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The 25th Annual North American Open will be held from 26-30th December, 2015, at Bally’s Casino Resort, 3645 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, Nevada.

The event has 7 sections: Open, Under 2300, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500 and Under 1250. The Open Section is a 5-day schedule (December 26-30) while all other sections have either a 4-day schedule (December 26-29) or 3-day schedule (December 27-29) to participate in.

The Administrative Court of Sofia has ruled to cancel the decision of Bulgarian Chess Federation (BCF) and to lift all the sanctions that were imposed on Grandmaster Kiril Georgiev, ACP President Emil Sutovsky announced on his Facebook page.

According to the ruling, the BCF will have to compensate the financial losses, which Grandmaster Georgiev has suffered due to unlawful decision to ban him.

World Champion Magnus Carlsen singled out on the top of the standings after five rounds of play in the 2015 Qatar Masters Open.

Carlsen defeated Li Chao B of China and is now on 4,5/5 points, half a point ahead of the chasing pack of eight players.

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The 12th Vandoeuvre International Christmas Chess Open took place from December 19th through December 23rd, 2015, at Sports Park Vandoeuvre, France.

The event was a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament with prize fund in total of 7,000 EUR.

After four rounds of play in the 2015 Qatar Masters Open Magnus Carlsen, Maxim Matlakov and Wesley So have caught up with Anish Giri and Li Chao B on the shared first place wi

Yeoh Li Tian is the surprise early leader in the Open section after three round of play in the JAPFA 3rd ASEAN Championships being held from 21-31 December 2015 at the Utut Adianto Chess School in Bekasi, Jakarta.

The 16 year old Malaysian No. 1 has 2.5/3 after defeating fellow FM Nguyen Anh Khoi and IM Wynn Zaw Htun while holding a draw against IM Sean Winstand Cuhendi.

We live in the epoch of the Internet. And with that, another phenomenon comes that marks our everyday life – the social networking. Facebook grew as the largest network, but there are many others, some are better known, some are obscure, but all they have one thing in common: to connect friends and acquaintances from various walks of life. Some specialise in a specific grouping of people united by a certain profession, activity, belief etc.

By now, it is an irrefutable fact that the virtual communication is our reality.

After three rounds of play in the 2015 Qatar Masters Open Anish Giri and Li Chao B maintain the perfect score and are paired to play each other on Wednesday. Full results below.

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The CAS has completely dismissed the case brought by Silvio Danailov, Vladimir Sakotic and Sava Stoisavljevic against FIDE. The Ruling was as follows:

The JAPFA 3rd ASEAN Chess Championship was opened today in a Ceremony officiated by Agus Mulyano, JAPFA PR Director, Senator GM Utut Adianto, ACC (ASEAN Chess Confederation) and PERCASI (All Indonesia Chess Federation) Deputy President in attendance..

In his welcome speech, Agus Mulyano thanked the participants – both from ASEAN and Indonesia – for taking the time over the holiday period to come and play in the JAPFA 3rd ASEAN Championships 2015.