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The 39th International Open San Sebastian will take place from March 19th to March 26th 2016. It is organized by the Gipuzkoan Chess Federation in the beatiful city of San Sebastian in Northern Spain.

The Marcel Duchamp Memorial took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The 2016 Peru Grand Prix Final is taking place from January 18-24, in Peruvian capital Lima.

The event is a 12-player single round robin tournament, organized by the Peruvian Chess Federation, with an average Elo rating of 2388. The first three players will qualify for the Peruvian Olympic team.

It was an intense drama in the final round of 14th Parsvnath Delhi International Chess Festival as overnight sole leader Ivan Popov suffered a shock defeat at the hands of veteran Grandmaster Valeriy Neverov of Ukraine.

The 8th Chennai Open 2016 for Sakthi Group Dr. N. Mahalingam Trophy is taking place from 18-25 January, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadiumin in Chennai, India.

The event is a 10-round Swiss FIDE tournament with the participation of 217 players from 11 different countries.

Top seed is Russian player GM Boris Grachev (2652).

DIS 2016 Australian Women’s Masters is taking place from January 14-22, 2016, in Melbourne, Australia.

The event is a 10-player single round robin tournament for women with an average rating of 2239.

Round three of the Australian Women’s Masters which is taking place from January 14-22, 2016, in Melbourne, saw the leaders move further away from the rest of the players, with three players now clear of the rest of the field. Xiaobing Gu is outright leader with 3/3, with Deimante Daulyte in outright second with 2.5/3 & Ticia Gara in outright third on 2/3.

From 5 to 6 January 2016 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Stockholm, Sweden, by the Swedish Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer was IA Omar Salama (ISL), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer was IA Thór Gudmundur Sverrir (SWE).

The venue of the Seminar was the Clarion Hotel in Stockholm.

The lectures were in English language.

On 9 and 10 January 2016 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Prague, Czech Republic, by the Chess Federation of Czech Republic and under the auspices of FIDE.