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GM Robert Hess won the Empire City Open after concluding the competition with 5,5/6 points to take the top prize of 1250 USD.

The 34th Annual Empire City Open was held from December 26-28, 2015, at the Hotel Pennsylvania, 401 Seventh Ave, New York.

The event had 6 sections: Open, Under 2200, Under 1900, Under 1600, Under 1300 and Under 1000. The total prize fund was 13,000 USD.

Open section final standings:

The 78th Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2016 will have daily live games coverage on Chessdom.com.

The 53rd Chess Festival Groningen brought hundreds of chess players of all levels to the city of Groningen from December 21-30, 2015.

The Master event was a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament open to all players rated above 2000 Elo.

The 21st Bosnjaci Open 2016 is taking place from January 3-9, in Bosnjaci, Croatia.

The event is a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament which gathers 177 players from Bosna and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia.

Top seed is GM Emir Dizdarevic (2514).

Standings and statistics

The 15th Prague Open International Chess Tournament is taking place from January 8-15, 2016, at the Olympik hotel, in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.

The event is organized as a part of the Czech Tour 2015/2016 Series in a 9-round Swiss FIDE format, valid for international rating and norms.

The venue of play is Olympik Hotel ****, Sokolovska 138, Praha 8.

The 2016 Australian Chess Championships that runs from the 2-12 January 2016 and will be held at the Fitzroy Town Hall in the inner city suburb of Melbourne.

The New Zealand 2016 Open chess championship is going to take place 2nd–10th January in Devonport, New Zealand, at the National Chess Centre, 100b Victoria Rd. The event, the traditions of which date back to the year 1879, will be a festival incorporating also the 2016 Major Open (U2100), the Mad Morning Blitz, the New Zealand Junior Chess Open, the New Zealand Rapid Championship, the Lightning Blitz Championship, and multiple other side events.

The 39th Zurich Christmas Open took place on 26-30th December, 2015, at the Crowne Plaza in Zurich, Switzerland.

The 7-round Master Tournament, for players rated over 2000, had 105 participants from 18 countries, including 16 Grandmasters and 9 International Masters.

The 27th “Villa de Roquetas” International Chess Tournament is taking place from January 2-6, 2016, in Roquetas de Mar, Spain.

The event is a 9-round Swiss FIDE open tournament with first prize in the amount of 1,200 EUR.

Top seed is Armenian GM Karen Grigoryan (2602).