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Thailand Chess Association (TCA) in cooperation with Bangapi Chess Club on behalf of the Asian Chess Federation (ACF) have the honour to officially invite all Asian national chess federations to participate in the 2018 Asian Youth Chess Championship and Asian Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships, which will be held in Chiangmai, Thailand.

This event will be held from 31st March (arrival) to 10th April (departure).

This year the grandmaster from Moscow, graduator of the RSSU, Alina Kashlinskaya is playing in the Moscow Open Women’s Cup of Russia tournament in the status of a ranking favorite.

Grandmaster R R Laxman of ICF, Chennai, 8.0 points, emerged the Champion on a tie-break after the tenth and final round of the 10th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess tournament 2018 for Sakthi Group Dr N Mahalingam Trophy at The Vijay Park Hotel, Chennai here today.

The Moscow Open is a huge chess festival featuring over 1500 players across multiple events. The B Open is a 9-round Swiss Open for women held in the Russian State Social University in Moscow from 27 January to 4 February. Over 100 women compete for a 200,000 roubles (over $3,000) first prize.
Top seeds are IM Alina Kashlinskaya, IM Anastasia Bodnaruk, IM Marina Nechaeva etc…

Live game with analysis will be provided daily with the best chess software competing in the Top Chess Engine Championship – Komodo, Houdini, and Stockfish

In modern chess, FIDE elections always mean fireworks.

The Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial Cup is a 9-round open tournament taking place from 15-23 January 2018 in Taganrog, Russia. There are 73 participants. The tope players are GM Sergey Volkov, GM Dmitry Kokarev, Dmitry Bocharov, Dmitry Kryakvin etc…

The 16th International Chess Festival Aeroflot Chess Open 2018 will be held in Moscow from February 19 to March 2, 2018.

The Portuguese Chess Federation will hold the Portugal Open February 3-9, 2018, at the Gym of Sports Complex of Casal Vistoso (Lisbon). The tournament is 9-round Swiss system. More then 250 participants are expected. The top players are GM Anton Demchenko, GM Tigran Gharamian, GM Aleksandar Indjic, and GM Samuel Sevian.