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The 21st Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival Masters Tournament is taking place from 20-29th August at the Abu Dhabi Chess & Culture Club in United Arab Emirates.

The 2014 edition of Stockholm Open is taking place on 18-24th August 2014 in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden and most populous city in Scandinavia.

The event is a 9-round Swiss Open consisting of 69 players from 8 different countries. Top seed is IM Jonathan Westerberg (SWE).

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The 13th World University Chess Championship is taking place on 18-24th August 2014 in Katowice, a city in Southern Poland.

The 21st Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival Masters Tournament is taking place from 20-29th August at the Abu Dhabi Chess & Culture Club in United Arab Emirates.

The 22nd Canakkale Troya International Open Chess Tournament was held on 11-18th August in Canakkale, a town and seaport in Turkey on the southern (Asian) coast of the Dardanelles.

The 21st Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival Masters Tournament is held on 20-29th August at the Abu Dhabi Chess & Culture Club in United Arab Emirates.

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The 6th and final tournament of the FIDE Women’s Grand-Prix 2013-2014 will take place from 24th August to 7th September at the world’s largest chess club in Sharjah (UAE).

FIDE announces the full details of the Grand Prix 2014-2015, from which the first two (2) winners will qualify to the Candidates Tournament of the World Chess Championship Cycle 2014-2016.

The 29th Schwarzacher Chess Open 2014 is taking place at the Ballroom of the Hotel Post in Schwarzach im Pongau, a market town in the Austrian state of Salzburg on 16-23 August 2014.

The event is a 9-round Swiss with a time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds increment starting from move 1.

Top seed is GM Vitaly Kunin (Germany).