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Following two days of short, fierce and close battles the preliminary groups of the ACP Masters in Ashdod has finally reached a clear conclusion with no need for further tie-breakers.

Here are the results in group A:

The 2015 International Alcossebre Masters Chess Tournament is taking place from December 16-20, in Alcossebre, a seaside village, located on the Costa del Azahar, Spain.

The event is a 10 player single round-robin tournament with tempo of play 90′ + 30″.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 5 to 10 February 2016 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, by the Brazilian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 9 to 10 January 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic, by the AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o. and the Czech Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The 7th Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2015 is taking place from December 7-12, at RedRock Hotel, in Penang, Malaysia.

The event is a 9-round Swiss open with tempo of play 90 + 30″.

A total of 119 players from 17 different countries take part in the open tournament. Top seed is GM Dimitri Komarov (2519).

Official website/ Standings and statistics

The WALTON Premier Division Chess League takes part from December 6-14, 2015, in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh.

The event is a 7-round team competition with tempo of play 90′ + 30″. The average Elo rating is 2126.

Top seed is the team of Bangladesh Navy Chess Team.

Standings and statistics

Despite today’s four draws, chess lovers from all over the world were treated to some thrilling chess and it was almost 11pm when the last two players called it a day. But before we get to the actual chess action, here’s a reminder that on Wednesday 9th December the CNN will be asking Magnus Carlsen your questions.

The Al Ain Chess Club is organizing the 4th Al Ain Chess Classic from 22-31st December 2015.

The 9-round Swiss tournament will take place at the Al Ain Rotana Hili Hotel.

Top prizes are $13,000 / $10,000 / $7,000 / $4,500 / $3,000 / $2,000 etc (20 regular prizes)

There are also special prizes for women, juniors, regional players and elo sections. The total prize fund is $ 57,000.

The 39th Zurich Weihnachtsopen will take place from 26th to 30th December, 2015, at the Crowne Plaza Zürich in Zurich, Switzerland.

The Master Tournament (for players rated over 2000) and General Tournament (U2050) will each be played over 7 rounds of Swiss system.