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The 2nd Gideon Japhet Memorial Open Chess Tournament 2014 has a surprising leader. After 3 rounds Omer Reshef (ELO 2275) is sole leader with 3,0/3, leaving behind multiple GMs and titled players. See the full standings below.

The tournament is part of a large festival, where one of the headliner events is the match Gelfand – Svidler.

Dear Members of the “Tromsø Olympiad 2014” Organizing Committee,

The 5th Vaujany International Chess Festival was held on 10-18th July at the Espace Loisirs Center in Vaujany, France.

The competition was organized by Promo-Echecs and the total prize fund was 7300 EUR.
The Festival consisted of three events:
- Main tournament (Tournoi Principal), for players rated above 1850
- B tournament (Tournoi Accession), for players rated between 1450 and 1899
- C tournament (Petit’ Zelos), for players rated below 1500

The British Individual Chess Championship 2014 is taking place from 19th July to 2nd August 2014 at the Aberystwyth University, Penglais Campus, in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion.

The event is an 11-round Swiss Open, including 59 participants.

Top prizes: 5.000 £/ 2.500 £/ 1.500 £/ 1.000 £/ 750 £/ 500 £/ 250 £

First seed is GM David Howell.

From 9 to 13 June 2014 the 33rd Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was held, organized by the Chess Educators of USA and under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer and Technical Organizer of the seminar was IA/IO Sevan Muradian (USA), FIDE Lecturer.

The language of the Seminar was English.

The Serbian Chess Federation was host to the FIDE Zone 1.5 meeting, which was held on 17th July at Master Hall in Novi Sad, the venue of the International Championship of Vojvodina.

The meeting was chaired by President of FIDE Zone 1.5 and President of Serbian Chess Federation Miroslav Kopanja.

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Executive Assistant Berik Balgabaev, Presidents and officials of Montenegro, Turkish, Greek and Albanian Chess Federations attended the meeting.

The 32nd edition of Andorra International Chess Open is organized by Federació d’Escacs Valls d’Andorra on 19-27th July 2014 at the Sant Gothard Hotel in Erts (La Massana).

The event will be a 9-round Swiss Open, valid for FIDE rating and norms.

Top seed is GM Julio Granda (Peru).

Official website

The 32nd edition of Andorra International Chess Open is organized by Federació d’Escacs Valls d’Andorra on 19-27th July 2014 at the Sant Gothard Hotel in Erts (La Massana).