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Thursday saw the return of the Grand Chess Tour, with the identity of this year’s winner still very much in the balance. With three rounds to go, almost anyone could still win both the London Chess Classic and overall title.

The first result to come in today was yet another draw in a Berlin, this time in the game between Vachier-Lagrave and Caruana.

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Two semi-final matches of the ACP Masters were held on Wednesday in the Israeli city of Ashdod. The winner of the preliminary group B, Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk met the runner-up in the preliminary group A, Russian Ian Nepomnianchtchi.

The 27th Villa de Roquetas International Open 2016 tournament will take place from January 2nd to January 6th 2016.

While the London Chess Classic players got to enjoy a rest day, there was still a lot of chess action going on elsewhere at Olympia Conference Centre, most notably with the conclusion of the inaugural British Knockout Championship.

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