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The 2016 Marienbad Open Tournament is taking place from January 16-23, in Marianske Lazne, Czech Republic.

The event is a 10-player single round robin tournament with the participation of: GM Kononenko Dmitry UKR 2618, IM Moulthun Ly AUS 2474, GM Teske Henrik GER 2461, GM Kim Alexey KOR 2460, IM Kobo Ori ISR 2437, IM Padmini Rout IND 2427, FM Vykouk Jan CZE 2427, IM Esserman Marc USA 2419, Siva Mahadevan IND 2370 and FM Szwed Jacek POL 2369.

The 2016 ITT CXG Memorial Marcel Duchamp Rio de Janeiro is taking place from January 10-17, at Chess Club Guanabara, in Brazilian capital Rio de Janeiro.

Ivan Bukavshin’s passing away at age of only 20 has deeply shaken the chess world. Hundreds of condolences messages flooded social networks, with fellow friends and chess fans unable to believe that the young boy is gone.

2015 AJCC-ROUND 1

The 2015 African Junior Chess Championships has now concluded in the paradise island of Seychelles.

The total number of participating federations is 13 with representation from all the four African FIDE Zones.

The 21st Bosnjaci Open 2016 took place from January 3rd to January 9th, in the town of Bosnjaci, Croatia.

The event was a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament, which gathered a total of 177 players from Bosna and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia.

The 76th Armenian Championship is taking place from January 12 to January 23 2016 in the capital city of Yerevan.

It features 12 of the greatest Armenian chess minds battling it out Round Robin style in 11 rounds with time control of 90′/40+30′+30″ per move. 9 of the competitors are GMs and 2 are IMs.

Five of the players are 2600 ELO and above. The top seed is GM Tigran Petrosian (2625).

The 11th Gelendzhik Chess Festival was held from January 4-12, 2016, in Gelendzhik, Russia.

The event was a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament with the participation of 35 players from Azerbaijan and Russia.