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The Open Liburnija 2014, dedicated to the memory of professor Egidije Paris, is held from 20th to 27th May, 2014 at the Chess Club Rijeka, Croatia.

The event is a 9 round Swiss FIDE with a time control 2 hours per player and a total prize fund in the amount of 6800 HRK.

Top seed is IM Robert Loncar.

More information here.

The Korinthia Chess Academy “Argonaftis” is organizing the 4th International Tournament Isthmia 2014 on 18-25th August at the Alkyon Hotel in Vrachati, Korinthia, Greece.

Prefecture of Peloponnisos, Municipality of Velo Vocha, Municipality of Korinth and Regional Unity of Korinthia are supporting the event.

The playing hall in Kirishi

The 12th “World’s Youth Stars” Vanya Somov’s Memorial took place from 13th to 24th May, 2014 in the town of Kirishi, situated in the Leningrad Region, Russia.

The GM Tournament Orlova 2014 is taking place from 26th May to 1st June, 2014 at the Cultural House in the town of Orlova, situated in the Czech Republic.

The event is a 10 player round robin with a time control 120 minutes per player plus 30 seconds increment starting from move 1.

The 11th International Chess Festival Orlova 2014 is taking place from 26th May to 1st June, 2014 at the Cultural House in the town of Orlova, situated in the Czech Republic.

The event is a 7 round Swiss with a time control 120 minutes per player plus 30 seconds increment starting from move 1 and total prize fund in the amount of 32 500 CZK.

Top seed is GM Mikhail Ivanov (RUS).

Tournament website

The captains of the Serbian national teams have selected the players for the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway.

From 23 to 25 May 2014 a Workshop for the training of the International Arbiters was organized in Moscow, Russia, by the Russian Chess Federation, in cooperation with the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and under the auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Workshop was the office of the Russian Chess Federation in Moscow, while the participants were accommodated in Radisson Slavanskaya Hotel.