Shamkir Chess 2015

Wesley So Leads In Shamkir After 4 Rounds

GM Wesley so beat GM Rauf Mamedov and GM Magnus Carlsen drew with GM Michael Adams. Official Website https://shamkirchess.az/

The tournament runs April 17 to 26.The rate of play will be 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes to finish the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move 61 onwards. 

source: www.Chess.com

Shamkir Chess 2015 | Round 4 Standings

#	Name	Rtg	Perf	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	Pts	SB
1	So	2788	3082			½			1	1			1	3.5/4
2	Carlsen	2863	2964				½				1	1	½	3.0/4
3	Kramnik	2783	2834	½			½		½				1	2.5/4
4	Anand	2791	2800		½	½		½		½				2.0/4	4.50
5	Vachier-Lagrave	2765	2752				½		½		½	½		2.0/4	3.25
6	Mamedov	2658	2692	0		½		½		½				1.5/4	3.00
7	Giri	2790	2660	0			½		½		½			1.5/4	2.50
8	Mamedyarov	2756	2717		0			½		½		½		1.5/4	2.50
9	Caruana	2802	2694		0			½			½		½	1.5/4	2.25
10	Adams	2745	2619	0	½	0						½		1.0/4

Women's World Championship 2015

The Women's World Championship takes place March 17-April 7 in Sochi, Russia. World Champion GM Hou Yifan is not defending her title; she takes part in the Hawaii Chess Festival instead.

The tournament, a 64-player knockout. Each round consists of two classical games and, if necessary, a playoff on the third day. The final match consists of four games.

Pairings (Round 3 Game 1)

White                                 Result                    Black                                   Match

Koneru, Humpy (IND)       *                            Galliamova, Alisa (RUS)     0-0
Sebag, Marie (FRA)           *                            Pogonina, Natalija (RUS)    0-0
Muzychuk, Anna (UKR)    *                            Javakhishvil,i Lela (GEO)   0-0
Arabidze, Meri (GEO)        *                           Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU)     0-0
Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS)*                         Harika, Dronavalli (IND)     0-0
Cramling, Pia (SWE)          *                           Gunina, Valentina (RUS)     0-0
Zhao, Xue (CHN)               *                            Khotenashvili, Bela (GEO)  0-0
Stefanova, Antoaneta (BUL)*                          Muzychuk, Mariya (UKR)   0-0

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Zurich Chess Challenge 2015

Anand and Nakamura in the lead at the Zurich

On Sunday GM Viswanathan Anand beat GM Levon Aronian and The games Kramnik-Nakamura and Karjakin-Caruana ended in draws. 

Round 2 Standings

	NAME	Rtg	POINTS	SB
01	Anand,Viswanathan	2797	3	1.00
02	Nakamura,Hikaru	2776	3	1.00
03	Kramnik,Vladimir	2783	2	1.50
04	Karjakin,Sergey	2760	2	0.50
05	Caruana,Fabiano	2811	1	0.50
06	Aronian,Levon	2777	1	0.50

About Zurich

The Zurich Chess Challenge is one of the major recurring international chess tournaments. It takes place in Zurich, Switzerland. 2014 winner GM Magnus Carlsen. Fabiano Caruana won the Zurich Chess Challenge 2013. 2012 ended in a 3:3 tie, between the numbers 2 and 3 of the World ranking, Levon Aronian (Armenia) and Vladimir Kramnik (Russia).  

source: www.zurich-cc.com , www.chess.com , en.wikipedia.org