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Chess Federation of Central Serbia, Chess Club Krusik and City of Valjevo are organizing a round robin tournament in memory of former CFCS President Selimir Manojlovic.

The tournament will take place from 9-15th May at the Hotel Grand in Valjevo. The average elo of the participants is 2391.

The Chess Association of Malawi hosted the 2015 FIDE Zone 4.3 Individual Chess Championships from April 17th to 26th at Shire Highlands Hotel in the Central Business District (CBD) of Limbe (Blantyre) in Malawi.

The event was held under the auspices of the African Chess Confederation. 34 players of 7 countries participated in the Open and Women sections.

India’s biggest television network Doordarshan will telecast four exclusive Highlights of the 2nd Kolkata International Grandmasters Chess Tournament on its DD Sports Channel from 5-8th May.

Filmed and Produced by Vijay Kumar the 30 minutes highlights of each episode will be telecast as under:

The Honduras Chess Federation is going to organize an Internet Based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar, from 21 to 26 July 2015, under the auspices of FIDE.

From 20 to 23 April 2015 the 41st Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was held, organized by the ARAB CHESS FEDERATION and under the auspices of FIDE.

From 16 to 19 April 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Al Khobar (Eastern Region), Saudi Arabia, by the Saudi Chess Association and under auspices of FIDE.

The lecturer was IA Shaker Alafoo (BRN), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer was FA Al Otaibi, Yaser Motlaq (KSA).

The venue of the Seminar was the Tulip Inn Hotel in Al Khobar.

The lectures were in English language with Arabic translation.

The FIDE Zone 2.5 Championship was held from 27th April to 3rd May in Asuncion, Paraguay.

Grandmaster Julio Granda Zuniga (Peru) walked through the 2015 Open Internacional Ciudad de Móstoles to take a clear first place with the convincing 8,5/9 score. Granda Zuniga won the top prize of 1000 EUR.

The 9-round rapid tournament with the time control 15′+5” was held on 1st May at the Polideportivo Rafa Martinez in Móstoles, near Madrid, Spain.

The event was organized by Agrupación Deportiva Ajedrez Móstoles.

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The 11th Copenhagen Chess Challenge took place from 29th April to 3rd May, 2015, in Ballerup, a Danish town, seat of the Ballerup Municipality, in the Region Hovedstaden.

The event was a 9-round Swiss tournament, organized by Chess Club BMS Skak, in collaboration with the Copenhagen Chess Federation (KSU), the Danish Chess Federation (DSU), the Support Federation of the Danish Chess Federation (DSUS).

The African Individual Chess Championship is taking place from 2-10th May, 2015, in Cairo, the capital of Egypt and the second-largest city in Africa.

The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with the participation of 32 players from 11 different countries, including 5 GMs.

Top seed is the highest rated African player GM Bassem Amin (2633).