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The 17th Sant Marti Open 2015 is taking place from July 13-21, in the hall of Centre Civic Sant Marti, Barcelona, Spain.

The event is a 9-round Swiss open tournament with time control 90′ + 30″.

Armenian player GM Karen Grigoryan (2580) heads the field of 158 players from 33 different countries. Among them are 14 GMs, 32 IMs and 13 FMs.

The FIDE Seminar for International Organizers was held in Konya, Turkey from 29-30th June 2015.

The seminar was organized by the FIDE Event’s Commission (EVE) and the Turkish Chess Federation, and held in conjunction with the European School Individual Championship.

The Lecturer was IO Alexander Kostyev.

15 participants successfully took the examination test and are granted a FIDE IO norm.

The 2015 Belgium Chess Championship was held from July 4-12, at the Sports Hall Schelle, located in the Belgian province of Antwerp.

The event was a 9-round Swiss tournament with prize fund in total of € 10,000.

The 10th Poti International Chess Festival “Nana Aleksandria Cup 2015″ is taking place from July 12-21, in Poti, Georgia.

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

Top seed is Georgian best player GM Baadur Jobava (2693), while the first prize is GEL 6,000 (nearly € 2,500)..

The 2015 FIDE Zonal Chess Championship 3.5 took place from June 30 to July 6, in Zhongshan, China. The event was a qualification for the Women’s World Championship.

The format of the tournament was 11-round Swiss with tempo of play 90′ + 30″.

The Taher Group Law Firm chess tournament 2015 was held from June 26 to July 4, 2015, in Kuwait.

The event was a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 60′ + 30″.

The 6th Nongxin Cup Danzhou Masters 2015 took place from July 2-11, in Danzhou, China.

The 38th International Chess Tournament “Ikaros” 2015 kicks off today in Aghios Kirykos, the capital town of Ikaria, Greece.

The event will be a 9-round Swiss open tournament, valid for FIDE rating and norms. The Men and Women Greek Open Championships 2015 are integrated with the Chess Festival.

The 2015 Swedish Championship GM-Group is taking place from July 11-19, at the Selma Spa Hotel****, in Sunne, Sweden.

Vaibhav Suri from India, a Grandmaster since the age of 15, convincingly won the 6th Qualifier tour