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A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 16 to 20 August 2015 in Kuwait City, Kuwait, by the Kuwait Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 26 to 29 September 2015 in Porec, Croatia, by the Croatian Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Croatian Association of Chess Arbiters and under the auspices of FIDE.

The city of Bar in Montenegro will host the first ECU Congress from 7-11 October, 2015. On this occasion, a press conference was held yesterday in Bar in the hotel Princess.

Jyväs-Shakki chess club organizes the 25th Heart of Finland Open Chess Tournament from 13-19th July at the JAMK University of Applied Sciences in Jyväskylä, Finland.

The 9-round Swiss tournament is ELO rated and it is possible to reach FIDE title norms.

Estonian players GM Kaido Kulaots and IM Kalle Kiik took the lead with perfect 4/4 score.

The Minsk International Open Tournament 2015 is taking place from July 15-23, in Minsk, the capital city of Belarus.

The event is a 9-round Swiss open with tempo of play 90′ + 30″.

GM Aleksej Aleksandrov (2613) of Belarus heads the field of 128 players from 4 different countries.

On Thursday July 16th 2015 the Leiden Chess Tournament will be officially opened by city council Paul Laudy at the City Hall Square in Leiden.

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The Leiden Chess Tournament 2015 is taking place from July 16 – 26, in the Leiden Denksportcentrum.

The event is a 9-round Swiss open with total prize fund >  € 5500 and and tempo of play 90′/40 + 30′ + 30″.

Top seed is British champion GM David Howell 2698.

Society “Osmi Dan” from Pozarevac, Serbia, which gathers kids with Down syndrome and their parents, has decided to join forces with the local chess club “Dr Pera Mitrovic” and introduce chess to its members.

At the preliminary meeting the kids were delighted with the game, and following further consultation with “Osmi Dan” and the experts, it was agreed to start chess classes and playing sessions.

The European Senior Team Chess Championship 2015 takes place from 12th to 20th July in Vienna, Austria.

Mr. Christian Hursky and Mr. Johann Pöcksteiner from the Vienna Chess Federation opened the event together with Mrs. Marianne Klicka, President of the Vienna Parlament, and Mr. Kurt Jungwirth, the President of the Austrian Chess Federation.