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The Pyramiden Cup 2015 was held from September 3-6, at the Pyramide Hotel*****, in Furth, a city in northern Bavaria, Germany.

The event was a 7-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 15′ + 30″.

At the meeting of the FIDE Executive Board in Abu Dhabi, September 7th 2015, the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov received a proposal to run for the FIFA Presidency.

FIDE Press Release

During the FIDE Executive Board in Abu Dhabi, UAE, the President of the Russian Chess Federation, the FIDE Vice President Andrey Filatov proposed to the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov to run for FIFA President.

The 17th Trieste Chess Festival took place from August 29 – September 5, 2015, in the splendid city of Trieste, part of the Italian Adriatic coast.

The fifth qualifier of the unique FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship 2015 was being played on Thursday, September 3r

The 76th Armenian Individual Championship First League took place from August 21 to September 3, 2015, in the Armenian capital Yerevan.

The event was a 14-player round-robin tournament with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″.

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.

There shall be six (6) rounds of matches comprising two (2) games per round, with the winners progressing to the next round, plus the final seventh (7th) round comprising of four (4) games.

The Moscow Blitz Championship is to be held on Sunday September 6, 2015 at the mall Gorbushkin Yard under the sponsorship of bookmaking company Liga Stavok. World Chess Federation (FIDE) President Kirsan ILYUMZHINOV will attend the opening ceremony.

The Pyramiden Cup 2015 is taking place from September 3-6, at the Pyramide Hotel*****, in Furth, a city in northern Bavaria, Germany.

The event is a 7-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 15′ + 30″.

Top seed is GM Vitaly Kunin (Germany 2563.