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The Americas’ Chess Confederation is going to organize an Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar, from 1 to 6 December 2015, under the auspices of FIDE.

The 17th International Open of Sants, Hostafrancs & La Bordeta is taking place from August 21-30, in Sants, Barcelona.

The event is a 10-round Swiss tournament with first prize in the amount of 2,500 EUR.

Top seed is Peruvian GM Jorge Cori (2635).

On 15 and 16 August 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Minsk, Belarus, by the Commission for Women’s Chess, in cooperation with the Belarus Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer was IA Andrzej Filipowicz (POL), Secretary of the FIDE Technical Commission and FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer was IA Anastasia Sorokina (AUS).

The 89th Spanish Individual Chess Championship is taking place from August 23-31, 2015, in Linares, Spain.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 11 to 13 September 2015 in Panama City, Panama, by the FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess, in cooperation with the Panama Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

From 16 to 20 August 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Kuwait City, Kuwait, by the Kuwait Chess Federation, in cooperation with Abdulla Al-Salem Centre for Leadership Training and under the auspices of FIDE.

The lecturer was IA Mahdi Abdulrahim (UAE), Councilor of the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer was IA Hassan Ramadan (KUW), President of Kuwait Chess Federation.

The lectures were in Arabic language.

The 22nd Abu Dhabi Masters Tournament is taking place from August 23-31, in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

The event is a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament, open for players rated 2000 Elo or above.

147 players from 35 different countries, including 57 Grandmasters, will take part in the competition.

Top seed is GM David Howell of England (2712).

The 76th Armenian Individual Championship is taking place from August 21st to September 3rd, 2015, in the Armenian capital Yerevan.

The event is a 14-player round-robin tournament with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″.

Top seed is GM Hovik Hayrapetyan (2467).

Tournament website/ Standings and statistics

The 2015 Serbian Women Team Chess Championship is taking place from August 20-30, in Novi Sad, Serbia.

The 2015 Serbian Team Chess Championship is taking place from August 20-30, at Hotel Sumarice, in Kragujevac, Serbia.