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THE WEEK IN CHESS 1058 16th February 2015 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) 4th Zurich Chess Challenge 2015
3) Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix 2015
4) 75th Noteboom Tournament 2015
5) 13th Khazar Open 2015
6) 15th Liberec Open 2015
7) ch-ALG 2015
8) ch-IRI 2015
9) ch-KUW 2015
10) ch-MDA 2015
11) Elite Hotels Vaxjo Open 2015
12) Graz Open 2015
13) 3rd Del Valles IM 2015
14) 20th HIT Open 2015
15) 37th Bulgarian Open 2015
16) 2nd Casablanca Open 2015
17) 136th MGU Open 2015
18) 18th Lienz Open 2015
19) Aarhus Chess House GM 2015
20) CJKS-Prime Distributions GM 2015
21) DFEM 2015
22) First Saturday February 2015
23) TCh-HUN 2014-15
24) TCh-CZE 2014-15
25) TCh-NOR League 2014
26) Dutch League 2014-15
27) TCh-LTU 2015
28) 4NCL 2014-15
29) 53rd TCh-DEN ExtraCon 2014-15
30) TCh-CAT 2015
31) TCh-AUT 2nd Bundesliga 2014-15
32) TCh-FIN 2014-15
33) Active Team Events
34) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
4th Zurich Chess Challenge 201528 games
Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix 201512 games
75th Noteboom Tournament 2015124 games
13th Khazar Open 201580 games
15th Liberec Open 201540 games
ch-ALG 201564 games
ch-IRI 201542 games
ch-KUW 201552 games
ch-MDA 201566 games
Elite Hotels Vaxjo Open 2015240 games
Graz Open 201574 games
3rd Del Valles IM 201515 games
20th HIT Open 201526 games
37th Bulgarian Open 2015185 games
136th MGU Open 201533 games
18th Lienz Open 2015150 games
Aarhus Chess House GM 201590 games
CJKS-Prime Distributions GM 201520 games
DFEM 2015117 games
First Saturday February 2015110 games
TCh-HUN 2014-1560 games
TCh-NOR League 201496 games
Dutch League 2014-1510 games
TCh-LTU 201590 games
4NCL 2014-15126 games
53rd TCh-DEN ExtraCon 2014-1580 games
TCh-CAT 2015230 games
TCh-AUT 2nd Bundesliga 2014-15174 games
TCh-FIN 2014-1524 games
2458 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Roland Wimmer, Olexandr Prohorov, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Patricia Llaneza Vega, Mitko Iliev and everyone else who helped with this issue.

Two tremendous tournaments have started this week. The Zurich Chess Challenge has six of the best players in the world. Hikaru Nakamura with his win today crossed the 2800 mark on the live list, this seems like a real landmark for him, Anish Giri did the same the day before with a win in Tbilisi in the FIDE Grand Prix. This Grand Prix is also very strong. There have been a lot of changes at the top of the rating list and these events feel important in starting to define the new elite. Plenty of good chess to see.

Read about 20 years of TWIC. which includes a full listing of all issues including all the texts.

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Send a £30 donation via Paypal and contact me via email (Email Mark Crowther - mdcrowth@btinternet.com) I'll send you an address for a ChessBase cbv file of my personal copy of every issue of the games in one database.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

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2) 4th Zurich Chess Challenge 2015

The 4th Zurich Chess Challenge takes place 13th to 19th February 2015.

4th Zurich CC Classical Zurich SUI Sat 14th Feb 2015 - Thu 19th Feb 2015. Category: 22. Ave: (2784)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts TPR
1 Nakamura, Hikaru GM USA 2776 # = 1 1 2.5 3058
2 Anand, Viswanathan GM IND 2797 # = = 1 2 2915
3 Kramnik, Vladimir GM RUS 2783 = = # = 1.5 2783
4 Caruana, Fabiano GM ITA 2811 0 = # = 1 2653
5 Aronian, Levon GM ARM 2777 0 = # = 1 2655
6 Karjakin, Sergey GM RUS 2760 0 = = # 1 2663
Round 1. Sat 14th Feb 2015
Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 Kramnik, Vladimir 47 D36 QGD
Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 Karjakin, Sergey 27 D47 QGD semi-Slav
Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 Nakamura, Hikaru 42 B90 Sicilian
Round 2. Sun 15th Feb 2015
Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Nakamura, Hikaru 41 A14 English
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Caruana, Fabiano 41 C65 Ruy Lopez
Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 Aronian, Levon 28 D97 Gruenfeld
Round 3. Mon 16th Feb 2015
Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 Kramnik, Vladimir 62 A14 English
Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan 46 A07 Reti
Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 Karjakin, Sergey 27 A33 English
4th Zurich CC Blitz Zurich SUI Fri 13th Feb 2015 - Fri 13th Feb 2015. Category: 22. Ave: (2784)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts TPR
1 Aronian, Levon GM ARM 2777 # = 1 1 = 1 4 3025
2 Caruana, Fabiano GM ITA 2811 = # = = 1 1 3.5 2928
3 Anand, Viswanathan GM IND 2797 0 = # 1 1 1 3.5 2930
4 Nakamura, Hikaru GM USA 2776 0 = 0 # = 1 2 2714
5 Kramnik, Vladimir GM RUS 2783 = 0 0 = # 0 1 2544
6 Karjakin, Sergey GM RUS 2760 0 0 0 0 1 # 1 2549
Round 1. Fri 13th Feb 2015
Karjakin, Sergey 0-1 Anand, Viswanathan 59 C47 Four knights
Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 Nakamura, Hikaru 77 B01 Scandinavian (centre counter) defence
Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 Kramnik, Vladimir 62 C67 Ruy Lopez
Round 2. Fri 13th Feb 2015
Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 Kramnik, Vladimir 31 A09 Reti
Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 Aronian, Levon 62 D51 QGD
Karjakin, Sergey 0-1 Caruana, Fabiano 32 A88 Dutch
Round 3. Fri 13th Feb 2015
Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan 19 C26 Vienna game
Aronian, Levon 1-0 Karjakin, Sergey 66 D27 QGA
Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Nakamura, Hikaru 54 D02 Queen's pawn game
Round 4. Fri 13th Feb 2015
Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 Nakamura, Hikaru 62 B52 Sicilian
Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 Kramnik, Vladimir 38 C47 Four knights
Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 Aronian, Levon 42 C65 Ruy Lopez
Round 5. Fri 13th Feb 2015
Aronian, Levon 1-0 Anand, Viswanathan 43 C67 Ruy Lopez
Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 Caruana, Fabiano 74 A88 Dutch
Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 Karjakin, Sergey 30 A06 Reti
Korchnoi-Uhlmann Rapid Zurich SUI Sun 15th Feb 2015 - Mon 16th Feb 2015
Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg1234Pts
1Korchnoi, ViktorGMSUI249901102
1Uhlmann, WolfgangGMGER232610012
2 players

3) Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix 2015

The Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix taks place 14th to 28th to February 2015.

Tbilisi FIDE GP 2015 Tbilisi GEO Sat 14th Feb 2015 - Sat 28th Feb 2015. Category: 20. Ave: (2744)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Grischuk, Alexander GM RUS 2810 # = 1 1.5 2914
2 Tomashevsky, Evgeny GM RUS 2716 # = 1 1.5 2908
3 Giri, Anish GM NED 2797 # = 1 1.5 2950
4 Jakovenko, Dmitry GM RUS 2733 = # = 1 2727
5 Andreikin, Dmitry GM RUS 2737 = = # 1 2772
6 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam GM UZB 2705 0 # 1 1 2785
7 Radjabov, Teimour GM AZE 2731 # = = 1 2711
8 Dominguez Perez, Leinier GM CUB 2726 = # = 1 2735
9 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar GM AZE 2759 0 # 1 1 2740
10 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime GM FRA 2775 = 0 # 0.5 2585
11 Svidler, Peter GM RUS 2739 0 = # 0.5 2569
12 Jobava, Baadur GM GEO 2696 0 = # 0.5 2531
Round 1. Sun 15th Feb 2015
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 0-1 Grischuk, Alexander 36 D31 QGD
Andreikin, Dmitry 1/2-1/2 Jakovenko, Dmitry 61 C67 Ruy Lopez
Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1-0 Jobava, Baadur 48 E70 King's Indian
Dominguez Perez, Leinier 1/2-1/2 Radjabov, Teimour 32 C67 Ruy Lopez
Svidler, Peter 0-1 Giri, Anish 30 D38 QGD
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 0-1 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 41 B90 Sicilian
Round 2. Mon 16th Feb 2015
Dominguez Perez, Leinier 1/2-1/2 Svidler, Peter 79 C92 Ruy Lopez
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 41 A12 English
Giri, Anish 1/2-1/2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 42 D73 Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.Nf3
Grischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2 Andreikin, Dmitry 59 D35 QGD
Radjabov, Teimour 1/2-1/2 Jobava, Baadur 48 E18 Queen's Indian
Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2-1/2 Tomashevsky, Evgeny 34 D11 QGD Slav

4) 75th Noteboom Tournament 2015

The 75th Noteboom Tournament took place 13th to 15th February 2015. Loek van Wely and Predrag Nikolic scored 2/3 in the 3 round all-play-all. Namig Guliyev won the open 5.5/6.

