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The 9th Asian Dragons Invitational was held in New Taipei City from 11-18 July 2015 and attracted 35 participants from a record 8 countries.

Since it first started in 2007 in Kaoshiung, this tournament has always been held in two categories – Open and U-16 – originally with two representatives in each from Hong Kong, Macau, and South Korea joining players from hosts Chinese Taipei.

The 38th International Eastman Open 2015 is taking place from July 18-22, at the Barbara College in Ghent, Belgium.

The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament. Top seed is GM Sebastien Feller (2622).

The 33rd International Andorra Open 2015 is taking place from July 18-26, at Hotel St. Gothard, in Erts (La Massana).

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

A total prize fund of 10,500 EUR will be distributed. Top seed is French player GM Vladislav Tkachiev (2661).

Tournament website/ Standings and statistics

Absolute triumph for the 23 year old Hungarian GM Peter Prohaszka at the 38th International Chess Tournament “Ikaros” 2015.With one round to go Prohaszka retains a perfect score (8/8, with a 3055 performance!) and increa

International Master Tomas Krnan emerged winner of the Canadian Closed Chess Championship 2015 – FIDE Zonal 2.2 after edging the opposition on tie-break to qualify for the 2015 World Chess Cup in Baku.

The 8th Annual Chicago Class Championships will be held from July 17-19, 2015, at the Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling, Illinois.

The event has 7 sections: Master, Expert, Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E. Each section has either a 3-day schedule (July 17-19) or 2-day schedule (July 18-19) to participate in.

The playing format is 5-round Swiss with the time control 40/110, SD/30, d10 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/60, d10).

The 20th Annual Bradley Open will be held from July 17-19, 2015, at the Sheraton Hartford Hotel at Bradley Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut.

The event has 4 sections: Open, Under 2010, Under 1610 and Under 1210. Each section has either a 3-day schedule (July 17-19) or 2-day schedule (July 18-19) to participate in.

The event has a $7,500 prize fund, unconditionally guaranteed.

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov visited South Korea, the host of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, where he met Mr.

The 4th Anogia Open “Ideon Andro” was held from July 9-16, 2015 at the conference Hall of Piraeus Bank, in Anogia, Crete.