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The 9th Annual Indianapolis Open will be held from August 22-24, 2014, at the Crowne Plaza Indianapolis Airport, 2501 S. High School Rd (off I-465 & Airport Expwy), Indianapolis, Indiana.

The event has 5 sections: Open, Under 2100, Under 1800, Under 1500 and Under 1200. All sections have either 3-day (August 22-24) or 2-day (August 23-24) schedules to play in.

The tournament format is 5-round Swiss, 40/110, SD/30, d10 (2-day option, rounds 1-2 G/60, d10).

The 21st Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival Masters Tournament will take place from 20-29th August at the Abu Dhabi Chess & Culture Club in United Arab Emirates.

The Festival is supported by the Abu Dhabi Sport Council and consists of following sections:

The 10th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2014 are set to take place from 23-30th August in Taichung, Taiwan.

The event is organized by the Chinese Taipei Chess Association and co-sponsored by the Taiwan Intelligent Ironman Creativity Contest Association and Washington High School.

The 44th Annual Continental Open was held from August 7-10, 2014, at the Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, 366 Main St (Rt 20 West), Sturbridge, Massachusetts (I-84 Exit 3, near I-90).

The event had 7 sections: Open, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500, Under 1300 and Under 1000. The tournament format is 6-round Swiss, 40/110, SD/30, d10.

Belgrade Chess Union has the sad duty to inform that Grandmaster Dragoljub Ćirić passed away at the age of 80.

Ćirić was born in Novi Sad in 1935 and already as a 10-years old boy made a debut for the senior team of Čačak Chess Club.

Press release by the Russian Chess Federation

The 13th World University Chess Championship is taking place on 18-24th August 2014 in Katowice, a city in Southern Poland.

The event is split into two sections – Men and Women. 46 players from 16 different countries, including 14 GMs, take part in the Men’s Championship, while female appearance consists of 26 players from 18 federations.

The 2014 Turkish Super League Team Chess Championship is taking place on 18-29th August 2014 in Kocaeli, Turkey.

The event consists of 13 team playing in a 13-round format.

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The Korinthia Chess Academy “Argonaftis” is organizing the 4th International Chess Tournament Isthmia 2014 on 18-25th August at the Alkyon Hotel in Vrachati, Korinthia, Greece.

More information here.