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Live games from the Irish Chess Championship 2016 will be daily on Chessdom.com and ChessArena.com with computer analysis by the TCEC participants Komodo, Stockfish, and Houdini.

The 1st Chess Stars Cup takes place in Anzali Free Zone, Iran from 9th to 21st of June. The event is a 10-round match (in Scheveningen system) between 2 teams consisting of 10 players each.

More than 125 participants have already signed up for the 2016 edition of the beautiful Ikaros Chess 2016. The scenery island has one more time attracted both chess tourists and strong players.

The Polugaevsky Memorial 2016 is taking place in Samara 2-12 July.

Live games will be daily on Chessdom.com and ChessArena.com with computer analysis by the TCEC participants Komodo, Stockfish, and Houdini.

From 22 to 27 June 2016 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Silver Lake, Serbia, by the Serbian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer of the seminar was IA Viron Tsorbatzoglou (GRE), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturers were IA Branislav Suhartovic (SRB) and IA Zoran Bojovic (SRB).

The venue of the Seminar was the Danubia Park Garni Hotel in Silver Lake, Serbia.

The lectures were given in English language, with translation into Serbian language.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 3 to 9 September 2016, during the 42nd World Chess Olympiad, in Baku, Azerbaijan, by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission, in cooperation with the Azerbaijan Chess Federation and u

TCEC – the Top Chess Engine Championship – is past the middle point of the double round robin Stage 2.

The Russian Higher Leagues for men and women were held from 22nd June to 1st July in Kolomna, Moscow Oblast. Top five finishers from each section qualify for the Superfinal which will take place in Novosibirsk.

The 10th Silver Lake Chess Festival was held from 19-26th June in Silver Lake, Veliko Gradiste, Serbia, with a record number of 260 participants.

The Festival consisted of Open A for players rated over 2000, Open B for players rated under 2200, Open C for players rated under 1700, Silver Star Blitz, Bughouse tournament and FIDE Arbiters Seminar.

The Chinese Chess Association, in partnership with the International Chess Federation (FIDE), is organizing the fourth tournament of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix series 2015/2016 from 1-15th July in Chengdu, China.