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The organizers of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships, which will take place on 15-21st June in Dubai, have uploaded a promotional video on YouTube.

GM Andrei Kharlov, Honored Master of Sports of the Republic of Tatarstan, passed away at the age of 46, the Russian Chess Federation reported.

Kharlov won the Russian Junior Championship in 1988, shared 1-5th place in Russian Chess Championship 1990, shared 1-4th place in European Championship 2000, won the European Club Cup and Russian Team Championship with Kazan, and reached quarter-finals in the 2004 World Championship in Tripoli.

The 28th International Open Tournament Pula 2014 took place on 7-14th June at the Hotel Park Plaza Histria in Pula, Croatia.

The 9-round Swiss event was organized by the Chess Club Pula and Croatian Chess Federation. The total prize fund was 8750 EUR.

GM Zoran Jovanovic won the tournament with 7,5/9 points, after defeating GM Tamas Fodor in the last round to overtake him in the standings.

The 7th Annual Karen Asrian Memorial is taking place from 16th to 24th June, 2014, in the prominent SPA resort of Jermuk, Armenia.

The event is a 9 round Swiss Open with a time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds increment starting from move 1.

The 7th Annual Karen Asrian Memorial is taking place from 16th to 24th June, 2014, in the prominent SPA resort of Jermuk, Armenia.

Webster University Geneva will be the host of the first of three prestigious events this summer in the “Chess for Girls” series, on 23-28th June.

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

The A section is a 9 round Swiss, open to all players, rated above 2000. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds increment.

The 18th Voronezh International Chess Festival Alekhine Memorial is taking place from 10th to 21st June, 2014 at the Voronezh Chess Club, in the city of Voronezh, Russia.

The Festival is split into 6 tournaments:

The 9th International Chess Tournament Open Teplice 2014 will take place on 14-22nd June at the Estrade Hall in Culture House of Teplice, Czech Republic.

Top seed is the Armenian GM Hrant Melkumyan, 2011 European Blitz champion, while last-year’s winner GM Nidjat Mamedov is here to defend the title.

Russian Grandmaster Sergey Karjakin repeated the last year’s success and clinched another trophy at the Norway Chess super-tournament after concluding the race with 6,0/9 points, leaving the World Champion Magnus Carlsen half a point behind.