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The IMSA Elite Mind Games are scheduled to take part from February 26th to March 4th, 2016, in Huai’an, Jiangsu, eastern China.

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The 8th Batavia Blitz Chess Tournament takes place on 18th February 2016 in Café Batavia 1920, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 19 to 21 February 2016 in Seoul, South Korea, by the Korean Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The 2016 International Chess Open Graz 2016 is taking place from February 12-19, at Hotel Novapark in Graz, Austria.

The event is a 9-round Swiss open with first prize in the amount of 1,500 EUR.

A total of 136 players from 25 different federations take part. Top seed is Chinese player GM Li Chao (2751).

The 8th Batavia Chess Tournament takes place from Thursday, February 18th to Sunday, February 28th, 2016 in Café Batavia 1920, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

The event is a 10-player all-play-all event with time control 90′/40 moves + 30′ + 30″.

The 2016 Hala February Festival is taking place from February 17-20, in Kuwait.

The event is a 7-round Swiss tournament with time control 30′ + 30″.

Top seed is CM Bader Al-Hajiri (2173).

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After the successful test at the World Rapid & Blitz Championship in Berlin, the “confession booths” will be used again during the FIDE Cand

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