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32nd International chess open Pierre & Vacances will be held from 19 to 25 February in Cannes.
The open will be divided in 3 sections .
A tournament for players rated 2200 and more.
Tournament B for 2100 players and less. Players ranked between 2100 and 2200 can choose between the tournament A and B.

The 2018 Mikhail Tal Memorial will take place from 1-5th March at the Central Chess Club in Moscow.

The qualification tournament with reigning European champion Maxim Matlakov, Daniil Dubov, Grigoriy Oparin and Andrey Esipenko is scheduled for 18th February at the same venue.

9th Weekend Tournament Borča was held on 15th February in Beograd.
It was 7 rounds with time control 15 minutes each. It was organized from chess club Borca and Serbian chess federation.
It proved how popular in chess in Serbia.
167 players took part in the tournament.

The Russian Team Championships in classical chess among men, women, seniors, youth (boys and girls under 15), boys (under 11), and girls (under 11) are scheduled to take place from April 30 – May 11, 2018, in Grand Hotel Zhemchuzhina, Sochi.

All events are 9-round Swiss with one rest day.

European Chess Union (ECU) and Romanian Chess Federation have the honour to invite all European Chess Federations affiliated to ECU to participate in the 18th European Youth Rapid & Blitz U-8,10,12,14,16,18 Championship which will be held from 31st July to 5th August 2018 in the city of Oradea, Romania.

Georgia Chess Championship for women will be held from 16 to 25 February in Tbilisi.
It will be 10 players round-robin tournament.
The top seeded players are IM Nino Batsiashvili, GM Bela Khotenashvili, IM Lela Javakhishvili etc…

Arab Interclub 2017 Teams Championship was held from 6 to 13 February in Sharjah Chess Club.
9 teams took part in the tournament.
Sharjah Chess And Cultural Club were the winners with better tie-break from the second team ASSN.

38th National Team Chess Championship of India was held from 8 to 14 February in Odisha, India.

Georgia U7 – U13 championships were held from 06 to 14 February in Tbilisi,Georgia.

Winners in under 13 group are

1. Tsotsonava Elene, 2. Lomsadze Saba, 3. Adamia Jaba

Winners in the group boys under 11

1. Shamatava Nikolozi, 2. Safarov Deniel, 3. Kiziria Kakhaber