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India and China will face off in a Scheveningen Match on four boards at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad from March 1-10.

China has had matches with Russia and the United States and it is the first time the Asian giants will face in the chess board in such an exclusive Indo-China Summit match.

The March 2015 FIDE Top-100 Players List is once again led by Magnus Carlsen, who has 2863 ELO points.

Fabiano Caruana (2802 ELO) is clear second with 61 points gap.

The French Championships in Rapid and Blitz for 2015 were held on 21-22nd February in Nancy, France.

The Championship was marked by record participation – 156 in Blitz and 220 in Rapid.

Wesley So ‘will definitely participate’ in the 2nd Vugar Gashimov Memorial, according to the unofficial source close to the player’s management, and it is still not clear which foreign player will be replaced.

India and China will face off in a Scheveningen Match on four boards at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad from March 1-10.

China has had matches with Russia and the United States and it is the first time the Asian giants will face in the chess board in such an exclusive Indo-China Summit match.

The 2nd Vugar Gashimov Memorial should take place on 16-25th April in Shamkir, Azerbaijan, ExtraTime.az reported.

The event will be a 10-player round robin. The list was announced on Chessdom on 9th February as:

The 31st International Chess Open Cappelle-la-Grande is organized by “L’Echiquier Cappellois” from 28th February to 7th March, 2015, at the Palais des Arts in Cappelle-la-Grande, France.

The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″.

Top seed is Chinese GM Li Chao (2728).

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A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar and a Refreshing Course for Arbiters are going to be organized from 13 to 17 May 2015 in Esfahan, Iran, by the Esfahan Chess Association, in cooperation with the Iran Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 25 to 28 March 2015 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, by the Saudi Chess Association and under the auspices of FIDE.

ECU President Zurab Azmaiparashvili and Chessdom editor Goran Urosevic have met in Tbilisi for a long interview on several important subjects – development of chess, events organization, sponsorship, European Chess Union and Batumi Chess Olympiad.

The interview will be published in two parts, with the second part coming up in few days.

Q: Mr.Azmaiparashvili, you have just returned to Tbilisi after a long trip, and now we are following the FIDE Grand Prix tournament. What are your impressions?