75th Noteboom vierkamp Leiden NED Fri 13th Feb 2015 - Sun 15th Feb 2015. Category: 15. Ave: (2606)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 Pts TPR
1 Van Wely, Loek GM NED 2657 # 1 0 1 2 2714
2 Nikolic, Predrag GM BIH 2588 0 # 1 1 2 2737
3 Timman, Jan H GM NED 2553 1 0 # = 1.5 2623
4 Smeets, Jan GM NED 2625 0 0 = # 0.5 2326
Round 1. Fri 13th Feb 2015
Nikolic, Predrag 0-1 Van Wely, Loek 31 D37 QGD
Smeets, Jan 1/2-1/2 Timman, Jan H 56 B09 Pirc
Round 2. Sat 14th Feb 2015
Van Wely, Loek 0-1 Timman, Jan H 42 A21 English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack
Nikolic, Predrag 1-0 Smeets, Jan 39 D18 QGD Slav
Round 3. Sun 15th Feb 2015
Timman, Jan H 0-1 Nikolic, Predrag 42 C03 French
Smeets, Jan 0-1 Van Wely, Loek 58 B51 Sicilian
75th Noteboom Open Leiden NED Fri 13th Feb 2015 - Sun 15th Feb 2015
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkNameTiRtg123456PtsTB1TB2TPR
1Guliyev, NamigGM253664B142W12B½62W122B13W15.521.5192638
2Peng, ZhaoqinGM237894W17B11W½½R29B118W152418.752805
3Werf, Mark van derIM240065W154B137W115B124W11B052216.52552
4Fridman, DanielGM265125B130W111B067W114B117W1521.517.52674
5Lai, Hing TingFM2338½R78W½81B146W115B111W1520.516.752680
6Doel, E. van denGM255316W½74B177W123B111B½12W1520162619
7Wantola, IvoFM237143B12W084B128W113B½26W14.521142386
8Warmerdam, Max220070B19W½33B122W061B127W14.52014.252443
9Burg, TwanIM251968W18B½23W057B160W124B14.519.513.752387
10Haastert,Edwin vanIM240613B064W½92B144W159B122W14.517.512.252246
11Sprenger, JanIM250232W139B14W112B½6W½5B0425.5162560
12Miezis, NormundsGM249952B146W120B111W½17B½6B0423142577
13Tikranian, Alik215110W177B½14W½37B17W½19B½422.515.252381
14Pijpers, Arthur238731W½71B113B½20W14W049B142213.252424
15Soors, StefIM239183B145W118B13W05W051B1422122399
16Brink, Barry22236B½½R35W053B180W143B1420.512.52440
17Fedorchuk, S.GM264387W134B160W129B½12W½4B0420.511.752553
18Ootes, Lars238792B121W115W063B141W12B0420112434
19Kazarian, Anna-Maja2079½R91W185B124W031B113W½418.5112253
20Werle, JanGM250673B181W112W014B066W141B1418102377
21Pap, MisaGM245995W118B068W160B½23W½45W1417102396
22Otten, Martijn2100½R82B150W18B11W010B03.52311.252348
23Roobol, MartinFM233588W1½R9B16W021B½38W½3.522.5122432
24Togt, Twan van der204355W½97B147W119B13B09W03.521.510.52207
25Jelica, MaraWIM22034W053W144B½33B½47W134B½3.521112248
26Kerstens, Dennis220235W147B½63W040B130W17B03.520.5122310
27Burg, Brent219266B½49W128B½½R35W18B03.520.511.252232
28Berg, Bram van den2208½R72B127W½7B054W139B½3.519.5102261
29Ikonnikov,V.GM255899B144W141B½17W½2W036B½3.519.59.252303
30Termeulen, Albert207340W14B095W1½R26B061W13.519.59.252252
31Senders, MischaFM226314B½79W½48B1½R19W065B13.51910.252190
32Heltzel, Joost220511B0½R43W½52B165W½68B13.518.5102273
33Pietrow, Andrzej202093B1½R8W025W½42B½62W13.518.592195
34Meissner, FelixFM224863B117W079B½38W½67B125W½3.5189.52315
35Jong,Jan-Willem deIM245626B093W116B145W½27B069W13.5189.52260
36Ypma, Peter224353B141W042B½85W145B½29W½3.517.59.752294
37Perez Garcia, Hebert216286B161W13B013W069B½72W13.517.57.252160
38Stork, Ornett205582W½59B075W134B½63W123B½3.5179.52252
39Lopez, JaselFM22511R11W062B094W179B128W½3.516.56.752158
40Leent, Dimitri vanFM216730B086W166B½26W085B159W13.5167.752073
101 players

5) 13th Khazar Open 2015

The 13th Khazar Open takes place 11th to 17th February 2015.

13th Khazar Open 2015 Rasht IRI Wed 11th Feb 2015 - Tue 17th Feb 2015
Leading Round 8 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Stopa JacekPOL25407.00.034.030.0
226Mousavi Seyed KhalilIRI22856.50.035.031.5
322Mosadeghpour MasoudIRI23256.00.037.033.0
47Pourramezanali AmirrezaIRI24326.00.036.032.5
510Mahjoob MortezaIRI23926.00.035.031.0
62Mirzoev AzerAZE25566.00.034.030.0
76Starostits IlmarsLAT24546.00.031.027.0
81Tarlev KonstantinUKR25575.50.039.535.0
93Ghaem Maghami EhsanIRI25545.50.036.032.0
1012Lazarev VladimirFRA23615.50.035.031.0
1149Asgharzadeh M.RezaIRI21425.50.031.527.5
1223Grabliauskas VirginijusLTU23235.50.031.028.5
1316Ziatdinov RasetUSA23455.50.030.027.0
1424Firouzja AlirezaIRI23055.50.029.026.0
1536Khoshkalam Seyed MehrabIRI22085.50.027.024.0
1637Asgari MortezaIRI21935.00.040.035.5
1715Sharbaf MohsenIRI23505.00.039.535.0
1821Gholami AryanIRI23255.00.037.033.5
195Papin VasilyRUS25155.00.035.031.5
2042Allajov RamilAZE21835.00.033.529.5
2147Azadbakhsh FarshidIRI21495.00.033.029.5
2280Mammadov GulamAZE18775.00.031.027.5
2320Sheykhhasani BardiaIRI23285.00.031.027.5
2418Darban MortezaIRI23345.00.027.524.5
2541Bagheri MaziarIRI21884.50.039.034.5
2659Zeynalli RashadAZE21214.50.036.032.5
2743Atanejhad SahebaliIRI21804.50.034.531.0
2817Chighladze IveriGEO23384.50.034.530.5
2914Lorparizangeneh ShahinIRI23544.50.032.028.0
3013Pourkashiyan AtousaIRI23614.50.032.028.0
3150Tahbaz ArashIRI21424.50.031.528.5
3227Faghirnavaz AliIRI22824.50.031.528.0
3319Nasri AminIRI23324.50.029.527.0
3438Ghaziolsharif KavehIRI21934.50.029.526.0
3529Kazimova NarminAZE22754.50.028.024.5
3677Alijanzadeh MohadesehIRI19054.50.027.524.0
3730Hosseinipour MehdiIRI22704.50.024.522.0
389Iskandarov MisratdinAZE23964.00.035.531.5
3933Omidi AryaIRI22244.00.034.030.5
4039Hosseinzadeh NimaIRI21924.00.032.530.0
88 players

6) 15th Liberec Open 2015

The 15th Liberec Open takes place 14th to 21st February 2015.

15th Liberec Open 2015 Liberec CZE Sat 14th Feb 2015 - Sat 21st Feb 2015
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Plischki SebastianGER23862.00.02.02
5Simek PetrCZE23832.00.02.02
6Vlasak LukasCZE23532.00.02.02
7Dambrauskas VirginijusLTU23122.00.02.02
11Paszewski MateuszPOL22092.00.02.02
15Bjerke SiljeNOR21572.00.02.02
16Balinski DamianPOL21562.00.02.02
19Buchcar TomasCZE20982.00.02.02
21Cakl ZdenekCZE20602.00.02.02
37Bradac DanielCZE19322.00.02.02
113Nagy GaborHUN23912.00.01.52
9Kucera PetrCZE22522.00.01.52
10Halak MiklosHUN22412.00.01.52
46Strand OyvinNOR18452.00.01.52
1514Kuba StanislavCZE21642.00.01.02
23Dadello AleksandraPOL20362.00.01.02
42Janous PetrCZE19082.00.01.02
48Wasik JozefPOL18342.00.01.02
49Domanski LukaszPOL18212.00.01.02
2020Moncayo Romero EvelynECU20801.50.02.51
27Vaclavicek LukasCZE20101.50.02.51
221Nosenko AlexanderUKR25251.50.02.01
18Majboroda EvgenijaUKR21011.50.02.01
242Roeder MatthiasGER24141.50.01.51
8Chudinovskikh Alexander MRUS22641.50.01.51
44Nikula MikkoFIN18711.50.01.51
2712Bartos JanCZE21951.50.01.01
2817Sobeck GuenterGER21071.00.03.01
24Wolf AndreasGER20351.00.03.01
26Novotny JaroslavCZE20221.00.03.01
39Kabelka OndrejCZE19231.00.03.01
47Ulicny DanielCZE18421.00.03.01
3322Brechlin OlafGER20411.00.02.51
29Liduch FilipCZE19881.00.02.51
34Grzesik NorbertPOL19611.00.02.51
35Hiller WielandGER19541.00.02.51
3725Paldus PetrCZE20241.00.02.50
3813Grela KacperPOL21651.00.02.01
28Ptacek TomasCZE20091.00.02.01
30Wasik PiotrPOL19861.00.02.01
94 players

7) ch-ALG 2015

The Algenrian Championship took place 30th January to 7th February 2015. Mohamed Haddouche won with 10.5/11.

ch-ALG 2015 Algiers ALG Fri 30th Jan 2015 - Sat 7th Feb 2015
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
18Haddouche MohamedALG252410.50.0262551.25
21Saim Mohamed IliasALG20888.50.0234841.75
34Bengherabi KhalilALG21457.50.5227528.75
412Oussedik MahfoudALG21937.50.5227029.75
55Belouadah SaadALG23307.01.0222727.75
610Nassr AliALG21707.00.0224131.00
76Amellal Sofiane AnisALG19535.00.0207515.50
89Gourari MoustafaALG20513.51.0201112.00
92Cherrad MustaphaALG21153.50.0205310.25
1011Khalef EladelALG20483.00.019698.25
117Moulay MehdiALG20262.50.0195610.00
123Dekar LiesALG20610.50.016741.75
12 players

8) ch-IRI 2015

The Iranian Championship took place 20th to 27th January 2015. Ehsan Ghaem Maghami won with 9/11. Games from the final three rounds now available.

ch-IRI 2015 Mashhad IRI Tue 20th Jan 2015 - Tue 27th Jan 2015
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Ghaem Maghami EhsanIRI25449.00.0765.0
22Darini PouriaIRI24708.00.0566.5
37Noroozi OmidIRI23597.50.0666.5
414Khodashenas MersadIRI22217.01.0762.5
55Maghsoodloo ParhamIRI24217.00.0563.0
626Khatibi MeysamIRI20996.50.0555.0
713Firouzja AlirezaIRI22916.50.0458.0
829Hamidi Amir MohammadIRI19636.50.0457.5
93Alavi Sayed JavadIRI24546.50.0367.5
104Toufighi HomayoonIRI24296.50.0364.5
1110Sheykhhasani BardiaIRI23376.00.0561.0
129Mosadeghpour MasoudIRI23405.50.0464.0
1311Mousavi Seyed KhalilIRI23015.50.0460.5
1419Sakhayi MostafaIRI21725.50.0454.0
1518Hosseinzadeh NimaIRI21805.50.0448.5
168Darban MortezaIRI23455.50.0365.0
1712Hosseinipour MehdiIRI22955.50.0360.0
1816Bagheri MaziarIRI22055.00.0457.0
1925Godarz KasraIRI21065.00.0356.0
2015Vaghar MohsenIRI22195.00.0351.5
2124Khamisi S JafarIRI21275.00.0347.5
2220Sedaghati MehrdadIRI21714.50.0352.5
2317Tahbaz ArashIRI21964.50.0349.0
2422Mojaverian HosseinIRI21484.50.0149.0
2527Pilvaieh AliIRI20754.00.5352.5
2623Tavakolian M.IRI21374.00.5347.5
2721Shah Moradi MohammadIRI21683.50.0152.5
286Mahjoob MortezaIRI24163.00.0252.5
2928Vojdani SiavoshIRI20183.00.0247.0
29 players

9) Kuwait Championship 2015

The Kuwait Championship took place 26th January to 7th February 2015. Khaled Hashem edged out Bader Alkhaldi on tie-break after both scored 7.5/9.

