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The Stockholm Chess Challenge 2016 gathers world renown young talents from March 8 – 13, 2016, in Sweden.

This year’s edition of Salento Open is set to take place from 21-28th May at the Ecoresort Le Sirenè – Caroli Hotels in Gallipoli, Italy. WCM Yelizaveta Orlova introduces the event:

The Chess House GM Tournament is taking place from February 13-21, 2016, at Chess House, Katrinebjergvej 111A, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark.

The event is a 10-player single round-robin tournament with top seed GM Boris Chatalbashev (2563) from Bulgaria.

Official website/ Standings and statistics

The 14th International Open Tournament 2016 is taking place from February 17-21, in Nancy, France.

Under the auspices of the African Chess Confederation, the Tanzania Chess Association has the honour of inviting Zone 4.2 Federations affiliated to the World Chess Federation (FIDE) to participate in the 2016 Zone 4.2 Individual Chess Championships.<

The 2016 Peruvian Men’s and Women’s Chess Championship took place from February 10-14, at the National Stadium of Peruvian capital Lima.

Both events were played in a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament with time control 90′ + 30″.

The 2016 Peruvian Women’s Championship is taking place from February 10-14, at the National Stadium of Peruvian capital Lima.

The event is a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament with time control 90′ + 30″. It is a qualifying tournament for the Continental Championship, the first three players will have the right to fight for the free spots for the forthcoming World Cup.

The 13th International Chess Festival “Aeroflot Open 2016″ is taking place from 29th February to 11th March in Hotel “Cosmos”, Moscow.

This major event is open to chess players of most varied qualification: from unrated to world’s top. As before, the festival is held “under the wings” of the Russian leading air company “Aeroflot – Russian Airlines”.

The International Chess Tournament “Bled Chess Festival 2016″ is scheduled to take place on Saturday, 19th March and Sunday 20th March 2016 in the grand hall of (5-star) Grand Hotel Toplice, Bled.