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The 25th Keres Memorial – ACP Open will take place from January 8 to January 10 in Tallinn, Estonia.

The Pfalz Open 2016 will take place from the 5th of February to the 9th of February 2016 in Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Germany.

After the official classical January rating list, now the FIDE January 2016 rankings for Rapid are available.  The top 100 has not changed significantly in terms of placings since December 2015, as few games have been played.

The TV2 Chess International Fagernes 2015 was held from December 27th, 2015, to January 3rd, 2016, at Quality Hotel & Resort Fagernes, in Fagernes, Norway.

GM Robert Hess won the Empire City Open after concluding the competition with 5,5/6 points to take the top prize of 1250 USD.

The 34th Annual Empire City Open was held from December 26-28, 2015, at the Hotel Pennsylvania, 401 Seventh Ave, New York.

The event had 6 sections: Open, Under 2200, Under 1900, Under 1600, Under 1300 and Under 1000. The total prize fund was 13,000 USD.

Open section final standings:

The 78th Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2016 will have daily live games coverage on Chessdom.com.

The 53rd Chess Festival Groningen brought hundreds of chess players of all levels to the city of Groningen from December 21-30, 2015.

The Master event was a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament open to all players rated above 2000 Elo.

The 21st Bosnjaci Open 2016 is taking place from January 3-9, in Bosnjaci, Croatia.

The event is a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament which gathers 177 players from Bosna and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia.

Top seed is GM Emir Dizdarevic (2514).

Standings and statistics

The 15th Prague Open International Chess Tournament is taking place from January 8-15, 2016, at the Olympik hotel, in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.

The event is organized as a part of the Czech Tour 2015/2016 Series in a 9-round Swiss FIDE format, valid for international rating and norms.

The venue of play is Olympik Hotel ****, Sokolovska 138, Praha 8.