The Review of Chess Events for 2017

The World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2017 was held in Riyadh (KSA) 26th-30th December.

World Champion Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Viswanathan Anand and others.

World Blitz Open Chess Championship 2017: 1. Magnus Carlsen - 16 out of 21 scores, 2. Sergey Karjakin, 3. Viswanathan Anand - 14.5.

Magnus Carlsen is World Blitz Chess Champion.

World Blitz Women Chess Championship 2017: 1. Nana Dzagnidze - 16.5 out of 21 scores, 2. Valentina Gunina - 16, 3. Ju Wenjun, 4. Kateryna Lagno - 14.

Nana Dzagnidze is Women's World Blitz Chess Champion.

World Rapid Open Chess Championship 2017: 1. Viswanathan Anand, 2. Vladimir Fedoseev, 3. Ian Nepomniachtchi - 10.5 out of 15 scores. Tiebreak: Anand-Fedoseev 1.5-0.5.

Now Viswanathan Anand is World Rapid Chess Champion, the World Champion again.

World Rapid Women Chess Championship 2017: 1. Ju Wenjun - 11.5 out of 15 scores, 2. Lei Tingjie - 11, 3. Elisabeth Paehtz - 10.5.

Ju Wenjun is Women's World Rapid Chess Champion.

Site: http://chess-results.com/tnr323006, http://chess-results.com/tnr323557

The IMSA Elite Mind Games 2017 was held in Huai'an (China) 9th-15th December.

Basque Men: 1-2. Alexander Grischuk (gold). Anton Korobov (silver) - 6.5 out of 10 scores, 3-5. Pentala Harikrishna (bronze), Yu Yangyi, Dmitry Andreikin - 6.

Basque Women: 1. Zhao Xue - 7.5 out of 10 scores, 2. Anna Muzychuk - 6.5, 3-4. Kateryna Lagno (bronze), Harika Dronavalli - 5.5.

Blitz Men: 1-2. Vladislav Artemiev (gold), Alexander Grischuk (silver) - 16 out of 22 scores, 3. Dmitry Andreikin - 14.

Blitz Women: 1. Antoaneta Stefanova - 14,5 out of 22 scores, 2-3. Ju Wenjun (silver), Alexandra Kosteniuk (bronze) - 13.5.

Rapid Men: 1-3. Dmitry Andreikin (gold), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (silver), Le Quang Liem (bronze) - 4.5 out of 7 scores.

Rapid Women: 1-5. Antoaneta Stefanova (gold), Anna Muzychuk (silver), Mariya Muzychuk (bronze), Kateryna Lagno, Anna Ushenina - 4.5 out of 7 scores,

The Russian Chess Championships 2017 Super Finals was held in Saint Petersburg 2nd-15th December.

1. Peter Svidler, 2. Nikita Vitiugov - 7 out of 11 scores, 3. Daniil Dubov, 4. Vladimir Fedoseev - 6.5.

Russian Chess Championships 2017 Super Finals, Saint Petersburg 2017

The London Chess Classic 2017 took place in England 1st-11th December.

1-2. Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi - 6 out of 9 scores. Fabiano Caruana wins the London Chess Classic 2017. Magnus Carlsen wins the Grand Chess Tour 2017.

London Chess Classic 2017

The FIDE World Chess Grand Prix 2017 Palma de Mallorca tournament took place in Spain 16th-25th November. Swiss, 9 rounds, 18 players.

1-2. Levon Aronian, Dmitry Jakovenko - 5.5 out of 9 scores.

World Chess Grand Prix 2017 Palma de Mallorca Tournament

Chess Grand Prix 2017 final standings: 1. Mamedyarov - 340 points, 2. Grischuk - 336.4, 3. Radjabov - 312.9, 4. Ding Liren - 311.4, 5. Jakovenko - 236, 6. Vachier-Lagrave - 231.4. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Alexander Grischuk have qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2018 (Berlin, Germany, 10th-28th March 2018). All Candidates: Levon Aronian (World Cup), Ding Liren (World Cup), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Grand Prix), Alexander Grischuk (Grand Prix), Fabiano Caruana (rating), Wesley So (rating), Sergey Karjakin (loser of the WCC match 2016), Vladimir Kramnik (wildcard).

The FIDE World Chess Championship 2018 match Magnus Carlsen vs Challenger (the winner of the Candidates Tournament, Berlin 2018) will take place in London (England, the United Kingdom), 9th-28th November 2018.

