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Women’s World Chess Championship Match 2016 between the current World Champion Maria Muzychuk of Ukraine and her challenger Hou Yifan of China (former World Champion 2010-2012, 2013-2015) will take place in Lviv, Ukraine, on March 1-18, 2016.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 15 to 18 March 2016 in Baku, Azerbaijan, by the Azerbaijan Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA Faik Gasanov (AZE), FIDE Lecturer.

The FIDE Seminar for International Organizers was held on 5-7 February 2016 in Moscow, Russia.

The seminar was co-organized during the festival Moscow Open 2016 by the Russian Chess Federation with the support of FIDE Events’ Commission (EVE). The Lecturer was IO Alexander Kostyev, President of the International School Chess Union.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 2 to 4 May 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, by the US Chess Federation in cooperation with the Las Vegas Chess Center LLC and under the auspices of FIDE.

The SPICE Match between IM Benjamin Gledura and GM Ashwin Jayaram is taking place on February 19-23, at the Webster University.

The event is a 6-round match organized by Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE).

Official website/ Standings and statistics

The 3rd International Rapid Chess Tournament Memory of “Nebesna sotnya” is taking place on 21st February 2016, in Lutsk, Ukraine.

The event is organized by the Volyn Region Chess Federation, in collaboration with the Ukrainian Chess Federation in an 11-round Swiss format with the time control 20′ + 5″.

Top seed is GM Vladimir Onischuk (2739).

The 3rd International Blitz Chess Tournament Memory of “Nebesna sotnya” took place on 19th February 2016, in Lutsk, Ukraine.

Benjamin Ree’s portrait of Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen is one of several hot titles in Berlin, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Berlin is currently hosting the 66th annual International Film Festival that runs until 21st February.

Our dear friend Sevan Muradian passed away on 18th February 2016 at the age of 41.

As a well known International Arbiter and International Organizer, Sevan was the driving force of chess development and promotion in the greater Chicago area.