The Kuwait Chess Federation added:

"The Kuwait Men's Championship and Kuwait Women's Championship and Under 16 Championship were held from January 27to February 7, 2015 The men's event started as a 28-player Swiss System ( 9 Rounds),. The women's event was a 8-player round robin. The Under !6 event was a 12 –player Swiss System ( 6 Rounds) Hashem, Khaled and Alkhaldi, Bader shared the first place in men's section with 7.5 /9 points each. Khaled is crowned new national champion thanks to the better Buchholz tie-break.

Al Kanderi, Suad and Alawadhi, Amenah shared the first place in women's section with 6 /7 points each. Suad is crowned new national champion thanks to the better Direct Encounter tie-break.

Alamiri, Bader became the new Under 16 champion after concluding the race with 6/6 points.

Final standings (men): http://chess-results.com/tnr157432.aspx

Final standings (women): http://chess-results.com/tnr157566.aspx

Final standings (Under 16): http://chess-results.com/tnr158021.aspx

ch-KUW 2015 Kuwait City KUW Mon 26th Jan 2015 - Sat 7th Feb 2015
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
17Hashem KhaledKUW19097.549.038.540.75
26Alkhaldi BaderKUW19167.546.036.535.00
32Al-Hajiri BaderKUW21127.050.538.536.50
45Shehab IbrahimKUW19556.041.033.521.00
53Maqseed NasserKUW19815.552.541.029.00
68Alamiri AdelKUW18125.546.036.027.00
711Alshourfaa HazaaKUW17005.544.035.520.75
827Qabazard MohamedKUW05.536.529.024.75
912Al Mousawi OmranKUW16885.045.534.023.50
101Al-Othman Abdul WahabKUW22405.043.534.018.50
1114Almuneer MuhammadKUW14745.041.532.019.00
1210Hussain HashemKUW17245.040.533.015.50
139Al Azmi KhalafKUW17484.548.537.020.50
1416Alajmi AbdulrahmanKUW13924.546.535.521.00
1515Alhassan MeshariKUW14544.537.030.514.50
1623Alhazzaa AbdulRahmanKUW04.035.027.514.50
1725Alotaibi AbdulsalamKUW04.034.527.013.50
1817Al Azmi HemdiKUW04.033.528.09.00
1928Alaazmy AhmadKUW04.033.526.010.50
2026Mlaihan AdelKUW04.033.028.014.50
2122Alhathal BaderKUW03.035.528.010.50
2218Alqahtani MohammadKUW03.034.527.511.50
2321Alathari YaqoubKUW03.033.025.55.50
2413Alhasan HasanKUW16592.545.034.512.25
2520Alajeel MohammadKUW02.042.532.09.50
264Al-Hamlan FaisalKUW19611.040.031.53.00
2719Al-Shaibani MohammadKUW00.041.531.50.00
2824Alhazzaa AbdulatifKUW00.039.031.00.00
28 players

10) ch-MDA 2015

The ch-MDA took place 27th January to 6th February 2015. Ruslan Soltanici won with 8.5/11.

ch-MDA 2015 Chisinau MDA Tue 27th Jan 2015 - Fri 6th Feb 2015
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Soltanici RuslanMDA23458.541.750.06
210Vedmediuc SergheiMDA24068.040.250.05
311Iovcov ValeriiMDA23688.035.500.07
43Sanduleac VasileMDA23936.030.000.03
54Cerbulenco LiviuMDA22736.028.750.04
66Ogleznev AlexandrMDA22646.028.250.03
712Vavric PavelMDA22536.025.750.04
89Morozov NichitaMDA22715.524.000.04
98Agafii VictorMDA22355.522.750.03
107Gorbanovsky OlegMDA23773.515.500.01
115Abramciuc MariusMDA22632.06.750.01
121Schitco IvanMDA20781.04.750.00
12 players
ch-MDA 2015 Chisinau MDA Tue 27th Jan 2015 - Fri 6th Feb 2015. Category: 2. Ave: (2294)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Soltanici, Ruslan IM MDA 2345 # = 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.5 2500
2 Vedmediuc, Serghei IM MDA 2406 = # 1 = 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 8 2459
3 Iovcov, Valerii FM MDA 2368 0 0 # 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 8 2462
4 Sanduleac, Vasile GM MDA 2393 = = 0 # 0 1 1 = = = 1 = 6 2321
5 Cerbulenco, Liviu MDA 2273 = 0 0 1 # 1 1 0 = = = 1 6 2332
6 Ogleznev, Alexandr FM MDA 2264 = = = 0 0 # = 1 = = 1 1 6 2333
7 Vavric, Pavel FM MDA 2253 0 = = 0 0 = # 1 = 1 1 1 6 2334
8 Morozov, Nichita FM MDA 2271 0 = 0 = 1 0 0 # 1 1 = 1 5.5 2296
9 Agafii, Victor FM MDA 2235 = 0 0 = = = = 0 # 1 1 1 5.5 2299
10 Gorbanovsky, Oleg MDA 2377 0 = 0 = = = 0 0 0 # 1 = 3.5 2153
11 Abramciuc, Marius MDA 2263 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 # 1 2 2035
12 Schitco, Ivan MDA 2078 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 # 1 1930
Round 1. Tue 27th Jan 2015
Schitco, Ivan 0-1 Vavric, Pavel 25 A42 Modern defence
Soltanici, Ruslan 1-0 Iovcov, Valerii 60 B11 Caro-Kann
Sanduleac, Vasile 1/2-1/2 Vedmediuc, Serghei 56 B18 Caro-Kann
Cerbulenco, Liviu 0-1 Morozov, Nichita 39 B09 Pirc
Abramciuc, Marius 0-1 Agafii, Victor 39 B40 Sicilian defence
Ogleznev, Alexandr 1/2-1/2 Gorbanovsky, Oleg 33 C70 Ruy Lopez
Round 2. Wed 28th Jan 2015
Vavric, Pavel 1-0 Gorbanovsky, Oleg 39 A30 English
Agafii, Victor 1/2-1/2 Ogleznev, Alexandr 31 D10 QGD Slav defence
Morozov, Nichita 1/2-1/2 Abramciuc, Marius 43 A56 Czech Benoni
Vedmediuc, Serghei 1-0 Cerbulenco, Liviu 33 A30 English
Iovcov, Valerii 1-0 Sanduleac, Vasile 42 B07 Robatsch defence
Schitco, Ivan 0-1 Soltanici, Ruslan 49 E15 Queen's Indian
Round 3. Thu 29th Jan 2015
Soltanici, Ruslan 1-0 Vavric, Pavel 31 B35 Sicilian
Sanduleac, Vasile 1/2-1/2 Schitco, Ivan 48 D02 Queen's pawn game
Cerbulenco, Liviu 0-1 Iovcov, Valerii 47 B12 Caro-Kann
Abramciuc, Marius 0-1 Vedmediuc, Serghei 48 B23 Sicilian
Ogleznev, Alexandr 1-0 Morozov, Nichita 47 B07 Pirc defence
Gorbanovsky, Oleg 0-1 Agafii, Victor 55 B40 Sicilian defence
Round 4. Fri 30th Jan 2015
Vavric, Pavel 1/2-1/2 Agafii, Victor 33 C01 French
Morozov, Nichita 1-0 Gorbanovsky, Oleg 37 E46 Nimzo-Indian
Vedmediuc, Serghei 1/2-1/2 Ogleznev, Alexandr 32 D14 QGD Slav
Iovcov, Valerii 1-0 Abramciuc, Marius 48 C92 Ruy Lopez
Schitco, Ivan 0-1 Cerbulenco, Liviu 35 A50 Kevitz-Trajkovich defence
Soltanici, Ruslan 1/2-1/2 Sanduleac, Vasile 27 B06 Robatsch (modern) defence
Round 5. Sat 31st Jan 2015
Sanduleac, Vasile 1-0 Vavric, Pavel 70 B30 Sicilian
Cerbulenco, Liviu 1/2-1/2 Soltanici, Ruslan 65 B43 Sicilian
Abramciuc, Marius 1-0 Schitco, Ivan 52 C07 French
Ogleznev, Alexandr 1/2-1/2 Iovcov, Valerii 61 D38 QGD
Gorbanovsky, Oleg 1/2-1/2 Vedmediuc, Serghei 46 B27 Sicilian
Agafii, Victor 0-1 Morozov, Nichita 69 A45 Blackmar-Diemer gambit
Round 6. Sun 1st Feb 2015
Vavric, Pavel 1-0 Morozov, Nichita 30 B06 Robatsch defence
Vedmediuc, Serghei 1-0 Agafii, Victor 20 A30 English
Iovcov, Valerii 1-0 Gorbanovsky, Oleg 31 C45 Scotch
Schitco, Ivan 0-1 Ogleznev, Alexandr 58 E11 Bogo-Indian defence, Nimzovich variation
Soltanici, Ruslan 1-0 Abramciuc, Marius 34 C41 Philidor
Sanduleac, Vasile 0-1 Cerbulenco, Liviu 38 C53 Giuoco Piano
Round 7. Mon 2nd Feb 2015
Cerbulenco, Liviu 1-0 Vavric, Pavel 69 B38 Sicilian
Abramciuc, Marius 0-1 Sanduleac, Vasile 31 B12 Caro-Kann defence
Ogleznev, Alexandr 1/2-1/2 Soltanici, Ruslan 31 C95 Ruy Lopez
Gorbanovsky, Oleg 1/2-1/2 Schitco, Ivan 38 C07 French
Agafii, Victor 0-1 Iovcov, Valerii 35 E21 Nimzo-Indian
Morozov, Nichita 1/2-1/2 Vedmediuc, Serghei 31 E84 King's Indian
Round 8. Tue 3rd Feb 2015
Vavric, Pavel 1/2-1/2 Vedmediuc, Serghei 31 C67 Ruy Lopez
Iovcov, Valerii 1-0 Morozov, Nichita 35 B07 Robatsch defence
Schitco, Ivan 0-1 Agafii, Victor 46 E15 Queen's Indian
Soltanici, Ruslan 1-0 Gorbanovsky, Oleg 29 A15 English opening
Sanduleac, Vasile 1-0 Ogleznev, Alexandr 39 B31 Sicilian
Cerbulenco, Liviu 1/2-1/2 Abramciuc, Marius 68 C84 Ruy Lopez
Round 9. Wed 4th Feb 2015
Abramciuc, Marius 0-1 Vavric, Pavel 42 B23 Sicilian
Ogleznev, Alexandr 0-1 Cerbulenco, Liviu 47 C60 Ruy Lopez
Gorbanovsky, Oleg 1/2-1/2 Sanduleac, Vasile 42 B06 Robatsch (modern) defence
Agafii, Victor 1/2-1/2 Soltanici, Ruslan 49 E38 Nimzo-Indian
Morozov, Nichita 1-0 Schitco, Ivan 38 D35 QGD
Vedmediuc, Serghei 1-0 Iovcov, Valerii 63 B66 Sicilian
Round 10. Thu 5th Feb 2015
Vavric, Pavel 1/2-1/2 Iovcov, Valerii 69 C25 Vienna gambit
Schitco, Ivan 0-1 Vedmediuc, Serghei 32 E10 Dzindzikhashvili defence
Soltanici, Ruslan 1-0 Morozov, Nichita 34 E06 Catalan
Sanduleac, Vasile 1/2-1/2 Agafii, Victor 57 C00 French
Cerbulenco, Liviu 1/2-1/2 Gorbanovsky, Oleg 31 C78 Ruy Lopez
Abramciuc, Marius 0-1 Ogleznev, Alexandr 36 B40 Sicilian defence
Round 11. Fri 6th Feb 2015
Ogleznev, Alexandr 1/2-1/2 Vavric, Pavel 31 B19 Caro-Kann
Gorbanovsky, Oleg 1-0 Abramciuc, Marius 50 C92 Ruy Lopez
Agafii, Victor 1/2-1/2 Cerbulenco, Liviu 32 D70 Neo-Gruenfeld defence
Morozov, Nichita 1/2-1/2 Sanduleac, Vasile 31 A42 Modern defence
Vedmediuc, Serghei 1/2-1/2 Soltanici, Ruslan 55 A15 English opening
Iovcov, Valerii 1-0 Schitco, Ivan 37 C11 French

