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The new 2-EUR coin, marking 100 years since the birth of Estonian Sportsman of the 20th Century Paul Keres, will

PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia Tbk (JAPFA) once again conclusively demonstrates its commitment to raise the level of Indonesian chess players. Not just at the national level but now on the ASEAN stage.

The 27th International Chess Tournament in Memoriam of Grandmaster Carlos Torre Repetto is taking place from December 17 – 21, 2015, in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.

The Magistral tournament is a 9-round Swiss open tournament and gathers 113 players from 12 different countries.

Top seed is Cuban player GM Lazaro Bruzon Batista (2666).

The first Moma Vucicevic Memorial was held on 13th December at the Hotel Metropol in Belgrade, Serbia.

The 15-round blitz tournament with the time control 3′+2” was dedicated to the memory of FM Moma Vucicevic who passed away last year at the age of 46. Vucicevic was former U14 champion of Yugoslavia, captain of the Serbian national team at the Dresden Olympiad and generous sponsor of many local chess events.

World Champion Magnus Carlsen, fresh from winning the London Chess Classic and Grand Chess Tour, is starring in a new commercial video for telecommunications company Altibox.

The commercial is a product of cooperation between Altibox and Play Magnus App, as well as between Altibox and Norway Chess Tournament.

The Association of chess federations of the Northwestern Federal District (NFD) is holding its traditional GM-norm tournament from 14-22nd December at the hotel “Saint-Petersburg” in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.

Ten players from five countries compete in the round robin tournament with the average elo 2460.

Participants:

The Jersey Chess Federation organizes the Polar Capital International Chess Tournament 2016, which will take place from Sunday 10th to Saturday 16th April 2016 in St Clement Bay in Jersey.

The Open tournament will be played according to the Swiss System in 9 rounds, with time control 90 minutes for the whole game + 30 seconds increment per move.

Due to security reasons and travel advice/bans published by a number of countries FIDE Presidential Board, met in Athens on 6 December 2015, decided to cancel the World Schools Chess Championship 2016 in Sousse, Tunisia. FIDE has awarded to Tunisia the option to organise the respective Championship on 2018.

The 18th International Chess Festival “Citta di Padova” is taking place from December 13-20, 2015, in Padova, Italy.

The event is a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament for players above 1800 Elo rating.

68 players are vying for the first prize in the amount of 1,500 EUR. Top seed is Bulgarian chess player GM Kiril Georgiev 2627.