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The famous Grandmaster from Iceland – Henrik Danielsen – has published his first edition of The Polar Bear System. GM Danielsen shared, “I have spent 15 years developing the Polar Bear system. Indeed I have turned every stone in the system and lost many games in doing so. Since there is no theory of importance I had to work hard. I read everything about the Dutch defense and used the ideas with reversed colors. So the theory in the book is mainly created with my own games and analysis.”

The Central Serbia Open 2015 is taking place 09-15 March in Kragujevac. A total of 56 players participate, among them 10 GMs, 5 IMs, and 7 FMs.

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Russian Grandmaster Evgeniy Najer has won the 2015 European Chess Championship in the competition of 250 players from 33 countries, including 115 Grandmasters.

In the final round Najer held his compatriot GM Denis Khismatullin with black pieces to emerge clear winner on 8,5/11 points.

India and China are playing a 4-board Scheveningen Match on 1-10th March in Hyderabad.

In round 6 China won by 3-1 to extend the lead to 13,5-10,5.

Live games here. Video courtesy of Vijay Kumar.

The FIDE Zone 4.4 Individual Championships 2015 are being organized by the Togo Chess Federation under the auspices of the African Chess Confederation (ACC) from 13-22nd March in Lome, To

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 6 to 10 July 2015 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, by the Mongolian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

FIDE has published the final list of participants for the 2015 Women’s World Chess Championship which will be held in Sochi, Russia from 16th March to 7th April.

The drawing of lots to determine the colours in the 1st game of the 1st round will take place during the opening ceremony.

The pairings tree is completed (download .xls)

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized in Hammamet, Tunisia, from 30 March to 1 April 2015, by the Arbiters’ Committee of the Tunisian Chess federation, in cooperation with the Tunisian Chess Federation and the African Chess Fe

From 28 February to 1 March 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Melbourne, Australia, by the Chess Victoria in cooperation with the Australia Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar was the Melbourne Chess Club in Melbourne.

The lecturer was IA N.Y. Wong (SIN), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer was IA Peter Tsai (AUS), Vice-President of Chess Victoria.

The lectures were in English language.

India and China are playing a 4-board Scheveningen Match on 1-10th March in Hyderabad.

In round 5 China won again 2,5-1,5 to take the lead 10,5-9,5.

Live games here. Video courtesy of Vijay Kumar.