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The 2014 SPICE Cup Open is scheduled to take place from 21st to 26th October at the Crowne Plaza Clayton Hotel in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

The 9-round Swiss open is sponsored by Webster University and the Susan Polgar Foundation.

The event offers the prize fund of $13,000 guaranteed (up from $11,000 last year) and the possibility to earn FIDE title norms.

GM Kayden Troff, the 16-year-old phenom out of Utah, has won the 2014 U.S. Junior Closed Championship in clear first with an impressive 7/9 score, grabbing the national championship for players under 21 by finishing 1.5 points ahead of the field.

For his efforts, Troff has won the top prize of $3,000, as well as an invitation to the 2015 U.S. Championship.

Article by Brian Jerauld

A FIDE Seminar for International Organizers will be held on 25-27th July at the University of Santo Tomas, Arturo Prat 879 Street, in Concepción, Chile.

The FIDE Arbiters’ Commission has the pleasure to announce the 2014 Arbiters’ Award.

The requirements for the Arbiters to be awarded were:

The 48th edition of the Ilmar Raud Memorial is taking place from 30th June to 6th July 2014 at the Viljandi Sports Center in Viljandi, a town in southern Estonia.

59 players from 6 different countries will be vying for the first prize of 1.500 € in a 9 round Swiss.

Top seed is Estonian champion GM Kaido Kulaots.

The Dutch Individual Chess Championship for women is taking place from 6th to 13th July 2014 at the Manor Hotel in Amsterdam, the capital and most populous city in the Netherlands.

GM Peng, Zhaoqin, WGM Muhren, Bianca, WIM Haast, Anne, IM Lanchava, Tea, WGM Paulet, Iozefina, WIM Padurariu, Smaranda, Hortensius, Lisa and WFM Kazarian, Anna-Maja 2025 will be vying in a 7 round round-robin tournament.

The Dutch Individual Chess Championship for men is taking place from 6th to 13th July 2014 at the Manor Hotel in Amsterdam, the capital and most populous city in the Netherlands.

Dutch Individual Chess Championships for men and women are scheduled to take place from 6th to 13th July 2014 at the Manor Hotel in Amsterdam, the capital and most populous city in the Netherlands.

Both tournaments will be played in 8 player round-robin format.

The 48th edition of the Ilmar Raud Memorial is taking place from 30th June to 6th July 2014 at the Viljandi Sports Center in Viljandi, a town in southern Estonia.