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OPorto Open 2015 is taking place from 13-19th July at the Hotel Beta in Porto, Portugal. The tournament is included in the National Circuit of Classic Chess of the Portuguese Chess Federation.

The 9-round Swiss event is organized by the Grupo de Xadrez do Porto, the oldest Portuguese chess club, as a celebration of its 75th anniversary.

148 players from 21 countries are vying for the total prize fund of 5000 EUR with 1000 EUR reserved for the winner.

The 38th International Chess Tournament “Ikaros” 2015, which completes 38 consecutive years of presence among the Greek and international chess events, commenced with the games of the first two rounds!

The 2015 “Yin Zhou” Cup China-Russia (men) is taking place from July 14-21, in Ningbo, one of China’s oldest cities.

The event is a friendly match between the women teams of Russia and China. Each team will be represented by five players.

The 2015 “Yin Zhou” Cup China-Russia (women) is taking place from July 14-21, in Ningbo, one of China’s oldest cities.

The event is a friendly match between the women teams of Russia and China. Each team will be represented by five players.

The 48th Biel/ Bienne International Grandmaster Tournament is taking place from July 18-31, 2015, in Biel/ Bienne, a town in Switzerland.

The 17th Sant Marti Open 2015 is taking place from July 13-21, in the hall of Centre Civic Sant Marti, Barcelona, Spain.

The event is a 9-round Swiss open tournament with time control 90′ + 30″.

Armenian player GM Karen Grigoryan (2580) heads the field of 158 players from 33 different countries. Among them are 14 GMs, 32 IMs and 13 FMs.

The FIDE Seminar for International Organizers was held in Konya, Turkey from 29-30th June 2015.

The seminar was organized by the FIDE Event’s Commission (EVE) and the Turkish Chess Federation, and held in conjunction with the European School Individual Championship.

The Lecturer was IO Alexander Kostyev.

15 participants successfully took the examination test and are granted a FIDE IO norm.

The 2015 Belgium Chess Championship was held from July 4-12, at the Sports Hall Schelle, located in the Belgian province of Antwerp.

The event was a 9-round Swiss tournament with prize fund in total of € 10,000.

The 10th Poti International Chess Festival “Nana Aleksandria Cup 2015″ is taking place from July 12-21, in Poti, Georgia.

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

Top seed is Georgian best player GM Baadur Jobava (2693), while the first prize is GEL 6,000 (nearly € 2,500)..

The 2015 FIDE Zonal Chess Championship 3.5 took place from June 30 to July 6, in Zhongshan, China. The event was a qualification for the Women’s World Championship.

The format of the tournament was 11-round Swiss with tempo of play 90′ + 30″.