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The 42nd Ram Ratna Women Challengers is taking place from July 2-11, 2015, in Keshav Shrusti, India.

The event is an 11-round Swiss tournament with the participation of 104 players.

Top seed players are: IM Tania Sachdev (2413), WGM Soumya Swaminathan (2363) and WGM Gomes Mary Ann (2353).

Tournament website

A tournament dedicated to the memory of Grandmaster Lev Polugaevsky is taking place from 3-11th July at the Polugaevsky Chess Club in Samara, Russia.

The tournament is the 7th stage of this year’s Cup of Russia. 132 players are signed to take part in the 9-round Swiss open.

Top seeded is last year’s joint winner GM Aleksey Goganov.

A tournament dedicated to the memory of Grandmaster Lev Polugaevsky is set to take place from 3-11th July at the Polugaevsky Chess Club in Samara, Russia.

The tournament is the 7th stage of this year’s Cup of Russia. 132 players are signed to take part in the 9-round Swiss open.

The prize fund amounts to 650.000 rubles (around 10600 EUR) to be distributed as follows: 1st – 150.000; 2nd – 100.000; 3rd – 70.000; 4th – 50.000, etc.

The 3rd D.C. International was held from June 25-30, 2015, at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Arlington, Virginia.

The 9-round Swiss event with one Open section attracted 122 participants.

The U.S. top young chess players are back in Saint Louis, the nation’s Chess Capital, this summer as the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) will again host the U.S. Junior Closed Championship from July 7-15, 2015.

FIDE delegation led by President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov visited Lviv to accept the application from the Ukrainian Chess Federation to hold the Women’s World Championship Match.

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

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.

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.

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