Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine beat Pogonina of Russia with White pieces, in their second game match to take lead. 2 more games follow in the 4 game match.
Earlier the first game was drawn.
Author: Asim
Pogonina Muzychuk draw game 1
Muzychuk (2526) of Ukraine held Pogonina (2456) to a draw with the Black pieces in their first game of the 4 game match to decide the Women’s world chess champion.
Grzegorz Gajewski is Polish chess champion!
Grzegorz Gajewski won the LOTTO Polish Chess Championship with 6.5/9 points on account of his superior Tie break. Gajewski was the Second of India’s Viswanathan Anand in the 2014 World Championship match against Magnus Carlsen.
Gajewski wins, Klekowski draws
Entering into the final round, Untitled Maciej Klekowski (2434) was in sole lead with 6/9 points. Gajewski managed to defeat Michal Olszewski (2567) when the latter blundered in a good position. Meanwhile Klekowski could only salvage a draw against GM Duda 2597.
Top 5 Standings
| Rank | Seed No. | Name | Rating | Points | Median Buchholz |
| 1 | 1 | Gajewski Grzegorz | 2648 | 6.5 | 37.5 |
| 2 | 17 | Klekowski Maciej | 2434 | 6.5 | 36.5 |
| 3 | 9 | Tomczak Jacek | 2554 | 6 | 39 |
| 4 | 10 | Piorun Kacper | 2528 | 6 | 36.5 |
| 5 | 5 | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | 2597 | 5.5 | 36.5 |
All standings: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr166956.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&wi=821
Official website: http://imp2015.pl/tournaments/2/results
US Chess Championship 2015
The US Chess championship 2015 is taking place from April 1st to April 12th in St Louis, MO. Both the Open and Women’s sections will be played in 11 round robin format.
PLAYERS (open) ELØ 2644
| Hikaru Nakamura | 2798 |
| Wesley So | 2788 |
| Gata Kamsky | 2680 |
| Alex Onischuk | 2665 |
| Sam Shankland | 2661 |
| Ray Robson | 2656 |
| Daniel Naroditsky | 2640 |
| Var Akobian | 2622 |
| Timur Gareev | 2599 |
| Sam Sevian | 2548 |
| Kayden Troff | 2544 |
| Conrad Holt | 2525 |
PLAYERS (women) ELØ 2238
| GM Irina Krush | 2477 |
| IM Nazi Paikidze | 2333 |
| WGM Tatev Abrahamyan | 2322 |
| IM Rusudan Goletiani | 2311 |
| WGM Katerina Nemcova | 2279 |
| WGM Anna Sharevich | 2267 |
| FM Alisa Melekhina | 2235 |
| WGM Sabina Foisor | 2235 |
| WIM Viktorija Ni | 2188 |
| WFM Jennifer Yu | 2180 |
| NM Apurva Virkud | 2132 |
| WIM Annie Wang | 1901 |
SCHEDULE (Same for both)
| Round 1 | 1-Apr-2015 | 13:00 CDT | 18:00 GMT | 23:30 IST |
| Round 2 | 2-Apr-2015 | 13:00 CDT | 18:00 GMT | 23:30 IST |
| Round 3 | 3-Apr-2015 | 13:00 CDT | 18:00 GMT | 23:30 IST |
| Round 4 | 4-Apr-2015 | 13:00 CDT | 18:00 GMT | 23:30 IST |
| Round 5 | 5-Apr-2015 | 13:00 CDT | 18:00 GMT | 23:30 IST |
| Rest Day | 6-Apr-2015 | |||
| Round 6 | 7-Apr-2015 | 13:00 CDT | 18:00 GMT | 23:30 IST |
| Round 7 | 8-Apr-2015 | 13:00 CDT | 18:00 GMT | 23:30 IST |
| Round 8 | 9-Apr-2015 | 13:00 CDT | 18:00 GMT | 23:30 IST |
| Round 9 | 10-Apr-2015 | 13:00 CDT | 18:00 GMT | 23:30 IST |
| Round 10 | 11-Apr-2015 | 13:00 CDT | 18:00 GMT | 23:30 IST |
| Round 11 | 12-Apr-2015 | 13:00 CDT | 18:00 GMT | 23:30 IST |
| Playoff (if necessary) | 13-Apr-2015 | 13:00 CDT | 18:00 GMT | 23:30 IST |
The games will be broadcast live on Follow Chess app. Special thanks to Lennart Ootes.
