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The 46th Annual Liberty Bell Open will be held over the Martin Luther King weekend from January 17-20, 2014, at the Sonesta Hotel, 1800 Market St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The event has 7 sections: Open, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500, Under 1300 and Under 1000.

The Open section has either 4-day (January 17-20) or 3-day (January 18-20) schedules to play in. The Under 2100-Under 1000 sections have either 4-day (January 17-20), 3-day (January 18-20) or 2-day (January 19-20) schedules to play in.

On this day 50 years ago on January 14th, 1964, the inaugural Reykjavik Open started. To mark this anniversary date, a contract was signed to write a book covering the history of this prestigious tournament.

The author of the book will be GM Helgi Olafsson. Olafsson has followed or played in almost all of the Opens and has close to impeccable memory.

The 12th World Champion Anatoly Karpov visited Almaty in Kazakhstan to open the newly established Zhansaya Abdumalik Chess Academy.

Karpov and Abdumalik also played a four-game match after the ceremony. Karpov won both rapid games (20 minutes per player), while Abdumalik won one blitz game and the second one was drawn.

Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial, Stage of Grand Prix – Cup of Russia Rapid Chess 2014, will take place on 15-16th January in Taganrog, Russia.

The tournament is organized by the Russian Chess Federation and the Rostov Oblast Chess Federation.

FIDE EVENTS COMMISSION

CALL FOR BIDS

Deadline 1st March 2014

A. World Junior Chess Championship 2016
B. World Senior Chess Championship 2016
C. World Amateur Chess Championship 2016
D. World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2016
E. World School Chess Championship 2016
F. World Cadets U08, U10 & U12 Chess Championships 2016

The 10th Copenhagen Chess Challenge is scheduled to take place on 14-18th May at the premises of chess club “BMS Skak” in Ballerup, near Copenhagen.

The tournament will be a 9-round Swiss event, intended to provide norm opportunities and targeted primarily towards players with ELO, young chess players, and title holders.

Prizes: (DKK) 4000/3000/2000/1000/1000 Danish Kroner (DKK)

The 121st New Zealand Chess Congress was held on 2-12th January at the Alexandra Function Centre, Green Lane, in Auckland.

The Congress consisted of New Zealand Rapid Championship (2-3 Jan), New Zealand Lightning Championship (3rd Jan), 121st New Zealand Championship and Major Open (4-12 Jan).

The 74th Armenian Championship will be held on January 12-21, 2014 in Yerevan, Armenia. Ten grandmasters will participate in the tournament – Tigran L. Petrosian, Hrant Melkumyan, Zaven Andriasian, Arman Pashikian, Robert Hovhannisyan, Karen Grigoryan, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, Avetik Grigoryan, Levon Babujian and Tigran Kotanjian.

Live games with computer analysis by Komodo, Houdini, and Stockfish live daily on Chessdom.com

The Estonian Sports Association Kalev organized the 23rd Paul Keres Memorial on 10-12h January in Tallinn, Estonia.