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The World Schools Individual Championship was held from December 2 till December 12 in Sochi. More than 400 young chess players from 30 countries took part in the event, for the first time ever hosted in Russia.

In the spring of 2016, the Presidential Board of FIDE unanimously supported the bid made by Russian Chess Federation. The opportunity to organize one of the key children events of the FIDE calendar was contested by a number of other countries, including Turkey, China, and India.

A traditional Christmas event – Nutcracker Generation Tournament – will be held on December 16-23 in the Central Chess Club in Moscow. There will be two Scheveningen matches: Kings vs. Princes and Queens vs. Princesses.

From 2 to 6 November 2016 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Khartoum, Sudan, by the Sudan Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Arab Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The lecturer was IA Hassan Khaled (EGY), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer was FA Omer Musa (SUD).

The lectures were in Arabic language.

Twenty three (23) people from Sudan and Iraq participated in the Seminar.

From 6 to 10 December 2016 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Sochi, Russia, by the Russian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The Seminar was organized during the 2016 World Schools Chess Championships.

The lecturer was IA Alexander Tkachev (RUS), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant lecturers were IA Alexander Ivanov (RUS).

Latvian Chess Federation, under the auspices of European Chess Union organizes the 18th European Women’s Individual Chess Championship, which will be held in Riga, Latvia, from 10th to 23rd April, 2017.

United States Chess Champion and number-two player in the world Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana is taking another step in furthering his already illustrious career. Team Caruana is excited to announce Chicago attorney Rhonda S. Coleman as Fabiano Caruana’s new manager.

A FIDE Trainers’ Seminar will be held from 13-15th January 2017 in Peristeri, Athens, Greece (Dimosthenous 12 – 12132).

The French Chess Federation held its electoral General Assembly on Saturday 10th December.

The delegates from the chess clubs were electing the new President and Board members.

The list of Bachar Kouatly won 62.29% of the votes and 20 seats in the Board. The list of Stéphane Escafre won 35,69% and 4 seats in the Board. The list of Philippe Dornbusch had 2.02% of the votes.