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The 2015 Belgrade Trophy International Chess Tournament is taking place from November 24-December 2, in Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia.

The event is a 9-round Swiss open tournament with time control 90′/ 40 moves + 30′ + 30″.

GM Tamir Nabaty (2603) heads the field of 179 players from 13 different countries.

The African Chess Confederation through the support of the World Chess Federation Women’s Commission (WOM) has the honour of hosting the former World Woman Chess Champion Grand Master Zhu Chen from Qatar.

Vidit Santosh Gujrathi maintained his sole lead with, raising his tally to six points at the end of the eighth round of the ONGC 53rd National Premier Chess Championship, organised by Tiruvarur District Chess Association at Kasi’s Inn, today.

IM P. Karthikeyan also continued with good form to remain on second spot, half a point behind.

President Vladimir Putin congratulated Russia’s national chess teams on their victory in the 2015 European Team Chess Championship in Iceland.

The message reads, in part:

The 4th Yuri Privalov Memorial, part of the Lviv Tradition Seres, is taking place from November 23-28, 2015, in Lviv, Ukraine.

The event is a 10 player single round-robin tournament with top seed IM Daniil Shkuran (2428).

The 11th Governor’s Cup Yugra is taking place from November 22 to December 2, 2015, in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia.

The event is a 9-round Swiss open tournament with prize fund of 1.210.000 RUB (nearly 22.000 €).

Top seed is Russian prodigy GM Vladislav Artemiev (2676).

Ishaq completes rare sweep of the UAE’s premier individual chess titles this year

UAE Champion FM Ishaq Saeed

The national teams of Russia have completely dominated the 2015 European Team Chess Championships, winning the gold medals in both men’s and women’s tournaments.

In the final round of the men’s section Russia tied the match against Hungary to complete the race with 15 points and take the winner’s trophy. This is Russia’s first gold in ETCC since 2007.