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The 24th Annual Chicago Open will be held from 21-25 May, 2015, at the Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling, Illinois.

The event has 8 sections: Open, Under 2300, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500, Under 1300 and Under 1000.

The Open section will be played over 9 rounds of Swiss system (May 21-25) with the time control 40/2, SD/30 d10. The section is FIDE rated and FIDE title norms are possible.

The FIDE Zone 3.1 Championship 2015 kicked off in Muscat, the capital of Oman.

The event is organized by the Oman Chess Federation from 17-24th May, 2015 and it was inaugurated by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

The Norwegian GM Simen Agdestein (2620) was forced to resign in a game against a 6-year-old girl.

The 16th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship for 2015 is taking place from 18-31st May at the hotel “Oazis Palace Chakvi” in Chakvi, Adjara, Georgia.

The Championship is organized by the government of Georgia, government of Adjarian Autonomous Republic and Georgian Chess Federation under the auspices of European Chess Union.

The 1st Sivakasi Chess Sparklers (SCS) FIDE Rated Tournament is taking place from 17-24th May, 2015, in Sivakasi, a town in Virudhunagar District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′ + 30″.

The FIDE Zone 3.1 Championship 2015 is taking place from 17-24th May, 2015, in Muscat, the capital of Oman.

The event is organized by Oman Chess Federation in a 9-round format with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″.

Italian-American star Fabiano Caruana moved into lead in the FIDE Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk by scoring a second consecutive victory. Today he won with black against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.

The 3rd Cup Svetozar Gligoric 2015 is taking place from 16-22nd May, 2015, in Hotel Turist, in the Serbian city of Kraljevo.

The event is a 7-round Team tournament headed by the team of “Jugovic” Kac with an average Elo rating of 2579.

The 3rd Stein am Rhein Spring Open took place from 1-3rd May, 2015, in a palm garden in Stein am Rhein, a medieval town in Switzerland.

The event was a 5-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′ + 30″.