Match of Friendship, a scholastic chess match between Russia and China dedicated to the 70-year anniversary of winning the 2nd World War, ended in China on December 14. Russian team consisting of Artur Gaifullin, Timur Fakhrutdinov, Andrey Esipenko, Alexandra...
GM Danyyil Dvirnyy wins 2015 Italian Championship playoff
GM Danyyil Dvirnyy is the 2015 Italian Champion after an exciting three-way tie for first place. The 12 round tournament was played from 30th of November to the 12th of December. After the conclusion of the rounds, there were three...
GM Duc Hoa Nguyen wins 7th Penang Heritage City Open 2015
The 7th Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2015 took place from December 7-12, at RedRock Hotel, in Penang, Malaysia. The event was a 9-round Swiss open with tempo of play 90 + 30″ which gathered 119 players from 17 different countries....
Games from Russian Rapid Final 2015
The Russian Rapid Final 2015 is taking place from December 12-16, in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia. The event is a 16-player single round-robin tournament with prize fund in the amount of 1,200,000 RUB. Top seed is GM Sergey Rublevsky (2729)....