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The 8th Annual Chicago Class Championships will be held from July 17-19, 2015, at the Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling, Illinois.

The event has 7 sections: Master, Expert, Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E. Each section has either a 3-day schedule (July 17-19) or 2-day schedule (July 18-19) to participate in.

The playing format is 5-round Swiss with the time control 40/110, SD/30, d10 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/60, d10).

The 20th Annual Bradley Open will be held from July 17-19, 2015, at the Sheraton Hartford Hotel at Bradley Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut.

The event has 4 sections: Open, Under 2010, Under 1610 and Under 1210. Each section has either a 3-day schedule (July 17-19) or 2-day schedule (July 18-19) to participate in.

The event has a $7,500 prize fund, unconditionally guaranteed.

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov visited South Korea, the host of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, where he met Mr.

The 4th Anogia Open “Ideon Andro” was held from July 9-16, 2015 at the conference Hall of Piraeus Bank, in Anogia, Crete.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized on 30 September and 1 October 2015 in Gold Coast, Australia, by the Australian Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Chess Association of Queensland and under the auspice of FID

From 1 to 4 July 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Cali, Colombia, by the Confederation of Chess for America, in cooperation the Colombian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The match between Grandmasters Boris Gelfand (Israel) and Liren Ding (China) is taking place from July 16 through July 19, 2015, in Wenzhou, a city in China.

The event is a friendly match of four games with tempo of play 100′ + 30″.

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The 8th edition of Paleochora Open Chess tournament is held from 17-24th July 2015, in Paleochora town, part of the Mediterranean island of Crete.

The event is organized by the Municipality of Kantanos – Selino and Chania Chess Academy, in collaboration with the Region of Chania and Greek Chess Federation.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 16 to 20 August 2015 in Kuwait City, Kuwait, by the Kuwait Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 26 to 29 September 2015 in Porec, Croatia, by the Croatian Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Croatian Association of Chess Arbiters and under the auspices of FIDE.