GM Veselin Topalov winner of Norway Chess 2015!

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Results

#	Name	Pts	SB
1	Topalov, Veselin	6.5	25
2	Anand, Viswanathan	6	24.75
	Nakamura, Hikaru	6	24.5
4	Giri, Anish	5.5	24.75
5	Caruana, Fabiano	4	17.75
	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	4	15.75
7	Grischuk, Alexander	3.5	14.5
	Carlsen, Magnus	3.5	14.25
9	Aronian, Levon	3	13
	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	3	11.75

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Ian Nepomniachtchi won both in Classic and Blitz at Aeroflot 2015

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Congratulations to Ian Nepomniachtchi for winning both the Classic and the Blitz tournament at Aeroflot Chess Open!

Results - Classic

#	Name	Pts	SB
1	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	7	36.5
2	Dubov, Daniil	7	34
3	Bukavshin, Ivan	6.5	28.5
4	Lu, Shanglei	6	31.5
5	Anton Guijarro, David	6	27
6	Khismatullin, Denis	6	27
7	Salem, A.R. Saleh	6	24.25
8	Jumabayev, Rinat	6	22.75
9	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	5.5	28.75
10	Khairullin, Ildar	5.5	28.5
11	Adhiban, B.	5.5	26.75
12	Korobov, Anton	5.5	26.5
13	Fedoseev, Vladimir	5.5	24.75
14	Matlakov, Maxim	5.5	24.5
15	Sethuraman, S.P.	5.5	24.5
16	Idani, Pouya	5.5	23.25
17	Grigoriants, Sergey	5.5	20.5

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Results - Blitz

No.	Title	Name	Fed.	FIDE	Total
1	GM	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	RUS	B 2798	14.5
2	GM	Lu, Shanglei	CHN	B 2707	13
3	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	B 2852	13
4	GM	Matlakov, Maxim	RUS	B 2709	13
5	GM	Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	B 2751	12.5
6	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo	VEN	B 2720	12.5
7	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	RUS	B 2678	12.5
8	GM	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	B 2754	12.5
9	GM	Andreikin, Dmitry	RUS	B 2716	12.5
10	GM	Mamedov, Rauf	AZE	B 2767	12.5
11	GM	Motylev, Alexander	RUS	B 2602	12.5
12	GM	Sjugirov, Sanan	RUS	B 2588	12.5
13	IM	Bogdanovich, Stanislav	UKR	B 2786	12
14	GM	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	B 2728	12
15	IM	Bortnyk, Olexandr	UKR	B 2764	12
16	GM	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	RUS	B 2669	12
17	GM	Korobov, Anton	UKR	B 2742	11.5
18	GM	Kovalenko, Igor	LAT	B 2774	11.5
19	GM	Bukavshin, Ivan	RUS	B 2665	11.5
20	GM	Adhiban, B.	IND	B 2592	11.5

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Erwin L'ami winner of Reykjavik Chess Open 2015

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Congratulations to GM Erwin L'ami for winning Reykjavik Chess Open 2015!

Closing ceremony

Results

Rk.		Name	FED	RtgI	Pts.
1	GM	L'ami Erwin	NED	2605	8.5
2	GM	Eljanov Pavel	UKR	2727	8
3	GM	Libiszewski Fabien	FRA	2514	8
4	GM	Fier Alexandr	BRA	2601	7.5
5	GM	Naroditsky Daniel	USA	2633	7.5
6	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	AZE	2756	7.5
7	GM	Melkumyan Hrant	ARM	2676	7.5
8	GM	Hansen Eric	CAN	2566	7.5
9	GM	Hammer Jon Ludvig	NOR	2651	7.5
10	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	IND	2625	7.5
11	GM	Stefansson Hannes	ISL	2560	7.5
12	GM	Danielsen Henrik	ISL	2514	7.5
13	GM	Jussupow Artur	GER	2573	7.5
14	GM	Grandelius Nils	SWE	2603	7.5
15	GM	Gao Rui	CHN	2533	7
16	GM	Granda Zuniga Julio E	PER	2646	7
17	GM	Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn	ISL	2554	7
18	GM	Jones Gawain C B	ENG	2642	7
19	GM	Maze Sebastien	FRA	2564	7
20	IM	Norowitz Yaacov	USA	2422	7
21	GM	Grover Sahaj	IND	2519	7
22	GM	Idani Pouya	IRI	2496	7
23	WGM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	IRI	2357	7

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Tomashevsky wins Tbilisi Grand Prix 2015

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The FIDE Grand Prix that took part from 14-28th February in Tbilisi, Georgia, was officially closed with a nice ceremony at the historic Tbilisi Sakrebulo (City Council).

