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King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2017 that takes place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between 26th and 30th December 2017. The incumbent World Rapid and Blitz Champions — Sergey Karjakin (Russia) and Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), along with Magnus Carlsen (Norway), the highest-rated chess player in the world and World Champion in classical chess, and over 180 top grandmasters have confirmed their participation, making the King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Championships one of the strongest open events of the year.

From 2 to 7 january in Basel will be held the traditional chess open. The venue will be hotel Landgasthof.

Basel Chess 2018 is divided in 2 sections. Top seeded is Andreas Heimann.

The 2017 edition of chess festival Groningen will be held from 22 to 30 december.The venue will be Sportcentrum Rug&Hanze.
The tournament is divided in 3 sections.Top seed is Maxim Turov.

The 2017 edition of Rilton Cup will be held in Stochkholm from 27 december to 5 january.The venue is going to be Scandic Continental.

The tournament is divided in 3 sections.Rilton Cup,open for players over 2200 rating,Rilton Elo for players under 2200 rating and Rilton 1800 for players under 1800.

Live games with analysis

The final European event for 2017, European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships, concluded yesterday in Katowice, Poland.

“Spodek” Sport and Entertainment Centre, as the official playing venue, hosted both Championships. The blitz event gathered 1086 players, while rapid championship brought together nearly 1200 competitors coming from 41 European federations.

The way things were moving, it should not come as a surprise at all. They came, they saw, they conquered. Russia has scored the maximum possible 16 match points in 8 matches (2 match points per win) to stake claim on the first spot.

Before the start of the event, the Russian coach had mentioned that he was worried about the India Green team more than anybody else. Once the Greens were out of the way, the Russians effortlessly marched to take the Gold.

It was another match of demolition for Russia in the seventh round of the World Youth Chess Olympiad. This time the victim was Team Turkey.

While the first board saw a quick draw between IM Sergei Lobanov and FM Deniz Ozen. On the fourth board, too, there was a not so special draw. On the second and the third board, FM Artur Gaifullin and FM Timur Fukhritdinov came out victorious.

The Superfinals of 70th Russian men’s championship and 67th Russian women’s championship took place on December 2-14 at the State Museum of Political History of Russia (2-4, Kuybysheva St., Saint Petersburg).

In the open event, Peter Svidler and Nikita Vitiugov scored 7 points out of 11 and had to play a tie-break for the 1st place according to the Regulations. Peter Svidler won both rapid games to become an eight-fold champion of Russia.