11) Elite Hotels Vaxjo Open 2015

The Elite Hotels Vaxjo Open took place 13th to 15th February 2015. Georg Meier won with 7.5/8.

Elite Hotels Vaxjo Open Vaxjo SWE Fri 13th Feb 2015 - Sun 15th Feb 2015
Leading Final Round 8 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Meier GeorgGER26417.539.00.07
25Blomqvist ErikSWE25216.541.00.06
32Solodovnichenko YuriUKR25776.537.00.06
428Dragicevic DrazenSWE22486.536.50.06
59Akesson RalfSWE24516.534.50.06
64Berg EmanuelSWE25436.041.00.06
73Hillarp Persson TigerSWE25526.039.00.05
815Hedman ErikSWE23766.038.50.05
912Johansson LinusSWE23946.037.00.05
106Smith AxelSWE24886.037.00.04
117Semcesen DanielSWE24666.036.00.06
1217Ernst ThomasSWE23696.035.50.05
1320Livner AndersSWE23436.035.50.04
148Brynell StellanSWE24526.033.50.06
1511Sjödahl PontusSWE24285.539.50.05
1610Westerberg JonathanSWE24305.539.00.05
21Lindgren PhilipSWE23405.539.00.05
1813Schneider StefanSWE23875.536.00.04
1916Kockum Anton FriskSWE23755.535.50.04
2037Agrest InnaSWE21745.535.00.05
2130Henriksson JohanSWE22415.534.50.05
31Lind Jan-OlovSWE22385.534.50.05
2327Arman DenizTUR22765.534.00.05
49Ottenklev NiklasSWE21155.534.00.05
2514Lindberg BengtSWE23855.534.00.03
2640Eriksson KristianSWE21535.531.50.05
2734Lindh FredrikSWE22195.529.50.05
2833Olofsson-Dolk MattisSWE22285.038.00.03
2918Bellon Lopez Juan ManuelESP23685.037.50.04
3086Johansson RolandSWE19635.035.00.03
3124Rydström TomSWE23145.034.50.04
26Lissäng ChristopherSWE22805.034.50.04
36Nilsson Patrik 1978SWE21775.034.50.04
3432Lekander RolfSWE22315.034.00.04
3525Vaarala EricSWE23045.034.00.04
3661Berglind AxelSWE20475.033.00.05
3752Gillefalk BjörnSWE20905.033.00.04
56Sevastianov AndriiSWE20715.033.00.04
3967Nilsson MikaelSWE20265.032.50.04
4029Svensson Bo AndersSWE22425.031.00.03
174 players

12) Graz Open 2015

The Graz Open takes place 13th to 20th February 2015.

Graz Open A 2015 Graz AUT Fri 13th Feb 2015 - Fri 20th Feb 2015
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1
19Chatalbashev BorisBUL25474.03127
218Socko MonikaPOL24524.03126
32Istratescu AndreiFRA26283.52697
43Socko BartoszPOL26113.52692
514Kuzmicz KrystianPOL24733.52691
613Ankit R. RajparaIND24793.52661
71Ragger MarkusAUT26523.52587
817Krysa LeandroARG24573.52561
991Wallner Dieter Dr.AUT20823.02553
104Mareco SandroARG25983.02540
1123Korpa BenceHUN24173.02510
1232Bagi MateHUN23853.02508
1311Rambaldi FrancescoITA24903.02506
1421Schreiner PeterAUT24313.02491
1538Gaehwiler GabrielSUI23423.02488
1612Pichot AlanARG24863.02480
178Sedlak NikolaSRB25583.02472
10Popovic DusanSRB25073.02472
1928Baldauf MarcoGER24013.02450
2024Pezerovic EdinGER24133.02437
2120Kurmann OliverSUI24373.02424
2237Dragnev ValentinAUT23453.02387
2334Jarmula LukaszPOL23583.02365
2440Gazik ViktorSVK23202.52500
2543Markoja BorisSLO23062.52485
2642Karner ChristophAUT23162.52474
2748Kvetny MarkGER22942.52437
2850Polajzer DaniloSLO22852.52409
2930Tomazini ZanSLO23902.52378
305Bogner SebastianSUI25592.52374
3141Halvax GeorgAUT23162.52372
3222Anurag MhamalIND24262.52370
3327Berchtenbreiter MaximilianGER24052.52360
3419Schachinger MarioAUT24432.52353
357Perez Ponsa FedericoARG25582.52351
3631Freitag ManfredAUT23882.52348
3715Gledura BenjaminHUN24612.52339
3853Rusche JohannesGER22682.52332
3960Lorscheid GerhardGER22192.52330
406Heberla BartlomiejPOL25582.52325
126 players

13) 3rd Del Valles IM 2015

The 3rd Del Valles IM takes place 25th January to 22nd March 2015.

3rd Del Valles IM 2015 Montcada i Reixac ESP Sun 25th Jan 2015 - Sun 22nd Mar 2015
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPts
19Gonzalez Raul OmarESP22742.5
26Cruz FilemonPER24042.0
37Alarcon Casellas RolandoCUB23872.0
48Dalo HermesVEN22582.0
55Vidarte Morales ArturoESP23201.5
63Fernandez Cazorla AntonioESP22131.5
71Bals Hernandez JordiESP21371.5
10Fernandez Diaz CristianESP21471.5
92Asensio Linan TeodoroESP21450.5
104Ryan JosephIRL22340.0
10 players
3rd Del Valles IM 2015 Montcada i Reixac ESP Sun 25th Jan 2015 - Sun 22nd Mar 2015. Category: None. Ave: (2250)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Gonzalez, Raul Omar FM ESP 2274 # 1 = 1 2.5 2470
2 Cruz, Filemon IM PER 2387 # = = 1 2 2410
3 Alarcon Casellas, Rolando IM CUB 2387 = # = 1 2 2439
4 Dalo, Hermes CM VEN 2258 # = = 1 2 2381
5 Vidarte Morales, Arturo IM ESP 2320 = = = # 1.5 2344
6 Fernandez Cazorla, Antonio FM ESP 2213 0 = # 1 1.5 2223
7 Fernandez Diaz, Cristian ESP 2147 0 # = 1 1.5 2223
8 Bals Hernandez, Jordi ESP 2137 0 = # 1 1.5 2168
9 Asensio Linan, Teodoro ESP 2145 = 0 0 # 0.5 1913
10 Ryan, Joseph FM IRL 2234 0 0 0 # 0 2306
Round 1. Sun 25th Jan 2015
Bals Hernandez, Jordi 1/2-1/2 Fernandez Diaz, Cristian 10 A30 English
Asensio Linan, Teodoro 1/2-1/2 Gonzalez, Raul Omar 32 A45 Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)
Fernandez Cazorla, Antonio 1/2-1/2 Dalo, Hermes 38 C96 Ruy Lopez
Ryan, Joseph 0-1 Alarcon Casellas, Rolando 40 D13 QGD Slav
Vidarte Morales, Arturo 1/2-1/2 Cruz, Filemon 11 A15 English opening
Round 2. Sun 1st Feb 2015
Fernandez Diaz, Cristian 0-1 Cruz, Filemon 44 D12 QGD Slav
Alarcon Casellas, Rolando 1/2-1/2 Vidarte Morales, Arturo 14 B42 Sicilian
Dalo, Hermes 1-0 Ryan, Joseph 34 B06 Robatsch (modern) defence
Gonzalez, Raul Omar 1-0 Fernandez Cazorla, Antonio 42 D10 QGD Slav defence
Bals Hernandez, Jordi 1-0 Asensio Linan, Teodoro 51 A56 Czech Benoni defence
Round 3. Sun 8th Feb 2015
Asensio Linan, Teodoro 0-1 Fernandez Diaz, Cristian 57 A54 Old Indian
Fernandez Cazorla, Antonio 1-0 Bals Hernandez, Jordi 24 A15 English opening
Ryan, Joseph 0-1 Gonzalez, Raul Omar 40 A05 Reti
Vidarte Morales, Arturo 1/2-1/2 Dalo, Hermes 53 A00 Benko's opening
Cruz, Filemon 1/2-1/2 Alarcon Casellas, Rolando 16 A22 English

14) 20th HIT Open 2015

The 20th HIT Open took place 30th January to 5th February 2015. Alexander Beliavsky won with 7.5/9. Final round games now available.

