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FIDE Deputy President Mr. Georgios Makropoulos announced his candidacy for FIDE President at the forthcoming elections in Batumi, Georgia, on 3rd October, 2018.

Mr. Makropoulos made the announcement during the FIDE Presidential Board in Minsk. He advised that he had been approached by the majority of the Presidential Board and many delegates asking him to run for President to sort out the present problems and ensure stability in FIDE.

The FIDE Presidential Board was held throughout the weekend in Minsk, Belarus, and among other items on the agenda, discussed the situation regarding the FIDE bank accounts.

Everything is set for European Women’s Individual Chess Championship 2018 which takes place from 8th-20th April, in Hotel Belluve, located in the national park of Vysoke Tatry, Slovakia.

144 players from 30 different European federations registered for the event, among whom 13 Grandmasters, 29 International masters, 35 Women Grandmasters, 22 Women International masters and in total 128 titled players, which makes the event very strong.

The 2018 Uruguayan Championship is a 10-player round-robin tournament taking place from 7-15 April in Montevideo. Players receive 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, plus 30 seconds increment per move starting from move one.

Live games from Dutch Team Championship.

The 4th Heraklion “Fischer Memorial” GM-norm tournament is held from 9-17 April 2018 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece. The tournament is part of the Heraklion IT Grand Prix, which is in its 8th year, and is intended to be the first in a series of such events. It is a 10-player invitational round-robin event.

The Heraklion IT Grand Prix takes place annually since 2011 and comprises of 3 tournaments, in January, April and September of each year, in Heraklion, Crete, Greece. The 23rd Heraklion Open is the second event of the 8th Grand Prix and takes place from April 9-15, 2018, at the Galaxy Hotel.

Welsh Championship was held from 30 March to 2 april. Venue was Radisson Park Inn Hotel, Cardiff.
25 players took part in the tournament.
The winner is David Jameson with 5 points out of 7 and best tie-break. Second is FM P. Sven Zeidler and third is Gerry Heap also with 5 points.

Incredible, sensational!!