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The 15th Bangkok Chess Club Tournament which also incorporates the Thailand Open Championship 2015 is now underway at the Dusit Thani Resort in Pattaya, Thailand.

Held annually with Thailand’s biggest holiday period when the Songkran Water Festival takes place, the event which is taking place from 12-19 April 2015 comprises an International Open and a Challengers.

The Open has started with 193 players from 38 counties of which from the 77 titled players no less than 20 are Grandmasters.

FIDE and the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission are going to organize an Internet Based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar, from 25 to 31 May 2015, under the auspices of FIDE.

The World Women’s Team Championship is organized by the Chinese Chess Federation and FIDE from 18-29th April, 2015, in Chengdu, China.

The event is a round-robin team championship with the participation of Russia, Ukraine, China, Georgia, India, Poland, Armenia, USA, Kazakhstan and Egypt.

Tournament website

The 10th JAPFA International Chess Festival is set to start at the Hotel Kartika Chandra in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The main event of the Festival is the GM tournament, taking place from 14-23rd April as a round robin event with 12 players.

The 15th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2015 is taking place from 12-19th April at the Dusit Thani Pattaya, Thailand.

The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″.

Russian Grandmaster (GM) Vladimir Fedoseev won the champion’s cup at the Dubai Open Blitz Chess Tournament, held during the free day of the 17th Dubai Open Chess Tournament – Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Cup last Friday.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 24 to 27 June 2015 in Silver Lake – Veliko Gradiste, Serbia, by the Central Serbia Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The 19th Voronezh International Chess Festival 2015 will be held from 10-21st June at the Voronezh Chess Club, F.Engels str. 34, in Voronezh, Russian Federation.

The festival program includes following events:

1. Chess 960 (Fischer chess) – 10.06 (Wednesday). Start at 11:00. 7 rounds swiss, 15 minutes + 3 seconds per move.

2. Rapid tournament – 11.06 (Thursday). Start at 10:15. 9 rounds swiss, 15 minutes + 2 seconds per move.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was held in Hammamet, Tunisia, from 30th March to 2nd April 2015, organized by the Tunisia Chess Federation, in cooperation with Africa Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar was the African Queen Hotel in Hammamet.

The Seminar was held concurrently with the FIDE Zone 4.1 Championships.