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Alexander Grischuk is always entertaining speaker in the press meetings. As he became co-leader in the Geneva Grand Prix, Grischuk was interviewed by WGM Anna Burtasova.

After explaining why it is good to be tempo down in the reversed Dragon Sicilian, and why do Russians swim in Wijk aan Zee in the middle of winter, Grischuk was asked about the upcoming Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis.

In the fifth round of Geneva Grand Prix Alexander Grischuk scored a win against Pavel Eljanov and caught up with Teimour Radjabov on the top of the crosstable.

The Danzhou Super GM Tournament 2017 is taking place from 9-18 July 2017 in China. It is a ten player round robin, including top GMs like GM Ivanchuk, GM Wei Yi, GM Le Quang Liem, GM Yu Yangyi, GM Ruslan Ponomariov, etc.

Live games with analysis will be daily on Chessdom and also on the ChessArena android application for mobile phones

The 7th Amsterdam international summer chess tournament will take place from July 8-16, 2017. The playing conditions are perfect in a high-tech, sportive and inspiring environment in the sports center Universum.

The participants in the Amsterdam Science Park 2017 include GM Erik Van den Doel, GM Vitaly Kunin, GM Evgeny Gleizerov, GM Mikhail Ulybin, IM Hugo Ten Hertog, IM Riemersma, IM Robby Kevlishvili, IM Benjamin Tereick, IM Manuel Bosboom, etc.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Grandmaster Sergey Karjakin in Novo-Ogarevo. The Russian leader congratulated Karjakin on sports achievements, and also thanked him for the development of chess.

“I want to thank you for what you are doing to develop chess,” Putin said.

Transcript of the part of the conversation:

Putin: Sergey Alexandrovich, you became a grandmaster at the age of 12?

Karjakin: Yes, the youngest.

The gala opening of the third stage of the FIDE World Chess Grand Prix was held tonight at the Four Seasons Hotel in Geneva, Switzerland.

On behalf of FIDE the tournament was officially opened by prof. dr. Adrian Siegel, FIDE Treasurer and member of the Presidential Board.

President of World Chess, Mr Ilya Merenzon, and CEO of EG Capital Advisors London, Mr Michael Kasumov, also welcomed the players and guests.

The world’s most elite chess players of both past and present will be facing off in the U.S. Chess Capital during the Sinquefield Cup, the most prestigious chess tournament hosted on U.S. soil.

Following the Sinquefield Cup, legendary World Champion Garry Kasparov will be coming out of retirement to compete against world’s top chess talent of modern time in the inaugural Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament as a wildcard. The Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament is the newest stop on the 2017 Grand Chess Tour.

From 26 June to 1 July 2017 the 51st Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was held, organized by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and under the auspices of FIDE.

Russian Higher League, the final qualifying stage for the Russian Superfinal Championship, is taking place from 1-12th July in the Olympic resort Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi.

100 players compete in two sections, men’s and women’s, through 9 rounds of Swiss system. The total prize fund is 75.000 EUR.