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A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized on 30 September and 1 October 2015 in Gold Coast, Australia, by the Australian Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Chess Association of Queensland and under the auspice of FID

From 1 to 4 July 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Cali, Colombia, by the Confederation of Chess for America, in cooperation the Colombian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The match between Grandmasters Boris Gelfand (Israel) and Liren Ding (China) is taking place from July 16 through July 19, 2015, in Wenzhou, a city in China.

The event is a friendly match of four games with tempo of play 100′ + 30″.

Tournament website/ Play online chess / Chess Arena Video Channel

The 8th edition of Paleochora Open Chess tournament is held from 17-24th July 2015, in Paleochora town, part of the Mediterranean island of Crete.

The event is organized by the Municipality of Kantanos – Selino and Chania Chess Academy, in collaboration with the Region of Chania and Greek Chess Federation.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 16 to 20 August 2015 in Kuwait City, Kuwait, by the Kuwait Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 26 to 29 September 2015 in Porec, Croatia, by the Croatian Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Croatian Association of Chess Arbiters and under the auspices of FIDE.

The city of Bar in Montenegro will host the first ECU Congress from 7-11 October, 2015. On this occasion, a press conference was held yesterday in Bar in the hotel Princess.

Jyväs-Shakki chess club organizes the 25th Heart of Finland Open Chess Tournament from 13-19th July at the JAMK University of Applied Sciences in Jyväskylä, Finland.

The 9-round Swiss tournament is ELO rated and it is possible to reach FIDE title norms.

Estonian players GM Kaido Kulaots and IM Kalle Kiik took the lead with perfect 4/4 score.

The Minsk International Open Tournament 2015 is taking place from July 15-23, in Minsk, the capital city of Belarus.

The event is a 9-round Swiss open with tempo of play 90′ + 30″.

GM Aleksej Aleksandrov (2613) of Belarus heads the field of 128 players from 4 different countries.