The speeches of the officials and guests were intertwined with wonderful songs of a local choir.

On the stage were Giorgi Giorgadze, President of the Georgian Chess Federation, Israel Gelfer, Vice President of FIDE, Davit Narmania, Mayor of Tbilisi, Levan Kipiani, Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, President of ECU, and Giorgi Alibegashvili, Chairman of the Tbilisi City Assembly, host of the evening.

The players were called on a stage as a group and were presented with gift boxes and local wine.

Mahir Mammadov, General Director of Socar Energy Georgia, the tournament sponsor, presented the winner Evgeny Tomashevsky with the cheque of 20,000 EUR.

The ceremony was followed with a photo session and reception for the guests.

Photo gallery


Photos by Goran Urosevic

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Hikaru Nakamura - winner of Zurich Chess Challenge 2015

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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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Alexander Grischuk won Tigran Petrosyan Memorial 2014

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The International TASHIR Chess Tournament in memory of Tigran Petrosian took place between November 3 and 11 at Novotel Moscow City. The tournament is dedicated the 9th World Chess Champion, who would have celebrated his 85 birthday this year.

Brilliant performance by Alexander Grischuk who went undefeated and won with 5.5/7!

Results

#	Name	Pts	SB
1	Grischuk, Alexander	5.5	16.5
2	Kramnik, Vladimir	4.5	13.75
3	Aronian, Levon	4	13
	Gelfand, Boris	4	11.5
5	Ding, Liren	3.5	12.25
6	Leko, Peter	2.5	8
7	Inarkiev, Ernesto	2	6
	Morozevich, Alexander	2	6

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Masters Final Bilbao 2014 - results

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Congratulations to Viswanathan Anand who won the Chess Masters Final 2014 with 11 points!

Results

#	Name	Pts	SB
1	Anand, Viswanathan	11	22.5
2	Aronian, Levon	10	29
3	Ponomariov, Ruslan	5	15.5
	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	5	15

Commentary

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Round 4

Anand, Viswanathan - Vallejo Pons, Francisco (1-0)

Ponomariov, Ruslan - Aronian, Levon (½-½)

Round 2

Aronian, Levon - Ponomariov, Ruslan (1-0)

Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Anand, Viswanathan (0-1)

Round 1

Anand, Viswanathan - Ponomariov, Ruslan (1-0)

Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Aronian, Levon (½-½)

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Carlsen holds all world chess titles!

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Previous Championships: Rapid 2013 | Blitz 2013 | Rapid 2012 | Blitz 2012

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After winning the Blitz Championship today after 21 rounds, Magnus Carlsen now holds all World Chess Champion titles - at Classic, Rapid and Blitz chess.

BLITZ - Final results

#	Fed	Full Name	Rtng	Pts
1	NOR	Carlsen Magnus	2881	17
2	RUS	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2730	16
3	USA	Hikaru Nakamura	2775	16
4	VIE	Le Quang Liem	2712	14
5	AZE	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2743	13.5
6	ARM	Levon Aronian	2815	13.5
7	IND	Anand Viswanathan	2785	13.5
8	AZE	Mamedov Rauf	2659	13.5
9	ARM	Sargissian Gabriel	2686	13
10	RUS	Alexander Morozevich	2731	13
11	RUS	Svidler Peter	2753	13
12	RUS	Yudin Sergei	2546	12.5
13	RUS	Dreev Aleksey	2667	12.5
14	IND	Harikrishna P.	2726	12.5
15	POL	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2715	12.5
16	UKR	Korobov Anton	2680	12.5
17	RUS	Alexander Grischuk	2792	12.5
18	VEN	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo	2653	12.5
19	FRA	Etienne Bacrot	2720	12.5
20	RUS	Nikita Vitiugov	2742	12.5
21	AZE	Radjabov Teimour	2724	12.5
22	RUS	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2695	12.5
23	RUS	Malakhov Vladimir	2694	12.5
24	VIE	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2621	12.5

Full standings

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Magnus Carlsen - Rapid Chess Champion!