The Champions Showdown 2017 was held in Saint Louis (USA) 9th-14th November. World Champion Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren, Hikaru Nakamura vs Veselin Topalov, Fabiano Caruana vs Alexander Grischuk, Wesley So vs Leinier Dominguez.

Champions Showdown 2017, Saint Louis

The European Team Chess Championships 2017 took place in Hersonissos (Crete, Greece) 28th October - 6th November.

Open: 1. Azerbaijan - 14 out of 18 scores (230), 2. Russia - 14 (217.5), 3. Ukraine - 13 (210), 4. Croatia - 13 (170).

European Team Chess Championships 2017, Crete 2017

The Chess European Club Cups 2017 took place in Antalya (Turkey) 8th-14th October. 7 round Swiss.

Open: 1. Globus - 12 out of 14 scores, 2. Alkaloid - 11 (226,5), 3. Odlar Yurdu - 11 (208), 4. AVE Novy Bor - 11 (206.5).

"Globus": Vladimir Kramnik, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Alexander Grischuk, Sergey Karjakin, Anish Giri, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anton Korobov, Denis Khismatullin.

Globus Games 1-24, European Club Cup 2017

Globus Games 25-42, European Club Cup 2017

Open: Kramnik, Mamedyarov, Grischuk, Ding Liren, Karjakin, Giri, Svidler, Yu Yangyi, Wojtaszek, Fedoseev, Harikrishna, Nepomniachtchi, Matlakov, Vitiugov.

Women: 1. Batumi Chess Club NONA - 11 out of 14 scores (126.5), 2. Odlar Yurdu - 11 (117.5), 3. Bossa Nova - 10 (116), 4. UGRA Chess Club - 10 (107.5). Batumi Chess Club NONA: Nana Dzagnidze, Harika Dronavalli, Nino Batsiashvili, Bela Khotenashvili, Salome Melia.

Site: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr302878, http://euroclubcup2017.tsf.org.tr/

The chess.com Isle of Man Masters 2017 took place in Douglas 23rd September - 1st October. 1. Magnus Carlsen - 7.5 out of 9 scores.



There are many strong chess grandmasters in the World, but Magnus Carlsen is the One. Magnus Carlsen wins the Isle of Man Masters 2017. Photo: Chess.com/Maria Emelianova

Almost like in TV series "Babylon 5": The One Who Was (Anand), the One Who Is (Carlsen), and The One Who Will Be (Aronian, Ding, Vachier-Lagrave, Caruana, Nakamura or So).

Isle of Man Masters 2017

The World Chess Cup 2017 took place in Tbilisi (Georgia) 2nd-27th September.



Ding Liren vs Levon Aronian, Final, World Chess Cup 2017. Photo by Anastasia Karlovich

Final: Levon Aronian - Ding Liren 4-2. Levon Aronian wins the World Chess Cup 2017.

World Chess Cup 2017, Tbilisi

The Sinquefield Cup 2017 Grand Chess Tour chess tournament took place in Saint Louis (USA) 1st-12th August. Rest day - 7th August.

1. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 6 out of 9 scores, 2-3. Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand - 5.5.

Sinquefield Cup 2017, Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017

The Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz competition 2017 took place in Saint Louis (USA) 14th-19th August. 1. Levon Aronian - 24.5 out of 36.



Garry Kasparov, the 13th World Chess Champion. Photo © Boris Schipkov

Garry Kasparov, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Hikaru Nakamura, Levon Aronian, Viswanathan Anand, Fabiano Caruana, Sergey Karjakin, Lenier Dominguez Perez, Le Quang Liem, David Navara.

The chess match Anish Giri vs Ding Liren was held in Wenzhou (China) 8th-11th August 2017.

Anish Giri - Ding Liren 2.5-1.5.

Games, Anish Giri vs Ding Liren match, Wenzhou 2017

The Biel Chess Festival 2017 took place in Switzerland 23rd July - 2nd August. Hou Yifan wins!

Grandmaster Tournament: 1. Hou Yifan - 6.5 out of 9 scores, 2. Etienne Bacrot - 6, 3. Pentala Harikrishna - 5.5, 4-7. Ruslan Ponomariov, Peter Leko, Nico Georgiadis, Alexander Morozevich - 5, 8. David Navara - 4, 9. Rafael Vaganian - 2, 10. Noel Studer - 1.

Hou Yifan Games, Biel Grandmaster Tournament 2017

ACCENTUS Rapid Tournament: Final: David Navara - Pentala Harikrishna 1.5-0.5.

