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The 16th Obert d’Escacs Ciutat d’Olot was held on 26th July at the Casino Olotí in Olot, Spain.

The 9-round Swiss event with the time control 15′+5” was organized by the Club d’Escacs Olot and gathered 90 participants.

Grandmaster Fernando Peralta from Argentina emerged clear winner with 8,0/9 points to claim the top prize of 400 EUR.

The 24th Open International de Martigny is taking place from 31st July to 3rd August at the Hotel Vatel in Martigny, Switzerland.

The tournament is organized by the Cercle de l’Echiquier de Martigny and supported by Commune de Martigny, Etat du Valais, Fonds du sport and Hôtel Vatel Martigny.

The playing format is 7-round Swiss with the time control 90′+30”. The top prizes are CHF 1500, 1000, 800, 600, 400.

The tournament has 79 participants. Top rated are:

The FIDE Seminar for International Organizers was held at Casa de la Cultura de Benasque in Benasque, Spain from July 3-5, 2015.

The 4th “Lviv Tradition” chess tournament is taking place from July 27, through August 1, 2015, at the Hotel Nton, in the splendid city of Lviv, situated in western Ukraine.

The Korinthia Chess Academy “Argonaftis” is organizing the 5th International Tournament Isthmia 2015 on 18-25th August at the Poseidon Resort Hotel in Loutraki, Korinthia, Greece.

Prefecture of Peloponnisos, Municipality of Loutraki – Perahora – Agioi Theodoroi, Municipality of Korinth are supporting the event.

Russian Grandmaster Mikhail Antipov stormed through the 7th qualifier tournament of the FIDE

The 2015 HZ Chess Tournament is taking place from August 1-8, at the University of Applied Sciences in Vlissingen, in the Netherlands.

The event is a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament that gathers 243 players from 16 different federations.

Top seed is former World champion GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov (2704) of Uzbekistan.

The 26th Czech Open 2015 International Chess and Games Festival is taking place from July 24 through August 1, in Pardubice, a city in the Czech Republic.

The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′/40 + 30′ + 30″.

289 players from 35 different countries take part in the event, including 34 GMs. Top seed is GM Viktor Laznicka (2657).

The Czech Open 2015 International chess and games festival takes place from July 16 to August 2, 2015, in Pardubice, Tipsport arena.

Many chess tournaments took place in Pardubice during the last week. One of the most important and star-studded was rapid chess tournament, in which also very strong chess players took part.

Primorsky Debut, a stage in the Cup of Russia, was held from 21-29th July, 2015, at the DVFU campus in Vladivostok.

57 players, including 11 Grandmasters competed in the 9-round Swiss tournament.