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Final three rounds of the rapid tournament of Tal Memorial were played in the Museum of the Russian Impressionism in Moscow on March 4.

Viswanathan Anand won the rapid part of the super tournament with 6 points out of 9.

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Sergey Karjakin, and Hikaru Nakamura are half a point behind. Thanks to the superior tie-break, Mamedyarov took the second place, while Karjakin is the third.

Blitz event with 14 players will take place on 5th March.

The 17th Rochefort Chess Festival was held from 17h to 23th February at the Congres Palais, in Rochefort, France. The event was a big success with 220 participants, 10 GM and more than 30 titled players.

76 players competed in the Masters section which was reserved for the players rated above 1900. Grandmaster Andrey Sumets (Ukrainia) won the first place with 6,5 points.

Rounds 4-6 of the rapid tournament of Tal Memorial were played in the Museum of the Russian Impressionism in Moscow on March 3.

Viswanathan Anand made draws with Peter Svidler and Vladimir Kramnik and defeated Hikaru Nakamura to catch up with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. The leaders have scored 4 points each.

Alexander Grischuk and Vladimir Kramnik are trailing by half a point.

The first three rounds of Tal Memorial were played in the Museum of the Russian Impressionism in Moscow.

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov took the lead with 2.5 points. The Azerbaijani grandmaster defeated Viswanathan Anand and Peter Svidler and made a draw with Vladimir Kramnik.

Alexander Grischuk, Viswanathan Anand and Hikaru Nakamura are half a point behind.

The 11th edition of the International tournament dedicated to the memory of the 8th world chess champion Mikhail Tal was officially opened in the Museum of the Russian Impressionism in Moscow on March 1.

The 50th International Women’s Day Grandmaster Tournament will be held from 3 to 13 March 2018 in Belgrade.
It will be 12 players round-robin tournament.

A traditional Blitz Cup of the Group of Companies REGION took place in the Cosmos Hotel, Moscow, on March 1. The tournament is one of the most famous blitz competitions in the world.

Montenegro Chess Federation in association with City of Niksic and under the auspices of the European Chess Union are organizing European Amateur Chess Championship 2018 which will be held from 14th-21st June in Niksic, Montenegro.