Σκακιστικά νέα

From 3-5th February 2015 a Refreshing Course for Arbiters in English language was organized on Internet by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission.

The 17-years old Chinese WGM Lei Tingjie won the Moscow Open 2015 – Russia Women’s Cup stage with 8,0/9 points, leaving the nearest followers full point behind.

The Portuguese Chess Federation organized the National Youth Team Semifinals 2014/2015 on 7th February, 2015, in Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal.

The event was a 7-round Swiss team event with tempo of play 15′ + 10″ and it was organized under the auspices of Secondary School Padre António Vieira, Estrelas S. João de Brito and Junta de Freguesia de Alvalade.

The 55-years old Russian Sergey Galakhov dominated the Moscow Open – RSSU Cup C tournament, reserved for amateurs, in the field of 326 players.

Galakhov started with eight consecutive victories before settling for the only draw in the final round. The nearest opposition was left full point behind.

Grandmaster Ernesto Inarkiev emerged convincing winner of the Moscow Open – RSSU Men’s Cup 2015 after defeating Russian champion Igor Lysyj in the final round.

The 18th International Lienz Open is taking place from 7th to 14th February, 2015, at the RGO-Arena Julius-Durst-Straße 6, 9900 Lienz, a medieval town in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

The total prize fund of the festival is 10,000 EUR with 1900 EUR reserved for the winner of Open A.

Top seed is  Spaniard GM Korneev Oleg (2591).

The 15th International Chess Festival Mediterranean Flower 2015 is scheduled to take place in March, 2015, at the Chess Club Rijeka in the splendid city of Rijeka, situated on the Adriatic coast of Croatia.

More than 700 chess players from ten countries competed in four age groups of the Moscow Open 2015 – RSSU Chess Cup, section H, that concluded today.

Final daily news broadcast featuring Peter Svidler, seven-time Russian Champion, David Howell, current British Chess Champion, Hikaru Nakamura, three-time USA Chess Champion and Hou Yifan, Women’s World Chess Champion.

The 2015 edition of Open Karposh Chess Tournament is a traditional open chess tournament for any interested chess player, no matter of the rating, title or category n organization by the municipality Karposh, one of the municipalities in the capital city of Republic of Maced