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Grandmasters Martyn Kravtsiv (Ukraine) and Luka Paichadze (Georgia) concluded the campaign in the 8th Mumbai Mayor’s Cup with 8,0/10 points each. After breaking the tie Kravtsiv was awarded with the winner’s trophy.

The ECU Board Meeting will take place this week on 12-13 June, in the city of Bucharest, after the kind invitation of the Romanian Chess Federation.

The meeting will take place in the RIN Grand Hotel in Bucharest.

The traditional ČEZ Chess Trophy 2015 Festival is scheduled to take place from 12-16th June, 2015 at the marvelous Michna Palace on Kampa Island, in Prague, the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.

The traditional ČEZ Chess Trophy 2015 Festival is held from 12-16th June, 2015 at the marvelous Michna Palace on Kampa Island, in Prague, the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.

The highlight of the festival is a match of four games between World #14 David Navara (2751) and World #9 Wesley So (2778).

Norway Chess 2015 super tournament starts in a week with a fantastic field including Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2876, Fabiano

With a record 459 players from 18 countries, the 16th ASEAN+ Age-Group Chess Championships has now begun in Singapore where the SEA (South East Asian) Games in also currently concurrently taking place and which is also part of the island nation 50th anniversary celebrations.

From 28 to 31 May 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Doha, Qatar, by the Qatar Chess Association, in cooperation with the Qatar Olympic Academy and under auspices of FIDE.

The lecturer was IA Mahdi Abdulrahim (UAE), FIDE Arbiters’ Commission Councilor and FIDE Lecturer and Assistant lecturer was IA Michael Shadarevian (SYR).

The seminar was held in the venue of Qatar Olympic Academy in Doha.

The lectures were in Arabic and in English language.

From 25 May to 2 June 2015 the 42nd Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was held, organized by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and under the auspices of FIDE.

The NSW Open 2015 took place from 6-8th June, at the Chatswood Club in Sydney, the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

From 29 May to 1 June 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, by the Tajikistan Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Asian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.