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The 2015 Swedish U16 Chess Championship is taking place from July 11-19, at the Selma Spa Hotel****, in Sunne, Sweden.

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The 2015 Swedish U13 Chess Championship is taking place from July 11-19, at the Selma Spa Hotel****, in Sunne, Sweden.

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The 2015 Swedish Weekender – Group 2 is taking place from July 11-19, at the Selma Spa Hotel****, in Sunne, Sweden.

The event is a 5-round Swiss tournament with top seed Peter Bergstrom (2311).

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The 2015 Swedish Weekender – Group 1 is taking place from July 11-19, at the Selma Spa Hotel****, in Sunne, Sweden.

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The 38th International Chess Tournament “Ikaros” 2015 is taking place from Saturday 11th till Sunday 19th of July at Aghios Kirykos, the capital town of Ikaria, Greece.

The event will be a 9-round Swiss open tournament, valid for FIDE rating and norms.

Last year’s winner GM Peter Prohaszka (2586) of Hungary heads the field of 107 players from 11 different countries.

The CCA General Assembly was held in Cali, Colombia, from July 1st-4th 2015 with the attendance of 27 Federations, either personally or by proxy.

Also FIDE Deputy President Mr. Georgios Makropoulos attended the meeting, the first time such a senior FIDE official had been present.

After the welcoming messages of the Colombian Chess Federation and the Continental President, the General Secretary, Mr. Russell Smith gave the floor to the Continental President for his report.

The 8th International Chess Festival “Sport Summer 2015″ was held from July 3-10, in the Serbian town of Paracin.

The Master’s event was a 9-round Swiss open that gathered 115 players from 17 different countries.

For sixth consecutive year the Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) is hosting the U.S. Junior Closed Championship.

The 2015 MetLife Warsaw Najdorf Festival is taking place from July 10-18, in Polish capital Warsaw.

The event is organized under the auspices of the President of Warsaw Ms Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz in a 9-round Swiss format and it is open for all players with Elo rating over 2200.

Top seed is Bulgarian GM Ivan Cheparinov (2683).