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The Chinese men’s and women’s chess teams won a double victory in the Rapid chess championship of the Asian Nations Cup organized by the UAE Chess Federation under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation at the Novotel Abu Dhabi Al Bustan hotel.

Bulgarian Grandmaster Kiril Georgiev took the winner’s trophy in the 2016 Karpos Open after concluding the event with 7,5/9 points.

In the final round Georgiev defeated the overnight leader GM Dmitry Svetushkin to repeat the success from 2014.

After shocking the organizers of the Altibox Norway Chess tournament with a late but expected cancellation, the manager of Sergey Karjakin announced the schedule for the remainder of the year.

A senior FIDE team comprised of Deputy President Mr. Georgios Makropoulos, Vice President Mr. Israel Gelfer, Chief Executive Officer Mr. Geoffrey Borg, Moscow Executive Director Mr. Berik Balgabaev and Chairman of Arbiters Commission, Mr. Takis Nikolopoulos visited Baku for an inspection of the playing venue and hotels which will be used during the forthcoming Olympiad in September in Baku.

The FIDE Zonal 4.4 Championship has finished and we finally have a champion. IM Oladapo Adu of Nigeria has taken first place a score of 8/9 which included 7 wins and 2 draws.

The hosts behind the Altibox Norway Chess tournament are surprised that Sergey Karjakin withdraws from the upcoming tournament in Stavanger.

The 73rd Georgian Championship for women was held from 25th March to 5th April in Tbilisi.

Twelve players with the average elo 2348 competed in the round robin tournament.

IM Lela Javakhishvili emerged convincing winner securing the title with one round to spare. She scored 8/11 points, leaving the second-placed IM Sopiko Khukhashvili point and a half behind.

This is the fourth national title for Javakhishvili, after 2001, 2007 and 2014.

Season 9 of the Top Chess Engine Championship is going to start this May 1st (see the first press release).

The World Championship challenger Sergey Karjakin has canceled participation in the upcoming Altibox Norway Chess tournament, Chessdom.com confirmed.