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Kragerø Resort Chess is a 9-round Swiss open restricted to players with a rating equal or above 2000 taking place from 21-25 February in Kragerø, Norway. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.

The International chess festival Aeroflot Open, traditionally supported by PJSC Aeroflot – Russian Airlines, was officially opened in the Kosmos Hotel, Moscow, on February 19.

The opening ceremony was led by the RCF Executive Director Mark Glukhovsky, the Executive Director of the festival Alexander Bakh, and the Chief Arbiter of the event IA Andrzej Filipowicz.

SAINT LOUIS (February 20, 2018) — An induction ceremony on Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at the Saint Louis University Museum of Art (SLUMA), will recognize five exceptional contributors to the game of chess as they take their places in history

The 9th Southwest Class Championships were held from February 15-19, 2018, at the DFW Airport Marriott South, 4151 Centreport Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

The event featured seven rating sections, including the 9-round Swiss Master which was FIDE rated and eligible for title norms.

4th International Open ‘Vardaris’ was held from 15 to 19 February in Thessaloniki.
The tournament was divided in 4 groups.
The winner was the young 13 years old Belgian FM Daniel Dardha with 6 out of 7, followed by IM Martin Petrov with 5,5 and FM Arben Dardha with 5 points.
Martin Petrov was leading the whole tournament, while the winner started with a loss but then he won 6 games on a row.

replay the games here

The 11th edition of Mikhail Tal Memorial will take place from 1-5th March in the Museum of Russian Impressionism in Moscow.

Participants:
Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Sergey Karjakin, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Daniil Dubov (all from Russia), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan), Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Viswanathan Anand (India), and Boris Gelfand (Israel).

For the tenth consecutive year, the Saint Louis Chess Club will host the U.S. Chess Championship and U.S. Women’s Chess Championship. The fields have now been confirmed and fans are sure to see great battles April 17-30, 2018.

XII INTERNATIONAL CHESS OPEN OF LUGANO
VICTORY OF THE GM DUSAN POPOVIC

The 78th Noteboom Tournament was a 6-round Swiss tournament took place from 16-18 February 2018 in Oegstgeest, Netherlands.
90 players took part in the tournament.
In the end 4 people made 5 points out of 6.

The 10th dMP Batavia Chess Tournament takes place from Thursday, February 22nd to Sunday, March 4th, 2018 in Café Batavia 1920, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The games will start each day at 14:00 hrs. The final round starts at 12.00 hrs. Wednesday, February 28th is a rest day.