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The 2016 Serpukhov Rapid tournament was held on 22nd February in Serpukhov, Moscow Oblast, Russia.

The 7-round Swiss tournament with the time control 10′+5” was organized by the Serpukhov City Administration and Moscow Oblast Chess Federation.

Former world championship candidate GM Dmitry Andreikin took a clear first place with 6,5/7 points.

The FIDE Event’s Commission (EVE) is holding an Internet based FIDE Seminar for International Organizers from 21-24th March, 2016.

A FIDE Seminar for International Organizers will be held from 29th March to 2nd April at the Abu Dhabi Novotel Hotel in conjunction with the Asian Nations Cup 2016.

The 2nd Lviv Tradition February Chess Tournament 2016 is taking place from February 23-28, at the Hotel Nton, in the splendid city of Lviv, situated in western Ukraine.

The event is a 10-player single round-robin tournament with an average Elo rating of 2259.

Top seed is Indian player IM Upadhyaya Anwesh (2399).

The 7th Manacor GM Chess Tournament is taking place from February 21-28, in Porto Christo, Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

The event is a single round-robin tournament with an average rating of 2496. Top seed is GM Olexandr Bortnyk (2534).

Women’s World Chess Championship Match 2016 between the current World Champion Maria Muzychuk of Ukraine and her challenger Hou Yifan of China (former World Champion 2010-2012, 2013-2015) is taking place in Lviv, Ukraine, on March 1-18, 2016.

This weekend Germany’s largest weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT celebrated its 70th birthday. The newspaper is known for its political, cultural, economic knowledge and in-depth-reporting.

It also has done chess reporting for several decades in print and online (http://www.zeit.de/thema/schach-wm) – more than any other German major media.

The Chess in School Conference in the European Parliament will be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 24th February 2016. The Conference will take place from 4.30 to 6.30 pm in the A1E1 Hall.