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The fourth and final stage of the FIDE Grand Prix series 2014-2015 will take place from 13-27th May in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

The first weekend of the Sygnity Ekstraliga Polish Team Championship is taking place from 8-10th May, 2015, in Gliwice, a city in Upper Silesia, southern Poland.

The Sygnity Ekstraliga Polish Team Championship is separated in three phases: Weekend 1 (8-10th May, 2015, in Gliwice), Weekend 2 (4-6th September, 2015, in Katowice) and Weekend 3 (2-4th October, 2015, in Wroclaw).

The 45th International Chess Tournament Bosna 2015 will take place from 30th May to 6th June at the Hotel Holiday in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

The tournament is organized by the Chess Club Bosna Sarajevo and sponsored by Canton Sarajevo and Federation BiH.

The 9-round Swiss event will offer 12.800 EUR in prizes (39 awards), with 2200 EUR reserved for the winner.

GM Zurab Sturua (Georgia) and IM Jan Rooze (Belgium) are the new European Champions for the senior categories 50+ and 65+ respectively while WGM Svetlana Mednikova (Russia) and the legendary GM Nona Gaprindashvili (Georgia) are the new European Champions for the senior women categories 50+ and 65+ respectively.

The 16th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship for 2015 is set to take place from 18-31st May at the hotel “Oazis Palace Chakvi” in Chakvi, Adjara, Georgia.

The 34th Zalakaros Chess Festival is scheduled to take place from 14-22nd May, 2015, in Zalakaros, a town in Hungary, famous for its thermal bath.

The ASEAN Chess Academy, the World Chess Federation (FIDE) and the Thailand Chess Association have the honour of inviting all federations and eligible players for the World Schools Individual Chess Championships 2015 to be organised in Pattaya, Thailand from 6th May (arrival) to 15th May (departure) 2015.

There shall be 6 categories; namely Under-07, Under-09 Under-11, Under-13, Under-15 and Under-17 with separate events for Open and Girls.

Branicevo Chess Union, Chess Club VGSK, municipality Veliko Gradište and Danubia Hotels are warmly welcoming all participants and guests to the Chess Festival “Silver Lake 2015″.

The Chess Festival will take place from 20-28th June, 2015, on Silver Lake, Veliko Gradište, Serbia.

The Organizing Committee is preparing a rich programme for all ages and playing levels:

The UAE Chess Federation and Al Ain Chess Club on behalf of Asian Chess Federation and FIDE, invite Federations to participate in the Asian Continental Chess Championships (Open and Women’s) from 1-13 August 2015 at the Hilton Hotel in Al Ain, UAE.

Each Federation from FIDE Zones 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7 can enter one official player in the Open and one official player in the Women’s Division.

The 24th Annual Eastern Class Championships were held from April 24-26, 2015, at the Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, 366 Main St, Sturbridge, Massachusetts.

The event had 7 sections: Master, Expert, Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E. The playing format was 5-round Swiss with the time control 40/110, SD/30, d10.