20th HIT Open 2015 Nova Gorica SLO Fri 30th Jan 2015 - Thu 5th Feb 2015
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1
1Beliavsky, AlexanderGMSLO26237.543.5
2Markus, RobertGMSRB2614744.5
3Blagojevic, DragisaGMMNE2520741.0
4Indjic, AleksandarGMSRB25466.542.0
5Drazic, SinisaGMSRB24376.541.5
6Sriram, JhaGMIND24136.540.5
7Kerigan, DemreFMTUR23116.540.5
8Maiorov, NikitaGMBLR25966.540.5
9Tratar, MarkoGMSLO24746.539.0
10Mazi, LeonIMSLO23596.537.5
11Spalir, JernejFMSLO2359642.0
12Markoja, SebastijanMKSLO2181639.0
13Ceschia, IvanoMITA2260638.5
14Markoja, BorisFMSLO2306637.5
15Jelen, IgorIMSLO2422637.0
16Srebrnic, VojkoMKSLO2217635.0
17Murko, DavidMKSLO2099635.0
18Gombac, JanFMSLO2274634.5
19Tica, SvenMKCRO2289634.0
20Tomazini, ZanFMSLO2372633.0
21Blagojevic, TijanaMKMNE22455.538.5
22Bomans, ArnoMKBEL22505.538.0
23Hrescak, IvanaWMKSLO20095.536.5
24Zuttioni, FedericoIITA21015.536.0
25Pregarac, ValterMKSLO21645.534.5
26Schmidek, EmilMKGER21865.534.0
27Suc, TimothyMKSLO20805.532.0
28Leonardi, CaterinaWMSLO20405.532.0
29Cretnik, UrbanMKSLO21425.530.0
30Goossens, HanneWMKBEL21265.529.5
31Vidic, TejaWMKSLO2087539.0
32Nemec, HanaWISLO1808536.0
33Brezovar, MatjazFMSLO2304536.0
34Skuhala, JernejMKSLO2131535.5
35Rusjan, DusanMKSLO2018535.5
36-37Unuk, LauraWFMSLO2220535.0
36-37Haug, JohannesMKNOR2175535.0
38Picco, RuggeroIIITA1954534.0
39-40Laco, GiuseppeMITA2054534.0
39-40Lucovnik, TilenMKSLO1982534.0
100 players

15) 37th Bulgarian Open 2015

The 37th Bulgarian Open took place 1st to 8th February 2015. Milan Zajic edged out Bartlomiej Heberla, Krasimir Rusev and Radoslav Dimitrov on tie-break after all scored 7.5/9. Games now available.

37th Bulgarian Open 2015 Plovdiv BUL Sun 1st Feb 2015 - Sun 8th Feb 2015
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
116Zajic MilanSRB24527.51932152.057.0
22Heberla BartlomiejPOL25587.51917449.053.0
34Rusev KrasimirBUL25367.51880249.554.0
418Dimitrov RadoslavBUL24457.51826847.551.5
59Popovic DusanSRB25077.01910854.058.5
67Kovacevic AleksandarSRB25127.01883050.054.0
712Georgescu Tiberiu-MarianROU24687.01881850.554.5
83Nevednichy VladislavROU25577.01877750.054.0
923Valsecchi AlessioITA24227.01871050.055.0
1017Antic DejanSRB24507.01845848.552.5
1113Abramovic BoskoSRB24647.01787247.052.0
125Dvirnyy DanyyilITA25336.51921251.556.5
131Spasov VasilBUL25596.51868050.555.5
1425Doncea VladimirROU24136.51858645.049.0
1549Dimov DianBUL22706.51846146.550.0
1615Kozhuharov SpasBUL24586.51834049.554.0
1710Drenchev PetarBUL24916.51823947.052.0
1821Pantev VeselinBUL24236.51818549.554.5
1937Costachi MihneaROU23416.51810847.551.0
2046Marholev DimitarBUL22896.51806646.049.0
2133Nikolov SashoBUL23496.51790947.551.5
226Cvitan OgnjenCRO25176.51788547.551.5
238Stojanovic DaliborBIH25096.51785845.049.0
2426Cioara Andrei-NestorROU24016.51746945.049.5
2524Enchev IvajloBUL24156.51739843.547.5
2678Giannoulakis LabrosGRE21586.01866249.552.5
2743Dolana Andrei-TheodorROU22986.01849948.052.0
2819Ferreira Jorge ViterboPOR24276.01842148.552.5
2932Badev KirilBUL23516.01824146.551.0
3077Danov RadiBUL21596.01823548.552.5
3130Voiska MargaritaBUL23676.01808046.050.5
3235Posedaru BogdanROU23486.01796448.052.5
3334Marjanovic DejanBIH23486.01794245.049.0
3445Cvetkovic SrdjanSRB22916.01784645.548.0
3514Berescu Alin-MileROU24606.01779046.049.5
3631Vujakovic BrankoCRO23516.01764144.048.0
3758Danov LyubomirBUL22146.01749446.551.0
3840Padeiro JosePOR23046.01748744.048.0
3936Maksimovic BranimirSRB23446.01733545.049.0
4027Zlatanovic BoroljubSRB23936.01730342.546.5
289 players

16) 2nd Casablanca Open 2015

The 2nd Casablanca Open took place 28th January to 4th February 2015. Sergei Tiviakov edged out Vadim Malakhatko on tie-break after both scored 7.5/9.

2nd Casablanca Open 2015 Casablanca MAR Wed 28th Jan 2015 - Wed 4th Feb 2015
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
11Tiviakov SergeiNED26697.542.543.00
27Malakhatko VadimBEL25207.540.042.00
38Nguyen Huynh Minh HuyVIE24937.044.041.00
44Chatalbashev BorisBUL25527.043.542.25
52Korneev OlegESP25917.042.539.25
69Kasparov SergeyBLR24776.544.538.75
75Le Roux Jean-pierreFRA25396.540.034.50
83Kuljasevic DavorinCRO25586.539.035.50
915Daulyte DeimanteLTU23896.537.530.00
1021Touzane OlivierFRA23376.535.530.25
116Strikovic AleksaSRB25296.044.034.50
1222Ambartsumova KarinaRUS23256.039.031.50
1319Amdouni ZoubaierTUN23656.038.528.25
1411Larino Nieto DavidESP24426.037.528.50
1513Farahat AliEGY23926.036.028.00
1614Milliet SophieFRA23906.036.027.25
1718Tissir MohamedMAR23686.034.526.75
1879Elkholti AchrafMAR06.033.025.50
1910El Gindy EssamEGY24755.541.028.75
2016Videnova IvaBUL23865.540.528.50
2112Djuric StefanSRB24005.540.525.00
2220Zozulia AnnaBEL23585.539.527.50
2329Nafri KhalilMAR21925.536.022.75
35Tagelsir AbubakerSUD21255.536.022.75
2528Choukri AdelMAR22115.535.025.25
2633Daoudi KamalMAR21355.534.024.00
2736Boydia SidiMTN20975.533.023.25
2895Mounib AbdelazizMAR05.532.522.75
2945Rian SaadMAR20225.532.522.00
3023Bouaziz SlimTUN23065.532.521.50
3130Ouakhir MehdiMAR21745.530.021.75
3225Mohannad FarhanJOR22445.036.523.00
3327Bouflija hediTUN22205.035.521.00
3417Onkoud AbdelazizMAR23685.035.023.00
32Kasparova TatianaBLR21375.035.023.00
3643Hemam Moulaye BrahimMTN20415.034.022.00
3756Akhrof LissandineMAR05.033.022.00
3834Benaino SamirMAR21315.033.019.75
3940Taher RamiLBA20835.032.519.00
4037Benaddi MouhcineMAR20945.032.517.00
106 players

17) 136th MGU Open 2015

The 136th MGU Open took place 14th-15th February 2015.

136th MGU Open 2015 Sofia BUL Sat 14th Feb 2015 - Sun 15th Feb 2015
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPts
12Krastev GoranBUL20724.5
21Orev PetarBUL21154.5
33Metev MartinBUL20044.0
411Green MoriaBUL16894.0
57Stoyanov StefanBUL18323.5
68Koleva AleksandrinaBUL18073.5
717Galyov YanislavBUL03.0
84Andreev DobrotichBUL19453.0
916Borisov IvanBUL03.0
109Tsyntsarski Boyko Dr.BUL17372.5
116Punchev IvanBUL18402.5
1210Iliev AlexandarBUL17352.0
1318Stathopoulos FotiosGRE02.0
1413Grabcheva NataliaBUL15452.0
1512Georgiev NikolayBUL16062.0
1614Tenev BogdanBUL13322.0
175Mladenov AndreyBUL18431.0
1815Shumantov AleksandarBUL00.0
18 players

18) 18th Lienz Open 2015

The 18th Lienz Open took place 7th to 14th February 2015. Alexander Nosenko edged out Roland Loetscher on tie-break after both finished on 7/9.

18th Lienz Open 2015 Lienz AUT Sat 7th Feb 2015 - Sat 14th Feb 2015
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Nosenko AlexanderUKR25257.040.551.539.50
27Loetscher RolandSUI24367.040.551.539.25
32Rozentalis EduardasLTU25596.541.051.535.25
43Indjic AleksandarSRB25466.540.552.036.25
510Drazic SinisaSRB24136.540.551.035.00
69Pulvett DanielVEN24266.538.549.534.25
78Sundararajan KidambiIND24316.535.546.031.75
81Korneev OlegESP25976.040.551.532.00
914Singer ChristophGER23536.039.050.029.50
105 Prasanna. V VishnuIND24636.037.548.529.75
1113Mazi LeonSLO23596.037.047.028.50
126Venkatesh M.R.IND24606.034.544.528.00
1316Mesaros FlorianAUT23235.541.051.529.25
1411Sriram JhaIND24135.538.548.526.50
1517Menezes ChristophAUT22915.538.049.026.75
1643Giese TilmanGER20605.532.542.523.00
1718Bubalovic DavorinCRO22695.532.041.521.25
1812Sequera Paolini JoseVEN24135.038.048.524.00
1915Koepke ChristianGER23325.035.046.021.75
2033Unterreiner ManuelAUT21055.035.045.022.50
2131Piotraschke Jens. Dr.GER21295.035.042.020.25
2225Frank EmanuelAUT21835.034.545.022.75
2323Fuchs GeorgAUT21915.034.044.021.50
2420Rieger RobertAUT22365.034.043.521.25
2540Thoma Wilhelm Jun.AUT20715.033.044.021.50
2629Lipp AlfredAUT21395.032.541.521.00
2722Gruber MichaelAUT21945.032.041.520.50
2828Zoernpfenning SiegfriedAUT21645.031.541.018.25
2930Mueller MarcusGER21345.031.039.518.50
3027Higatsberger Michael DDr.AUT21645.029.038.020.25
3132Rohringer GeorgAUT21285.026.033.519.25
3219Haessler WolfgangGER22564.532.543.018.75
3321Borsos BogdanUKR22194.532.043.019.50
3424Arztmann WolfgangAUT21894.531.039.518.25
3534Vergeiner FranzAUT21054.530.538.016.25
3626Poenisch EckehardGER21774.529.539.516.00
3755Horvath DominikAUT19624.527.534.013.50
3839Hafner RobertAUT20754.526.035.515.50
3945Diotallevi MaurizioITA20164.033.043.017.00
4038Tegzes LaszloHUN20804.032.543.017.50
72 players

19) Aarhus Chess House GM 2015

The Aarhus Chess House GM took place 7th to 15th February 2015. Alexander Donchenko won with 7/9. Jens Ove Fries-Nielsen won the IM Group with 7.5/9.

