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Japan Women Chess Championship was held from 4th to 5th Aug in Tokyo. The venue was Ikegami Kaikan.
The tournament was played using the Swiss System with 6 rounds, time control was 45 min + 30 sec. increment from move 1.

Dear Chess Friends,

The circumstances around the election of FIDE President encourage me to address my colleagues with this letter.

I have always called interested federations and FIDE authorities for paying attention to the urgent need for reforms in FIDE management and transparent interaction with sponsors and companies that would like to cooperate with FIDE on a mutually beneficial basis.

The 105th British Championship took place from July 28-August 5 in the City Hall of Hull, England. It was a nine-round Swiss which had 66 players, including 14 grandmasters.

The Mislata Open is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 6-12 August 2018 in Mislata, Spain. Venue is Centro Sociocultural “La Fábrica”. C/ Felipe Bellver,43. Mislata.

The Open Dutch Youth Championships are taking place from 6-11 August 2018 in Borne.
There will be 3 categories U20, U16 and U 14.

8th international chess festival „Riga Technical University Open 2018” will take place on August 6th – 12th in already traditional venue – international exhibition centre “Kipsala” (8 Kipsalas Street) located across the bridge from the city

The 6th edition of the International Tournament of Famalicense City ended, 9 rounds and 121 participating chess players provided great chess games in the Municipal Library of the city, which was also the last event of the National Circuit of Classics of the FPX referring to the seas

The Irish Championship is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 4-12 August 2018 in the Talbot Hotel Stillorgan, Dublin, Ireland Players receive 105 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increme

The Sinquefield Cup sees Magnus Carlsen and 9 more of the world’s best players compete in the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis from 18-27 August 2018.