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From 24th to 28th August 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Gaborone, Botswana, by the Botswana Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar was the Oasis Hotel, Gaborone, Botswana.

The Lecturer was IA David Sedgwick (ENG), FIDE Lecturer, and the Assistant Lecturer was FA Vincent Masole (BOT).

The lectures were in the English language.

From 24 to 28 August 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, by the Mongolia Chess Federation and under auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar was the Chingiss Khan Hotel, in Ulaanbaatar.

The 11th Zudov Memorial, stage of the Russian Cup 2015, is taking place from September 9-20, 2015, in Nizhny Tagil, a city of Russia, located 25 kilometers east of the virtual border between Europe and Asia.

The event is a 9-round Swiss open with first prize in the amount of 75,000 RUB.

Tournament website/ Standings and statistics

The fifth qualifier of the unique FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship 2015 was being played on Thursday, September 10th, on the official FIDE Online platform.

The FIDE World Chess Cup, an integral part of the World Championship Cycle 2014-2016, is taking place from September 10 – October 5, 2015, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

All the rounds start at 12:00 CET.

2015 FIDE World Cup: Live games with analysis / Live games with chat / TCEC Stage 2 (starting soon!)

On Sunday September 6, the open Moscow Blitz Championship was held in the mall Gorbushin. More than 30 of the country’s leading grandmasters contested the main events, the unrestricted section and women’s section.

The winner of the unrestricted section was the Russian National Team member and 2010 European champion Ian Nepomniachtchi. Over the course of 19 rounds, he accumulated 14.5 points.

Once again the Malaysian Chess Festival will kick off off with the ASTRO Merdeka Rapid Open Team Chess Championships.

While the Malaysian Chess Festival celebrates it 12th year, the ASTRO Rapid Teams is even longer standing, actually taking place for the 35th time and this event is continuing to grow in popularity with every passing year, and so far a record 134 teams have registered!

The computer chess fans were treated to a special performance by Stockfish in TCEC Stage 1a. It literally destroyed opposition, finishing the group with 11,0/11.