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The Armenian Chess Federation organized the 8th Karen Asrian Memorial Open Tournament on June 15-25, 2015, in the prominent resort town of Jermuk.

The 5th Qualification Tournament of the 1st FIDE World Online Amateur Blitz Championship 2015 was held on 18th June o

Fabbrica del Vapore (Steam Factory) was packed with young people last Sunday when the venue of Expo Milan Chess Move hosted the 2015 U16 team championship of Lombardia. 38 teams – for a total amount of more than 150 young chessplayers coming from all over the region – took part in the event.

The 7th LUBLIN Union Memorial, match Lublin-Lviv is taking place from June 24 to June 25, in Lublin, the ninth largest city of Poland.

The chess teams of Ukrainian city of Lviv and Polish city of Lublin will face each other in a match of two games with a time control 90′ + 30″.

Pre-tournament favorites GM Ivan Sokolov of the Netherlands, GM Salem A.R. Saleh of the UAE and three other grandmasters maintain perfect slates

The European Schools Chess Championship 2015 will be held from 24th June until 3rd July in the Rixos Konya Hotel in Konya, Turkey.

On June 21, the city of Kaliningrad was the venue for a grand opening of a nationwide competition: the 68th Russian Men’s Chess Championship and the 65th Women’s Chess Championship. For the first time, the competition is being held as part of the international program Chess in Museums implemented by the Russian Chess Federation together with Elena and Gennady Timchenko Charitable Foundation.

The 2015 Namibia Open Junior Chess Championship was organized by Namibia Chess Federation on June, 20, in the Walvis Bay Private High

The  Russian Men’s Higher League is taking place from June 21 to July 2, in Hotel Baltika****, in Kaliningrad, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea.

The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′ X 40 mves + 30′ + 30″.

The first five players will qualify for the 68th Russia Men’s Superfinal. Top seed is GM Vladimir Malakhov (2699).

Top-seed Dutch GM Ivan Sokolov and the UAE’s second-seed GM Salem A.R. Saleh lead opening-night winners