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The  Russian Women’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 2015 edition of Roc Nova College Chess Tournament is taking place from June 26 to June 28, in Haarlem, a city in the Netherlands.

The event is a 6-round Swiss tournament, open for players rated over 1850.

The first qualifier in the prestigious FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship 2015 took place on the official FIDE Online platform on June 18.

In the third round of the event Italian WFM Tea Gueci (with nickname marmocchia) met former World champion for women GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (nickname: AlexandraK). It was a very interesting and sharp encounter with ups and downs for both players.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized in Minsk, Belarus from 14 to 17 August 2015, by the FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess, in cooperation with the Belarus Chess Federation and the Global Chess Academy of Minsk and under the aus

From 11 to 14 June 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Rosenheim, Germany, by the German Chess Federation and under auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar was the Hotel Hoehensteiger in Rosenheim.

The 6th ShakkiNet International Grandmaster Tournament is taking place from 8-16th June, 2015, in Helsinki, the capital and largest city of Finland.

The 29th International Open Tournament Pula 2015 took place from June 13 to June 20, at the Hotel Park Plaza Histria in Pula, Croatia.

The 9-round Swiss event was organized by the Chess Club Pula and Croatian Chess Federation.

The 29th International Open Tournament Pula 2015 took place from June 13 to June 20, at the Hotel Park Plaza Histria in Pula, Croatia.

The 9-round Swiss event was organized by the Chess Club Pula and Croatian Chess Federation.

Тhe 37th Portuguese Team Cup – Final Four takes place on June 20-21, in Alcochete, a municipality in Portugal.

The teams who qualified for the Semifinals are O Amanhã da Criança, GD Dias Ferreira_A, CX Montemor-o-Velho/CGTA and Sporting Clube Portugal.

The Semifinals will be played on Saturday, June 20, while the Final match is scheduled for Sunday, June 21.

The 10th Edmonton International Chess Festival is taking place between June 19 and June 28, 2015, at the Edmonton Chess Club, in Canada.