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The 3rd International Chess Festival Cesme Open 2015 is held from 15-20th June, at the Cesme Aya Haralambos Church, in Cesme, a splendid coastal Turkish city, situated near the largest metropolitan center in Turkey’s Aegean Region, Izmir.

Turkish Chess Federation and Cesme Municipality organize the event in a 9-round Swiss format with the hefty prize fund in total of 33,500 TL (nearly 12,000 €). The tempo of play is 90′ + 30″.

The 45th Rilton Cup Chess Festival is scheduled to take place from 27th December, 2015 to 5th January, 2016, in Clarion Hotel Stockholm, in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic region.

The 2015 International Chess Tournament of Forni di Sopra is taking place on 13-20th June in Forni di Sopra, part of the Friulian Dolomites Natural Park and one of the jewels of the Italian Alps.

Accademia Internazionale di Scacchi, Circolo Scacchistico Udinese, ScacchiRandagi, FSI and Comune Forni di Sopra organize the traditional event in the heart of the Dolomites.

The 2015 International Chess Tournament of Forni di Sopra is taking place on 13-20th June in Forni di Sopra, part of the Friulian Dolomites Natural Park and one of the jewels of the Italian Alps.

Geneva, 12 June 2015 – Neva Foundation organised on 11th and 12th of June in Geneva the final of the Interscholastic Tournament “Tous aux Echecs”.

56 Geneva’s students have met during a round-robin tournament of 8 teams, all qualified from qualifications tournament starting in schools in May. After a long day of games played in a festive and passionate atmosphere, the team of Trembley eventually won the coveted trophy.

It was a big day for many participants at the 16th ASEAN+ Age-Group Chess Championships 2015 as the final round of standard chess concluded and the many winners announced.

For 15 year old Tin Jingyao from Singapore it was perhaps the most memorable as winning the Open U-20 event not only won Singapore’s first ever individual Gold in ASEAN competition but also gave him the direct IM title and a GM title norm.

This year is the 50th anniversary edition of the traditional tournament Capablanca Memorial. The 2015 will start in the 15th of June in Salón Embajadores in Hotel Habana Libre. One more time the chess fans will have a special coverage with commentary and analysis in the live section of Chessdom.com, as well as detailed reports on the Spanish version.

By popular demand, the Chess magazines June pack is here again! It includes again three different magazines with different approach for all-round training and fun during the month of June.

This year is the 50th anniversary edition of the traditional tournament Capablanca Memorial. The 2015 will start in the 14th of June in Salón Embajadores in Hotel Habana Libre. One more time the chess fans will have a special coverage with commentary and analysis in the live section of Chessdom.com, as well as detailed reports on the Spanish version.

The 28th Magistral Ciudad de Leon 2015, one of the top classics of the international chess circuit, took place from 11-15th June at the Cuidad de Leon Auditorium in Leon, Spain.