Games, ACCENTUS Rapid Tournament, Biel 2017

The Czech Open 2017 took place in Pardubice 22nd-30th July. Swiss, 9 rounds.

1. Jan Krejci - 8 out of 9 scores, 2-5. Abhijeet Gupta, Daniil Lintchevski, David Paravyan, Vlastimil Babula - 7.

Jan Krejci Games, Czech Open 2017

Site: http://www.czechopen.net/en/

The chess match Alexander Grischuk vs Yu Yangyi was held in Jiayuguan (China) 20th-24th July 2017.

Alexander Grischuk - Yu Yangyi 3-1.

Games, Alexander Grischuk vs Yu Yangyi match, Jiayuguan 2017

The Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2017 was held in Dortmund (Germany) 15th-23rd July.

1. Radoslaw Wojtaszek - 4.5 out of 7 scores, 2-3. Vladimir Fedoseev, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 4.

Sparkassen Chess Meeting, Dortmund 2017

The Danzhou Super GM tournament 2017 was held in China 9th-18th July.

1. Wei Yi - 7.5 out of 9 scores, 2-3. Le Quang Liem, Ding Liren - 5.5, 4-6. Arkadij Naiditsch, Wang Hao, Yu Yangyi - 5, 7. Vassily Ivanchuk - 4.5, 8. Ruslan Ponomariov - 3.5, 9. Lu Shanglei - 2.5, 10. Vladimir Malakhov - 2.

Wei Yi Games, Danzhou Super GM tournament 2017

The FIDE World Chess Grand Prix 2017 Geneva tournament took place in Switzerland 6th-16th July.

1. Teimour Radjabov - 6 out of 9 scores, 2-3. Alexander Grischuk, Ian Nepomniachtchi - 5.5.

World Chess Grand Prix 2017 Geneva Tournament

The Ciudad de Leon 2017 chess tournament took place in Spain 6th-10th July.

Final: Wesley So - Viswanathan Anand 3.5-2.5.

Semifinals: Viswanathan Anand - Jaime Santos Latasa 4-2, Wesley So - Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2.5-1.5.

Ciudad de Leon 2017 Games

The Russian Championship 2017 Higher League took place in Sochi 2nd-11th July.

1-2. Daniil Dubov, Sanan Sjugirov - 6.5 out of 9 scores, 3-8. Sergey Volkov, Evgeny Romanov, Maxim Matlakov, Evgeniy Najer, Aleksandr Shimanov, Vladislav Artemiev - 6.

The Annual World Open 2017 was held in Philadelphia (USA) 29th June - 4th July.

1. Tigran L. Petrosian - 7.5 out of 9 scores, 2-7. Le Quang Liem, Jeffery Xiong, Yuniesky Quesada Perez, Zhou Jianchao, Andrey Stukopin, Zhansaya Abdumalik - 7.

The Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour 2017 took place in Leuven (Belgium) June 28th – July 2nd.

1. Magnus Carlsen - 25.5 out of 36 scores, 2. Wesley So - 22.5, 3. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 22.

Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour 2017

The World Team Chess Championships 2017 was held in Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia) 16th-27th June.



Photos by Anastasia Balakhontseva

The Paris Grand Chess Tour 2017 took place in France 21st-25th June.

Tiebreak: Magnus Carlsen - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1.5-0.5.

Paris Grand Chess Tour 2017

The American Continental Chess Championship 2017 was held in Medellin (Colombia) 9th-19th June.

1-8. Samuel Sevian, Jorge Cori, Neuris Delgado Ramirez, Axel Bachmann, Emilio Cordova, Lazaro Bruzon Batista, Yusnel Bacallao Alonso, Diego Flores - 8.5 out of 11 scores.

Samuel Sevian Games, American Continental Chess Championship 2017

The Altibox Norway Chess 2017 was held in Stavanger June 5th–17th.

1. Levon Aronian - 6 out of 9 scores, 2-3. Hikaru Nakamura, Vladimir Kramnik - 5, 4-6. Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Anish Giri - 4.5, 7-9. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen - 4, 10. Sergey Karjakin - 3.5.

Norway Chess 2017

The European Individual Chess Championship 2017 took place in Minsk (Belarus) 30th May - 10th June.

