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The 25th ITT Millonario de Navidad Bogotá Humana was an international chess tournament which took place from December 18th to December 22nd, 2015, at Centro Comercial Outlet Factory, in Bogota, Colombia.

The 45th Rilton Cup is taking place from 27th December, 2015 to 5th January, 2016, in Clarion Hotel Stockholm, in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic region.

The event is a 9-round FIDE-Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′ X 40 moves + 30′ + 30″ and first prize in the amount of 20,000 SEK (nearly € 2,200).

The 39th Zurich Weihnachtsopen is taking place from 26th to 30th December, 2015, at the Crowne Plaza Zürich in Zurich, Switzerland.

The 4th Lorca Open 2015 is taking place from December 26-30, in Lorca, a city in southeastern Spain.

The event is a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament with first prize in the amount of 1,500 EUR.

A total of 128 players from 10 different countries take part in the tournament.

Top seed is Armenian player GM Karen Grigoryan (2602).

The 25th Annual North American Open will be held from 26-30th December, 2015, at Bally’s Casino Resort, 3645 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, Nevada.

The event has 7 sections: Open, Under 2300, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500 and Under 1250. The Open Section is a 5-day schedule (December 26-30) while all other sections have either a 4-day schedule (December 26-29) or 3-day schedule (December 27-29) to participate in.

The Administrative Court of Sofia has ruled to cancel the decision of Bulgarian Chess Federation (BCF) and to lift all the sanctions that were imposed on Grandmaster Kiril Georgiev, ACP President Emil Sutovsky announced on his Facebook page.

According to the ruling, the BCF will have to compensate the financial losses, which Grandmaster Georgiev has suffered due to unlawful decision to ban him.

World Champion Magnus Carlsen singled out on the top of the standings after five rounds of play in the 2015 Qatar Masters Open.

Carlsen defeated Li Chao B of China and is now on 4,5/5 points, half a point ahead of the chasing pack of eight players.

Live games with analysis

The 12th Vandoeuvre International Christmas Chess Open took place from December 19th through December 23rd, 2015, at Sports Park Vandoeuvre, France.

The event was a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament with prize fund in total of 7,000 EUR.

After four rounds of play in the 2015 Qatar Masters Open Magnus Carlsen, Maxim Matlakov and Wesley So have caught up with Anish Giri and Li Chao B on the shared first place wi

Yeoh Li Tian is the surprise early leader in the Open section after three round of play in the JAPFA 3rd ASEAN Championships being held from 21-31 December 2015 at the Utut Adianto Chess School in Bekasi, Jakarta.

The 16 year old Malaysian No. 1 has 2.5/3 after defeating fellow FM Nguyen Anh Khoi and IM Wynn Zaw Htun while holding a draw against IM Sean Winstand Cuhendi.