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The Al Ain Chess Club is organizing the 4th Al Ain Chess Classic from 22-31st December 2015.

The 9-round Swiss tournament will take place at the Al Ain Rotana Hili Hotel.

Top prizes are $13,000 / $10,000 / $7,000 / $4,500 / $3,000 / $2,000 etc (20 regular prizes)

There are also special prizes for women, juniors, regional players and elo sections. The total prize fund is $ 57,000.

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

The Master Tournament (for players rated over 2000) and General Tournament (U2050) will each be played over 7 rounds of Swiss system.

The ACP Masters was opened on Monday, December 7th, in Kivoonim cultural Centre in the city of Ashdod.

The 2015 African Youth Chess Championship is taking place from 5th to 13th December at the Golden Peacock Hotel in Lusaka, Zambia.

About 260 kids from 14 countries are taking part in the competition. Nearly 500 guests in total make this event a memorable one in the history of ‪‎chess‬ in Africa.

After yesterday’s five draws, it looked like there could be up to four decisive results in today’s 3rd round, but many missed opportunities meant Maxime Vachier-Lagrave was the only player to bring home the full point, thus joining Anish Giri in the lead with 2/3.

The holiday season is fast approaching and at Chessdom we are ready to celebrate it with special packages, holiday exclusive products, bundle packages and all with up to 50% discount!

The ACP Masters, organized by the municipality of Ashdod and the Association of Chess Professionals, is taking place on December 7-10 in Kivoonim Centre (The City district), 4 Hatzionut st. Ashdod.

The event is 18th category rapid tournament with an average Elo rating of 2695 and prize fund in the amount of 41,000 USD.

The 4th quarter Presidential Board meeting is being held in Athens, Greece, today 6th of December 2015. Among the topics like the World Championship cycle and the Women’s World Championship are also the restrictive measures against FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov introduced by the U.S. Department of Treasury.

It was a very peaceful day as all five Classic games ended in draws. In the most anticipated clash of the day, Carlsen thought he had a minimal edge on the white side of a Berlin, but Caruana defended perfectly to hold a rather comfortable draw.

The Russian Chess Federation organizes the Women’s Final of the Cup of Russia from 4-11th December, in Khanty-Mansiysk.