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Egypt’s GM Bassem Amin and Qatar’s GM Mohammed Al-Sayed remain joint leaders after four rounds

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Korea Chess Federation under the auspice of Asian Chess Federation have the honour of inviting all FIDE affiliated Asian National Chess Federations to participate in 2015 Asian Youth Chess Champion

The French Highest League for men TOP-12 is taking place from 30th May to 9th June, 2015 in the seaside resort of Le Grau-du-Roi, and its marina Port-Camargue.

This year’s participants include Vandoeuvre, Bischwiller, Chalons-en-Champagne, Poitiers-Migne, Clichy, Evry Grand Roque, Philidor Mulhouse, Bois-Colombes, Strasbourg, Montpellier, Metz Fischer, Grasse.

Among the participants are players like Wesley So, Anish Giri, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, David Navara, Laurent Fressinet, Etienne Bacrot, etc.

From 20 to 24 May 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Muscat, Oman, by the Oman Chess Committee, in cooperation with the Asian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The 1st International Chess Tournament Tortoreto Lido is taking place from 26th May to 2nd June, 2015, in Villaggio Salinello, Lungomare Sirena 642, 64018 Tortoreto Lido (TE) – Italy.

Open A is a 9-round Swiss tournament for players with FIDE rating over 2000.

The 2015 Chinese Individual Chess Championships for men and women took place from 18-29th May, in Jiangsu Xinghua, a city under the administration of Taizhou, Jiangsu province, China.

The Mongolian Chess Federation (MCF) will organize the World U-16 Youth Chess Olympiad in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 19th August (Arrival) to 29th August (Departure) conducted under the aus

The 2015 Nezhmetdinov Rapid Cup is taking place from 29-30 May, in Kazan, the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.

The event is a 9-round Swiss rapid tournament.

Top seed is Russian player GM Alexander Morozevich.

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UAE’s FM Saeed Ishaq scores back-to-back wins to resume GM title hunt

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