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The city of Korolev in Moscow Oblast hosted the “Star Trek” rapid chess tournament on 8-9th April. The event is a stage in the Rapid Grand Prix of Russia.

90 players competed in the 11-round Swiss tournament with the time control 15′+10”. Among them were 25 Grandmasters and 11 International Masters.

The FIDE Arbiters’ Commission, in cooperation with the FIDE Anti Cheating Committee, will organize a lecture in order to present the Anti cheating regulations and guidelines for Arbiters that are in effect from 1 January 2014.

The  Dubai Chess Open 2016 – Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup  opened Monday night at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club with most of the favourites easily hurdling their round-one assignments, but a handful could only split the point against their overmatched opponents – and some even had to work hard to save the draw.

Llist of participants/ LIVE games with analysis

International Master Helgi Dam Ziska (2542) from Faroe Islands became the winner of the 2nd European Small Nations Individual Chess Championship 2016 and qualified for the World Cup 2017.

Ziska finished the tournament with 9,5/11 points, by defeating IM Kelires Andreas (CYP 2466) in the last round.

The International Chess Festival Nakhchivan Open 2016, dedicated to the memory of Heydar Aliyev, is scheduled to take place from 9-19th May at the Nakhchivan Chess Center in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan.

The Festival is organized by the Azerbaijan Youth & Sport Ministry, Azerbaijan Chess Federation and Nakhchivan AR Chess Federation.

Last year the winner was Grandmaster Eltaj Safarli.

The French Junior Chess Championship is taking place 10-17 April in Gonfreville. It is divided into 14 age categories. A total of 10 000 players entered the qualifications and 1300 qualified for the finals in Gonfreville

The Serbian Individual Chess Championship is taking place 11-19 April in Pirot. The event is a 10 player round robin with classical time control – 90min for 40 moves + 30 min to the end plus 30sec increment per move starting from move 1.

The participants in this years national championship are GM Branko Damljanovic, GM Boban Bogosavljevic, GM Miodrag Savic, IM Milan Zajic, GM Miroslav Miljkovic, GM Danilo Milanovic, GM Dejan Antic, GM Goran Todorovic, GM Miroslav Markovic, and Vuk Djordjevic.

Preparations for the 39th edition of “Ikaros” are under way so as everything to be ready on time to welcome and host the Greek and foreigner chess players who will visit the beautiful island of Ikaria this July seeking to combine chess with low cost and relaxing vacations.

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