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Ivan Bukavshin wins the Russian Cup 2015 after defeating Dmitry Kokarev  in the finals in Khanty-Mansiysk.

The final games were played over two days, with the first game yesterday ending in a draw; Bukavshin triumphed in just 36 moves in the second game today, winning the finals with 1.5 points to 0.5.

The 2015 Dutch Team Competition is currently in progress.

LIVE games with analysis

Norwegian TV set the standard for TV coverage of chess. The chess TV feber has now reached it’s neighbour – Sweden.

Sweden’s best chess player Nils Grandelius challenges USA’s super talent Sam Sevian in a duel. The match will be broadcasted live on Expressen TV on January 5 at 8.30 PM CET.

The Panamerican Schools Chess Championship 2015 will take place from the 13th of December to the 19th of December in Costa Rica. The venue is the Estadio Nacional in the capital San José.

It will feature youth talent from ten different federations: Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Trinidad & Tobago.

Qatar Masters Open 2015 is a strong tournament that will take place in Qatar from December 19 to December 30. This is the second edition of the competition; last year, Yu Yangyi won the tournament.

The Zadar Chess Union is holding the 2015 Zadar Open from 13-19th December at the Falkensteiner Hotels & Resorts Borik in Zadar, Croatia.

The event consists of two sections, Group A for players rated above 2200 FIDE and Group B for U2300 players. Both sections will be completed over nine rounds of Swiss system.

Top prizes in Group A are EUR 2000 / 1200 / 800 / 600 / 500 / 400 etc

The best placed Croatian player qualifies for the national championship.

The 34th Annual Empire City Open will be held from December 26-28, 2015, at the Hotel Pennsylvania, 401 Seventh Ave, New York.

GM Evgeny Romanov is the winner San Salvador Chess Open 2015. He was third seeded in the tournament and scored 8 points in 9 rounds – a full point ahead of the competition.

Woman Grandmaster Milunka Lazarević, a famous player and chess journalist, is turning 83 today.

The European Senior Team Chess Championship 2016 will be held in Halkidiki, on the northern coast of Aegean Sea from 18th to 28th April 2016.

The games will take place in the conference center of 5-star Anthemus Sea Resort on the Sithonia peninsula of Halkidiki, 95 km south Thessaloniki airport. Anthemus Sea is an excellent holiday destination, surrounded by a sandy beach on the crystal clear waters of the Aegean Sea.