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The 34th edition of Benasque International Chess Tournament took place from 4th to 12th July 2014 in Benasque, a town in the heart of the Spanish Pyrenees.

395 players from 36 countries competed in the 9-round Swiss event. Among them were 37 Grandmasters and 33 International Masters.

Seven players shared the first place with 7,5 points each but GM Hrant Melkumyan from Armenia claimed the winner’s trophy on superior tie-break score. Full standings below.

The Norway National Tournament 2014 is taking place on 12-20th July, 2014, in the city of Trondheim, Norway.

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Women’s World Rapid Champion Kateryna Lagno has completed the transfer from Ukrainian to Russian Chess Federation.

The process that started back in March was concluded on 11th July.

The RCF has paid the 2000 EUR transfer fee to FIDE and 20,000 EUR compensation to the Ukrainian CF.

World Champions Viswanathan Anand and Ruslan Ponomariov, Olympic cup holder Levon Aronian, and best-rated Spanish player Paco Vallejo are the stars of the 7th Grand Slam Masters Final in Bilbao, which will be held this year at the Euskalduna Conference Centre from 14 to 20 September, the organizers announced today at the capital of Biscay.

World N2 Junior and European Rapid Champion GM Richard Rapport and American hope IM Akshat Chandra shared the first place in Paracin Open A with 7,5/9 points each.

Rapport took the winner’s trophy on better tie-break, while Chandra earned 22 elo points.

The 9th International Chess Tournament “Nana Aleksandria’s Cup – 2014″ is taking place from 12th to 20th July, 2014, in Poti, a port city in Georgia, situated on the eastern Black Sea coast.

ACP Golden Classic 2014 is going to be one of the fifteen strongest chess tournaments of the year, live with analysis daily on Chessdom.

The 8th edition of Leiden Chess Tournament is taking place on 11-20th July, 2014, in Leiden, a city in the Dutch province of South Holland.

The event is organized by the Stichting Denksportpromotie Nederland, a foundation for mind sports, in a 9 round Swiss format.

The first prize is in the amount of 1750 €.

The 9th Mediterranean Men & Women’s Chess Championships 2014 will be held from 2-10th September at the Atlantica Caldera Creta Paradise Hotel in Chania, Crete, Greece.