The 3rd round of the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship was played in the SCC Galactica on March 23. Only 16 out of 64 participants are remaining in contention for the title.
This was a disastrous day for the four Russian players still competing in Sochi.
The 1st Thessaloniki International Blitz Chess Festival is scheduled to take place on 1st May, 2015, at Hotel Philippion**** in Thessaloniki, the second largest city in Greece and a popular tourist destination.
After two days of struggle we know the winners in Katowice (3rd Polish-Hungarian friendship tournament). GM Radosław Wojtaszek (POL) won the tournament (8 points), second place got GM Zbigniew Pakeza (POL), the third player was GM Kacper Piorun (POL).
In women’s classification the first place went to WIM Klara Varga (HUN). WIM Anna Gasik (POL) got the second place, the third place occupied WGM Karina Szczepkowska-Horowska (POL).
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 1 to 4 of July 2015 in Cali, Colombia, by the Confederation for Chess of America, in cooperation with the Colombian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.
GM Bartel – GM Nepomniachtchi was one of the most interesting games at the European Individual Chess Championship. In this video GM Davorin Kuljasevic analyzes the curious opening that leads to one of the most beautiful forced mates at the championship.
