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Ten Young Chess Stars Vie for 2015 U.S. Junior Closed Title in Saint Louis

Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint LouisChess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis selected again to host U.S. Junior Closed Championship

Vladislav Artemiev and Marina Guseva win Russia’s Chess Championship Higher League

The Russian Higher League, the 4th stage of the 68th Russian Men’s Chess Championship and the 65th Women’s Championship, took place from June 21 till July 2 in Kaliningrad as part of the international program Chess in Museums held by the Russian Chess Federation jointly with Elena and Gennady Timchenko Charitable Foundation.

The event became the battleground for 57 men and 39 women.

Onischuk, Kalinina and Rakhmangulova are Ukrainian rapid and blitz champions

The 2015 Ukrainian Blitz and Rapid Individual Chess Championships for men and women took place on June 29-30, in the splendid city of Lviv, situated in western Ukraine.

GM Vladimir Onischuk emerged a double champion, winning the rapid tournament with 9/11 points and finishing with perfect 11/11 score at the blitz tournament.

WGM Olga Kalinina won the Women’s rapid event, while WIM Anastasiya Rakhmangulova lifted the trophy from the Women’s blitz tournament.

You can see the full standings below.

6th Nongxin Cup Danzhou Masters LIVE!

The 6th Nongxin Cup Danzhou Masters 2015 takes place from July 2-11, in Danzhou, China.

FIDE World Online Amateur Blitz Championship – Selected Games

ArenaThe 6th Qualification Tournament of the 1st FIDE World Online Amateur Blitz Championship 2015 was held on 25th June on the official FIDE Online platform.

43rd World Chess Open

The 43rd Annual World Chess Open is taking place from June 30-July 5, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia.

The event has 8 sections: Open, Under 2200, Under 2000, Under 1800, Under 1600, Under 1400, Under 1200 and Unrated.

ECU Educational Commission Survey

European Chess UnionThe ECU Educational Commission is conducting a survey of its member Federations.

The survey has got two objectives: to obtain basic information about the Federations of the ECU and to understand the place of chess in the education system of the Federation countries.

Ankara Conference – Chess for pre-school

The Turkish Chess Federation and “I’m Growing up with Chess Club” (Satrançla Büyüyorum), with financial support from the SporToto Administration, have initiated a project that will establish chess corners in 1000 kindergartens across Turkey, introducing pupils in these kindergartens to chess and providing professional chess education to teachers in order to disseminate chess in kindergartens during the 2015-2016 academic term.

July 2015 FIDE Rating List

FIDEThe reigning World champion Magnus Carlsen lost 23 Elo points in Norway Chess 2015 super tournament but nevertheless he is still on top with Elo rating of 2853.

Sergei Tiviakov returns to Rilton: Brief interview

The 45th Rilton Cup Chess Festival is scheduled to take place from 27th December, 2015 to 5th January, 2016, in Clarion Hotel Stockholm, in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic region.

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