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The 2015 Moscow Open B – Women’s Cup takes place from 29th January to 9th February, 2015, in Moscow, Russia.

The total prize fund of the festival is 4,300,000 RUB (approximately 57,000 €), more information here.

The 2015 Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial, stage of the Russian Chess Cup Men 2015, was held from 18-26th January, 2015, at the Congress Hotel in Taganrog, Russia.

The 9-round Swiss tournament gathered 82 players from Armenia, Spain, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Russia. Among them were 21 Grandmasters. The total prize fund was RUB 1,2 million.

The Armenian Rapid Chess Championship 2015 took place on 24th January in Yerevan.

46 players participated in the 9-round Swiss event with the time control 10′+5”.

The Zurich Chess Challenge 2015 is scheduled to take place from 13-19th February, 2015, at the Hotel Savoy Baur en Ville, in Zurich, Switzerland.

Yi Liu has become the 2015 Australian Junior Champion after winning the Under 18 Open section of the Australian Junior Championship. He scored 8/9, conceding two draws on his way to first place.

The Cup of Akim Pavlodar 2015 is taking place on 28-30th January, 2015, in the city of Pavlodar, Kazakhstan.

The Chess IQ Academy is going to organize an Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar, from 6 to 11 April 2015, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer and Technical Organizer will be IA Sevan Muradian (USA), FIDE Lecturer.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 1 to 3 March 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel, by the Israel Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.