The traditional Tradewise Chess Festival will be held in Gibraltar from 23 January to 1 February in participation of Armenian GM Levon Aronian, the National Olympic Committee reported.

Among the top chess players of the tournament are Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), Hikaru Nakamura (US), David Navara (Czech Republic), Pentala Harikrishna (India), Nikita Vitiugov (Russia), Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) and the others.

The chess tour will be played in 10 rounds, Swiss system.