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A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 18 to 24 June 2017 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, by the Mongolian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 11 to 15 July 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia, by the Gunadarma University, in cooperation with the Indonesian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 19 to 22 May 2017 in Abha, Saudi Arabia, by the Saudi Arabia Chess Association, in cooperation with the Asian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The 2017 Chess Championships of China for men and women were held from 23rd April to 4th May in Xinghua Jiangsu China. Both events were 12-player round robins.

In each section four players singled out on the top leaving the rest of respective fields far behind.

The sixteen-year-old Diana Mirza from Limerick, Ireland was victorious in the World Schools Under-17 Chess Championship that was held from 21-30th April in Iasi, Romania.

This is the first world chess title for Ireland and definitely a huge encouragement for the many talented young players emerging from chess schools across the country.

Chess Federation of the City of Nis, in association with the Serbian Chess Federation and under the auspices of the European Chess Union organizes the European Amateur Chess Championship 2017, which will take place in Nis, Serbia, from June 9 (day of arrival) to June 17 (day of departure) 2017.

The International Chess Festival Nakhchivan Open 2017, dedicated to the memory of Heydar Aliyev, is scheduled to take place from 2-12th May at the Nakhchivan Chess Center in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan.

The Festival is organized by the Azerbaijan Youth & Sport Ministry, Azerbaijan Chess Federation and Nakhchivan AR Chess Federation.

The World Senior Games 2017 will take place from 9-11th June in the Athens Riviera in Greece.

Among the 15 sports competition, the organizers have scheduled a Rapid Chess Open for all chess players aged over 50, irrespective of elo or level.

ORGANISERS: Vari Voula Vouliagmeni Municipality, European Sports for All Federation (UESpT), Lefkippos Chess Club.

VENUE: Vouliagmeni Lake, Vouliagmeni

TOURNAMENT SYSTEM: Swiss 9 rounds

The 11th Tashkent International Open – Memorial of Georgy Agzamov, the first grandmaster of Uzbekistan, will be held on 2-11th May in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

The tournament is a 9-round Swiss with the time control 90 min + 30 sec increment from move one. The total prize fund is 20,000 US dollars.

The tournament is organized by the Uzbekistan Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Uzbekistan.

The Magistral Memorial Jorge Szmetan was held from 16-27th April at the Néstor Kirchner Cultural Centre in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The 12-player round robin tournament had the average elo of 2516, for the 11th FIDE category. The event was organized by Dr. Ricardo Costianosky and the tournament director was legendary GM Oscar Panno.

Grandmaster Diego Flores emerged clear winner with 7,5/11 points, leaving the group of followers half a point behind.