European Individual Chess Championship 2015

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The European Individual Chess Championship 2015 is held in Jerusalem (Israel), between 23 February and 8 March 2015. The main orginiser is the Israel Chess Federation.

The championship is organized in 11-round Swiss system, in accordance with FIDE Laws of Chess and the ECU Tournament Rules.

The rate of play will be 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.

Participants

No.			Name	FED	RtgI
1		GM	Navara David	CZE	2735
2		GM	Vitiugov Nikita	RUS	2735
3		GM	Eljanov Pavel	UKR	2727
4		GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	RUS	2714
5		GM	Bacrot Etienne	FRA	2711
6		GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	ESP	2706
7		GM	Matlakov Maxim	RUS	2695
8		GM	Moiseenko Alexander	UKR	2695
9		GM	Kryvoruchko Yuriy	UKR	2692
10		GM	Riazantsev Alexander	RUS	2688
11		GM	Korobov Anton	UKR	2687
12		GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	RUS	2684
13		GM	Cheparinov Ivan	BUL	2681
14		GM	Sjugirov Sanan	RUS	2678
15		GM	Alekseev Evgeny	RUS	2677
16		GM	Inarkiev Ernesto	RUS	2675
17		GM	Zhigalko Sergei	BLR	2675
18		GM	Melkumyan Hrant	ARM	2673
19		GM	Grachev Boris	RUS	2670

Full list

Schedule

Sunday-Monday	22-23 February	Arrival of participants
Monday	23 February at 20:00	Opening ceremony
Tuesday	24 February at 10:00	Technical Meeting
Tuesday	24 February at 15:00	1st round
Wednesday	25 February at 15:00	2nd round
Thursday	26 February at 15:00	3rd round
Friday	27 February at 11:00	4th round
Saturday	28 February	Rest day – A journey to the Dead Sea
Sunday	1 March at 15:00	5th round
Monday	2 March at 15:00	6th round
Tuesday	3 March at 15:00	7th round
Wednesday	4 March at 15:00	8th round
Thursday	5 March at 15:00	9th round
Friday	6 March at 11:00	10th round
Saturday	7 March	Rest day – Guided tour in Jerusalem
Sunday	8 March at 13:00	11th round
Sunday	8 March at 20:30	Closing Ceremony
Monday	9 March	Departure

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FIDE Grand Prix Tbilisi 2015: LIVE

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Tbilisi 2015

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Schedule

Date Event Start February 14 2015 Opening Ceremony 20-00 February 15 2015 Round 1 15-00 February 16 2015 Round 2 15-00 February 17 2015 Round 3 15-00 February 18 2015 Round 4 15-00 February 19 2015 Free Day February 20 2015 Round 5 15-00 February 21 2015 Round 6 15-00 February 22 2015 Round 7 15-00 February 23 2015 Round 8 15-00 February 24 2015 Free Day February 25 2015 Round 9 15-00 February 26 2015 Round 10 15-00 February 27 2015 Round 11 Closing Ceremony 13-00 20-00 Local Tbilisi time is GMT +4

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FIDE Grand Prix Tbilisi 2015: Grischuk-Mamedyarov LIVE with commentary

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Tbilisi 2015

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Today IM Tihomir Yanev provides LIVE commentary on the game between Grischuk and Mamedyarov from round 7 of FIDE Grand Prix Tbilisi 2015.

Schedule

Date Event Start February 14 2015 Opening Ceremony 20-00 February 15 2015 Round 1 15-00 February 16 2015 Round 2 15-00 February 17 2015 Round 3 15-00 February 18 2015 Round 4 15-00 February 19 2015 Free Day February 20 2015 Round 5 15-00 February 21 2015 Round 6 15-00 February 22 2015 Round 7 15-00 February 23 2015 Round 8 15-00 February 24 2015 Free Day February 25 2015 Round 9 15-00 February 26 2015 Round 10 15-00 February 27 2015 Round 11 Closing Ceremony 13-00 20-00 Local Tbilisi time is GMT +4

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Hikaru Nakamura - winner of Zurich Chess Challenge 2015

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Zurich Chess Challenge 2015 live at ChessBomb with computer analysis:
Classic | Blitz | Rapid | Kortchnoi-Uhlmann

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The winner of the tournament, Hikaru Nakamura, and Oleg Skvortsov // © Eteri Kublashvili


An Armageddon game decided the winner of this year's Zurich Chess Challenge.

