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A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 3 to 5 August 2016 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, by the US Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The BPB Limburg Open takes place from 13-16 May, 2016, in Maastricht. Live games with analysis daily on Chessdom.

Top seeded are GM Christian Bauer, GM Axel Bachmann, GM Tigran Gharamian, GM Alexandr Fier, GM Daniel Fridman, GM Bartosz Socko, GM Emanuel Berg, GM Jorden van Foreest, and the author of the repertoire vs 1.d4 , GM Boris Chatalbashev

Grandmaster Grzegorz Gajewski emerged winner of the 10th Wunsiedel Schach-Festival that was held from 5-8th May in Wunsiedel, Germany.

Gajewski, who was the second of Viswanathan Anand at Candidates Tournament, collected 6 points from 7 games to become clear winner of the Master section. There were 142 players in the field.

Grandmaster Nebojsa Nikcevic convincingly won the International Open Tournament Cetinje 2016 that was held from 4-10th May in Cetinje, Montenegro.

Despite being seeded 17th in the starting list, Nikcevic finished with 8,0/9 points, leaving the chasing pack point and a half behind.

The European Individual Chess Championship 2016 (aka EICC 2016) takes place 12-23 May in Gjakova, Kosovo. It is the highest event of the men’s individual European Chess Union calendar. The event features 100+ Grandmasters from 39 countries.

Games will be daily live with analysis with the European Chess Union broadcast, powered by the TCEC engines Komodo, Stockfish and Houdini.

On May 10th a new Chess section has opened at the Sirius Educational Center in Sochi. The launch of the project was announced by Chairman of the Center’s Board of Trustees, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, who wished the youngsters and teachers success in mastering the new programme, under which pupils gifted at chess from all around Russia will improve their skills.

The International Chess Festival Nakhchivan Open 2016, dedicated to the memory of Heydar Aliyev, is scheduled to take place from 9-19th May at the Nakhchivan Chess Center in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan.

The Festival is organized by the Azerbaijan Youth & Sport Ministry, Azerbaijan Chess Federation and Nakhchivan AR Chess Federation.

Last year the winner was Grandmaster Eltaj Safarli.

Grandmaster Dusan Rajkovic from Serbia won the 17th International Heraklion Open that was held from 2-9th March at the Galaxy Hotel, in Heraklion, Greece. The famous veteran (74 years) collected 7,5/9 points, leaving the chasing pack half a point behind.

The tournament was organized by the Heraklion OAA, Heraklion CC, Dec.Admin.of Crete and Municipality of Heraklion.

99 players competed in the 9-round Swiss tournament. There was also an U14 section.

The 25th Annual Chicago Open will be held over Memorial Day weekend from May 26-30, 2016, at the Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling, Illinois.

The event has 8 sections: Open, Under 2300, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500, Under 1300 and Under 1000.

According to the TASS report, Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit today the Sirius educational center for gifted children, as they are opening a new development section – chess.

Former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik will be head of the chess department. The Russian Chess Federation assisted in developing the curriculum.