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IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh triumphed in the Iran Women Chess Championship 2015 Finals. She scored 8 points, at least half a point more than any other competitor.

The main tournament of the 12th International RSSU Cup Moscow Open, a leg of the Russian Cup, ended in a two-way tie between Urii Eliseev (2582, Russia) and Dmitry Gordievsky (2506, Russia). Both scored 7.5 points in 9 rounds. Eliseev had a better tie-break score and was awarded the main prize.

The 5th edition of the Zurich Chess Challenge hosts a promotional two-game match between Boris Gelfand (Vice World Champion 2012) and Alexander Morozevich (Runner-up of the SG Zurich Jubilee-Open 2009) on 13th February 2016, at the Hotel Savoy Baur en Ville in Zurich, Switzerland.

The 5th Zurich Blitz Chess Challenge is taking place on 15th February 2016 at the Hotel Savoy Baur en Ville in Zurich, Switzerland.

The event is organized by Zurich Chess Club and sponsored by Zurich Chess Club (founded 1809), Savoy Chess Corner, “IGC International Gemological Laboratories”.

The 5th Zurich Blitz Chess Challenge is taking place on 15th February 2016 at the Hotel Savoy Baur en Ville in Zurich, Switzerland.

The event is organized by Zurich Chess Club and sponsored by Zurich Chess Club (founded 1809), Savoy Chess Corner, “IGC International Gemological Laboratories”.

The 5th edition of the Zurich Chess Challenge is scheduled to take place from 12-15th February 2016 at the Hotel Savoy Baur en Ville in Zurich, Switzerland.

The 29th edition of the Magistral Ciudad de León is set to take place from the 9th to the 13th of June in the Auditorium in León, Spain.

The 16th European Senior Chess Championship will take place in Yerevan, Armenia from June 4 (day of arrival) to 14 June (day of departure) 2016. The tournament will be held in the Chess House named after Tigran Petrosian.

The European Senior Chess Championship will be played in two categories: one for those who shall have reached the age of 50 (category SENIOR 50+), and one for those who shall have reached the age of 65 (category SENIOR 65+).

Nagpur boy Sadhwani Raunak (7.5) emerged Champion on better tie-breaks, after the 9th and final round of the IIFL Wealth Mumbai International Junior Chess Tournament 2016 that concluded at Mount Litera School International, Bandra (East), Mumbai.

Tying for the top spot at 7.5 points with Sadhwani Raunak were Rahman Mohammad Fahad (Ban) and Aditya Mittal respectively.

GM Urii Eliseev and FM Dmitry Gordievsky shared the fist place in the 2016 Moscow Open Men’s Cup of Russia Stage, the main event of the 12th International RSSU Chess Cup Moscow Open 2016, by scoring 7,5/9 points each.

According to the tie-break criteria Eliseev was awarded with the winner’s trophy.