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Ukraine Grandmaster Solodovnichenko Yuri, 4.5 points, shared the lead with four more players after the fifth round of the 8th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess tournament 2016 for Sakthi Group Dr N Mahalingam trophy, held at Tamil Nadu State Chess Association, Nehru Stadium, Chennai here today.

Dear All, I have read more than once, Mr. Filatov’s interview published on FIDE web site, and besides giving an excellent view of Russian chess and the tasks he faces as President of the RCF, he gives his personal point of view about FIDE and its future about which I would like to comment.

Ukraine Grandmasters Solodovnichenko Yuri & Bernadskiy Vitaly, 4.0 points, shared the lead with perfect score after the fourth round of the 8th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess tournament 2016 for Sakthi Group Dr N Mahalingam trophy, held at Tamil Nadu State Chess Association, Nehru Stadium, Chennai here today.

The 2016 Paracin Open is taking place from 19-24 January, in the Serbian city of Paracin.

The event is a 9-round Swiss FIDE open tournament, valid for international rating and norms. A total of 78 players from 4 different countries take part, including 1 GM, 1 IM and 7 FMs.

Top seed is Bulgarian player GM Vladimir Dimitrov (2424).

Last year’s winner was IM Mladen Milenkovic.

The 2016 Croatian Men’s Chess Championship is taking place from 19-29 January, at Valamar Diamant Hotel, in Porec, Croatia.

The 39th International Open San Sebastian will take place from March 19th to March 26th 2016. It is organized by the Gipuzkoan Chess Federation in the beatiful city of San Sebastian in Northern Spain.

The Marcel Duchamp Memorial took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.