January Armenia. At the 70th Armenian Championships in Yerevan, A. Grigoryan scored 7.5/9 and became the champion with two points clear ahead of T. Petrosian (5.5/9), Z. Andriasian (5.5/9) and A. Minasian (5.5/9). Australia. Zhao Zong-Yuan won the Australian Championship in Sydney after finished on 10/11 points. Belarus. There was a huge surprise at the 76th Belarusian Chess Championship

January Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijan Championship was won by Rashad Babaev with 6.5/9. Farid Abbasov finished on the second place with 6/9 points. Belarus. Sergei Zhigalko took a clear first at the Belarus Championship in Minsk with 6.5/9. Cuba. Lazaro Bruzon Batista won the Cuban Championship in Las Tunas on tiebreak from Neuris Delgado Ramirez, Lelys

January Armenia. At the 68th Armenian Championship in Yerevan, Karen Asrian took the first place from Artashes Minasian. Both of them scored 8/11 points. Azerbaijan. The  Championship of Azerbaijan in Baku was won by Rauf Mamedov with 7/9 points. Belarus. Alexei Fedorov won the Championships of Belarus with 9.5/13 points. Sergei Zhigalko finished at the

January   Armenia. Karen Asrian won the 67th Armenian Championship in Yerevan with 7.5/11 points. Belarus. At the Belarus Championships in Minsk, Aleksej Aleksandrov dominated and won with 7.5/11 points. Croatia. Nikola Sedlak took a clear first at the 13th Chess Festival in Zupanja with 7/9 points. Cuba. The Cuban Championship in Santa Clara was won

January Australia. Ian Rogers took a clear first at the Xstrata Australian Championships in Brisbane with 9/11 points. Czech Republic. At the Czech Chess Christmas 2005 Tournament in Litomysl, Viacheslav Dydyshko won with 7.5/9. England. The Hastings Chess Congress was won by Valerij Neverov with 8/10. Germany. At the Bad Zwesten Open, Christian Bauer shared

January   Canada. Dmitry Jakovenko won the Montreal World Chess Tournament in Saint-Laurent with 8/9. Victor Mikhalevski finished at the second place with 6/9. Czech Republic. At the Czech Chess Christmas 2004 Tournament in Litomysl, Pavel Blatny took a clear first with 8/9 points. Germany.  Eduardas Rozentalis won the Augsburg GM Tournament with 7.5/11. Ian

January Brazil. At the 9th Brazilian Chess Championship in Rio de Janeiro, Darcy Lima scored 6.5/9 and became the champion. Croatia. Aleksander Delchev won the 9th Bosnjaci Open with 6.5/9 points. England. At the 78th Hastings International Chess Congress, Peter Heine Nielsen reached 6/9 points and won the event. India. Krishnan Sasikiran won the 40th

January   Australia. At the Melbourne Festival of Chess, Darryl Johansen won with 8.5/11 points. England. Pentala Harikrishna gained 6.5/9 and won the 77th Hastings International Chess Congress. Germany. At the 6th Bad Zwesten Open, Arkadij Naiditsch won with 7.5/9 (with half a clear point clear). Arkadij Naiditsch won the 2nd Unilog Integrata GM tournament

  January   Bermuda. At the Bermuda 2001, Bartlomiej Macieja won the tournament with 7/10 points. Czech Republic. Konstantin Chernyshov scored 7/9 and won the Wilhelm Steinitz Memorial in Prague. England. At the 76th Hastings International Chess Congress, Stuart Conquest became the champion with 6/9 points. Germany. Sergei Ovsejevitsch reached 7/9 points and won the

  January Brasil At the 66th Brazilian Chess Championship in Teresina, Giovanni Vescovi won with 8/9. England. Emil Sutovsky gained 6.5/9 at the  Hastings Premier and won the event. Germany. At the Lohmar New Year Tournament, Alexandre Dgebuadze won with 7/9 points. Italy. Leonid Yudasin won the 42nd Reggio Emilia Tournament with 7/9. Igor Khenkin