Aarhus Chess House GM Aarhus DEN Sat 7th Feb 2015 - Sun 15th Feb 2015. Category: 9. Ave: (2456)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Donchenko, Alexander IM GER 2552 # 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 7 2665
2 Carlstedt, Jonathan IM GER 2444 1 # = 1 = = = = 1 1 6.5 2623
3 Kasparov, Sergey GM BLR 2485 = = # 0 = 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2533
4 Svane, Rasmus IM GER 2512 0 0 1 # = 1 = 1 = 1 5.5 2530
5 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw GM POL 2430 0 = = = # 1 = = = 1 5 2502
6 Trent, Lawrence IM ENG 2470 = = 0 0 0 # = 1 1 1 4.5 2455
7 Kristiansen, Jens GM DEN 2411 0 = = = = = # = = = 4 2418
8 Teplyi, Igor IM DEN 2389 0 = = 0 = 0 = # 1 0 3 2339
9 Skytte, Rasmus IM DEN 2428 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 # = 2 2239
10 Hagen, Andreas Skytte IM DEN 2440 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = # 2 2238
Aarhus Chess House IM Aarhus DEN Sat 7th Feb 2015 - Sun 15th Feb 2015. Category: 4. Ave: (2329)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove IM DEN 2433 # = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2591
2 Meskovs, Nikita IM LAT 2454 = # 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 5.5 2396
3 Petersen, Tom Petri FM DEN 2359 = 1 # = 0 0 = = 1 1 5 2369
4 Percivaldi, Martin FM DEN 2337 0 1 = # 1 = = = 0 1 5 2372
5 Baekgaard, Martin FM DEN 2314 0 1 1 0 # 1 = 0 0 1 4.5 2331
6 Ahlander, Bjorn IM SWE 2389 0 0 1 = 0 # = 1 1 = 4.5 2323
7 Frisk, Ellinor WIM SWE 2262 = 0 = = = = # = = 0 3.5 2257
8 Olsarova, Karolina WIM CZE 2255 0 0 = = 1 0 = # 1 0 3.5 2258
9 Schou-Moldt, Thomas DEN 2195 0 0 0 1 1 0 = 0 # 1 3.5 2264
10 Bank, Pelle DEN 2296 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 0 # 2.5 2167

20) CJKS-Prime Distributions GM 2015

The CJKS-Prime Distributions GM took place 5th to 13th February 2015.

CJKS-Prime GM 2015 Chittagong BAN Thu 5th Feb 2015 - Fri 13th Feb 2015
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
16Abdulla Al-RakibBAN25226.00.5424.75
25Vahidov TairUZB24356.00.5324.50
32Murshed NiazBAN24635.51.0423.00
43Minhazuddin AhmedBAN24385.50.0422.00
58Palit SomakIND24055.00.0319.50
61Akshat KhampariaIND24154.01.0319.00
74Ahmed Sk. NasirBAN23274.01.0316.50
810Abu Sufian ShakilBAN23524.01.0216.00
99Toma KatarzynaPOL23043.00.0114.25
107Islam Kh. AminulBAN23092.00.017.00
10 players
CJKS-Prime GM 2015 Chittagong BAN Thu 5th Feb 2015 - Fri 13th Feb 2015. Category: 6. Ave: (2397)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Abdulla, Al-Rakib GM BAN 2522 # = 1 = = 0 1 = 1 1 6 2508
2 Vahidov, Tair GM UZB 2435 = # = = = 1 = 1 = 1 6 2518
3 Murshed, Niaz GM BAN 2463 0 = # 1 1 1 0 = = 1 5.5 2470
4 Minhazuddin, Ahmed IM BAN 2438 = = 0 # 1 0 1 = 1 1 5.5 2472
5 Palit, Somak IM IND 2405 = = 0 0 # = 1 1 = 1 5 2439
6 Akshat, Khamparia IM IND 2415 1 0 0 1 = # 1 0 0 = 4 2352
7 Ahmed, Sk. Nasir FM BAN 2327 0 = 1 0 0 0 # 1 1 = 4 2362
8 Abu Sufian, Shakil IM BAN 2352 = 0 = = 0 1 0 # = 1 4 2359
9 Toma, Katarzyna WGM POL 2304 0 = = 0 = 1 0 = # 0 3 2282
10 Islam, Kh. Aminul FM BAN 2309 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 1 # 2 2187

21) DFEM 2015

The German Women's Championship took place 6th to 14th February 2015. Zoya Schleining edged out Marta Michna on tie-break after both scored 8/9.

DFEM 2015 Bad Wiessee GER Fri 6th Feb 2015 - Sat 14th Feb 2015
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg+-=PtsTB1TB2
1Schleining, ZoyaWGMGER23617028.023.02189
2Michna, MartaWGMGER23627028.023.02166
3Straub, NataliaWGMGER21905226.017.02138
4Fuchs, JudithWIMGER22994146.016.02175
5Barpiyeva, GulsanaWFMKAZ20895315.516.02088
6Levushkina, ElenaWGMGER23144235.515.02173
7Frey, AlisaWFMGER21044235.515.02095
8Weclawski, DorotaWFMGER20295405.015.02141
9Winterholler, ChriGER20595405.015.02111
10Vidonyak, NellyaWIMGER21574325.014.02099
11Ries, JuttaGER19814414.513.02113
12Roos, KseniyaWIMGER22304414.513.02095
13Kopylov, LubaWIMGER21674414.513.02057
14Horstmann, AstridGER19494414.513.01918
15Dirmeier, CarolinGER20483334.512.02003
16Jussupow, NadiaWFMGER21222254.511.02047
17Zahn, AlinaGER20903424.011.02042
18Schmidt, JadeWFMGER20893424.011.01977
19Freter, AnkeGER18993424.011.01895
20Skogvall, MartinaWFMGER20463513.510.01984
21Haehnel, AndreaGER16163513.510.01972
22Kohls, VeraGER18000273.57.01897
23Morosova, SvetlanaGER16751532.56.01899
24Noll, SonjaGER18331622.05.01901
25Hoose, HanneloreGER17131622.05.01876
26Orschiedt-EghbaliGER16710631.53.01839
26 players

22) First Saturday February 2015

First Saturday February takes place 7th to 17th February.

FSGM February 2015 Budapest HUN Sat 7th Feb 2015 - Tue 17th Feb 2015
Leading Round 9 (of 10) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
11Kosic DraganMNE24825.523.000.0
23Varga ZoltanHUN24675.522.750.0
36Lalic BogdanCRO24835.021.250.0
45Kantor GergelyHUN23904.016.750.0
52Englert FabianGER23053.517.250.0
64Kozak AdamHUN23333.516.000.0
6 players
FSIM February 2015 Budapest HUN Sat 7th Feb 2015 - Tue 17th Feb 2015
Leading Round 8 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
13Szeberenyi AdamHUN23036.022.000.0
24Jovanovic Dusan DSRB23965.517.500.0
36Skomorokhin RomanRUS23825.018.000.0
48Balint VilmosHUN22225.014.500.0
55Pesotskyi VitaliiUKR22394.014.000.0
67Lyell MarkENG22394.013.000.0
72Marjanovics AnnamariaHUN22324.012.500.0
810Havanecz BiankaHUN22283.512.750.0
91Vereb GaborHUN22042.511.000.0
109Krstulovic AlexHUN21230.51.750.0
10 players
FSFMA February 2015 Budapest HUN Sat 7th Feb 2015 - Tue 17th Feb 2015
Leading Round 9 (of 10) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
11Szalanczy EmilHUN22268.525.000.0
25Marta DominikHUN19748.024.000.0
34Czegledi Barna Jr.HUN20994.09.000.0
46Bensaid SimonFRA18713.06.000.0
53Juracsik JozsefHUN21372.58.000.0
62Marjanovics GyorgyHUN20031.02.500.0
6 players
FSFMB February 2015 Budapest HUN Sat 7th Feb 2015 - Tue 17th Feb 2015
Leading Round 8 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
11Oberfrank IstvanHUN17386.022.000.0
210Szlenka AttilaHUN17805.517.750.0
38Ongut Tamas GunesHUN17165.516.250.0
42Takacs Zsolt OttoHUN17535.016.500.0
59Hatala SandorHUN18395.015.750.0
66Steer JozsefHUN18374.013.750.0
75Geher KoppanyHUN14883.58.500.0
84Bacsi AndrasHUN17613.010.500.0
93Szurkos AndrasHUN17972.09.500.0
107Csontos DavidHUN15910.51.500.0
10 players
Hotel MEDOSZ Rapid 2015 Budapest HUN Fri 6th Feb 2015 - Fri 6th Feb 2015
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Lalic BogdanCRO25257.031.528.00.0
21Balog ImreHUN25725.532.024.00.0
34Gara TiciaHUN22905.528.022.00.0
48Zentai PeterHUN22465.030.520.00.0
524Karacsonyi GellertHUN17785.028.518.00.0
69Radnai AdamHUN22295.028.022.00.0
710Frink FerencHUN22175.027.017.00.0
811Koczo KristofHUN22124.526.017.00.0
916Terbe JuliannaHUN19954.030.021.00.0
1012Bohati TamasHUN21614.028.518.00.0
113Vajda SzidoniaHUN23454.027.019.00.0
1218Szalay Janos L.HUN19704.025.015.00.0
1326Pasztor Flora KatinkaHUN17514.024.513.00.0
1414Czibulka Zoltan Dr.HUN20484.024.017.00.0
1522Szurkos AndrasHUN18034.021.512.00.0
165Dory JenoHUN22723.530.017.00.0
1715Meixner FerencHUN20343.029.016.00.0
187Horvath AndrasHUN22713.027.516.00.0
1917Sike TamasHUN19883.024.010.00.0
2019Bognar AttilaHUN19283.022.511.00.0
2121Bacsi AndrasHUN18083.022.012.00.0
2223Todor SandorHUN17913.021.011.00.0
2331Pasztor DanielHUN15143.021.09.00.0
2428Szucs ZoltanHUN16433.018.08.00.0
2513Frink SzabolcsHUN21002.523.012.50.0
2620Ozsgyani SandorHUN18202.520.09.00.0
2729Vegvari FerencHUN15812.516.58.50.0
286Szalanczy EmilHUN22722.028.013.00.0
2927Berki Zsofi AnnaHUN17092.022.59.00.0
3033Katusak-Huzsvar RezsoneHUN02.018.58.00.0
3130Pasztor PeterHUN15622.018.07.00.0
3225Takacs Zsolt OttoHUN17531.519.05.00.0
3332Czipp JanosHUN14191.019.05.00.0
33 players

23) TCh-HUN 2014-15

The Hungarian Team Championship takes place 12th October to 26th April 2014. Round 6 8th Feb games to follow. Round 7 1st March

Round 7 1st March. Round 8 22nd March. Round 9 26th April.

