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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

The 89th Saint Petersburg Men’s Chess Championship is taking place from March 20-30, 2016, in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

The 84th Saint Petersburg Women’s Chess Championship is taking place from March 20-28, 2016, in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

The event is a 9-round Swiss open tournament with the participation of 24 representatives of the second largest Russian city.

Top seed is WFM Dina Belenkaya (2287).

The 17th European Women’s Individual Chess Championship will take place from 26th May to 8th June at the complex Comandor-Amiral in Mamaia, Romania.

The Championship is organized by the Romanian Chess Federation, “Mind Games & Events” Sports Association, under the auspices of European Chess Union.

Photo exhibition “The Moscow Gambit” opened on Thursday at the history museum Gorky Park as part of the Candidates Tournament program. The exhibition is presenting the 100-years of chess culture in the Russian capital.

India’s biggest television network Doordarshan will telecast four exclusive Highlights of the 14th Delhi International Chess Festival 2016 on its DD Sports Channel prime time slot from 28-31st March.

Filmed and Produced by Vijay Kumar the 30 minutes highlights of each episode will be telecast as under:

First Mongolian Nations Chess Tournament takes place from 13 to 20 March 2016 in Chinggiz Khan Hotel Ulan Bator, Mongolia.

It is a round robin tournament (Men’s and women’s sections) having 4 chess players from Mongolia and one representatives from each region of Inner Mongolia, Republics Buryatia, Tyva and Kalmykia (Russia). Prize fund of each section is 48 000 000 MNT – 24000 USD.

The 2016 Azerbaijani Men’s Chess Championship is taking place from March 15-23, in Baku.

The event is a  9-round Swiss tournament with time control 90′/ 40 moves + 30′ + 30″.

Top seed is GM Eltaj Safarli (2663).

The 2016 Azerbaijani Women’s Chess Championship is taking place from March 15-23, in Baku.

The event is a  9-round Swiss tournament with time control 90′/ 40 moves + 30′ + 30″.

Top seed is WGM Gulnar Mammadova.

The New Zealand Chess Federation is pleased to announce the following teams in board order for the 2016 Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan:

Open Team
1. FM Alexei Kulashko
2. FM Scott Wastney
3. FM Luke Li
4. IM Russell Dive
5. FM Ben Hague

Women’s Team
1. CM Helen Milligan
2. WCM Jasmine Zhang
3. Joy Qin
4. Kate Song
5. Nadia Braganza