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The 2016 Vladimir Petrov Memorial started yesterday with a blitz tournament in the Amber Beach resort (Jaunkemeri), Latvia.

119 players competed in the 11-round tournament with time control 3′+3”.

Ukrainian junior Olexandr Bortnyk took a clear first place with 9 points, half a point ahead of the local star Igor Kovalenko. Full standings below.

The never ending battle, the Varsity Chess Match between Oxford and Cambridge, is going to take place today March 5th 2016. Games start at 13:30 CET (12:30 local time) and will be live on Chessdom.com with triple engine computer analysis.

This is the 134th edition of the event! Last event finished draw and you can replay the games here

The 6th HDBank Cup International Chess Open 2016 is set to take place from 8-13th March at the First Hotel, 18 Hoang Viet Str, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.

The Annual SPF Girls’ Invitational, in its 13th year, is the most prestigious All-Girls event in the United States. It is also the first All-Girls event approved and sanctioned by the USCF back in 2003. It is an invitational event, and will once again be held at Webster University (St. Louis, Missouri).

July 23 (arrival day) – 28, 2016
$200,000+ in scholarships + $7,500 cash prizes

On March 2, 2016, His Excellency Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert, Ambassador of France in Russia, presented Andrey Filatov, President of the Russian Chess Federation, with the Legion of Honor.

The award ceremony took place in the building of the first chess museum in Russia, located at 14 Boulevard Gogol in Moscow.

The Bilbao Chess Grand Slam Masters Final 2016 will take place between the 20th and 30th July, its organizing committee has announced today.

The Bilbao Chess Grand Slam Masters Final 2016 will take place between the 20th and 30th July, its organizing committee has announced today.