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Upsets galore in the premier group of 14th edition of Parsvnath Delhi International Chess festival as R A Pradeep Kumar caused another flutter, gaining the upped hand over Grandmaster Artur Gabrielian of Russia in the fourth round that just concluded.

The 76th Armenian Championship will take place from January 12 to January 23 in the capital city of Yerevan. It features 12 of the greatest Armenian chess minds battling it out Round Robin style in 11 rounds with time control of 90′/40+30′+30″ per move.

Belarus Chess Championships are now under way and continues through till January 19th. With the fourth round’s conclusion, IM Vitaly Meribanov and GM Vladislav Kovalev are in the lead, with 3 points each. They have also achieved 2 victories and two ties so far, giving them the best tiebreakers in the group.

Under the auspices of the ASEAN Chess Confederation (ACC) and the Asian Chess Federation (ACF), ASEAN Chess Academy in collaboration with Thailand Chess Association, have the honour of inviting all Asian national chess federations to participate in the 17th ASEAN+ Age Group Chess Championships 2016 which are to be held at the 5-star Dusit Thani Pattaya Hotel, Pattaya City, Chon Buri, Thailand, during 29th May 2016 (Arrival) – 7th June 2016 (Departure).

Argetinian IM Alan Pichot won the second edition of Chile’s Magistral Internacional Zicosur 2016.

Unheralded 12-year-old Sankalp Gupta of Nagpur, Maharashtra created a major flutter in the very first round of the 14th Delhi Open as he beat Italian Grandmaster

The 82nd Brazil Absolute Chess Championship is organized by the Brazilian Chess Federation (CBX) and the Rio de Janeiro Chess Federation (FEXERJ) from January 9th to January 17th, 2016, at Guanabara Club, in Brazilian capital Rio de Janeiro.

The event is a 12-player single round-robin tournament with time control 90′ + 30″.

Top seed player is GM Rafael Leitao (2633).

The 14th Delhi International Chess Open gathers over 1400 participants in three categories battling for a prize fund of Rs. 3500000 (around 50 000 euro).

Starting on January 9th and continuing to January 16, the Ludlow Castle Sports complex will be bustling with chess players eager to make their moves in this 10 round Swiss event.

The 14th edition of the Delhi International Chess Open will have over 1400 participants in three categories battling for a prize fund of Rs.