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The 1st Sivakasi Chess Sparklers (SCS) FIDE Rated Tournament is taking place from 17-24th May, 2015, in Sivakasi, a town in Virudhunagar District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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

The FIDE Zone 3.1 Championship 2015 is taking place from 17-24th May, 2015, in Muscat, the capital of Oman.

The event is organized by Oman Chess Federation in a 9-round format with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″.

Italian-American star Fabiano Caruana moved into lead in the FIDE Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk by scoring a second consecutive victory. Today he won with black against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.

The 3rd Cup Svetozar Gligoric 2015 is taking place from 16-22nd May, 2015, in Hotel Turist, in the Serbian city of Kraljevo.

The event is a 7-round Team tournament headed by the team of “Jugovic” Kac with an average Elo rating of 2579.

The 3rd Stein am Rhein Spring Open took place from 1-3rd May, 2015, in a palm garden in Stein am Rhein, a medieval town in Switzerland.

The event was a 5-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′ + 30″.

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

The event is organized by the Hungarian Chess Federation and Zalakaros city, under the patronage of Dr. Miklós Seszták, President of the Hungarian Chess Federation, and Mr. Ferenc Novák, Mayor of Zalakaros.

The main tournament is a 9-round Swiss FIDE open for players rated over 2300. The tempo of play is 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 7 to 11 October 2015 in Agadir, Morocco, by the Moroccan Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized in Muscat, Oman, from 20 to 24 May 2015, by the Oman Chess Committee and under the auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar will be the City Seasons Hotel in Muscat.

Montenegro Chess Federation and “Vile Oliva” organized the International Open Chess Tournament “Petrovac 2015″ from 8-14th May.

The 9-round Swiss open was held at the hotel “Vile Oliva” in Petrovac, Budva Riviera, Montenegro.