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Lviv will host round robin title tournaments for GM, IM, WGM, WIM norms from 21-26th March at the NTON Hotel in Lviv, Ukraine.

Grandmaster Tournament (GM-group), average rating 2401-2475 (former category 7-9 FIDE)
GM, IM, WGM, WIM norms possible
10-12 players – round robin 9-11 rounds, or 6-7 players – double robin 10-12 rounds

Representatives of more than 30 foreign countries participate in the RSSU Cup, Moscow Open.

The FIDE Events Commission will hold an Internet based FIDE Seminar for International Organizers from 20-23rd March.

1. Participation: Up to 30 participants (by priority) from all Continents. Deadline for registrations is Tuesday 14th March 2017. 2. Schedule:

Hikaru Nakamura won the Tradewise Gibraltar Masters for a third consecutive year after defeating David Antón Guijarro (Spain) in a tense two-game speed playoff.

In the regular part of the tournament Antón Guijarro, Nakamura and Yu Yangyi shared the first place with 8,0/10 points each in the field of 255 players.

Ju Wenjun from China won the top Women’s prize with 7,0 points and takes home £15,000. Full standings below.

Women’s World Champion Hou Yifan from China has apologised for giving away her game against Lalith Babu M R from India in the last round of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival within five moves.

In an exclusive interview with the Festival press team Hou Yifan tells Tania Sachdev she apologised to chess players, to her fans and those following the Gibraltar Masters.

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess is a melting pot of cultures, ages, nationalities and abilities. Watch the mood video to experience the ambience of #gibchess 2017.

A little bit less than a half of the distance is over in the main tournament of the RSSU Cup, 2017 Moscow Open – Men’s and Women’s Cup of Russia tournaments. Four participants managed to keep a 100% result in both tournaments.

Dmitry Gordievsky, Semen Lomasov, Boris Grachev (all from Moscow) and Ramil Faizrakhmanov (Kazan) top the table in the men’s competitions. Ramil managed to win over the ranking favorite Sanan Sjugirov (Kazan) in the fourth round. Nine chess players scored 3,5 points.

“Chess is a part of my life, but it is not my whole life!”… Four-time women’s world champion, Hou Yifan, gives a candid interview at #gibchess 2017.

After the ECU General Assembly in Baku, Azerbaijan, all the investigation’s reports and materials from Bulgaria, Montenegro and FIDE Ethics Commission, as well related with the case press items & letters from the above countries, including Serbia, were sent to

From 12 to 16 January 2017, a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Hammamet, Tunisia, by the Tunisian Chess Federation, under auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar was the Atrium Hotel in Hammamet.

The lecturer was IA Bechir MESSAOUDI (TUN), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer was IA Wajdi CHOUARI (TUN).

The lectures and the exams were in French language with translation in Arabic and English.