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The Dutch Individual Chess Championship for men is taking place from 6th to 13th July 2014 at the Manor Hotel in Amsterdam, the capital and most populous city in the Netherlands.

Dutch Individual Chess Championships for men and women are scheduled to take place from 6th to 13th July 2014 at the Manor Hotel in Amsterdam, the capital and most populous city in the Netherlands.

Both tournaments will be played in 8 player round-robin format.

The 48th edition of the Ilmar Raud Memorial is taking place from 30th June to 6th July 2014 at the Viljandi Sports Center in Viljandi, a town in southern Estonia.

The Ellivuori International Chess Tournament was held from 23rd to 29th June, 2014, at the Ellivuori Hotel in Ellivuori, a town in the heart of pure nature, in the western part of Finland.

GM Vasily Yemelin led the tournament by one point after the seventh round and maintained his advantage till the end. Collecting 6,5/9 points, he emerged clear winner and grabbed the first prize of 1200 €.

The 11th Annual Susan Polgar Foundation Girls’ Invitational with over $200K in prizes and scholarships will be held

The 2nd Jaen Chess Festival 2014 is taking place from 28th June to 2nd July, 2014 in the Andalusian city of Jaen, Spain, known as The World Capital of Olive Oil.

The event is a 9 round Swiss with a total of 64 players from 5 different countries, including 4 GMs 7 IMs and 3 FMs.

The top prizes are: 1.000,00 €/ 500,00 €/ 400,00 €/ 300,00 €/ 200,00 €/ 100,00 €/ 100,00 €/ 100,00 €/ 100,00€/ 100,00€.

Cuban IM Camilo Ernesto Gomez takes the lead in XXII edition of Montcada Chess Festival, defeating Russian FM Roman Oganisian in the 4th round of the competition.

TCEC Special event FRC (Fischer Random Chess) has just started.

England’s team captain GM Peter Wells has announced the board order for the Open Team at the Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway: