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M-Tel Masters
Sofia, Bulgaria
May 7-May 18
A 10 round double round robin featuring Veselin Topalov, Vassily Ivanchuk, Levon Aronian, Teimour Radjabov, Ivan Cheparinov and Bu Xiangzhi.
Sigeman & Co Tournament
Apr 22-30
Malmo, Sweden
Tiger Hillarp Persson wins with 7.5/9.
Baku Grand Prix
Azerbaijan
Apr 20-May 6
Vugar Gashimov, Wang Yue and Magnus Carlsen shared first place on 8/11.
European Individual Championship
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Apr 20-May 3
Sergei Tiviakov wins with 8.5/11.
European Individual Championship (Women)
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Apr 20-May 3
Kateryna Lahno won the women's event on 8.5/11.
Japfa Match
Jakarta, Indonesia
Apr 15-20
Wesley So defeats Susanto Megaranto in a 6 game match.
Japfa WGM Tournament
Jakarta, Indonesia
Apr 15-20
Li Ruofan won the this round robin featuring 6 of the world's strongest females.
Dos Hermanas XIV
Spain
Apr 18-20
Topalov won the final beating Francisco Vallejo Pons.
Russian Team Championship
Dagomys, Sochi
Apr 1-14
Ural-Ekaterininburg (Radjabov, Shirov, Kamsky, Grischuk, Malakhov, Akopian, Dreev, Motylev) wins with 37.5 points.
Gausdal Chess Classic
Norway
Apr 8-16
Kaidanov wins with 7/9.
Dubai Open
Dubai, UAE
Apr 6-15
Prodigy Wesley So won the cup with 7/9 points.
Ruy Lopez Chess Festival
Mérdia, Spain
Apr 4-13
Michael Adams wins with 5.5/7.
Dutch Championships
Hilversum, NL
Apr 2-13
Jan Smeets is the new Dutch Champion, by defeating Stellwagen in the last round and finishing with 7.5/11.
Heviz Tournament
Hungary
Mar 18-28
Balogh, Naiditsch, Nisipeanu, and Almasi tied with 5.5/10, and Csaba Balogh wins first place on a tiebreak.
Foxwoods Open
Connecticut, USA
Mar 19-22
Yury Shulman defeats Alexander Ivanov in an Armageddon playoff for the title.
Amber Tournament (Rapid)
Nice, France
Mar 14-28
Aronian wins handily with 8/11, a point and a half against 2nd place Ivanchuk.
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