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The FIDE Zone 4.4 Individual Championships 2015 are being organized by the Togo Chess Federation under the auspices of the African Chess Confederation (ACC) from 13-22nd March in Lome, To

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 6 to 10 July 2015 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, by the Mongolian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

FIDE has published the final list of participants for the 2015 Women’s World Chess Championship which will be held in Sochi, Russia from 16th March to 7th April.

The drawing of lots to determine the colours in the 1st game of the 1st round will take place during the opening ceremony.

The pairings tree is completed (download .xls)

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized in Hammamet, Tunisia, from 30 March to 1 April 2015, by the Arbiters’ Committee of the Tunisian Chess federation, in cooperation with the Tunisian Chess Federation and the African Chess Fe

From 28 February to 1 March 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Melbourne, Australia, by the Chess Victoria in cooperation with the Australia Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar was the Melbourne Chess Club in Melbourne.

The lecturer was IA N.Y. Wong (SIN), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer was IA Peter Tsai (AUS), Vice-President of Chess Victoria.

The lectures were in English language.

India and China are playing a 4-board Scheveningen Match on 1-10th March in Hyderabad.

In round 5 China won again 2,5-1,5 to take the lead 10,5-9,5.

Live games here. Video courtesy of Vijay Kumar.

Article by Chris Torres

The Susan Polgar Foundation’s National Open for Girls and Boys hit new heights in 2015. Appearing on the West Coast for the first time, the SPFNO attracted approximately 400 players which included nearly all of the top scholastic chess players from California as well as very strong competition from every corner of the United States and beyond.

Eight participants from Curacao attended the Seminar organised by the Curacao Chess Federation with financial support from the Confederation of Chess for the Americas and under the aegis of the Events Commission of FIDE.

The Seminar was held from 27th February to 1st March. Facilities were provided by the Curacao Sport & Olympic Federation.

Chess Informant 123 Book + CD is here. Once again it is the quality of the well known book combined with the free shipping from the Chessdom shop.

Chess Informant 123 is a beautiful book of total 352 pages + CD