The 14th International Chess Festival Prague Open 2015 is taking place on 9-16th January 2015 in Prague, the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. The event is organized by AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o. as a part of the Czech Tour 2014/2015 Series and will take place at the Olympik Hotel ****, Sokolovska 138, Praha 8. The tournament [...]
The match Anatoly Karpov vs. Ivan Morovic is taking place on 8-14th January 2015 in Chile. The Ex-World Champion is facing the best Chile player in a match of two classical and two rapid games. Official website
The 2015 Azerbaijan Chess Championship for men is taking place from 6-15th January. The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with 22 participants. There are 8 Grandmasters and 7 International Masters in the field. Top seed is GM Rauf Mamedov (2642). Official website
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The 13th Parsvnath International Chess Festival is taking place on 9-16th January 2015 in the Ludlow Castle Sports Complex, New Delhi, India. Open A is a 10-round Swiss tournament, open to all players rated 2000 and above. 179 players are vying for the first prize in the amount of 300,000 Rs. Top seed is Indian player GM Gupta Abhijeet. Official website/ [...]
The International Rapid Chess Tournament “Paul Keres Memorial” 2015 is taking place on 9-11th January 2015 at the Sokos Hotel Viru, in Tallinn, the capital and largest city of Estonia. The chess festival is held in two stages and in addition will be held the blitz tournament. The first stage is the preliminary event, which [...]
The 2015 Australian Open Chess Championship is taking place on 2-11th January 2015 at The Lyceum, in Castle Hill, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Open Section is an 11-round Swiss tournament with first prize in the amount of $6,000. Top seeded are Chinese players GM Hua Ni (2677) and GM Qun Ma (2615). Official website/ List of participants
The Arab Youth Chess Championship is taking place 4th-11th January 2015 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. A total of 100 players divided in open events of U20, U18, U16, U14, U12, U10, and U8 age categories. Organizers are the UAE Chess Federation and the Arab Chess Union. Official site of the competition is http://arabyouth2014.com/ Live games [...]
Live games with analysis
The 122nd New Zealand Chess Congress organizes the 2015 edition of New Zealand Open Chess Championship on 1-9th January 2015 in Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand. The event is a 10-round Swiss tournament with time control 90 minutes for first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with the addition of 30 [...]
