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The 8th Arad International Chess Festival 2015 (Arad Open) is scheduled to take part from August 6 – 12, in Arad, a city in western Romania, situated near Hungarian border, 250 KM from Budapest.

The 8th Arad International Chess Festival 2015 (Arad Open) is taking place from August 6 – 12, in Arad, a city in western Romania, situated near Hungarian border, 250 KM from Budapest.

The event is a 9-round Swiss open with prize fund of over 9,000 Euro and first prize in the amount of nearly 2,400 Euro.

The Asian Youth Chess Championship being held in Suwon, Korea from 3-11 August 2015 is providing to be particularly competitive as can be seen after three rounds of play where it is clear that the premier events, Open U-18 and Girls U-18 will be hard fought while Open U-16 could arguably be the strongest.

The Turkish Isbank Chess Super League 2015 is taking place 4-15 August in Kocaeli, Turkey. A total of 14 teams participate, composed of eight main payers and additional reserves.

Top players of the event include GM Wesley So, GM Esen Baris, GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, GM Eltaj Safarli, GM Dragan Solak, GM Pentala Harikrishna, GM Vladislav Artemiev, GM Alexander Ipatov, GM Ivan Cheparinov, GM Ivan Salgado Lopez, GM Ferenc Berkes, GM Anna Ushenina, GM Boris Grachev.

The 90th French Chess Championship is taking place from August 9-20, 2015, in Saint-Quentin, France.

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

The 2015 Turkish Club Championship is taking place 4-15 August in Kocaeli, Turkey. A total of 14 teams participate, composed of eight main payers and additional reserves.

The Asian Youth Chess Championship got underway with a short and simple opening ceremony graced by In Suk Hyun, President of the Korea Chess Federation who welcomed all participants to Korea and wished them every success and an enjoyable stay.

The 11th Gazi-Heraklion Open 2015 took place from July 25 to August 1, at the Apollonia Beach & SPA Hotel*****, at the Greek island of Crete.

The event was a 9-round Swiss tournament, open for players with Elo rating over 1500.