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The Chess Club Brda, City of Split and Croatian Chess Federation are organizing the 2014 Split Chess Open on 16-23rd August at Hotel Zagreb in Split, Croatia.

The tournament system is 9-rounds Swiss and the total prize fund is 8500 EUR.

Last year winner was GM Davorin Kuljasevic

Tournament website

The 5th International Chess Festival Terre degli Elimi took place on 19-25th July 2014, in Erice, a historic town in the Province of Trapani, in Sicily, Italy.

The event was a 9-round Swiss, organized by ASD “Amici della Scacchiera” di Erice.

The 2014 Canadian Open (Championnat ouvert du Canada) was held on 19-26th July in the “Grand Salon” of the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth, in Montreal.

Mr Gilad Japhet, the organizer of the 2nd Gideon Japhet Memorial Chess Tournament, son of Gideon Japhet,  founder and CEO of MyHeritage.com – one of the most popular websites connecting people using genealogy, agreed on an exclusive interview for Chessdom.

It reveals much about the great festival in Yerusalem, including chess stars Boris Gelfand and Peter Svidler. Find out interesting facts about the life of Gideon Japhet and the relation between the first and second World Chess Champions Wilhelm Steinitz and Emanuel Lasker!

The organizing committee of the 2014 Chess Olympiad has released a video that will be featured at the opening ceremony:

“This video gives a good idea of what we want the 2014 Chess Olympiad to be all about – celebrating the game of chess, the players from 180 participating nations and what Tromsø 2014 stands for. It will be shown at the beginning of the opening ceremony. The music is by “Violet Road” – a popular local band.”

The 13th edition of Charleroi Open is taking place from 27th July to 2nd August 2014 in Charleroi, Belgium.

The event is a 9-round Swiss Tournament with prize fund in the amount of 6.000 €.

227 players take part in the tournament, first seed is GM Evgeny Gleizerov from Russia.

Official website

Peruvian Grandmaster Julio Granda Zuniga took a clear first place in the 32nd Andorra International Chess Open that was held on 19-27th July at the Sant Gothard Hotel in Erts (La Massana).

The 9-round Swiss event was organized by the Federació d’Escacs Valls d’Andorra.

GM Adhiban

The 47th Biel Chess Festival 2014 included a 11-round Swiss Master Tournament that was taking part on 14-25th July 2014.

The 16th Lake Sevan International Chess Tournament is taking place from 26th July to 4th August 2014 in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.

The event is organized by the Armenian Chess Academy in conjunction with the Armenian Chess Federation in a 10 player round-robin format.

10 Grandmasters from Armenia and abroad will take part in the tournament. First seed is Alexander Areshchenko from Ukraine.

The 2nd Gideon Japhet Memorial Open Chess Tournament 2014 took place on 16-24th July 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel, incorporating professional and amateur chess.

The fascinating Rapid Chess duel between top grandmasters Boris Gelfand and Peter Svidler was the most widely recognized part of the event. The final result of the duel is 5: 3 in favor of Peter Svidler.