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The Grand Chess Tour is pleased to announce the event allocations for the nine tour participants of the 2017 Grand Chess Tour.

All invited players accepted their invitations except for GM Vladimir Kramnik, who has been replaced by GM Levon Aronian.

The first ECU Board meeting in 2017 took place on 27th and 28th January in Antalya, Turkey. The Turkish Chess Federation hosted the Board members under the excellent conditions at Mardan Palace, during the Turkish Youth Championship 2017.

Three years ago, Russian businessman Andrey Filatov became the President of the Russian Chess Federation (RCF). Now he takes a step back to assess the work he and the RCF have accomplished in that time.

In this interview with Sport Express, Mr. Filatov talks about how chess is experiencing a boom, both in Russia and around the world.

The traditional Ballarat Begonia Chess Tournament will once again – for the 51st time – take place over the Victoria Labour Day weekend from 11-13 March 2017.

The grand Ceremony Opening of the XIII International RSSU Cup, 2017 Moscow Open traditionally was held in the assembly hall of the Russian State Social University main building. The program started with the Russia dance performance by show-ballet of Irina Knyazeva.

Head of the sport and tourism department of Moscow Nikolay Gulyaev, the RSSU Rector, National student chess league President Natalya Pochinok, Moscow Chess Federation first Vice-President Nikita Kim took part in the official part of the ceremony.

The 2017 SPICE Cup Open, sponsored by Webster University and the Susan Polgar Foundation, is scheduled to take place on 21-26th October at the Clayton Plaza Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

The 9-round Swiss tournament is open to the players rated over 2100 FIDE and will provide opportunity for GM/IM norms. Time Control: G/90 + 30 second increment from move 1.

The total prize fund is $16,500 guaranteed.

The 3rd Torneo de Integracion Zicosur 2017 was held from 10-15th January at the AutoClub Antofagasta in Antofagasta, Chile.

The 9-round Swiss open attracted 121 participants from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, Italy, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. Among them were 10 Grandmasters.

The FIDE Trainers’ Commission (TRG) is pleased to announce the ninth FIDE Trainer Awards and will continue by honouring the achievements of our most successful colleagues of 2016.

There will be a judges’ panel consisting of seven (7) members, with reputation and knowledge in the field of training:

Ukrainian Grandmaster Adam Tukhaev (8.5 points) with a quick draw in the top board against GM Czebe Attila (HUN) emerged the champion, after the 10th and final round, in the 9th Chennai Open Grandmaster Chess tournament 2017 for the Sakthi Group Dr N Mahalingam Trophy at Nehru Stadium, Chennai here today.

The 13th International RSSU Chess Cup Moscow Open 2017 will take place from 26th January to 6th February at the Russian State Social University in Moscow, Russia.