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The tenth game of the Women’s World Chess Championship Match finished with a draw and with the final score 4.5-5.5.the challenger Ju Wenjun became the new Women’s World Champion.

In a recent letter-reply to GM Kevin Spraggett, concerning the US sanctions against Kirsan Ilyumhinov, the FIDE Deputy President Mr. Georgios Makropoulos dropped a bombshell by mentioning the following:

Gazeta Express reported that Kosovo Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli “joins” Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s team for the upcoming FIDE election.

But further in the article the portal cites a slightly different statement. “Of course they have proposed my name, but I did not take any decision,” Pacolli told Express, when asked whether he was proposed by FIDE or he supports current President of FIDE for another term.

The 4th edition of the annual Global Chess Festival (GCF) will be held on Saturday October 13th, 2018.

This year’s festival in Budapest will take place in the breathtaking location of the Hungarian National Gallery. As in previous years, a wide range of activities will be organised, all with chess as the main theme.

Uzbekistan Men Championship (Final) was held from 3 to 15 May in Tashkent.
It was 14 players round-robin tournament.
The winner is IM Nodirbek Yakubboev with 9,5 out of 13. This is his second title, after he won the championship in 2016. Second is FM Nikita Khoroshev with 9 points and third is IM Javokhir Sindarov with 8,5 points.

NASHVILLE, TN: The 501(c)3 US Chess Federation’s 2018 National Elementary School (K-6) Championship was contested from May 11-13, at Nashville, Tennessee’s Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center.

Leuven, Belgium – 11 May 2018 – The Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour Rapid & Blitz chess tournament will be returning once again to the historical City Hall of Leuven wit

4th International Chess Bodensee-Open was held from 5 to 13 May in Bregenz.
133 players took part in the tournament.
Before the last round leader was IM Thomas Henrichs with 7 out of 8.

The Bamberg Open (Prof. Dr. Robert Pfleger Memorial) was a 7-round Swiss tournament which took place from 6-13 May 2018 in Bamberg, Germany.
125 players took part in the tournament.

The 2nd FIDE World Cadet Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2018 will be held from 21 June (arrival) to 25 June (departure) 2018 at the Sports Palace in Minsk, Belarus.

There is no limit of participants per federation in each of the categories ‐ U8, U10, and U12 (boys and girls). A player must not reach his/her 8th, 10th, 12th birthday, respectively, before 1 January 2018.