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The Texas Masters Chess Tournament was a 5-round Swiss that took place from 17-19th January at the Dallas Chess Club, 75080 Richardson, Texas, USA.

30 players competed in the single FIDE rated section with time control of G/90 inc/30.

Reigning US champion Gata Kamsky continued the string of excellent results in the open events having convincingly won the 47th Liberty Bell Open with 6,5/7 points.

The 133rd MGU Open 2015 is scheduled to take place on 24-25th January, 2015, at Chess Club MGU, in Sofia, capital and largest city of Bulgaria.

FIDE and FIDE Arbiters’ Commission are going to organize on Internet a Refreshing Course for Arbiters in English language.

The Gibraltar Chess Festival 2015 is going to take place 26 January – 5 February in the Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar. The long traditions of the festival, the fantastic organization, and the hefty prize fund have attracted many of the top world grandmasters.

The 14th Marienbad Open 2015 is taking place on 17-24th January 2015 in Marianske Lazne, the second biggest spa town in the Czech Republic.

The Final Stage of the 81st Brazilian Individual Men’s Chess Championship 2015 is taking place from 17th to 25th January 2015 in Joao Pessoa, the easternmost city in the Americas and the capital of the state of Paraíba in Brazil.

The event is a 12-player round-robin tournament with an average Elo rating 2356 and tempo of play 90′ + 30″.

The 18th edition of Neujahrs Open was organized by Chess Club “SV Chemie Guben 1990 e.V.” on 2-6th January 2015 in Guben, a town on the Lusatian Neisse river in the state of Brandenburg, Germany.

The event was a 9-round Swiss open tournament with tempo of play 120 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 seconds increment starting from move one and first prize in the amount of 1.000 €.