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The Paraguayan Women’s Championship is a 7-round Swiss tournament taking place from 23-26 February 2018 in Luque. Players receive 60 minutes for the entire game, plus a 10-second increment starting from move one.

LCLA Mukubulo Open Chess Championships will be held from 23 to 25 February at Henry Courtyard Executive Lodge – Mansa, Zambia. The tournament is divided in 3 sections, Second Phase Trials Men’s Section, Second Phase Trials Women’s Section and Open Section.
250 players are expected to play.

starting list open section

The CXC Brazil Open is a 6-round Swiss tournament taking place from 23-25 February 2018 in Curibita. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.
98 players are expected. The top seeded are GM Rafael Di Berandino, GM Everaldo Matsuura etc…

The international Chess Open Graz was held from 17 to 23 February.
The tournament was divided in 3 sections. In group A 135 players took part.

Tunisian championship for women was held in Hammamet from 16 to 22 February.
It was 12 players round-Robin.
The winner is WFM Amira Marzouk with 7,5 points out of 11, followed by WFM Amen Miladi with 7 points and Malik Chili with 6 points.

Tunisia Individual Championship 2017 was held from 14 to 22 February 20018 in Hammamet. It was 12 people round-robin tournament.
The winner is IM Amir Zaibi with 9 out of 11. He had better tie-break from IM Ali Med Boudriga. FM Zoubaier Amdouni was third with 7.5 points.

final standings Tunisia Championship

Stockfish is the sole leader of the Premier Division of the Top Chess Engines Championship. After 18 rounds Stockfish has collected 13 points – nine wins, one loss, and eight draws.

The International Chess Amateur Tournament is held from March 31th (arrival day) to April 8th (departure day) 2018 in Sochi at

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.