FIDE World Cup 201510 September - 5 October 2015Share
The FIDE World Cup in Baku was one of the strongest tournament in chess history and ended with the unbelievably dramatic and memorable final match between two Russian grandmasters - Sergey Karjakin and Peter Svidler. The former managed to reverse the negative trend after losing two games, win back in classic chess and outplay Svidler on tie-break.
Tournament format
knock-out
Time control
classic, rapid, blitz
Members
S. Karjakin, P. Svidler, V. Topalov, H. Nakamura, F. Caruana, A. Giri, Ding Liren, V. Kramnik, W. So, A. Grischuk, L. Aronian, E. Tomashevsky, D. Jakovenko, M. Vachier-Lagrave, M. Adams, B. Gelfand, S. Mamedyarov, T. Radjabov etc.
Commentators
GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko, GM Emil Sutovsky, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam
Russian Championship Superfinals 20158 - 20 August 2015Share
Evgeny Tomashevsky (7,5 out of 11) and Aleksandra Goriachkina (8 out of 11) became Russian champions-2015.
Tournament format
round-robin
Time control
90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game with increment of 30 seconds per move starting from the 1st
Members
I. Lysyj, D. Jakovenko, D. Khismatullin, S. Karjakin, E. Tomashevsky, P. Svidler, N. Vitiugov, V. Artemiev, A. Motylev, I. Bukavshin, I. Khairullin, D. Duvov.
V. Gunina, A. Goriachkina, E. Lagno, A. Kosteniuk, N. Pogonina, O. Girya, M. Guseva, A. Kashlinskaya, A. Savina, A. Bodnaruk, E. Kovalevskaya, E. Ovod
FIDE Grand Prix leg in Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 13 - 27 May 2015Share
The final FIDE Grand Prix 2014-15 leg determined two participants of the Candidate Tournament: Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura qualified.
Tournament format
round-robin
Time control
120 minutes for 40 moves, then 60 minutes for 20 moves and 15 minutes for the rest of the game with increment of 30 seconds per move starting from the 61st
Members
F. Caruana, H. Nakamura, D. Jakovenko, L. Dominguez, B. Gelfand, P. Svidler, A. Grischuk, A. Giri, S. Karjakin, E. Tomashevsky, B. Jobava, M. Vachier-Lagrave
Shamkir Chess 201516 - 27 April 2015Share
In the second edition of Vugar Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir the World Champion Magnus Carlsen again proved his supremacy having won the tournament a point clear of Vishy Anand.
Tournament format
round-robin
Time control
120'+60'+(15'+30'')
Members
M. Carlsen, F. Caruana, V. Anand, A. Giri, W. So, V. Kramnik, M. Vachier-Lagrave, M. Adams, S. Mamedyarov, R. Mamedov
FIDE Women's World Chess Championship 201516 March - 7 April 2015Share
In the final match of the Women's World Championship in Sochi Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine) defeated Natalija Pogonina (Russia) 2.5-1.5 and became the 15th Women's World Chess Champion.
Tournament format
knock-out
Time control
90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game with increment of 30 seconds per move starting from the 1st
Members
H. Koneru, A. Kosteniuk, A. Stefanova, V. Gunina, A. Muzychuk, M. Muzychuk, D. Harika, Ju Wenjun, Zhao Xue, A. Ushenina, N. Pogonina, P. Cramling and others
Commentators
GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko, GM Dorian Rogozenko and IM Elisabeth Paehtz
FIDE World Cup 2015
10 September - 5 October 2015
The FIDE World Cup in Baku was one of the strongest tournament in chess history and ended with the unbelievably dramatic and memorable final match between two Russian grandmasters - Sergey Karjakin and Peter Svidler. The former managed to reverse the negative trend after losing two games, win back in classic chess and outplay Svidler on tie-break. 
Russian Championship Superfinals 2015
8 - 20 August 2015
Evgeny Tomashevsky (7,5 out of 11) and Aleksandra Goriachkina (8 out of 11) became Russian champions-2015. 
FIDE Grand Prix leg in Khanty-Mansiysk 2015
13 - 27 May 2015
The final FIDE Grand Prix 2014-15 leg determined two participants of the Candidate Tournament: Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura qualified. 
Shamkir Chess 2015
16 - 27 April 2015
In the second edition of Vugar Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir the World Champion Magnus Carlsen again proved his supremacy having won the tournament a point clear of Vishy Anand. 
FIDE Women's World Chess Championship 2015
16 March - 7 April 2015
In the final match of the Women's World Championship in Sochi Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine) defeated Natalija Pogonina (Russia) 2.5-1.5 and became the 15th Women's World Chess Champion.