2/1/2019 – A large ten-round Swiss tournament was organised at the Chilean port city of Arica. Players from seventeen countries arrived in the northernmost city of the Andean country. Top seed Alexei Shirov took first place after finishing with an undefeated 8½/10 score. Peruvian IM Renato Terry surprised by ending up second and Farrukh Amonatov clinched third place on tiebreaks. Full pictorial report provided by club "Jaque 64".

1/11/2018 – There are a lot of firsts happening at the 16th edition of the Delhi International Grandmaster Open 2018. This year, for the first time, the tournament (all categories combined) has a total prize fund of 7,777,777 Indian Rupees (great number, which is equivalent at current rates to USD $122111!) It is also for the first time that a 2700+ player is competing in an Indian grandmaster event — Arkadij Naiditsch (2701). Also a record: nearly 2300 players from all over the world are competing at the Indira Gandhi Stadium. After four rounds, 43-year-old Bangladeshi GM Ziaur Rahman was the only player with a perfect 4 / 4 score, but he was caught in the double-round action on Friday and is now tied with Naiditsch and Murali Karthikeyan with 5½ / 6.