Combined standings from classic and rapid

Rk	Name	ELO	Pts	SB
1	Anand, Viswanathan (IND)	2797	9	20.75
2	Nakamura, Hikaru (USA)	2776	9	18.5
3	Kramnik, Vladimir (RUS)	2783	8.5	20.25
4	Aronian, Levon (ARM)	2777	7	15.75
5	Karjakin, Sergey (RUS)	2760	6	16
6	Caruana, Fabiano (ITA)	2811	5.5	12.5

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Zurich Chess Challenge 2015 Rapid: LIVE

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Classic | Blitz | Rapid | Kortchnoi-Uhlmann

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Zurich Chess Challenge 2015 Classic: LIVE

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Classic | Blitz | Rapid | Kortchnoi-Uhlmann

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The Classic tournament of Zurich Chess Challenge 2015 is held between Saturday 14th February until Wednesday 18th February, every day at 15:00 CET.

Schedule

Fri, February 13:

19:00 Opening Ceremony & Blitz
(for official guests only, but live transmission via the Internet)

Sat, February 14:

15:00 Round 1

Sun, February 15:

11:00 Rapid Games Kortchnoi - Uhlmann, round 1+2
15:00 Round 2

Mon, February 16:

11:00 Rapid Games Kortchnoi - Uhlmann, round 3+4
15:00 Round 3

Tue, February 17:

15:00 Round 4

Wed, February 18:

15:00 Round 5

Thu, February 19:

13:00 Rapid Tournament
19:00 Closing Ceremony

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Zurich Chess Challenge 2015: Round 4 with GM commentary

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Classic | Blitz | Rapid | Kortchnoi-Uhlmann

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Round 4 game between Anand and Nakamura with commentary by GM Alexander Delchev.

Standings after round 4

#	Name	Pts	SB
1	Anand, Viswanathan	8	13.5
2	Nakamura, Hikaru	7	8
3	Kramnik, Vladimir	4	10.5
4	Caruana, Fabiano	3	7
	Aronian, Levon	3	5
	Karjakin, Sergey	3	5

Schedule

Fri, February 13:

19:00 Opening Ceremony & Blitz
(for official guests only, but live transmission via the Internet)

Sat, February 14:

15:00 Round 1

Sun, February 15:

11:00 Rapid Games Kortchnoi - Uhlmann, round 1+2
15:00 Round 2

Mon, February 16:

11:00 Rapid Games Kortchnoi - Uhlmann, round 3+4
15:00 Round 3

Tue, February 17:

15:00 Round 4

Wed, February 18:

15:00 Round 5

Thu, February 19:

13:00 Rapid Tournament
19:00 Closing Ceremony

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FIDE Grand Prix in Tbilisi

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Tbilisi 2015

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The third stage of the FIDE Grand Prix series 2014-2015 was officially inaugurated in the presence of the players, FIDE CEO Geoffrey Borg, President of the Georgian Chess Federation Giorgi Giorgadze, Chairman of the Appeals Committee Nona Gaprindashvili and Chief Arbiter Faik Gasanov.

The Grand Prix is taking place in Tbilisi (Georgia) from the 14th until 27th of February 2015. The organizers of the tournament are the Georgian Chess Federation, the Ministry of Sport and Youth of Georgia and Tbilisi City Hall. SOCAR Energy Georgia is the general sponsor of the event.

Chief Arbiter announced the round one pairings as follows:

L.Dominguez – T.Radjabov
P.Svidler – A.Giri
M.Vachier-Lagrave – S.Mamedyarov
R.Kasimdzhanov – A.Grischuk
D.Andreikin – D.Jakovenko
E.Tomashevsky – B.Jobava

