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A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 15 to 17 December 2015 in Dili, Timor-Leste, by the Asian Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Timor-Leste Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 29 to 31 January 2016 in Birmingham, England, by the Four Nations Chess League, in cooperation with the English Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

World Champion Magnus Carlsen will make an appearance on primetime TV today.

The Chess Association of “Guilan” province under the auspices of I.R.

The Bicontinental Chess Match between GM Hou Yifan from China and local star Cristobal Henriquez Villagra will be held in February 2016 in Chilean Patagonia and Antarctica.

The 2016 FIDE Arbiters’ Commission Councilors’ Meeting will be held in Madrid, in the period 10 to 13 June 2016.

The FIDE Arbiters’ Commission would like to thank very much the Spanish Chess Federation for hosting the Meeting.

The 86th German Chess Championship is going to take place at the Hermann-Neuberger sports school in Saarbrücken. It is going to feature some of the strongest German players including GM Daniel Friedman, GM Igor Khenkin, GM Alexander Donchenko, GM Vitali Kunin, GM René Stern, IM Rasmus Svane, IM Hagen Poetsch, GM Klaus Bischoff, Dmitrij Kollars, FM Johannes Carow, IM Christian Braun, IM Dr. Erik Zude, Alexander Hilverda, FM Martin Voigt, Vincenz Keymer, FM Wilfried Bode, IM Herbert Bastian, etc.

The chess fans from Nis, Serbia, were trembling with excitement as the 10th Women’s World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova visited the city on 28th November to promote the game among the young girls.

Her visit to Nis was organized and sponsored by the FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess (WOM).

Former Women’s World Champion Grandmaster Zhu Chen has just concluded a historic 17 days tour of four southern African countries.

The African Chess Confederation would like to thank Grandmaster Zhu Chen for her generosity and inspiration as she conducted numerous lectures and simultaneous exhibitions.

She also engaged in very informative discussions with various chess enthusiasts, players, administrators and Government officials throughout her tour.

The first rated tournament in Timor Leste was held from 13-15th November in the capital Dili.

Ten players participated in the round robin event. The tournament was a success with the six local players obtaining a rating and can be seen here https://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml?tops=0&ina=1&country=TLS.

The Indonesians were very supportive of coming over and enjoyed all of the games played.