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A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 27 October to 2 November 2015 in Porto Carras, Halkidiki, Greece, by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission, in cooperation with the Greek Chess Federation and the Thessaloniki-Halkidiki Chess Clubs Union and under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA Panagiotis Nikolopoulos (GRE), Chairman of the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturers will be IA Argiris Kitharidis (GRE) and IA Ioannis Mitrou (GRE).

The FIDE World Youth & Cadets Chess Championships 2015 will be held in Porto Carras, Halkidiki, Greece, from 24th October to 6th November 2015.

Every National Federation can register one official player in each category (under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 years old, open and girls). This total of twelve (12) Official Players plus one accompanying official (captain/trainer with a valid FIDE Trainer license) belonging to the national federation are invited by the Organizers.

A total of 360 players representing 19 countries now in Singapore for the 11th Asian Schools Chess Championships held at Nanyang Technological University from 30th May to 8th June 2015 has started the first round of play!

Live games with analysis

The 37th Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov Cup is taking place from 31st May to 8th June, 2015, in Kazan, the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.

The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament.

Top seed is Russian player GM Denis Khismatullin (2666).

Tournament website

Egypt’s GM Bassem Amin and Qatar’s GM Mohammed Al-Sayed win again to pad their lead after five rounds

Tournament website/ LIVE games with analysis/ Standings and statistics

Ranking after five rounds:                                                               

The Rashid Nezhmetdinov Rapid Cup was held on 29-30th May at the Nezhmetdinov Chess Club in Kazan, Russia.

A total of 110 players participated in the 9-round Swiss event with the time control 15′+6”.

The 11th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2015 is returning to its birthplace in Singapore after ten years – from 30 May to 8 June 2015, the Singapore Chess Federation (SCF) will welcome an estimated 350 participants from 20 countries to the playing venue at Nanyang Technology University (NTU) in Singapore.

The event is organized by the Singapore Chess Federation (SCF) and gathers nearly 350 participants from 20 countries to the playing venue at Nanyang Technology University (NTU) in Singapore.

The 2016 Australian Women’s Masters is set to take place from 14-22nd January, 2016, at the Melbourne Chess Club, 66 Leicester Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne.

Ukrainian Grandmaster Natalia Zhukova (2456) became the 2015 European Women’s Champion after defeating GM Elina Danielian (ARM 2458) in the final round of the

The 13th World’s Youth Stars tournament, dedicated to the memory of Vanya Somov, took place from 19-30th May at the Palace of Culture KINEF in Kirishi, Leningrad region, Russia.

The tournament was a 12-player, single round-robin event valid for IM-norms.