Players

FIDE ID Name Title Fed. Birth Y. Rating 4126025 Grischuk, Alexander GM RUS 1983 2810 24116068 Giri, Anish GM NED 1994 2797 623539 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime GM FRA 1990 2775 13401319 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar GM AZE 1985 2759 4102142 Svidler, Peter GM RUS 1976 2739 4158814 Andreikin, Dmitry GM RUS 1990 2737 4122356 Jakovenko, Dmitry GM RUS 1983 2733 13400924 Radjabov, Teimour GM AZE 1987 2731 3503240 Dominguez Perez, Leinier GM CUB 1983 2726 4147235 Tomashevsky, Evgeny GM RUS 1987 2716 14200244 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam GM UZB 1979 2705 13601520 Jobava, Baadur GM GEO 1983 2696

Schedule

Date Event Start February 14 2015 Opening Ceremony 20-00 February 15 2015 Round 1 15-00 February 16 2015 Round 2 15-00 February 17 2015 Round 3 15-00 February 18 2015 Round 4 15-00 February 19 2015 Free Day February 20 2015 Round 5 15-00 February 21 2015 Round 6 15-00 February 22 2015 Round 7 15-00 February 23 2015 Round 8 15-00 February 24 2015 Free Day February 25 2015 Round 9 15-00 February 26 2015 Round 10 15-00 February 27 2015 Round 11 Closing Ceremony 13-00 20-00 Local Tbilisi time is GMT +4

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Zurich Chess Challenge 2015 starts with blitz

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Classic | Blitz | Rapid | Kortchnoi-Uhlmann

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The Blitz tournament of Zurich Chess Challenge 2015 starts tonight, Friday 13th February, after the official opening ceremony, at 19:30 CET.

Schedule

Fri, February 13:

19:00 Opening Ceremony & Blitz
(for official guests only, but live transmission via the Internet)

Sat, February 14:

15:00 Round 1

Sun, February 15:

11:00 Rapid Games Kortchnoi - Uhlmann, round 1+2
15:00 Round 2

Mon, February 16:

11:00 Rapid Games Kortchnoi - Uhlmann, round 3+4
15:00 Round 3

Tue, February 17:

15:00 Round 4

Wed, February 18:

15:00 Round 5

Thu, February 19:

13:00 Rapid Tournament
19:00 Closing Ceremony

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Zurich Chess Challenge 2015

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Classic | Blitz | Rapid | Kortchnoi-Uhlmann

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This year's Zurich Chess Challenge will take place between 13th and 19th February 2015. Together with the six players of the leading elite, there will join in a group of legendary personalities from the world of chess at the 4th edition of the "Zurich Chess Challenge 2015".

The GM's Nigel Short, Jan Rogers, Gennadi Sosonko and Ljubomir Ljubojevic will support GM Yannick Pelletier and IM Werner Hug as guest commentators in the worldwide live broadcast at www.zurich-cc.com/games.html.

The supporting programme features Sergej Karjakin who will be playing a simultaneous exhibition against representatives of the sponsors at the "Zunfthaus zur Saffran" on February 12th.

Furthermore, we are particularily looking forward to a Rapid Competition between the two famous chessplayers Viktor Kortchnoi and Wolfgang Uhlmann who both made a lasting impression on the chess scene at their height. They will celebrate their 84th and 80th birthday respectively in March 2015! This event will be held on February 15th (rounds 1 and 2) and February 16th( rounds 3 and 4), both days at 11am at the Hotel "Savoy Baur en Ville" and preceded by a short overview about the bygone chess history by the president of the "Emanuel Lasker Gesellschaft", Paul Werner Wagner (Homepage Emanuel Lasker Gesellschaft).

History

The Zurich Chess Challenge is one of the major recurring international chess tournaments. It takes place in Zurich, Switzerland.

Schachgesellschaft Zürich has a long history dating back to 1809...
Zurich Chess Challenge - 205 years of chess history

You can see games from previous editions of Zurich Chess Challenge with computer analysis at ChessBomb:
Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 (won by GM Magnus Carlsen)
Zurich Chess Challenge 2013 (won by GM Fabiano Caruana)

Players 2015

Vladimir Kramnik

Born 1975 in Tuapse/Russia;
Grandmaster 1992;
peak Elo rating: 2811;
actual Elo rating (as of 02-10-2010): 2783 and #8 on the current World ranking list.

World Champion 2000-2007

Hikaru Nakamura

Born 1987 in Hirakata, Japan;
Grandmaster 2003;
peak Elo rating: 2789;
actual Elo rating (as of 02-10-2015): 2776 and #10 on the current World ranking list.

