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International Master Ramnath Bhuvanesh held fellow Indian International Master Swapnil Dhopade to a draw in the ninth round, securing his second Grandmaster Norm in the 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament at Nehru Stadium, Chennai here today.

The Russian Grandmaster’s Chess School expands its geography, including Regions Stavropol, Karachay-Cherkessia and now Krasnodar!

Chinese Grandmaster Bu Xiangzhi emerged winner of the 2015 New Year Championship after conceding only one draw to conclude the event with 5,5/6 points, a full point ahead of the chasing pack.

The 2015 New Year Championship was held from 2-4th January at the SFO Airport Hyatt Regency in Burlingame, a city on the San Francisco Peninsula.

The 41st Annual Eastern Open was held from 26-29th December, 2014, at the Doubletree Hotel in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

The tournament format was 7-round Swiss in five sections: Open (FIDE rated), U2200, U1900, U1600 and U1300.

The 131st MGU Open 2015 is scheduled to take place on 10-11th January, 2015, at Chess Club MGU, in Sofia, capital and largest city of Bulgaria.

Top seed Grandmaster Popov Ivan (Russia) stopped tournament leader Swapnil Dhopade (India) and moved into shared lead at 6.5 points after the eighth round of the 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament at Nehru Stadium, Chennai here today.

The Gelendzhik chess festival will take place 3-13 January 2015 in Russia. The festival is organized by FM Salim Fazulyanov and includes a FIDE rated open tournament, a GM training camp with lecturers GM Boris Savchenko and GM Farukh Amonatov, a blitz tournament, puzzle solving competition, and multiple side events.

Hungarian Grandmaster Tamas Banusz is cruising through the 3rd Winter Sea Deluxe Open in Gabicce Mare having scored five wins in the first five rounds.

Banusz is now a full point ahead of the second-placed FM Nicola Altini.

The 3rd Winter Sea Deluxe Open is taking place from 2-6th January, 2015, in Gabicce Mare, Italy, next to the Adriatic Sea.

The 25th International Chess Festival Cracovia 2014 was held from 27th December 2014 to 4th January 2015 in Krakow, the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland.

The event took place at the Galaxy Hotel**** under the Patronage of Mayor of Krakow Jacek Majchrowski.