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From the spectacular queen sacrifice by FM Krupenski against GM Gelfand to the 2B vs 2N lecture by GM Kovalenko, the Paul Keres Memorial is a all-round strong rapid event.

Live games continue here, the best games of the day will be added to this article after every round

FM Juri Krupenski – GM Boris Gelfand

Sweden’s best chess player Nils Grandelius challenged USA’s super talent Sam Sevian in a 2-game rapid duel with time control 15′ + 10″. The event took place on January 5, 2016, at 8.30 PM CET, in Swedish capital Stockholm.

Official website/ Standings and statistics

Tata Steel 2016 is one of the strongest tournaments in January 2016. The Masters bracket of the tournament features 14 of the most renowned chess players today.

The Pan-American Intercollegiate Chess Championship was held Cleveland, Ohio in the end of 2015. It was a qualification event for the Final Four of College Chess in April.

The 2016 Memorial Slobodan Martinovic is taking place on January 10, in Smederevska Palanka, Serbia.

The event is a rapid chess tournament with time control 10′ + 5″.

Serbian Olympic player GM Milos Perunovic (2641) heads the field of 50 players, including 6 GMs, 7 IMs, 1 WIM and 8 FMs.

Standings and statistics

The last year has been an innovative and exciting one for Online Chess. 1.680.000 rated games have been played in FIDE Online Arena and 750 Arena titles have been awarded to the members.

The first World Online Championships were successfully organized.

The 25th Keres Memorial – ACP Open takes place from January 8 to January 10 in Tallinn, Estonia.