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by WGM Tatev Abrahamyan

By by WGM Tatev Abrahamyan

The preparations for Ikaros 2016 (11-19 July 2016), the traditional open international tournament that takes place for the 39th consecutive time at the island of Ikaria in Greece (famous not only for its beauty but also for its thermal and healing springs, its wine and

The Belgium part of the Grand Chess Tour will take place in Leuven from 17-20 June. This is the second event of the 2016 Grand Chess Tour after the recently concluded rapid and blitz in Paris.

The participants in the 2016 Leuven Grand Chess Tour are Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Anish Giri, Fabiano Caruana, Vladimir Kramnik, Hikaru Nakamura, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian, Wesley So, and Veselin Topalov.

The FIDE Arbiter’s Commission held its 2016 Councilors’ Meeting in Madrid, Spain, in the period 10 to 13 June.

The Norwegian Chess Federation has announced today the lineups for the upcoming World Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan.

The preliminary groups of the Top Chess Engine Championship are complete and Stage 2 of the event is going to start today at 12:00 CEST. Follow them live at the official website.

The 2016 Icelandic Chess Championship was held from 31st May to 11th June at the Tónlistarskóli in Seltjarnarness.

Twelve players with the average elo 2403 competed in the round robin tournament.

Former World Championship candidate GM Johann Hjartarson finished clear first with 8,5/11 points to claim his 6th title of national champion. Previously he won in 1980 (aged 17), 1984, 1994, 1995 and 1997.

SK Teplice is holding its 11th International Chess Tournament from 11-19th June at the House of Culture in Teplice, Czech Republic.

179 players from 30 countries are competing in the 9-round Swiss event. Among them are 17 Grandmasters and 23 International Masters. The total prize fund is 170.000,- CZK.

Official website

The Serbian Chess Federation has announced the complete lineups for the 42nd FIDE Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan.