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Goran Urosevic: Mr Ilyumzhinov, thank you for taking time for this quick interview. Let’s start with the hottest topic of Chess Olympiad in Tromso.

The TCEC Grand champion Stockfish, modification 260614, maintains the lead in TCEC Season 6 – FRC after 26 rounds.

The 23rd Macedonian Team Chess Championship 2014 is taking place on 14-20th July 2014 at the Hotel Drim in Struga, a popular touristic town in the Republic of Macedonia, lying on the shore of Lake Ohrid.

The Tromsø Chess Olympiad organisers have written to FIDE on Wednesday to confirm their decision to exclude ten teams

The Russian news agency Itar-Tass revealed the list of teams excluded from the 2014 Tromso Chess Olympiad.

Men: Cambodia, Central African Republic, Gabon, Côte d’Ivoire, Oman, Pakistan, Senegal

Women: Russia, Afganistan

The Canadian Youth Chess Championships is the most prestigious annual national youth chess tournament in Canada. The tournament is being held from July 15 to 18, 2014 at the renowned five stars hotel, the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth.

The 2014 Dutch Individual Chess Championships for men and women took place on 6-13th July 2014 at the Manor Hotel in Amsterdam, the capital and most populous city in the Netherlands.

Both events were played in 8-player round-robin format.

The Women Section was won by WIM Anne Haast, who collected 5,5/7 points, leaving the runner-up half a point behind.

Gideon Japhet Memorial Open Chess Tournament 2014 is taking place on 16-24th July 2014 in Jerusalem, Israeli capital and one of the oldest cities in the world.

The event is a 9-round Swiss with a time control 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″. 48 players from 5 different countries will compete, including 4 GMs, 6 IMs and 3 FMs.

The International Chess Tournament Minsk Open 2014 is taking place on 15-24th July 2014 in Minsk, the capital and largest city of Belarus.

The event is a 9-round Swiss Open with a time control 90′ + 30″ and hefty prize fund in the amount of 100.000.000 BYR (approximately 7150 €).

120 players, including 10 GMs, 8 IMs, 4 FMs will be vying for the first prize of 27.000.000 BYR (nearly 2.000 €).