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The Altibox Norway Chess Qualifier is taking place from 23-26th March 2016, during Easter Chess Festival in Fagernes.

GM Kuljasevic continues his study of the Slav Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3) – after releasing How to counter the Classical Slav, now the second part of the series is available.

The complete Polar Bear System is a video course and PDF book by the most experienced GM in this system – GM Henrik Danielsen.

By now most of our readers are acquainted with the ongoing $50 000 solving competitions going on in the GoldChess portal. But what actually stands behind the platform and what makes it unique?

The 10th Annual Philadelphia Open will be held over the Easter weekend from March 23-27, 2016, at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown,1201 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The event has 7 sections: Open, Under 2200, Under 2000, Under 1800, Under 1600, Under 1400 and Under 1100.

On 6, 7 and 13 February 2016 the 46th Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was held, organized by the Chess IQ Academy (USA) and under the auspices of FIDE.

Chess Department America is the winner of the 8th round of the tournament Rosija-America that took place on the GoldChess.com servers.

The 43rd Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez de La Roda is organized by the Club Ajedrez Polideportivo La Roda from 23-27th March at the La Caja Blanca – Avda. Castilla La Mancha, Albacete, Spain.

The 9-round Swiss open has attracted 294 players from 14 countries, including 15 Grandmasters. Top seeded is last year winner GM Julio Granda. Full list below.

The 2016 Fagernes International Chess Tournament is taking place from March 20-27, in the Norwegian city of Fagernes.

The event is a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament open to all titled players.

Top seed is the U.S. GM Samuel Shankland (2648).

Official website/ Standings and statistics