1-3. Matlakov Maxim, Jobava Baadur, Fedoseev Vladimir - 8.5 out of 11 scores, 4-14. Fridman Daniel, Cheparinov Ivan, Motylev Alexander, Duda Jan-Krzysztof, Navara David, Howell David, Kravtsiv Martyn, Areshchenko Alexander, Bluebaum Matthias, Grachev Boris, Kunin Vitaly - 8, 15-38. Bok Benjamin, Jones Gawain, Dubov Daniil, Bacrot Etienne, Melkumyan Hrant, Mastrovasilis Dimitrios, Zhigalko Sergei, Artemiev Vladislav, Rodshtein Maxim, Aleksandrov Aleksej, Tomashevsky Evgeny, Erdos Viktor, Kuzubov Yuriy, Lenic Luka, Riazantsev Alexander, Martirosyan Haik, Sutovsky Emil, Yilmaz Mustafa, Ponomariov Ruslan, Ter-Sahakyan Samvel, Sargissian Gabriel, Movsesian Sergei, Berkes Ferenc, Hakobyan Aram - 7.5.

Maxim Matlakov of Russia is the European Champion 2017. According to FIDE regulations top 22 players have qualified for the World Cup 2017 in Tbilisi, Georgia (2nd-28th September 2017).

Final Standings: European Individual Chess Championship 2017

Maxim Matlakov, European Individual Chess Championship 2017: All 11 Games

The Capablanca Memorial 2017 was held in Matanzas (Cuba) 26th May - 6th June.

1. Krishnan Sasikiran - 6.5 out of 10 scores, 2-3. Vassily Ivanchuk, Sam Shankland - 5.5, 4. Kacper Piorun - 5, 5. Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez - 4, 6. Emilio Cordova - 3.5.

Capablanca Memorial 2017 Games

The FIDE World Chess Grand Prix 2017 Moscow tournament took place in Russia 12th-21st May. 1. Ding Liren - 6 out of 9 scores.

World Chess Grand Prix 2017 Moscow Tournament

The Asian Continental Chess Championship 2017 was held in Chengdu (China) 12th-20th May.

1-2. Wang Hao, Bu Xiangzhi - 7 out of 9 scores, 3-4. Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, Yu Yangyi - 6.5.

Wang Hao Games, Asian Continental Chess Championship 2017

The Tepe Sigeman Chess 2017 tournament took place in Malmo (Sweden) 10th-14th May.

1-2. Nils Grandelius, Baadur Jobava - 3 out of 5 scores, 3-4. Pavel Eljanov, Erik Blomqvist - 2.5, 5-6. Harika Dronavalli, Nigel Short - 2.

Tepe Sigeman Chess 2017 Games

The Russian Team Chess Championship 2017 was held in Sochi, Krasnodar Kray 1st-10th May.

1. Siberia-Sirius - 14 out of 14 scores, 2. Legacy Square Capital - 11, 3. Malachite - 8 (23.5), 4. Bronze Horseman - 8 (22.5), 5. Chess Federation CFD - 5, 6. Chess School - 4 (18), 7. Ladya - 4 (17), 8. Zhiguli - 2.

Bronze Horseman (St Petersburg), Legacy Square Capital (Moscow), Siberia-Sirius (Novosibirsk oblast), Malachite (Yekaterinburg), Zhiguli (Samara oblast), Chess School (St Petersburg), Chess Federation CFD, Ladya (Kazan).

Siberia-Sirius: Vladimir Kramnik, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Anish Giri, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alexander Grischuk, Dmitry Andreikin, Anton Korobov, Denis Khismatullin.

Kramnik, Mamedyarov, Giri, Nepomniachtchi, Grischuk, Andreikin, Svidler, Vitiugov, Matlakov, Malakhov, Karpov, Shirov.

The Shamkir Chess 2017, Vugar Gashimov Memorial was held in Azerbaijan 21st-30th April. 1. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 5.5 out of 9 scores.

Shamkir Chess 2017, Vugar Gashimov Memorial

The Reykjavik Open 2017 took place in Iceland 19th-27th April.

1. Anish Giri - 8.5 out of 10 scores, 2-5. Jorden van Foreest, Sergei Movsesian, Abhijeet Gupta, Gata Kamsky - 8.

Anish Giri Games, Reykjavik Open 2017

The Karpov Poikovsky 2017 tournament was held in Russia 18th-27th April.

1-2. Emil Sutovsky, Evgeniy Najer - 7 out of 9 scores, 3. Anton Korobov - 6, 4. Ernesto Inarkiev - 5, 5-7. Dmitry Jakovenko, David Anton Guijarro, Maxim Rodshtein - 4, 8. Sergei Zhigalko - 3.5, 9. Daniil Dubov - 3, 10. Victor Bologan - 1.5.

