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The Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival will take place from 23rd January to 2nd February 2017 at Caleta Hotel in Gibraltar.

The Portuguese Chess Federation celebrates its 90th anniversary with an International Chess Open. The tournament will held in a 9-round Swiss system, FIDE rated, and valid for title norms.

The long-time Romanian top female player IM Cristina Adela Foisor passed away on 21st January at the age of 49.

Foisor was five times Women’s Champion of Romania (from 1989 to 2013) and national record-holder with 13 appearances at the Women’s Chess Olympiads (from 1988 to 2016).

After graduating the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Timisoara, Cristina Foisor formed a chess family with husband Ovidiu Foisor (IM) and daughters WGM Sabina-Francesca and WIM Mihaela-Veronica.

Ukraine Grandmaster Tukhaev Adam (5.0) moved into sole lead after the fifth round of the 9th Chennai Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2017 for the Sakthi Group Dr N Mahalingam Trophy at the New Media Hall, Nehru Stadium, Chennai here today.

The Oceania FIDE Zone 3.6 Championships being held at the Waipuna Conference Centre in Auckland, New Zealand from 14-20 January 2017, ended with Australian International Master Anton Smirnov and New Zealand Woman FIDE Master Layla Timergazi claiming the titles.

Both young talents are just 15 years of age and have also qualified for the FIDE World Cup, Timergazi earning outright the International Woman Master title.

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

The 49th Annual Liberty Bell Open was held over the Martin Luther King weekend from January 13-16, 2017, at the Sonesta Hotel, 1800 Market St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The event had six sections: Open, U2100, U1900, U1700, U1500 and U1250. The playing format was 7-round Swiss with the time control 40/100, SD/30, d10.

The Open section gathered 58 participants. Grandmasters Sergey Erenburg and Alexander Shabalov shared the first place with 5,5/7 points each.

Final standings:

The official opening of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Friday January 13th, brought exciting news for chess coaches, teachers and children around the world.

During the official visit to Russia, Igor Dodon, President of Moldova, visited the Central House of Chess Player and RCF Chess Museum.

The delegation from Moldova also included Dumitru Bragis, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Andrei Neguta, Deputy of Moldovan Parliament and Member of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Commission, Irina Vlah, Head of Gagauzia, Vasile Sova, President’s Adviser on reintegration issues, and other officials.

The 8th Annual Golden State Open was held over the Martin Luther King weekend from January 13-16, 2017, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 45 John Glenn Dr, Concord, California.

The event had five sections: Open, U2100, U1800, U1500 and U1200. The playing format was 7-round Swiss with the time control 40/100, SD/30, d10.

In the Open section with 62 participants the Ukrainian Grandmaster Andrey Baryshpolets emerged clear winner with 6/7 points to earn $3100.