Σκακιστικά νέα

The 9th Annual Philadelphia Open will be held over the Easter weekend from April 1-5, 2014, at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, 1201 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The event has 7 sections: Open, Under 2200, Under 2000, Under 1800, Under 1600, Under 1400 and Under 1100.

The Semifinal matches of the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship started in SCC Galactica (Sochi, Krasnaya Polyana) on March 29.

Four players continue competing for the chess crown: Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine) faces Harika Dronavalli (India), and Pia Cramling (Sweden) meets Natalia Pogonina (Russia).

The Lithuanian Team Chess Championship is taking place from 24-29th March, 2015, in Lithuania.

The event is a 7-round Swiss Team event with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″.

The 2015 edition of Skak DM Tournament is taking place from 28th March to 5th April in Svendborg, a town on the island of Funen in south-central Denmark.

The 88th Saint Petersburg Individual Chess Championship is taking place from 21-31st March, 2015, in Saint Petersburg, the second largest city of Russia.

The event is separated into 12-player round-robin Men’s tournament and 83rd Saint Petersburg Women’s tournament in 9 rounds.

Top seeds are GM Evgeny Levin (2529) and WFM Dina Belenkaya (2259).

The tie-breaks of the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship were played in SCC Galactica (Sochi, Krasnaya Polyana) on March 28. Six players returned to the venue to determine the semifinalists in rapid and blitz games.

Natalia Pogonina (Russia) once again used the Benko gambit against Zhao Xue (China). Yesterday this opening allowed her to come back after the first game loss, today it gave her a comfortable lead on tie-break.

The 33rd Andorra Chess Open St. Gothard is scheduled to take place from 18th to 26th July, 2015, in Hotel Sant Gothard**** – Erts (La Massana) Andorra.

The 2015 Fagernes Chess International is taking place from 29th March to 5th April in Quality Hotel & Resort Fagernes, a large hotel and conference center in the Norwegian town of Fagernes.

The GM Group tournament is a 9-round Swiss open for all players having the official titles GM, IM, FM, WGM, WIM or WFM.

The second games of the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship Quarterfinals were played in SCC Galactica (Sochi, Krasnaya Polyana) on March 27.

The 2015 edition of Fagernes Chess International is scheduled to take place from 29th March to 5th April in Quality Hotel & Resort Fagernes, a la