Σκακιστικά νέα

The International Team Tournament for Schools “Riviera dei Cedri 2015″ is included in the ninth edition of the International Chess Festival called “Riviera dei Cedri”. It is sponsorsed by the Italian Chess Federation.

Sergey Karjakin and Pavel Eljanov returned today to the playing hall at the Fairmont Flame Towers in Baku to decide the FIDE World Cup finalist and Candidates Tournament qualifier. After the games with the classical time control the result was even.

The return games of the 2015 FIDE World Cup Semifinals were completed in the Fairmont Flame Towers in Baku.

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The Global Chess Festival is an international unique event that relies on the 1500 years-old mystical board game presenting the diversity of 1000 faces of chess. From the perspective of education, culture, science and games, the festival offers all-day family entertainment.

The 2015 Global Chess Festival is organized by the Judit Polgar Chess Foundation and takes place on 17th October in Budapest, Hungary (Castle Garden Bazaar) and Santiago de Chile.

www.sakkfesztival.com

The Poikovsky Karpov Chess Tournament 2015, named after the former world champion Anatoly Karpov, is going to take place from 27th September to 8th October. Chessdom will cover the live games with computer analysis by the TCEC medalist engines Komodo, Stockfish, and Houdini.

It will be the 16th edition of the event, which once again will be a strong 10-player round robin tournament.

Open Tatry 2015 is taking place from September 26 to October 3, 2015, in Strbske Pleso, a resort in the High Tatras, Slovakia.

The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′/40 moves + 15′ + 30″.

IM Tomas Krnan (2440) from Canada heads the field of 219 players from 11 different federations.

Tournament website/ Standings and statistics

The 70th birthday of GM Lev Gutman is celebrated with a GM tournament, held from September 21-30, 2015, in Lingen Germany.

The event is a 10-player round-robin tournament with tempo of play 90′/40 moves + 30′ + 30″.

The September Lviv Tradition (IM Group) round-robin tournament is taking place from September 28 to October 4, 2015, at the Hotel Nton, in the splendid city of Lviv, situated in western Ukraine.

The event is a 12-player single round-robin tournament with an average Elo 2257, valid for FIDE rating and norms. The tempo of play is 90′ + 30″.

The Malaysian Chess Festival held at Mid Valley City, Kuala Lumpur from 18-28 September 2015 has now come to an end with the conclusion of the concurrently played IGB Malaysian International Open Chess Championship, KLK Tan Sri Lee Loy Seng Seniors Open Chess Championship, and the Malaysian Chess Challenge.

The Semifinals of the 2015 FIDE World Chess Cup started today at the Fairmont Hotel in Baku, Azerbaijan, with four players that remained in the competition.

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