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The 116th Annual U.S. Open Chess Championship is set to take place from 1-9th August at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, Arizona.

The tournament format is 9-round Swiss one section with Class prizes and time control 40/120, SD/60 d5. Top US player not otherwise qualified will qualify for the 2016 US Championship.

Last year winner was GM Conrad Holt

Branicevo Chess Union, Chess Club VGSK, municipality Veliko Gradište and Danubia Hotels are organizing the Chess Festival “Silver Lake 2015″ from 20-28th June, 2015, on Silver Lake, Veliko Gradište, Serbia.

The event is a 9-round FIDE-Swiss tournament with the participation of 72 players from 13 different countries, including 14 GMs, 18 IMs and 14 FMs.

The 10th Edmonton International Chess Festival is scheduled to take place between June 19 and June 28, 2015, at the Edmonton Chess Club, in Alberta, Canada.

The traditional ČEZ Chess Trophy 2015 Festival took part from June 12 through June 16, 2015, at the marvelous Michna Palace on Kampa Island, in Prague, the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.

The long anticipated FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship 2015 is starting today on the official FIDE Online platform.

The first stage of the Championship will be completed over eight (8) qualifier tournaments, followed by a semifinal with 64 players, and a final tournament with 10 players.

A rich prize fund of 9000 USD will be awarded in the final tournament.

The Las Vegas International Chess Festival 2015 is taking place from 18-21st June at the Westgate Resort & Casino, 3000 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 23 to 27 July 2015 in Larnaca, Cyprus, by the Cyprus Chess Federation Arbiters’ Commission, in cooperation with the Cyprus Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 12 to 16 September 2015 in Dubai, UAE, by the UAE Chess Federation, in cooperation with the UAE Leaders Qualification Center and under the auspices of FIDE.

The Norway Chess 2015 super tournament started with a bang.

Vietnam are the overall champions of the 16th ASEAN+ Age-Group Championships 2015, a position they have held since the event started in Vietnam in 2000.

The country with the largest delegation won the most medals and the statistics are staggering. Vietnam’s 68 Golds are more than the second to eighth ranked countries combined and their total haul of 141 medals more than the rest combined!