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The First Mongolian Nations Chess Tournament started today on 14 March 2016 in the capital of Mongolia Ulan Bator. It will be round robin tournament (men and women sections) where 4 Mongolian players and one representative from each country (Inner Mongolia, Republics of Tyva, Buriatya and Kalmykia) will participate.

The competition is taking place in Chinggiz Khan Hotel Ulan Bator from 13 March (arrival) till 21 March (departure).

The elections for the Iran Chess Federation presidency were held on 14th March at the Sport Hotel.

43 delegates constituted the Assembly and 14 candidates were running for the post of President.

Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh won the election in the first ballot with 24 votes. He will be the federation President for the next four years. Congratulations!

Pahlevanzadeh is also Treasurer of the Asian Chess Federation.

The new title tournament for young talents, Stockholm Chess Challenge 2016, was organized in Kista, Stockholm, from 8th to 13th of March.

The event was a 9-round Swiss invitational tournament open to titled players at the age of 25 years old or younger. A total of 16 participants from Belarus, Canada, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden and Ukraine, took part at the first edition of the tournament.

The 2016 edition of the Chebanenko Memorial was held from 11-12 March in Chisinau, Moldova.

The event was a 9-round Swiss rapid chess tournament dedicated to the memory of Moldovian player Vecheslav Chebanenko.

The Bank Lviv Open Chess Tournament 2016, sponsored by Bank Lviv. is scheduled to take place from 14-16 March, in Lviv, Ukraine.

The Bank Lviv Rapid Chess Tournament 2016 is taking place from 14-16 March, in Lviv, Ukraine, sponsored by Bank Lviv.

The Uzbekistan Chess Federation on behalf of Asian Chess Federation and FIDE, invites your Federation to participate in the Asian Continental Chess Championships (Open and Women’s) from 25 May – 5 June 2016 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Each Federation from FIDE Zones 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7 can enter one official player in the Open and one official player in the Women’s Division.

The UT Dallas Spring Break 2016 is going to take place in The Embassy Suites Dallas – Park Central. It is a 10-Round Scheveningen System where each member of UT Dallas Team plays each member of the USA Junior All-Stars Team twice. The time control is 90 min + 30 sec increment.

Scroll down for the schedule and the participants list and visit the official website for full details

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