Emil Sutovsky Games, Karpov Poikovsky 2017

The European Individual Women's Chess Championship 2017 took place in Riga (Latvia) 11th-22nd April.

1. Nana Dzagnidze - 8.5 out of 11 scores, 2-3. Aleksandra Goryachkina, Alisa Galliamova - 8.

Nana Dzagnidze Games, European Individual Women's Chess Championship 2017

The GRENKE Chess Classic 2017 took place in Germany 15th-22nd April. 1. Levon Aronian - 5.5 out of 7 scores.



Hou Yifan: One Girl and the Seven Chess Dwarfs. Photo by Georgios Souleidis

Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian, Arkadij Naiditsch, Hou Yifan, Matthias Bluebaum, Georg Meier.

GRENKE Chess Classic 2017

The GRENKE Chess Open 2017 was held in Karlsruhe (Germany) 13th-17th April.

1-4. Nikita Vitiugov, Maxim Matlakov, Etienne Bacrot, Zdenko Kozul - 7.5 out of 9 scores.

Nikita Vitiugov Games, GRENKE Chess Open 2017

The Kortchnoi Zurich Chess Challenge 2017 took place in Switzerland 12th-17th April. 1. Hikaru Nakamura - 15.

Kortchnoi Zurich Chess Challenge 2017

The Dubai Open 2017 was held in UAE 3rd-12th April.

1-7. Gawain Jones, Mustafa Yilmaz, Vidit Gujrathi, Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli, Ahmed Adly, Sergei Zhigalko, Aleksandr Rakhmanov - 7 out of 9 scores.

Gawain Jones Games, Dubai Open 2017

The US Chess Championships 2017 took place in Saint Louis, United States of America, March 28th - April 10th. Rest Day 3rd April.

1-2. Wesley So, Alexander Onischuk - 7 out of 11 scores, 3-5. Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Varuzhan Akobian - 6.5. Playoff: So-Onischuk 1.5-0.5. Wesley So is the new U.S. Champion.

US Chess Championships 2017

The "MEWE Cup" 2017, World Champion Summit Chess Match Hou Yifan (four-time Women Chess Champion) vs Vassily Ivanchuk (World Rapid Chess Champion) was held in Shenzhen (China) 5th-8th April.

Hou Yifan - Vassily Ivanchuk 1-3.

Hou Yifan vs Vassily Ivanchuk Chess Match 2017 Games

The Du Te News Cup 2017 was held in Shenzhen (China) 22nd March - 3rd April.

1. Ding Liren - 6.5 out of 9 scores, 2-3. Anish Giri, Peter Svidler - 5.5, 4-5. Yu Yangyi, Harikrishna Pentala - 4.5, 6. Michael Adams - 3.5.

Du Te News Cup 2017 Games

The Sharjah Masters International Chess Championship 2017 took place in UAE 23rd-31st March.

1-6. Wang Hao, Adhiban Baskaran, Martyn Kravtsiv, Yuriy Kryvoruchko, Sethuraman S.P., Salem A.R. Saleh - 7 out of 9 scores.

Wang Hao Games, Sharjah Chess Masters 2017

The Saint Louis Winter Classic 2017 took place in USA 11th-19th March.

1. David Howell - 6 out of 9 scores, 2-3. Vladimir Fedoseev, Dariusz Swiercz - 5.5, 4-6. Samuel Shankland, Alexander Ipatov, Yaroslav Zherebukh - 5, 7-8. Jeffery Xiong, Emilio Cordova - 4, 9-10. Samuel Sevian, Ruifeng Li - 2.5.

David Howell Games, St. Louis Winter Classic 2017

The HD Bank Cup 2017 was held in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) 12th-17th March.

1. Le Quang Liem - 7 out of 9 scores, 2-8. Bu Xiangzhi, Wang Hao, Wei Yi, Tran Tuan Minh, Ivan Rozum, Vishnu Prasanna, Sandro Mareco - 6.5.

Le Quang Liem Games, HD Bank Cup 2017

The Aeroflot Open 2016 took place in Moscow (Russia) 21st February - 1st March.

1. Vladimir Fedoseev - 7 out of 9 scores, 2-4. Evgeniy Najer, Vladislav Kovalev, Nikita Vitiugov - 6.5.

Vladimir Fedoseev Games, Aeroflot Open 2017

Fedoseev-Huzman, Aeroflot Open, Moscow 2017

The Women's World Chess Championship 2017, knock-out tournament was held in Tehran (Iran) February 10th - March 4th.

