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Magnus Carlsen is the new unofficial Fischer Random world champion after beating Hikaru Nakamura 14-10.

Esoft Arena FIDE Rating Chess Tournament Below-2000 is held from 14 to 22 February in Purana Paltan Dhaka, Bangladesh .
Time control is 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1.
133 players are taking part in the tournament.

full list here

Chess is one more time hitting mainstream media with an unpopular topic.

9th Pfalz-Open 2018 was held from 09 to 13 February in Neustadt.
223 players took part only in the A tournament.

GM Toms Kantanz is the winner with 7.5 out of 9, followed by 9 players with 7 points. The best tie-break had GM Daniel Fridman, GM Jinshi Bai and GM Vitaly Kunin.

full standings Pfalz-open 2018

9th Weekend Tournament Borča will be held on 15th February in Beograd. It will be Swiss 9 round with time control 15 minutes per game.
At least 100 players are expected. Top seeded players are IM Nikola Ostojic Nikola, IM Zoran Arsovic , GM Borko Lajthajm etc…

Lighthouse InterSchools Chess Tournament/Coast Regional Qualifiers -U8, U10, U12 were held on 10. 02 in Nyali Primary School, Mombasa.
The tournament was held in 6 rounds.

Winner in the group under 18 was Gideon Mtango, and in the group under 12 winner was Abraham Amunga

Final ranking under 18

Andscacs is the winner of Division 1 of TCEC Season 11.

From 9 – 13 February a Fischer Random Match between Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura is organized in Høvikodden, just outside Oslo.