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The opening ceremony of the Women’s World Chess Championship took place at the Espinas Palace Hotel at 6 pm on 10th of February.

The FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship will take place from February 10 – March 5 2017 in Tehran, Iran.

The 1st Montevideo Open “Copa Marcel Duchamp” 2017 is taking place from 9-15 February, at Montevideo City Hall, Montevideo, Uruguay.

The event is a 9-round Swiss open tournament with top seed GM Sandro Mareco (ARG) 2645.

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The 1st FIDE World Junior Chess Championship for the Disabled will take place from 22-29th June at the Park Inn Resort and Conf

World Champion Magnus Carlsen joined his sponsor Arctic Fund Management for the Chess & Drinks event.

Carlsen played a simultaneous exhibition against 24 kids and delivered 23-1 result (one loss).

The FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship will take place from February 10 – March 5 2017 in Tehran, Iran.

Winner of the Moscow Open Men’s Cup of Russia 20-year old Dmitry Gordievsky is speaking of his success with the tournament official website correspondent Alina Bivol.

- Hello, Dima. For the second year in a row you’re sharing the first place in the Moscow Open. What’s the secret of your success?

The streets in the Paris suburb of Asnières-sur-Seine will have the names of former World Champions Anatoly Karpov and Vladimir Kramnik.

The city council adopted the proposal of Mayor Manuel Aeschlimann, a long time chess fan.

“Russian players have always been among the best players in the world, consistently achieving brilliant victories in international tournaments and are great example for young people.” – Manuel Aeschlimann said.

Dmitry Gordievsky (Moscow) and Oksana Gritsayeva (Feodosia) became the winners of the XIII International RSSU Cup, 2017 Moscow Open, which was held in Moscow from January 26 to February 6, 2017.

Gordievsky shared the first place with Vladislav Artemiev (Kazan), as both grandmasters scored 7.5 points. Higher tie-breaks were better for the chess player from Moscow, which allowed him to take the gold medal.

World Vice-Champion, RSSU graduator Sergey Karjakin took part in the Award Ceremony of the winners and medalists of the Scool Champions’ and Student tournaments, held within the frames of the XIII International RSSU Chess Cup, 2017 Moscow Open.

The Moscow Chess Federation first Vice-President Nikita Kim and the RSSU Rector Natalya Pochinok took part in the Award Ceremony as well.