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The candidate for FIDE President Georgios Makropoulos and his FIDE Forward team have officially announced the ticket for the upcoming elections.

The 1st Longtou Cup “Belt and Road” Chess Open was held in Qinhuangdao, China from 26 May to 4 June.
80 players took part in the tournament.
The winner is GM Wang Hao with 7,5 points out of 9.

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to participants, organisers and guests of the 49th Belaya Ladya (White Rook) national open school team chess tournament.

The message is published on the official website of the Russian President.

The Organizing Committee of the 2018 Chess Olympiad conducted and interview with the Indian Grandmaster and the former World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand, who is also the Goodwill Ambassador of the 43rd Chess Olympiad.

On June 1, 2018, the 49th final tournament of the traditional all-Russian scholastic chess team event Belaya Ladya (also known as White Rook) will start in Dagomys, Sochi.

Since 2015, Belaya Ladya has welcomed teams from foreign countries. This year, more than 100 teams from 78 regions of Russia and 22 countries of the world will take part in the final event.

The All India Chess Federation on behalf of FIDE and Commonwealth Chess Association cordially invite your Federation to participate in the Commonwealth Chess Championships 2018 to be held at Leela Ambience Convention Hotel in New Delhi, India fr

FIDE Ethics Commission is apparently set to examine the inclusion of fake person Glen Stark to Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s ticket for upcoming FIDE elections.

The American Continental Championship is an 11-round Swiss tournament taking place from 1-10 June, 2018 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

11th Mumbai Mayor’s Cup is held from 3 to 9 June in Mumbai.
The venue is Mount Litera School International BKC. The tournament is divided in 3 sections.
216 players are taking part in the group A.