TCh-HUN 2014-15 Hungary HUN Sun 12th Oct 2014 - Sun 26th Apr 2015
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeam12345678910Bpts
1Aquaprofit-NTSK 78.51098.5 1154
2ASE Paks 7.5 7.586.5111151.5
3HVSE-Infraplan 4.557.5 5.5 98.540
4MLTC5 784.5 5.57 37
5Budapesti Titanok3.5 4.545.5 7.5 10.535.5
6Penzugyor SE24.5 7.56.56 935.5
7Dunaharaszti MTK346.5 659.5 34
8ASS-Makoi SVSE3.55.5 6.54.5 77 34
9HUSI SC 135 2.55622.5
10Szigetszentmiklos113.5 1.53 616
10 players

24) TCh-CZE 2014-15

The Czech Extraleague takes place 1st November 2014 to 29th March 2015. In addition the 1st league Zapad and Vychod leagues also have games.

TCh-CZE Extraliga 2014-15 Prague CZE Sat 1st Nov 2014 - Sun 29th Mar 2015
Leading Round 8 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
11. SK Novoborsky*45672245.015.0
2Vystavistě Lysa nad Labem*55561839.010.0
3Rapid Pardubice*51835.59.5
4Labortech Ostrava4*4571738.011.0
5BSS Frydek-Mistek3*55561534.58.0
6Ancora Tatran Litovel3*63551233.57.5
7Zikuda Turnov34*4451232.55.0
8AD Mahrla Praha3332*1232.08.0
9Slavoj Ostrava - Poruba54*51032.58.0
10SK Karvina2333*322.03.0
11TZ Třinec½343*122.52.0
122222 SK Polabiny121233*017.03.0
12 players
TCh-CZE 1 Liga Zapad Prague CZE Sat 1st Nov 2014 - Sun 29th Mar 2015
Leading Round 8 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1Unichess A*5672145.517.5
2SK Joly Lysa nad Labem B*6663572143.015.5
3SK AD Jicin2*6541935.011.5
4SK Sokol Vysehrad½*551534.011.0
5TJ Praha-Pankrac2*3451030.08.0
6QCC Ceske Budějovice23*5451029.58.5
7TJ Slavia Hradec Kralove525*431028.57.5
81. Novoborsky SK B33434*4930.07.0
9TJ Spartak Vlasim454*4929.08.0
10TJ Bohemians Praha334*731.511.0
11Karlovarsky sachklub Tietz214*726.59.5
12Unichess B133*021.55.0
12 players
TCh-CZE 1 Liga Vychod Prague CZE Sat 1st Nov 2014 - Sun 29th Mar 2015
Leading Round 8 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SK Duras BVK „A“*6646662246.017.5
2Beskydska sachova skola z.s. „B“2*3551837.012.0
3SK Zlin „A“*451635.013.0
4SK Slavia Orlova „A“5*32631534.512.0
5SK Stare Město „A“*541336.012.0
6Slavia Kroměřiž „A“45*31333.511.0
7Agentura 64 Grygov „A“6*1234.511.0
8KVS EKODIVIZE Opava "A"23235*51231.09.0
9Sachovy klub Lokomotiva Brno. o.s. „A“43*51030.59.0
10TJ SO Chrudim2343*425.06.5
11Region Panda Rychnov nad Kněžnou23*324.07.0
12SK Duras BVK „B“25½*317.04.0
12 players

25) TCh-NOR League 2014

The Norwegian League takes place 31st October 2014 to 8th March 2015.

TCh-NOR Elite 2014-15 Norway NOR Fri 31st Oct 2014 - Sun 8th Mar 2015
Leading Round 8 (of 11) Standings:
RkNameRtgPtsTB1TB2
1 Valerenga239716.037.545.00
2 OSS242716.035.052.00
3 Asker237711.027.033.50
4 SK 1911227210.027.024.00
5 Tromso23299.023.525.00
6 Bergens22598.022.514.00
7 SOSS Selvaagbygg22727.021.016.50
8 Stavanger21376.023.019.00
9 Black Knights22515.020.011.50
10 Nordstrand22895.019.512.50
11 SK 9622272.015.05.00
12 Akademisk21831.017.01.00
12 teams

26) Dutch League 2014-15

The Dutch League takes place 27th September to 25th April 2014. Round 4 was on Round 4 13th December 2014. Round: 5 2015-02-07. Final 10 games from last week now available. Round: 6 2015-03-07.

Remaining fixtures: Round: 7 2015-03-21 Round: 8 2015-04-11 Round: 9 2015-04-25.

Dutch League 2014-15 Netherlands NED Sat 27th Sep 2014 - Sat 25th Apr 2015
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkName12345678910MptsBpts
1En Passant 6 76829
2Charlois Europoort 65 4 6 7728
3HMC Calder 4 5 726½
4BSG45 66726½
5Utrecht 4 6 625½
6Pathena Rotterdam 6 6 624½
7LSG 6426
8SISSA345 4 321½
9Voerendaal4 4 222½
10Groninger Combinatie3 4 4 020
10 teams

27) TCh-LTU 2015

The Lithuanian Team Championship takes place 24th January to 29th March 2015.

TCh-LTU 2015 Lithuania LTU Sat 24th Jan 2015 - Sun 29th Mar 2015
Leading Round 5 (of 7) Standings:
RkSNoTeamGms+-=TB1TB2TB3
11"Gigant Chess" (Panevėžys)5401918.069.0
27"Vilniaus fortas" (Vilnius)5311714.566.5
34AG Kaunas - EV5311713.573.5
42"Margiris 1" (Kaunas)5320616.075.0
53MRU (Vilnius)5320616.065.5
617"Milsa" (Kaunas)5212615.552.0
76VSK ..Bokstas" (Plungė)5212614.068.5
85VSSSM-"Chess United" (Vilnius)5320614.067.5
98SSK "Bokstas" (Klaipėda)5320614.067.5
1010"Sūduva" SV (Marijampolė)522159.572.0
1111"ZSM - Mantinga" (Marijampolė)5230412.555.0
129"Drakonas" (Siauliai)5122412.043.0
1313"Tomas" (Siauliai)5230411.564.5
1416VSF (Vilnius)5122410.556.0
1515"Margiris 2" (Kaunas)5230410.550.5
1612RSK (Rokiskis)513138.061.5
1714LASF5140210.057.0
1818"Sirvinta" (Vilkaviskis)504115.060.5
18 teams

28) 4NCL 2014-15

The 4NCL takes place 15th November 2014 to 4th May 2015.

4NCL 2014-15 Hinckley Island ENG Sat 15th Nov 2014 - Mon 4th May 2015
Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
RkName12345678Mpts
1Guildford 25-35-33½-4½4½-35½-2½6-210
2Blackthorne Russia3-54½-3½4½-26½-1½4½-3½5-310
3Barbican 4NCL 13-54-44½-3½6½-1½5½-2½5½-2½9
4White Rose 14½-3½3½-4½4-44-46-26½-1½8
5Wood Green HK3-4½2-4½3½-4½4-44½-34½-3½5
6South Wales Dragons2½-5½1½-6½1½-6½2-65-35-2½4
7The AD's3½-4½2½-5½1½-6½3-4½3-55-32
8Warwickshire Select 12-63-52½-5½3½-4½2½-53-50
1Guildford 14½-3½6-27½-½6½-1½7-16½-1½12
2Cheddleton 13½-4½4½-3½4½-3½6-25-36-210
3Oxford 13½-4½5-34½-3½3-55-34½-3½8
4Grantham Sharks 12-63½-4½3-56-25-36½-1½6
5Cambridge University 1½-7½2-63½-4½4½-3½4-45½-2½5
6e2e4.org.uk 11½-6½3-55-32-63½-4½4-43
7Barbican 4NCL 21-72-63-53-54-45-33
8Hackney 11½-6½3½-4½1½-6½2½-5½4-43-51
16 teams

29) 53rd TCh-DEN ExtraCon 2014-15

The 53rd TCh-DEN ExtraCon takes place 25th October 2014 to 8th March 2015.

53rd TCh-DEN Ex 2014-15 Copenhagen DEN Sat 25th Oct 2014 - Sun 8th Mar 2015
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamMptsBpts
1Skanderborg 11437½
2Bronshoj 11233½
3Nordkalotten829½
4Jetsmark 1829
5Hillerod728
6Nordre527½
7Aarhus/Skolerne624½
8SK 1968 1424½
9Obro 1224
10Esbjerg214
10 teams

30) TCh-CAT 2015

The Catalan League takes place 18th January to 22nd March 2015. Games take place every Saturday. News from Patricia Llaneza Vega.

TCh-CAT Gp2 2015 Barcelona ESP Sun 18th Jan 2015 - Sun 22nd Mar 2015
Leading Round 4 (of 7) Standings:
RkTeamPtsTB1
1BARBERA425
2SANT ANDREU25
3MOLLET327.5
4COLON SABADELL322.5
5ESCOLA ESCACS DE BCN223.5
6CERDANYOLA VALLES½14
7TERRASSA015
8SITGES07.5
8 players
TCh-CAT Gp1 2015 Barcelona ESP Sun 18th Jan 2015 - Sun 22nd Mar 2015
Leading Round 4 (of 7) Standings:
RkTeamPtsTB1
1BARCELONA UGA427.5
2SANT JOSEP BADALONA23.5
3TRES PEONS20.5
4FOMENT221.5
5PEONA I PEO18
6FIGUERES17.5
7CATALUNYA116
8MONTCADA115.5
8 players

31) TCh-AUT 2nd Bundesliga 2014-15

The Austrian 2nd Bundesliga takes place 3rd October 2014 to 19th April 2015.

