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Тhe 9th Hainan Danzhou GrandMaster Chess Tournament in Hainan, China, which will begin on July 26, 2018, will also be held at the China Chess Association Hainan Zhangzhou Training Base.

Russia-China Junior Match of Friendship was held at the Siberia Sanatorium (Altai Krai, Belokurikha) from July 14th till July 18th.

The competition included:

The 6th World Team Championship 50+ & 65+ took place from the 7th to the 15th of July 2018 in Radebeul near Dresden in Germany.

The Slovakian Championship – GM wass a 10-player round-robin tournament which took place from 7-15 July 2018 in Banska Stiavnica.

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.

Paracin Open was held from-July 6th -13th 2018 at Hotel “Petrus” in Paracin.
It was divided in 3 sections. In the A group 150 players took part.

The Czech Open is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 12-28. July in the Tipsport Arena in Pardubice as part of the massive International Chess and Games Festival.

Pursuant to the authorization provided by the FIDE Presidential Board by virtue of its decision at the 2018 1st Quarter Presidential Board meeting held 6 – 9 April, in Minsk, Belarus, a Report has been submitted to the FIDE Eth