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The 5th International Chess Tournament of Forni di Sopra took place from June 14th to 21st, 2014, in Forni di Sopra, part of the Friulian Dolomites Natural Park and one of the jewels of the Italian Alps.

The event consisted of three sections: Open A (9-round Swiss) for the players rated above 2000, Open B (8-round Swiss) for the players rated above 1600, and Open C for the lower rated players.

The 9th Edmonton Chess Festival is held from 20th to 29th June, 2014 at the Edmonton Chess Club in the city of Edmonton, Canada.

The Moscow Chess Federation will organize the 11th Moscow Open in 2015, the MCF Board decided at the meeting held on 18th June.

The 5th tournament of the FIDE Women’s Grand-Prix 2013-2014 is taking place from 18th June to 2nd July in Lopota, Georgia.

Twelve players compete in the round robin tournament. The event is organized by the Georgian Ministry of Sport and Youth, FIDE and Georgian Chess Federation, and sponsored by SOCAR.

After round 3 Ju Wenjun joins Hou Yifan in the lead, Dzagnidze and Muzychuk are catching up with the Indian players, while Khotenashvili and Kosteniuk hope for better in the upcoming rounds.

The 2014 Commonwealth Championships and 121st Scottish Championships will be held in Glasgow from 30 June to 8 July 2014.

The playing venue is Glasgow City College, 320 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G1 2TG.

The HSG Open 2014 is taking place from 20th to 22nd June, 2014 at the Amrâth Hotel Lapershoek in the city of Hilversum, situated in the province of North Holland, in the Netherlands.

The event is a 6-round Swiss with a time control 110′ + 10” and a first prize of 1250 €.

Top seed is GM Robin Van Kampen (NED) 2631.

Tournament website

The 3rd HMC Calder Cup 2014 is taking place from 20th to 28th June, 2014 at the Sociaal-cultureel centrum “De Biechten”, in the town of Rosmalen, in the Netherlands.

The event is a 10 player round-robin with a time control 90′ for 40 moves plus 30′ for the rest of the game plus 30 sec increment starting from move 1.

Russian GM Konstantin Landa (2662) is the highest rated player.

After the conclusion of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships in Dubai, there was a ceremony of the 1st Annual Asian Chess Excellence Awards.

Vijay Kumar presents the video from day two of the FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship in Dubai, UAE. Magnus Carlsen won another World Champion title.

FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship, replay games

FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship – Day 1 video