TCh-AUT 2nd Mitte 2014-15 Austria AUT Fri 3rd Oct 2014 - Sun 19th Apr 2015
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SC MPÖ Maria Saal II*4551023.00
2Spg. Sauwald*3919.00
3Spg.Sparkasse Fürstenfeld/Hartberg2*444817.50
4SV Steyregg*3717.00
5RbEJ Gleisdorf½2*44615.00
6ASK St. Valentin*3515.00
7Schachfreunde Graz*5416.00
8Union Ansfelden3*3414.50
9SC Die Klagenfurter½33*3312.00
10Union Hartkirchen - Sektion Schach33*212.50
11Union Styria Graz122*211.00
12Strassenbahn Graz1221*07.50
12 players
TCh-AUT 2nd West 2014-15 Austria AUT Fri 3rd Oct 2014 - Sun 19th Apr 2015
Leading Round 8 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1Hohenems II*431127.00
2Rochade Rum*3333451028.00
3Dornbirn*21025.50
4Götzis3*4924.00
5Kufstein Wörgl3*352825.01
SIR Bernhard 23*3825.01
7Bregenz21*44823.02
8HAK/HAS Innsbruck2342*13823.00
Schwarzach33½*42823.00
10Sparkasse Neumarkt4352*2723.50
11Ranshofen2244*623.00
12Schwaz13*318.00
12 players
TCh-AUT 2nd Ost 2014-15 Austria AUT Fri 3rd Oct 2014 - Sun 19th Apr 2015
Leading Round 7 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SG Hietzing/Ottakring*443461329.00
2ASVÖ Pamhagen2*35541128.00
3SC Data Technology Pressbaum/E.3*441124.00
4Blackburne Nickelsdorf*5534925.50
5SK Austria21*45822.50
6ASVÖ Mattersburg1*343820.50
7Zwettl321*545721.50
8ASVOE VHS Poechlarn3*245520.50
9SC Donaustadt121*3516.50
10tschaturanga23224*318.00
11SK Advisory Invest Baden221323*214.50
12SV Stockerau0211*211.50
12 players

32) TCh-FIN 2014-15

The Finnish Team Championship takes place 27th September 2014 to 15th March 2015. Round: 7 2015-02-07 Round: 8 2015-02-08.

Remaining rounds: Round: 9 2015-03-13 Round: 10 2015-03-14 Round: 11 2015-03-15

TCh-FIN 2014-15 Finland FIN Sat 27th Sep 2014 - Sun 15th Mar 2015
Leading Round 8 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBptsTB2
1MatSK I, Espoo8602142712
2Aatos, Helsinki8611132815
3JyS, Jyvaskyla8611132413
4Tammer-Shakki, Tampere8521112612
5EtVaS, Vantaa843191820
6SalSK, Salo834171422
7OSS, Oulu835061518
8TuTS, Turku835061722
9HSK, Helsinki824261318
10VammSK, Sastamala825151824
11MatSK II, Espoo815241325
12Velhot, Porvoo806221426
12 teams

33) Active Team Events

A list of ongoing team events without an update this week.

Belgian Interclubs 2014-15

The Belgian Interclubs 2014-15 takes place 28th September 2014 to 29th Match 2015. Next Round: 9 2015-03-01.

Remaining rounds: Round: 10 2015-03-15 Round: 11 2015-03-22

TCh-BEL 2014-15 Belgium BEL Sun 28th Sep 2014 - Sun 29th Mar 2015
Leading Round 8 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeamMptsBpts
1Amay 116158
2KSK47-Eynatten 114156
3Wirtzfeld 113144
4KSK Rochade 112139
5Fontaine 110126
6KBSK 19137
7KGSRL 16124
8CRELEL 16119
9CREC 14110
10Borgerhout 13122
11Namur 12101
12Temse 1197
12 teams

Bundesliga 2014-15

The very strong German Schachbundesliga takes place Sat 18th Oct 2014 to Sun 12th Apr 2015.

Round: 7 2015-01-30 15:00 Round: 8 2015-01-31 13:00 Round: 9 2015-02-01 09:00 Round: 10 2015-02-21 13:00 Round: 11 2015-02-22 09:00 Round: 12 2015-03-14 13:00 Round: 13 2015-03-15 09:00 Round: 14 2015-04-11 13:00 Round: 15 2015-04-12 09:00

Bundesliga 2014-15 Germany GER Sat 18th Oct 2014 - Sun 12th Apr 2015
Leading Round 9 (of 15) Standings:
RkTeam12345678910111213141516MptsBpts
1OSG Baden-Baden 44.55-765.5---5.55-6-1748.5
2Werder Bremen4 --5644-4.55.54.5---6.51544
3SK Schwaebisch Hall3.5- -5-34-454.5--5.561240.5
4USV TU Dresden3-- 3---4.54.53.5645.5-6.51140.5
5SG Solingen-335 4--54.5--445-1137.5
6SK Turm Emsdetten12--4 54-454.5---51134.5
7SG Trier245--3 45--3-5.57-1038.5
8SV 1930 Hockenheim2.544--44 5.5--3.5-47-938.5
9SC Hansa Dortmund---3.53-32.5 4.54.5-45.5-6936.5
10SV Muelheim Nord-3.543.53.54--3.5 --676.5-841.5
11Hamburger SK-2.534.5-3--3.5- -5.53.57.56.5839.5
12SC Eppingen2.53.53.52-3.554.5--- 5-5-834.5
13SF Berlin 19033--44---422.53 6-7735.5
14SF Katernberg---2.54-2.542.514.5-2 -7630
15FC Bayern Muenchen2-2.5-3-11-1.50.53-- 6220.5
16SSC Rostock 07-1.521.5-3--2-1.5-112 015.5
16 teams

TCh-SWE Elitserien 2014-15

The Swedish Team Championship takes place 21st November 2014 to 22nd March 2015. No games available yet although a few have been broadcast live.

TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE Fri 21st Nov 2014 - Sun 22nd Mar 2015
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=
1Lunds ASK6501
2SK Team Viking5500
3SK Rockaden, Sthlm5500
4Limhamns SK6321
5Vasteraas SK5320
6Eksjo SK6240
7Farsta SK5131
8Kungstornet5140
9Solna SS5041
10Orgryte SK6060
10 teams

TCh-SVK 2014-15

The TCh-SVK takes place 25th October 2014 to 22nd March 2015. Rounds 5-6 were 17th-18th January 2015.

Remaining rounds: Round: 7 2015-02-21 09:00 Round: 8 2015-02-22 09:00 Round: 9 2015-03-20 17:00 Round: 10 2015-03-21 12:00 Round: 11 2015-03-22 08:00

TCh-SVK 2014-15 Slovakia SVK Sat 25th Oct 2014 - Sun 22nd Mar 2015
Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SKM Angelus Stara Lubovna*561833.00
2SK Dunajska Streda*5561832.50
3SK Slovan Bratislava A*851229.00
4TJ Slavia UPJS Kosice*561227.00
5SKS Dubnica n/V0*41021.00
6Liptovska sachova skola*356925.50
7SK Prakovce335*45723.50
8SK Strelec DNV33*45723.00
9SK Caissa Cadca½34*721.00
10TJ INBEST Dunajov33*7323.50
11SK Slovan Bratislava B22224*115.50
12SK Doprastav Bratislava431*113.50
12 players

TCh-GER 2014-15

In addition to the Bundesliga there are other regional leagues. I will eventually round up some interesting material from these events.

Fraubundesliga 2014-15

The German Fraubundesliga takes place 27th September 2014 to 19th April 2015. Next Round: 5 2014-12-14 Round: 6 2015-01-24. More games now available.

Round: 5 2014-12-14 Round: 6 2015-01-24 Round: 7 2015-01-25 Round: 8 2015-03-28 Round: 9 2015-03-29 Round: 10 2015-04-18 Round: 11 2015-04-19

Fraubundesliga 2014-15 Germany GER Sat 27th Sep 2014 - Sun 19th Apr 2015
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112MptsBpts
1OSG Baden-Badenxxx541023½
2SK Schwaebisch Hallxxx4441021
3USV VB Halle2xxx346719½
4SK Grosslehna3xxx355618½
5Bad Koenigshofenxxx464616½
6Hamburger SK22xxx5616
7SF Deizisau10xxx½5411
8SF Friedberg2231xxx6314
9Rodewischer SM2xxx3313
10SG Leipzig½011xxx42
11SK Lehrte½203xxx18
12Allianz Leipzig½12xxx0
12 teams

TCh-AUT 2014-15

The Austrian Team Championship takes place 20th November 2014 to 21st March 2015. First four rounds 20th to 24th November 2014.

Remaining rounds: Round: 5 2015-02-26 15:00 Round: 6 2015-02-27 13:00 Round: 7 2015-02-28 13:00 Round: 8 2015-03-01 09:00 Round: 9 2015-03-19 15:00 Round: 10 2015-03-20 13:00 Round: 11 2015-03-21 11:00

TCh-AUT 2014-15 Austria AUT Thu 20th Nov 2014 - Sat 21st Mar 2015
Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1Sparkasse Jenbach*5820.50
2SV Jacques Lemans St. Veit*34714.00
3SK Hohenems*445615.50
4SIR Royal Salzburg½*44612.00
5Schachclub MPÖ Maria Saal2*36514.50
6ASVÖ Wulkaprodersdorf23*3412.50
7SK Absam*1411.50
8SV Raika Rapid Feffernitz35*312.00
9Spk. Grieskirchen/Schallerbach3*2311.00
10SV Wolfsberg½24*29.00
11Mayrhofen/SK Zell/Zillertal22*08.00
12ASVÖ Pamhagen110*03.50
12 teams

TCh-ISL 2014-15

The first half of the Icelandic championships took place starting 2nd October. Games should follow. The second half will be in March 2015. My thanks to Gunnar Bjornsson for the games.

TCh-ISL Div 1 2014-15 Reykjavik ISL Thu 2nd Oct 2014 - Sat 21st Mar 2015
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeam12345678910TB1TB2TB3
1Skakfelagd Huginn a-sveit*567728.580
2Taflfelag Reykjavikur3*5728.080
3Taflfelag Vestmannaeyja3*627.580
4Skakdeild Fjölnis*723.060
5Taflfelag Bolungarvikur2*521.560
5Skakfelagid Huginn b-sveit1*4618.050
7Skakfelag Akureyrar*518.040
8Vikingaklubburinn123*512.520
9Skakfelag Reykjanesbaejar1143*312.010
10Skakfelag Islands½½235*11.020
10 teams

34) Forthcoming Events and Links

Bunratty Chess Festival 2015

13th Nancy Blitz and Rapid 2015

March Lviv Tradition 2015

31st ChessOrg Schachfestival 2015

39th Blackpool Chess Conference 2015

Vladimir Petrov Memorial 2015

N1 Reykjavik Open 2015

Women's World Championship KO 2015

2nd Nazari Chess Festival 2015

Cork Congress 2015

ch-USA 2015

15th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2015

Russian Team Championship 2015

33rd Liechtenstein Open 2015

Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE Grand Prix 2015

29th Pula Open 2015

102nd British Chess Championships 2015

FIDE World Cup 2015

78th Tata Steel 2016

42nd World Chess Olympiad 2016

All material © Mark Crowther 2014