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Ukrainian Grandmaster and former World Champion Anna Ushenina (2450) added another prestigious trophy to her collection – the title of European Champion!

She triumphed at the recently ended 17th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship, which took place in Mamaia, Romania from 26th May to 8th June.

The first leg of the 2016 Grand Chess Tour is set to take place from 9-12th June at La Maison de la Chimie in Paris, France. Ten Grandmasters will compete in the round robin rapid on 9-10th June and double round robin blitz on 11-12th June. The total prize fund is $150,000.

The first leg of the 2016 Grand Chess Tour is set to take place from 9-12th June at La Maison de la Chimie in Paris, France. Ten Grandmasters will compete in the round robin rapid on 9-10th June and double round robin blitz on 11-12th June. The total prize fund is $150,000.

Three engines share the lead in group 1b of the Top Chess Engine Championship. After 10 rounds Stockfish, Nirvana, and Jonny are undefeated with 8,0/10. The leaders are followed by a large pack of engines at 7,0/10 – Chiron, Naum, Andscacs, and Critter.

Viktor Korchnoi has passed away in the hospital in Switzerland. Replay 665 of the legendary Korchnoi.

The chess match between the World Junior Champion Richard Rapport and the best Czech chess player David Navara will be the main event of this year’s CEZ CHESS TROPHY 2016, which will be held in Prague from the 3rd until the 8th of June.

Live games from the Portuguese Masters 2016 with analysis by the Top Chess Engine Championship engines Stockfish, Komodo and Houdini.

The European Individual Senior Chess Championships 2016 started this June 4th in Yerevan, Armenia. Live games with triple engine analysis will be daily on Chessdom with the TCEC engines Stockfish, Komodo, and Houdini.

Sethuraman S.P. and Kulkarni Bhakti from India emerged winners of the 2016 Asian Continental Chess Championships (men’s and women’s) that were held from 25th May to 3rd June at the Uzbekistan Hotel in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.