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Cuban Grandmaster Lazaro Bruzon walked through the Copa Latinoamericana de Ajedrez 2014 to convincingly win the main tournament and the top prize of 3000 USD.

The 26th International Open Roquetas de Mar will take place on 2-6th January, 2015, at the Hotel Bahia Serena in Roquetas de Mar, Almeria, Spain.

The event is organized by the Club Ajedrez Roquetas and consists of the 9-round General Open with the top prize of 1000 EUR and the 7-round U2150 Open with the top prize of 300 EUR.

Players lists are below.

Tournament website

The 3rd International Tournament Ciudad de Lorca was held from 26-30th December at the Auditorium of the University of Lorca, 30800-Lorca (Murcia), Spain.

The 11th International Chess Tournament Vandoeuvre 2014 was held on 26-30th December 2014 in the Hall of sports, Str. Gembloux, in Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.

The reigning world chess champion Magnus Carlsen is still the highest rated player in FIDE Rating list for the record forty-third time. His ELO rating is 2862 (unchanged since December FIDE Rating List).

Grandmaster Wesley So has won another strong tournament in Las Vegas, by claiming the top section of the 24th Annual North American Open that was held from 26-30th December at Bally’s Casino Resort.

Wesley So competed the race with 8,0/9 points to earn 9700 USD top prize. In October he won the inaugural Millionaire Chess Open, also in Las Vegas.

The Tbilisi Open Blitz Championship was organized by the Tbilisi Chess Federation on 30th December.

78 players took part in the 9-round Swiss tournament with the time control 3′+2”.

Top-seeded GM Merab Gagunashvili took a clear first place with 7,5 points, half a point ahead of the chasing pack.

The Planetwin365 – All Stars 2014 Blitz Tournament was held on 29th December at the Tadic Chess Club in Medakovic, Belgrade.

26 players competed in the round robin tournament with the time control 3′+2”. There were 16 Grandmasters in the field.

FIDE Master and former National Under 11 Champion Rakesh Kumar Jena scored the first upset defeating Grandmaster Axel Rombaldoni of Italy in the first round of the 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament at Nehru Stadium, Chennai here today.

The 9th Torneo Internacional de Granada “Arnoldo Tenorio in Memoriam” 2014 was held from 27-29th December at the Casa de los tres mundos in Granada, Nicaragua.

The 6-round Swiss event was organized by the Fenica-Asodeagra and Dr. Luis Cuadra.