US Champion: 2005, 2009, 2012
World Team Chess Championship: Individual Gold Medal for board 1, 2010

Viswanathan Anand

Born 1969 in Chennai/India;
Grandmaster 1988;
peak Elo rating: 2817
actual Elo rating: 2797 (as of 02-10-2015) and #6 on the current World ranking list.

World Champion 2007-2013

World Champion (FIDE) 2000-2002

FIDE World Rapid Chess Champion 2003

Fabiano Caruana

Born 1992 in Miami/Florida;
Grandmaster 2007 (youngest ever American to become a Grandmaster);
peak Elo rating: 2836
actual Elo rating (as of 02-10-2015): 2811 and #2 on the current World ranking list.

Italian Champion 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011

Levon Aronian

Born 1982 in Yerevan, Armenia;
Grandmaster 2000;
peak Elo rating: 2830;
actual Elo rating (as of 02-10-2015): 2777 and #9 on the current World ranking list.

World Junior Champion: 2002
Chess Olympiad Gold Medal: 2006, 2008, 2010
World Team Chess Chamionship Gold Medal: 2011
Armenian Champion: 2002

Sergey Karjakin

Born 1990 in Simferopol/Ukraine;
Grandmaster 2002;
peak Elo rating: 2788
actual Elo rating (as of 02-10-2015): 2760 and #12 on the current World ranking list.

Schedule

Fri, February 13:

19:00 Opening Ceremony & Blitz
(for official guests only, but live transmission via the Internet)

Sat, February 14:

15:00 Round 1

Sun, February 15:

11:00 Rapid Games Kortchnoi - Uhlmann, round 1+2
15:00 Round 2

Mon, February 16:

11:00 Rapid Games Kortchnoi - Uhlmann, round 3+4
15:00 Round 3

Tue, February 17:

15:00 Round 4

Wed, February 18:

15:00 Round 5

Thu, February 19:

13:00 Rapid Tournament
19:00 Closing Ceremony

More info

Official page
Jubilee webpage
Wikipedia

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GRENKE 2015: Tie-Breaks for the first place between Carlsen and Naiditsch

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Tie-breaks: ARMAGEDON


Tie-breaks: Round 4


Tie-breaks: Round 3


Tie-breaks: Round 2


Tie-breaks: Round 1

Final Standings

#	Name	Pts	SB
1	Naiditsch, Arkadij	4.5	14.75
	Carlsen, Magnus	4.5	13.5
3	Caruana, Fabiano	4	13.75
	Adams, Michael	4	11.75
5	Bacrot, Etienne	3.5	12.25
	Aronian, Levon	3.5	11.5
7	Anand, Viswanathan	2.5	7.5
8	Baramidze, David	1.5	5.5

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Grenke Chess Classic 2015: decisive final round

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Magnus Carlsen and Arkadij Naiditsch - final round to decide the winner.

Standings after round 6

#	Name	Pts	SB
1	Naiditsch, Arkadij	4	11
	Carlsen, Magnus	4	9.75
3	Caruana, Fabiano	3.5	11.25
4	Bacrot, Etienne	3	8.5
	Aronian, Levon	3	8
	Adams, Michael	3	7.75
7	Anand, Viswanathan	2.5	6.25
8	Baramidze, David	1	3

Official website

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GRENKE Chess Classic: Round 6

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Today's top game is between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana.

Standings after round 5

#	Name	Pts	SB
1	Naiditsch, Arkadij	3.5	8
	Carlsen, Magnus	3.5	6.25
3	Caruana, Fabiano	3	7.5
4	Adams, Michael	2.5	5.5
	Bacrot, Etienne	2.5	5.25
	Aronian, Levon	2.5	5
7	Anand, Viswanathan	1.5	4.5
8	Baramidze, David	1	2.5

Naiditsch has real chance of winning

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GRENKE Chess Classic 2015: Round 5

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GRENKE Chess Classic - round 4: Anand - Carlsen

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Today's top game is between Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand -- with live commentary br GM Alexander Delchev.

GRENKE Chess Classic 2015

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Today's top game is between Magnus Carlsen and Arkadij Naiditsch. Watch out this space -- our commentator GM Alexander Delchev will share his commentary on the game later today.

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