28/11/2015
FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship final in Rome On November 26th the final tournament of the 1st FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship was held in Rome, Italy. Eight preliminary tournaments were held before it, the winners of each of them and two specially invited players participated in the final tournament. More than 300 chess players from 39 countries took part in the preliminary tournaments. The Olympic Committee of Italy, the Italian Chess Federation, Premium Chess company and other sponsors played a significant role in the organization of the tournament. It was held in the prestigious sports club “Circolo Canottieri Aniene”. The President of the club is Mr. Giovanni Malago, President of the Italian National Olympic Committee. The FIDE World Online Women Blitz Champion is GM Harika Dronavalli.
Source: http://www.fide.com/
Harika Is World Online Blitz Champion
FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship final in Rome On November 26th the final tournament of the 1st FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship was held in Rome, Italy. Eight preliminary tournaments were held before it, the winners of each of them and two specially invited players participated in the final tournament. More than 300 chess players from 39 countries took part in the preliminary tournaments. The Olympic Committee of Italy, the Italian Chess Federation, Premium Chess company and other sponsors played a significant role in the organization of the tournament. It was held in the prestigious sports club “Circolo Canottieri Aniene”. The President of the club is Mr. Giovanni Malago, President of the Italian National Olympic Committee. The FIDE World Online Women Blitz Champion is GM Harika Dronavalli.
Source: http://www.fide.com/
53rd Indian Premier Chess Championship 2015
Karthikeyan Murali Is The New National Champion
Karthikeyan Murali of Chennai received the trophy and Rs.250,000 cash prize for his top class performance that also got him more than 20 Elo points. This 1999-born player from north Chennai becomes a young achiever and one of the youngest national champions. V Anand won in 1987 at Tumkur, B Adhiban won at Mumbai in 2009, G Akash won in Kolkata 2012 and now Karthikeyan Murali is winning this title at age 16 in Tiruvarur. Youngsters, particularly teenagers winning is a good sign for Indian chess.
Final placing
| 1 | Karthikeyan, Murali | 8.5 | 49.5 |
| 2 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | 8 | 51.5 |
| Sethuraman, S.P. | 8 | 50 | |
| 4 | Karthikeyan, P. | 7.5 | 45.75 |
| 5 | Das, Arghyadip | 7 | 43.5 |
| 6 | Shyam, Sundar M. | 6.5 | 40.75 |
| K., Praneeth Surya | 6.5 | 40 | |
| Rathnakaran, K. | 6.5 | 39.25 | |
| 9 | Kunte, Abhijit | 6 | 39.25 |
| Neelotpal, Das | 6 | 38.25 | |
| 11 | Sengupta, Deep | 5.5 | 33.75 |
| Swapnil, S. Dhopade | 5.5 | 33.75 | |
| 13 | Shyaamnikhil, P | 4.5 | 27.75 |
| 14 | Venkatesh, M.R. | 4 | 24 |
