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American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura has won the 13th Tradewise Gibraltar Masters, which concluded at the Caleta Hotel on Thursday 5 February 2015.

Daily news broadcast featuring Founder of the Gibraltar Chess Festival Brian Callaghan, Chess Festival Director Stuart Conquest and some of the elite chess players including Oluwafemi Balogun, Lolomari George, Kenneth Odeh and Nnamdi Nwoye.

Hosted by Tania Sachdev at the 2015 Tradewise Gibraltar Open Chess Tournament.

Top German player Arkadij Naiditsch defeated the world champion Magnus Carlsen in the third round of the

The main tournaments of the Moscow Open – RSSU Cup entered their second half today. Only two participants of the competitions scored a perfect 100% result so far.

Russian Ernesto Inarkiev won five times in a row in the Men’s Cup of Russia Stage. He defeated Anton Korobov (Ukraine) in the last round and is the only leader of the tournament.

The 53rd Annual Baltimore Open is set to take place from 6-8th February at the Sheraton BWI, 1110 Old Elkridge Landing Road in Linthicum, Maryland, USA.

The tournament will have seven sections: Championship (FIDE rated), U2100, U1900, U1700, U1500, U1250 and U1000. All sections to be completed over 5 rounds of Swiss system with the time control 40/90, SD/30 + 30”.

Sicilian Najdorf is one of the most popular openings in chess. Starting with 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 it gives a sharp and interesting game, with chances for both sides.

The 14th Rochefort International Chess Festival is set to take place on 21-27th February, 2015, Room Colbert, at the Congress Palace, Rochefort, France.

Just days before the huge 31st Cappelle-la-Grande Open, the Rochefort Open is an excellent occasion for the players to test their preparation and use this perfect training opportunity.

The organizers have invested big effort to propose an interesting tournament for all-level players.

Daniil Dubov won over Vladimir Belous in the old masters’ style and approached the leader of the Alexander Pochinok Memorial Men’s Student Grandmaster Tournament.