Italy: The Trofeo Milano 2015 quarta tappa, played on the 9th of May in Milano, Italy, was won by Gionata Soletti 4k. Second place was for Andrea Failli 8k.
Slovakia: In the village of Liptovský Ján, Slovakia, two national championships took place from 5/6-5/10.
The 24th Slovak Championship was won by Maros Kral 4d, with Xaver Gubas 3d taking second place and Miroslav Poliak 1d ending third. Result table.
The Slovak Female Championship was won by Zuzana Kralikova 8k, with Viera Smolarikova 17k as second and Renata Truchanova 19k on third place. Result table.
Lithuania: The Vilniaus Taure 2015, played from 5/8-5/9 in Vilnius, Lithuania, was won by Andrius Petrauskas 3d. Second came Ernestas Romeika 2d and third was Vladas Zaleskas 2d. Result table.
Croatia: The 500th (!) Velika Gorica weekend tournament, played on the 9th of May in Velika Gorica, Croatia, was won by Matej Zakanj 4d. Second came Lovro Furjanic 2d and third was Zoran Mutabzija 2d.Result table.
Russia: In Russia several regional tournaments took place:
In Magadan, the Cup of the Magadan Region was played from 5/10-5/11. It was won by Vladimir Bal 7k, with Maria Ustjuzhina 6k in second place and third place going to Artem Tingajkin 11k. Result table.
In Novosibirsk, the Championship of the Siberian Federal District was played from 5/9-5/10. The tournament was won by Alexandr Vashurov 5d. Second came Stepan Trubicin 5d and third was Kirill Denisov 4d. Result table. For the lower kyu players a B league of the same tournament took place simultaneously. Maxim Shcherbak 9k was the winner, Mikhail Kopylov 12k second and Maxim Dukov 13k third. Result table.
In Simferopol, the Championship of Simferopol, played from 5/3-5/4, was won by Demjan Zavgorodnij 1k. Second came Oleg Afonin 2d and third was Mikhail Kugaev 9k. Result table.
– Kim Ouweleen, European Correspondent for the E-Journal