Tan Zhongyi beats Anna Muzychuk 3.5-2.5 in the final. Tan Zhongyi is Women's World Chess Champion.

Women's World Chess Championship 2017 Knock-Out, Tehran 2017

The FIDE World Chess Grand Prix 2017 Sharjah tournament took place in the United Arab Emirates 18th-27th February.

1-3. Alexander Grischuk, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 5.5 out of 9 scores.

World Chess Grand Prix 2017 Sharjah Tournament

The Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2017 took place in Gibraltar 23rd January - 2nd February. 1-3. Hikaru Nakamura, David Anton Guijarro, Yu Yangyi - 8 out of 10 scores. Tie-break: Final: Anton Guijarro - Nakamura 0.5-1.5.



Photos by Sophie Triay

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2017 took place in Wijk aan Zee (The Netherlands) January 14th-29th. 1. Wesley So - 9 out of 13 scores.

Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin, Anish Giri, Pentalal Harikrishna, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Pavel Eljanov, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Dmitri Andreikin, Richard Rapport, Wei Yi, Loek van Wely, Baskaran Adhiban.

Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Wijk aan Zee 2017

The Delhi Open 2017 took place in India 9th-16th January.

1. Farrukh Amonatov - 8.5 out of 10 scores, 2-3. Ghosh Diptayan, Marat Dzhumaev - 8.

Farrukh Amonatov Games, Delhi Open 2017

The New Zealand Open Chess Championship 2017, the New Zealand Rapid and Blitz Championships 2017 took place in Wellington 1st-11th January. The 124th New Zealand Chess Congress.

New Zealand Open Chess Championship 2017: 1. Ari Dale - 7.5 out of 9 scores, 2-3. Scott Wastney - 7, 3-6. Robert Smith, Tim Reilly, Daniel Hanwen Gong, Russell Dive - 6.5. Ari Dale (Australia) wins the New Zealand Open, but Scott Wastney is the New Zealand Champion.

New Zealand Rapid Chess Championship 2017: Ari Dale - 7.5 out of 9 scores, 2-3. Hans Gao, Anthony Ker - 7.

New Zealand Blitz Chess Championship 2017: Ari Dale - 7.5 out of 9 scores, 2-3. Peng Shunkai, Jeremy Knowles - 6.5.

Site: http://www.newzealandchess.co.nz/

The Basel Schachfestival 2017 was held in Switzerland 2nd-8th January.

1-3. Eltaj Safarli, Jinshi Bai, Christian Bauer - 7 out of 9.

Eltaj Safarli Games, Basel Schachfestival 2017

The Hastings International Chess Congress 2016-2017 took place in England 28th December 2016 - 5th January 2017.

1. Deep Sengupta - 7 out of 9 scores, 2-7. Miklos Galyas, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, Bogdan Lalic, Arghyadip Das, Ravi Haria - 6.5.

Deep Sengupta Games, Hastings International Chess Congress 2016-2017

The Rilton Cup 2016-2017 took place in Stockholm (Sweden) 27th December 2016 - 5th January 2017.

1. Krishnan Sasikiran - 7.5 out of 9 scores, 2. Sergey Volkov - 7, 3-10. Gata Kamsky, Frode Urkedal, Dhopade Swapnil, Milos Pavlovic, Kaido Kulaots, Ivan Sokolov, Mikhail Antipov, Sundar Shyam - 6.5.

Krishnan Sasikiran Games, Rilton Cup 2016-2017

The Erfurt Schachfestival 2016 was held in Germany 26th-30th December.

1-3. Jens Ove Fries-Nielsen, Jonathan Carlstedt, Peter Enders - 6.5 out of 8 scores, 4-6. Roland Schmaltz, Filiz Osmanodja, Marco Thinius - 6.

The Groningen Chess Festival 2016 took place in the Netherlands 21st-30th December. 1-2. Jinshi Bai, Sergei Tiviakov - 7 out of 9 scores, 3-6. Maksim Chigaev, Casper Schoppen, Sipke Ernst, Michal Krasenkow - 6.5.

The Zurich Christmas Chess Open 2016 was held in Switzerland 26th-30th December. 1-6. Abasov Nijat, Viktor Laznicka, Dennis Wagner, Christian Bauer, Mateusz Bartel, Peter Michalik - 5.5 out of 7.