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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 will 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.

World N2 Junior and European Rapid Champion GM Richard Rapport will spearhead the challenge at the 7th International Chess Festival “Sport Summer 2014″, scheduled to take place on 4-11th July in Paraćin, Serbia.

Vijay Kumar presents the video from day two of the FIDE World Rapid Championship in Dubai, UAE.

Live video broadcast from the FIDE World Rapid 2014 Games

FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship 2014 LIVE

FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship 2014 LIVE

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

This summer in Erice, Sicily there will be a nice international chess festival – the 5th Terre degli Elimi Open. It will be one intense chess week on 19-25th July.

Erice is a magic ancient place and in the afternoons the players are free to visit places of incomparable beauty and charm as Segesta, the Egadi Islands, Zingaro, Scopello.

The European School Chess Championships are scheduled to take part from 13th to 27th June, 2014 in the beautiful city of Kavala, situated on the Bay of Kavala in the northern Greece.

More information and list of participants here

Vijay Kumar presents the video from day one of the FIDE World Rapid Championship in Dubai, UAE.

Live video broadcast from the FIDE World Rapid 2014 Games

FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship 2014 LIVE

FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship 2014 LIVE

WGM Adriana Nikolova

WGM Adriana Nikolova will be playing online chess today vs ChessArena users. You can also join the queue, it is free open for everyone.

The Las Vegas International Chess Festival – National Open Championship – was held on 12-15th June at the Riviera Casino & Hotel in Las Vegas, USA.

The Festival had eight sections: Championship, Under 2200, Under 2000, Under 1800, Under 1600, Under 1400, Under 1200 and Unrated.

The playing format was 6-rounds Swiss and the total prize fund was 80,000 USD.

The 9th Annual International Chess Tournament Open Teplice is in progress.

The 9-round Swiss event is taking place from 14th to 22nd June, 2014, at the Estrade Hall in Culture House of Teplice, Czech Republic.