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The Glenco Chess Tournament 2014 took place from 21st to 25th May, 2014 in the city of Fredericia, Denmark.

Enjoy Daily Master Chess Challenge against strong players and experienced trainers.

The 10th International Chess Festival Highlands Open 2014 was held from 17th to 24th May, 2014 at the Atom Hotel in Trebic, a town in the Vysocina Region of the Czech Republic.

Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta is the winner of the 8th Tashkent International Open – Memorial of Georgy Agzamov, that was held on 14-24th May in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

The French Highest League for men TOP-12 is taking place from 24th May to 3rd June, 2014 in Saint-Quentin, Picardy, France.

The best teams, who qualified for this event are: the last-year champion Clichy, Strasbourg, Metz Fischer, Bischwiller, Mulhouse Philidor, Chalons en Champagne, Tours de Haute Picardie, Evry Grand Roque, Rueil Malmaison, Montpellier and Bois Colombes.

The Chess Club Marseille refused to play, thus only 11 teams will compete for the title “Champion of France”.

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

On 17 and 18 May 2014 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Melbourne, Australia, by the Chess Victoria in cooperation with the Australia Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The venue was the seminar hall of the University of Third Age (U3A) Knox, in Melbourne.

The lecturer was IA N.Y. Wong (SIN), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer was IA Peter Tsai (AUS).

The lectures were in English language.