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The Zurich Chess Challenge 2015 is scheduled to take place from 13-19th February, 2015, at the Hotel Savoy Baur en Ville, in Zurich, Switzerland.

Yi Liu has become the 2015 Australian Junior Champion after winning the Under 18 Open section of the Australian Junior Championship. He scored 8/9, conceding two draws on his way to first place.

The Cup of Akim Pavlodar 2015 is taking place on 28-30th January, 2015, in the city of Pavlodar, Kazakhstan.

The Chess IQ Academy is going to organize an Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar, from 6 to 11 April 2015, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer and Technical Organizer will be IA Sevan Muradian (USA), FIDE Lecturer.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 1 to 3 March 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel, by the Israel Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The world chess champion Hou Yifan was pleasantly surprised by Dutch chess ambassador Hans Bohm during the prizegiving of Tata Steel tournament last Sunday in Wijk aan Zee.

Azerbaijan national team will not compete in the World Team Chess Championship, scheduled to start 18th April in Tsakhkadzor, Armenia, azerisport.com reported.

1. Participation:

The European Chess Union and Turkish Chess Federation have the honour of inviting all National Chess Federations of the ECU and eligible players to the European School Championships 2015 organised in Konya, Turkey from 24 June (arrivals) to 03 July (departures).

Each National Federation or School Association or schools may enter an unlimited number of players in each of the 12 age groups: U7, U9, U11, U13, U15 and U17.

The official hotel and venue will be the Rixos Konya Hotel (5 star).