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The ASEAN Chess Academy, the World Chess Federation (FIDE) and the Thailand Chess Association have the honour of inviting all federations and eligible players for the World Schools Individual Chess Championships 2015 to be organised in Pattaya, Thailand from 6th May (arrival) to 15th May (departure) 2015.

There shall be 6 categories; namely Under-07, Under-09 Under-11, Under-13, Under-15 and Under-17 with separate events for Open and Girls.

Branicevo Chess Union, Chess Club VGSK, municipality Veliko Gradište and Danubia Hotels are warmly welcoming all participants and guests to the Chess Festival “Silver Lake 2015″.

The Chess Festival will take place from 20-28th June, 2015, on Silver Lake, Veliko Gradište, Serbia.

The Organizing Committee is preparing a rich programme for all ages and playing levels:

The UAE Chess Federation and Al Ain Chess Club on behalf of Asian Chess Federation and FIDE, invite Federations to participate in the Asian Continental Chess Championships (Open and Women’s) from 1-13 August 2015 at the Hilton Hotel in Al Ain, UAE.

Each Federation from FIDE Zones 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7 can enter one official player in the Open and one official player in the Women’s Division.

The 24th Annual Eastern Class Championships were held from April 24-26, 2015, at the Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, 366 Main St, Sturbridge, Massachusetts.

The event had 7 sections: Master, Expert, Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E. The playing format was 5-round Swiss with the time control 40/110, SD/30, d10.

The International Open “Queima das Fitas” 2015 was held from 30th April to 3rd May at the Hotel D. Luis, in Coimbra, Portugal.

The 7-round Swiss event was organized by the Chess Section of the Academic Association of Coimbra, with the support of the Portuguese Chess Federation, of the Chess Association of Coimbra District and the Hotel D. Luís.

The 2015 Paraguay National Congress Open Blitz Chess Tournament took place on 4th May, in Asuncion, the capital and largest city of Paraguay.

The event was a 7-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 5′ + 3″ for the first three rounds and 10′ + 2″ for the last four rounds.

The Kosovo & Metohija Chess Union organized the regional Cup on 26th April at the Students Center in Kosovska Mitrovica. Five teams took participation in the event.

Chess Club “Trepca” from Kosovska Mitrovica won the Cup and qualified for the final stage of “Svetozar Gligoric Cup”, which will take place from 16-22nd May in Kraljevo.

Chess Club “Kosmet” from Leposavic was second, while Chess Club “Mita Staletovic” from Strpce finished on third place.

The 47th Italian Team Chess Championship was held from 29th April to 3rd May in Civitanova Marche. 17 teams competed in the 7-round Swiss event.

Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova took the title ahead of WorldTradingLab Club 64 Modena. The two teams finished with 11 match points each, but Padova boasted better sum of individual points (20 vs 19).

The 31st European Club Cup and the 20th European Club Cup for Women will take place in Skopje/FYR Macedonia, from 17th October (arrival and opening) to 25th October 2015 (departure). The official venue will be the 5* hotel Aleksandar Palace.

The championships will be held in 7 rounds, played in the Swiss system in accordance with the ECU Tournament Rules.