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Dear Friends,

ICCF is proud to announce the start of the new and revised CHAMPIONS LEAGUE.

Sponsored by Chessdom

There are some significant changes regarding structure and reflection time.

The 2015 Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial, Stage of Russian Chess Cup Men 2014, is going to be held from 14th to 27th January, 2015, at the Congress Hotel, in Taganrog, Russia.

The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with first prize in the amount of 300.000 RUB.

Top seed is GM Alexander Riazantsev (2684).

The 14th International Chess Festival Prague Open 2015 was held from 9th to 16th January, 2015, in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.

The 7th Annual Chesapeake Open took place from 9-11th January at the Rockville Hilton in Rockville, Maryland, USA.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 2 to 6 June 2015 in Singapore, by the Singapore Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Asian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

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.