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The 41st International Open Ciudad de Sevilla is set to take place from 8-16th January at the FIBES-Palacio de Congresos y exposiciones in Seville, Spain.

The tournament is organized by the Federacion Sevillana de Ajedrez with support from Aytuntamiento de Sevilla – I.M. Deportes, Diputación de Sevilla and Turismo y Deporte Junta de Andalucía.

The playing format is 9-round Swiss. 227 participants from 20 countries are competing, including 12 Grandmasters and 7 International Masters.

The 4th Annual Boston Chess Congress will be held from January 8-10, 2016, at the Hyatt Boston Harbor at Logan Airport, 101 Harborside Dr, Boston, Massachusetts.

The event has 6 sections: Premier (open to 1900/above), Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500 and Under 1300. Each section has either a 3-day schedule (January 8-10) or 2-day schedule (January 9-10) to participate in.

The event has a $12,000 prize fund, based on 220 paid entries, with $8,000 minimum guaranteed.

The 6th Andranik Margaryan Memorial is organized by the Chess Academy of Armenia from 8th to 16th January, 2016, in Armenian capital Yerevan.

The event is a 10-player single round-robin tournament, valid for GM norms.

The Budapest Hotel Medosz Open 2016 will take place this spring staring from March 18 to March 27 2016. The tournament will feature up to 60 players that will take place in the Hotel Medosz, Budapest.

The first day of the 25th Keres Memorial has concluded. In addition to the main rapid tournament, there were various other organized events that celebrated the anniversary of Paul Keres’ birth – a new coin and a new stamp, several presentations and speeches in memory of the great chess mind, set to live classical music.

Eesti Pank (the bank of Estonia) started releasing the Estonian two-euro circulation coin with the special design dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Paul Keres to the commercial banks today.

From the spectacular queen sacrifice by FM Krupenski against GM Gelfand to the 2B vs 2N lecture by GM Kovalenko, the Paul Keres Memorial is a all-round strong rapid event.

Live games continue here, the best games of the day will be added to this article after every round

FM Juri Krupenski – GM Boris Gelfand

Sweden’s best chess player Nils Grandelius challenged USA’s super talent Sam Sevian in a 2-game rapid duel with time control 15′ + 10″. The event took place on January 5, 2016, at 8.30 PM CET, in Swedish capital Stockholm.

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