GM Yury Balashov and IM Evgeny Kalegin on tie-break.

30 players competed in the event, including 7 Grandmasters.

The 1st International Blau Open Calvià is taking place from 11-19th April, 2015, in Palmanova/Magaluf (one of the most important tourist center of Mallorca, Spain).

The event is organized by Chess Club Blau Escacs Calvià in collaboration with City Council Calvià and Balearic Chess Federation in a 9-round Swiss format.

65 players from 15 different countries compete for the prize fund in total of 6,000 €.

Top seed is Spanish IM Sergio Cacho Reigadas (2519).

The 43rd edition of Dortmund Chess Meeting is taking place from 27th June to 5th July, 2015, in the NRW Orchestra Centre in Dortmund, Germany.

Five Grandmasters have moved to the front of the Thai Open Chess Championship as the tournament, being played at the Dusit Thani Resport in Pattaya, passes the halfway mark.