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The FIDE World Rapid Championships 2014 took finished today and Magnus Carlsen is the World Rapid Chess Champion.

The World Blitz Championship starts tomorrow.

RAPID - Final results

#	FED	Name	Rating	Points
1	NOR	Carlsen Magnus	2881	11
2	ITA	Caruana Fabiano	2791	10.5
3	IND	Anand Viswanathan	2785	10.5
4	ARM	Levon Aronian	2815	10.5
5	RUS	Alexander Morozevich	2731	10.5
6	RUS	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2695	10
7	RUS	Karjakin Sergey	2771	10
8	RUS	Alexander Grischuk	2792	10
9	AZE	Radjabov Teimour	2724	10
10	RUS	Svidler Peter	2753	10
11	FRA	Etienne Bacrot	2720	10
12	CHN	Yangyi Yu	2675	9.5
13	AZE	Mamedov Rauf	2659	9.5
14	GEO	Jobava Baadur	2713	9
15	VIE	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2621	9
16	VEN	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo	2653	9
17	ARM	Movsesian Sergei	2672	9
18	AZE	Guseinov Gadir	2613	9
19	VIE	Le Quang Liem	2712	9
20	UKR	Efimenko Zahar	2648	9
21	CHN	Hao Wang	2729	9
22	UKR	Eljanov Pavel	2723	9
23	RUS	Antipov Mikhail Al.	2502	9

Full standings

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Karjakin won Norway Chess 2014

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Previous tournaments: 2013

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After a strong game today against Caruana, Karjakin won for a second time Norway Chess!

Final Results

#	Name	ELO	Pts
1	Karjakin, Sergey	2770	6
2	Carlsen, Magnus	2882	5.5
3	Grischuk, Alexander	2792	5
4	Caruana, Fabiano	2783	4.5
5	Topalov, Veselin	2772	4.5
6	Kramnik, Vladimir	2783	4
7	Svidler, Peter	2753	4
8	Giri, Anish	2746	4
9	Aronian, Levon	2815	4
10	Agdestein, Simen	2625	3.5

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International Chess Festival "OPEN IASI" - GM Axel Bachmann is the winner

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Organiser: Iasi Chess Association

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Iasi Open 2014

The first edition of the International Chess Festival "OPEN IASI" was held between 10th and 18th May 2014 in Iasi, Romania. The winner is GM Axel Bachmann with 8/9 points.

Final results

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	RtgI			Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	8	GM	Bachmann Axel	PAR	2589			8.0	45.0	57.5
2	1	GM	Lysyj Igor	RUS	2661			7.5	43.5	56.5
3	13	GM	Parligras Mircea-Emilian	ROU	2559			7.5	40.0	52.0
4	11	GM	Prohaszka Peter	HUN	2575			7.0	43.0	55.5
5	16	GM	Svetushkin Dmitry	MDA	2544			7.0	42.5	54.5
6	14	GM	Kovchan Alexander	UKR	2558			7.0	39.0	49.5
7	15	GM	Nevednichy Vladislav	ROU	2546			7.0	39.0	49.0
8	5	GM	Kovalenko Igor	LAT	2611			7.0	36.5	47.0
9	4	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	RUS	2647			6.5	44.5	56.5
10	12	GM	Kulaots Kaido	EST	2571			6.5	41.5	52.5
11	2	GM	L'ami Erwin	NED	2651			6.5	41.5	52.5
12	24	IM	Georgescu Tiberiu-Marian	ROU	2492			6.5	41.5	52.0
13	10	GM	Fier Alexandr	BRA	2575			6.5	41.0	52.0
14	22	IM	Ankit R. Rajpara	IND	2506			6.5	41.0	52.0
15	9	GM	Jianu Vlad-Cristian	ROU	2579			6.5	40.0	51.0
16	7	GM	Iordachescu Viorel	MDA	2594			6.5	39.5	50.5
17	23	IM	Ardelean George-Catalin	ROU	2496			6.5	39.0	50.0
18	26	IM	Pavlidis Antonios	GRE	2474			6.5	38.5	51.5
19	18	GM	Halkias Stelios	GRE	2530			6.5	37.5	48.0

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