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The Georgian Chess Federation organizes the 2015 edition of the Georgian Chess Championships for men and women from 10th to 19th January 2015 in Tbilisi, the capital and largest city of Georgia.

Grandmaster and Chennai Open winner Ivan Popov of Russia suffered a shock defeat at the hands of unheralded Aniruddha Deshpande in the opening round of the premier section of 13th Parsvnath Delhi International Grandmasters Chess Tournament that got underway here in Ludlow Castle Sports Complex on Friday.

The 13th Parsvnath International Chess Festival is taking place on 9-16th January 2015 in the Ludlow Castle Sports Complex, New Delhi, India.

Open A is a 10-round Swiss tournament, open to all players rated 2000 and above.

179 players are vying for the first prize in the amount of 300,000 Rs.

Top seed is Indian player GM Gupta Abhijeet.

The Baden-Baden Chess Centre (Schachzentrum Baden-Baden)  invites you to the GRENKE Chess Classic 2015, an elite grandmaster tournament. The organisers are delighted to have brought together an exclusive line-up, headed by World Champion Magnus Carlsen and 2013 Champion Viswanathan Anand. This is the third edition of the GRENKE Chess Classic, which was also held in 2013 and 2014.

Estonian Sports Association Kalev organizes the XXIV international „Paul Keres Memorial” in Rapid Chess on 9-11th January 2015 at the Sokos Hotel Viru, in Tallinn, the capital and largest city of Estonia.

The chess festival is held in two stages and in addition will be held the blitz tournament.

The International Rapid Chess Tournament “Paul Keres Memorial” 2015 is taking place on 9-11th January 2015 at the Sokos Hotel Viru, in Tallinn, the capital and largest city of Estonia.

The chess festival is held in two stages and in addition will be held the blitz tournament.

Tata Steel Chess 2015 pairings of Groups A and B are drawn on Friday, 9th of January. Scroll down to see the full pairings for the tournament, Group B (Challengers) schedule is already known, while the Group A (Masters) is expected later today.

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The 5th Annual Austin Chess Club Championship was held on 2-4th January, 2015, at the Bridge Center of Austin, 6700 Middle Fiskville Rd., Austin, Texas, USA.

The 3rd Annual Boston Chess Congress will be held from 9-11th January, 2015, at the Hyatt Harborside at Logan Airport, 101 Harborside Dr, Boston, Massachusetts.

The event has 6 sections: Premier, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500 and Under 1300. All sections have either 3-day (January 9-11) or 2-day (January 10-11) schedules to play in.

The event has a $12,000 prize fund, based on 220 paid entries, with $8,000 minimum guaranteed.

The Gulf Coast New Year’s Open was held from 2-4th January, 2015, at the Holiday Inn Fort Myers Airport in Fort Myers, Florida, USA.

The tournament format was 5-round Swiss in six sections: Open (FIDE rated), U2100, U1800, U1600, U1350 and U1100.