From 1 to 11 August in Yekaterinburg, under the patronage of the Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region EV Kuyvashev, the most large-scale chess event of the Ural region of 2018 – the Eurasia Open Festival
In December 2017 Google subsidiary DeepMind shocked the chess world when it announced that its neural network AlphaZero had soundly defeated the then-champion Stockfish 8 in internal tests.
The Alwan Fannia Chess Association of Chefchaouen organizes the 17th Edition of Chefchaouen International Chess Festival from 23 to 29 July 2018 at Complex Mohamed 6 in Chefchaouen.
279 players took part in the tournament!
The Andorra Open, a traditional tournament in the heart of the Pyrenees, is celebrating its 36th edition from 21-29 July 2018. The 9-round Swiss tournament boosts a prize fund of 10,000 euros, with 2,100 for the winner.
The Xtracon Open is a huge 10-round tournament taking place in Elsinore, Denmark which was held from 21-29 July 2018. It was previously known as the Politiken Cup before acquiring its new Danish IT company sponsor.
The Czech Open was a 9-round Swiss tournament which took place from 12-28. July in the Tipsport Arena in Pardubice as part of the massive International Chess and Games Festival.
Open Championship of Quebec chess was held from July 21 to 28, 2018 at Sandman Hotel Montreal-Longueuil.
It was divided in 5 categories.
In group A 51 players took part.
