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Article by Chris Torres

The Susan Polgar Foundation’s National Open for Girls and Boys hit new heights in 2015. Appearing on the West Coast for the first time, the SPFNO attracted approximately 400 players which included nearly all of the top scholastic chess players from California as well as very strong competition from every corner of the United States and beyond.

Eight participants from Curacao attended the Seminar organised by the Curacao Chess Federation with financial support from the Confederation of Chess for the Americas and under the aegis of the Events Commission of FIDE.

The Seminar was held from 27th February to 1st March. Facilities were provided by the Curacao Sport & Olympic Federation.

Chess Informant 123 Book + CD is here. Once again it is the quality of the well known book combined with the free shipping from the Chessdom shop.

Chess Informant 123 is a beautiful book of total 352 pages + CD

The 133rd Varsity Chess Match between Oxford and Cambridge Universities takes place at the RAC Club, Pall Mall, London, on Saturday 7 March 2015, starting at 12.30pm.

This year’s event will be officially opened by GM Luke McShane, who played board one for Oxford in the 2004 and 2005 Varsity chess matches. The approximate average age of Oxford team is 23 years and Cambridge is 21 years, with approximate average ratings of Oxford 2126 and Cambridge 2252.

The 47th International WGM Tournament Belgrade 2015 is taking place from 3rd to 11th March, in Serbia, the capital and largest city of Serbia.

The Latvian Chess Federation is holding the 4th Vladimir Petrov Memorial on 7-8th March, 2015, at the Jurmala City museum in Jurmala, Latvia.

Number of top players participate, including Vasil Ivanchuk, Sergey Karjakin, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Alexander Morozevich, Boris Gelfand, Richard Raport, Alexey Shirov and others.

The 137th MGU Open 2015 was held from 28th February to 1st March, 2015, at Chess Club MGU, in Sofia, capital and largest city of Bulgaria.

The All India Chess Federation on behalf of FIDE and Commonwealth Chess Association cordially invite your Federation to participate in the Commonwealth Chess Championship to be held at Hotel Park Plaza, Shahdara, New Delhi, India from 22nd June t