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The 11th Gelendzhik Chess Festival is taking place from January 4-12, 2016, in Gelendzhik, Russia.

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

Top seed is GM Melor Bedia (2428) from Russia.

The 2016 Gibraltar Chess Festival will take place from January 25 to February 5 in Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar. It is an open event with 10 rounds of Swiss that features some of the top players in the world.

After the official classical January rating list and the official Rapid January rating list, now the FIDE January 2016 rankings for Blitz are available.

The Internet based FIDE Seminar for International Organizers for American Continent was held from 10-13th December, 2015.

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

The Pfalz Open 2016 will take place from the 5th of February to the 9th of February 2016 in Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Germany.

After the official classical January rating list, now the FIDE January 2016 rankings for Rapid are available.  The top 100 has not changed significantly in terms of placings since December 2015, as few games have been played.

The TV2 Chess International Fagernes 2015 was held from December 27th, 2015, to January 3rd, 2016, at Quality Hotel & Resort Fagernes, in Fagernes, Norway.