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The 2015 Vladimir Dvorkovich Rapid Cup, Stage of the Russian Rapid Chess Cup Men 2015, took place from 14th to 16th January, 2015, at the Congress Hotel, in Taganrog, Russia.

Grandmaster Andrey Baryshpolets of Ukraine won the 13th Parsvanth International Grandmasters chess tournament after defeating GM Deepan Chakkravarthy in the 10th and final round that concluded here.

The 18-years old Russian talent IM Kirill Alekseenko took a clear first place at the Andranik Margaryan Memorial that was held from 8-16th January in Armenia.

Alekseenko collected 6,5/9 points, leaving the second placed GM Hovik Hayrapetyan half a point behind.

The 10-player round robin event with the average elo 2446 was organized by the Chess Academy of Armenia.

The 6th Annual Golden State Open will be held over the Martin Luther King weekend from January 16-19, 2015, at the Holiday Inn Dublin-Pleasanton, 6680 Regional St, Dublin, California.

The event has six sections: Open, Under 2200, Under 1900, Under 1600, Under 1300 and Under 1000. The tournament format is 7-round Swiss, 40/110, SD/30, d10.

All sections have either 4-day (January 16-19), 3-day (January 17-19) or 2-day (January 18-19) schedules to play in.

The 47th Annual Liberty Bell Open will be held over the Martin Luther King weekend from January 16-19, 2015, at the Sonesta Hotel, 1800 Market St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The event has six sections: Open, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500 and Under 1250.

The Open Section has either 4-day (January 16-19) or 3-day (January 17-19) schedules to play in while all other sections have either 4-day (January 16-19), 3-day (January 17-19) or 2-day (January 18-19) schedules to play in.

The Brazil Chess Federation and the Chess Club Florianopolis – CXF organize the 2015 edition of Floripa Open from 14th to 18th January, 2015 in Florianopolis, the capital city and second largest city of Santa Catarina state in the Southern region of Brazil.

Chicagoland’s longest continuously run chess tournament organized by the same organizer, Tim Just’s Winter Open/Reserve, was held on 3-4th January at the Embassy Suites Chicago North Shore in Deerfield, Illinois, USA.

The tournament format was 5-round Swiss with $4,175 in prizes.

The 3rd Annual Boston Chess Congress was held from January 9-11, 2015, at the Hyatt Harborside at Logan Airport, 101 Harborside Dr, Boston, Massachusetts.

The 5-round Swiss event had 6 sections: Premier, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500 and Under 1300.

Grandmaster Mikhail Mozharov of Russia stayed ahead with a hard fought draw with compatriot Ivan Popov in the ninth and penultimate round of 13th Parsvnath International Grandmasters chess tournament now drawing to a close here.