Chinese Individual Championships Group B is 11 rounds swiss and will be held from July 18-23 in Jiangmen. Three players will qualify for next year 2019 championship.
Since the accidental fall in Norway on May 31, the Chinese chess “one brother” and the World Cup runner-up Ding Liren temporarily stopped the international chess with the rating of 2800 points.
The Baltic Zonal-Liepaja was a 9-round Swiss tournament which took place from 9-15 July 2018 in Liepaja, Latvia. This is the third of three Baltic Zonal tournaments and the overall winner qualifies for the 2019 Chess World Cup.
The 2018 Norwegian Championship took place in Sarpsborg from 6-14 July.
It was divided in 2 groups. The Elite group was intended for players rated above 2350, and has 24 players.
38th Benasque Chess Open was a 10-round Swiss tournament which took place from 5-14 July 2018 in Benasque, in the heart of the Spanish Pyrenees.
431 players took part in the tournament.