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A number of high-profile tournaments took place around Christmastime both domestically and internationally. Between the holidays and coverage of FIDE's rapid and blitz world championships, it's time to catch up on some of the biggest names and news items from the previous month.
Philippines assured of slot in FIDE World Cup ’21 Joey Villar © STAR/ File Philippines assured of slot in FIDE World Cup ’21 MANILA, Philippines — At least one Filipino will get to play in the FIDE World Cup 2021 set late this year in Minsk, Belarus. This after the Philippines received one of the 100 seats allotted by FIDE, which recently increased the number of participants from 128 to 206. The biennial event awards a couple of berths in the Candidates Tournament, an eight-player double round-robin event to decide the challenger for the World Championship. “The top...