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The Final Stage of the 81st Brazilian Individual Men’s Chess Championship 2015 took place from 17th to 25th January 2015 in Joao Pessoa, the easternmost city in the Americas and the capital of the state of Paraíba in Brazil.

The government of Georgia, government of Adjarian Autonomous Republic and Georgian Chess Federation under the auspices of European Chess Union organize the 16th European Individual Women’s Chess Championships for 2015

Land of the Sky XXVIII open chess tournament was held from 23-25th January at the Crowne Plaza Resort Asheville, One Resort Dr., in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.

The event had four sections: Open (FIDE rated), Asheville (FIDE rated, Under 2200), Buncombe (Under 1700) and U12 (U1200). The playing format was 5-round Swiss with time control 40/120, SD/30, d5.

The Gibraltar Chess Festival 2015 is going to take place 26 January – 5 February in the Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar. The long traditions of the festival, the fantastic organization, and the hefty 175 000 pounds prize fund have attracted many of the top world grandmasters.

The Challengers section will be live daily on Chessdom with triple engine analysis by the Top Computer Chess Championship champions Komodo, Stockfish, and Houdini.

Chess Association of West Azerbaijan province on behalf of I.R. Iran Chess Federation has the honor to invite all players from national federations to participate in the 23rd Fajr International Open Chess Tournaments from 18-23 February 2015 in Urmia, Iran.

The 9-round Swiss open tournament will take place at Alghadir Sport Complex located in Varzesh St., Urmia.

The time control will be 90 minutes for the entire game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from the first move.

The top prizes are EUR 2000 / 1500 / 1150 / 800 / 500 etc

Webster University purchased Luhr Library from Eden Theological Seminary over four years ago, but it wasn’t used until January 15 during the 2015 spring convocation.

“We hoped and expected to use this building much sooner than today,” Provost Julian Schuster said during the convocation.

Webster University’s Director of Public Relations Patrick Giblin said Luhr Library remained unoccupied since Webster purchased it in 2010, due to the university going through the city’s approval process.

Bulgarian champion GM Kiril Georgiev won the Karposh Rapid Tournament that was held on 24th January at restaurant “Granit” in Skopje, FYROM.

The 9-round Swiss tournament with the time control 15′+5” gathered 107 players. The event was organized by the Municipality Karpos and Chess Club Gambit Aseko-SEE. The total prize fund was 1250 EUR.

The Chinese Chess Federation and FIDE are inviting the qualifying federations to participate in the World Women’s Team Championship from 18-

The 40th International Open Ciudad de Sevilla is set to take place from 25th January to 1st February at the Hotel Al-Andalus Palace in Seville, Spain.

The tournament is organized by the Federacion Sevillana de Ajedrez with support from Diputación de Sevilla, Turismo y Comercio Junta de Andalucía and Educación Cultura y Deporte Junta de Andalucía.

The playing format is 9-round Swiss. 217 participants from 17 countries are registered, including 8 Grandmasters and 7 International Masters.