Official website uschesschamps.com
Aeroflot Chess round 4 : Sasikiran held to draw, Vidit loses
Round 4 results of Aeroflot Open chesschess 2015
Sasikiran (2682) drew Kovalenko (2661)
Ian Nepomniachtchi (2714) beat Vidit (2625)
Adhiban beat compatriot Swayams with Black pieces
Stupak (2567) beat Ankit (2477)
Sethuraman (2623) drew Vallejo Pons (2708) & Vishnu (2477) drew Bok (2587)
Pogonina beats Cramling to draw match. Muzychuk drew Harika
Pogonina of Russia played an attacking game to beat Pia Cramling of Sweden and avenge her loss in the previous round of the World Women’s chess championship semifinal.
Harika could only manage a draw with White piecespieces against Mariya Muzychuk, inspite of being a pawn up in the Rook endgame.
Both set of players will play Rapid tie breaks tomorrow.
Aeroflot Chess round 3 : Sasikiran in sole lead
It was a good day for India at Chess.
India’s Krishnan Sasikiran beat Ponkratov Pavel (ELO 2613) of RussiaRussia to take sole lead after 3 rounds of Aeroflot Chess.
Adhiban (2646) missed some good winning chances and had to settle for a draw against Ian Nepomniatchichi (2714, RUS)
Swayams Mishra (2440) defeated higher rated Pavel Tregubov (2617)
Vidit (2625) drew Korobov (2694)
Sethuraman (2623) beat Can (2555)
Vishnu (2477) beat Jumabayev (2572)
World Women Chess semifinal : Cramling beats Pogonina, Muzychuk Harika draw!!
51 year old Pia Cramling of Sweden is on a roll! She beat Pogonina (RUS) in the first semi-final game!!
Harika held Muzychuk to a draw in another exciting game which seemed to sway either way.
Harika will have the benefit of the White pieces on Monday.
Fagernes International Chess 2015, Mar 29 – Apr 5, ELØ 2342, Norway
The Fagernes International Chess tournament starts today in Norway. Its a 9 round swiss with average ELO 2342.
Schedule
| 1 | 3/29/2015 | 17:00 CEST | 15:00 GMT | 20:30 IST |
| 2 | 3/30/2015 | 14:00 CEST | 12:00 GMT | 17:30 IST |
| 3 | 3/31/2015 | 9:00 CEST | 7:00 GMT | 12:30 IST |
| 4 | 3/31/2015 | 16:30 CEST | 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST |
| 5 | 4/1/2015 | 14:00 CEST | 12:00 GMT | 17:30 IST |
| 6 | 4/2/2015 | 14:00 CEST | 12:00 GMT | 17:30 IST |
| 7 | 4/3/2015 | 14:00 CEST | 12:00 GMT | 17:30 IST |
| 8 | 4/4/2015 | 13:00 CEST | 11:00 GMT | 16:30 IST |
| 9 | 4/5/2015 | 9:00 CEST | 7:00 GMT | 12:30 IST |
Top Players
| 1 | GM Jon Ludvig HAMMER | NOR | 2651 |
| 2 | GM Evgeny POSTNY | ISR | 2645 |
| 3 | GM Andrey VOVK | UKR | 2644 |
| 4 | GM Simen AGDESTEIN | NOR | 2620 |
| 5 | GM Evgeny ROMANOV | RUS | 2613 |
Official website : http://fagerneschess2015.blogspot.no/
The games will be broadcasted live on Follow Chess!
Aeroflot Chess : Sasikiran in joint lead after round 2
Sasikiran is in joint lead with full points at the end of round 2 of Aeroflot Chess being held in Russia. Vishy Anand’s Second, Sandipan Chanda lost his second game on the trot!
Round 2 results
Sasikiran (2) 2682 beat GM Potkin Vladimir 2605
Adhiban (1.5) drew Svetushkin Dmitry 2592
Vidit (1.5) drew GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2674
Sethuraman (1) beat Svane Rasmus 2509
Sandipan Chanda (0) lost to Idani Pouya 2496
Ankit Rajpara (0.5) lost to GM Khismatullin Denis 2650
Vishnu Prasanna (0.5) lost to GM Shimanov Aleksandr 2594
Swayams Mishra (1) drew GM Anton Guijarro David 2614
All Results : http://www.chess-results.com/tnr164197.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=2&wi=821