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The City of Szeged and the Hungarian Chess Federation organize a six-game match between GM Peter Leko (Hungary) and GM Li Chao (China) from 14 to 20 August 2015, at the IH Event Center.

The match is aimed to help Leko prepare for the upcoming World Cup at Baku, and the same time control will be used: 90′X40 moves + 30′ + 30″.

Tournament website

Tomashevsky and Artemiev Lead in Men’s Russian Championship Superfinal, Goriachkina in Women’s

Grandmaster Alexander Shabalov walked through the 116th Annual U.S. Open Chess Championship to convincingly win the event with 8,5/9 points, leaving the nearest followers a full point behind.

Badalona

The 41st Badalona International Chess Tournament took place from August 2-10, 2015, in Badalona, a city in eastern Catalonia, Spain.

Grandmaster Marko Tratar is declared new chess champion of Slovenia after edging Alexander Beliavsky, last year champion

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 15 to 20 November 2015 in Reykjavik, Iceland, by the Icelandic Chess Federation’s Arbiters’ Committee, in cooperation with the Icelandic Chess Federation and under the auspices of FI

The UAE Chess Federation and Al Ain Chess Club on behalf of Asian Chess Federation and FIDE, organize the 2015 Asian Women’s Continental Championship on August 11, 2015 at the Hilton Hotel in Al Ain, UAE.

Each Federation from FIDE Zones 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7 can enter one official player.

The event is a 7-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 20′ + 10″.

The UAE Chess Federation and Al Ain Chess Club on behalf of Asian Chess Federation and FIDE, organize the 2015 Asian Rapid-Open Continental Championship on August 11, 2015 at the Hilton Hotel in Al Ain, UAE.

Each Federation from FIDE Zones 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7 can enter one official player.

The event is a 7-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 20′ + 10″.

Top seed is GM Le Quang Liem of Vietnam.