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World N2 Junior and European Rapid Champion GM Richard Rapport and American hope IM Akshat Chandra shared the first place in Paracin Open A with 7,5/9 points each.

Rapport took the winner’s trophy on better tie-break, while Chandra earned 22 elo points.

The 9th International Chess Tournament “Nana Aleksandria’s Cup – 2014″ is taking place from 12th to 20th July, 2014, in Poti, a port city in Georgia, situated on the eastern Black Sea coast.

ACP Golden Classic 2014 is going to be one of the fifteen strongest chess tournaments of the year, live with analysis daily on Chessdom.

The 8th edition of Leiden Chess Tournament is taking place on 11-20th July, 2014, in Leiden, a city in the Dutch province of South Holland.

The event is organized by the Stichting Denksportpromotie Nederland, a foundation for mind sports, in a 9 round Swiss format.

The first prize is in the amount of 1750 €.

The 9th Mediterranean Men & Women’s Chess Championships 2014 will be held from 2-10th September at the Atlantica Caldera Creta Paradise Hotel in Chania, Crete, Greece.

The 4th Lev Polugaevsky Memorial was held on 2–10th July at the Polugaevsky Chess Club in Samara. The tournament is the 5th stage of this year’s Cup of Russia.

130 players competed in the 9-round Swiss event with the prize fund of 600,000 rubles (around 12,800 EUR).

The 24th Heart of Finland Chess Tournament 2014 is in progress at the Harju building of Jyväskylä College, in the city of Jyväskylä, situated in the western part of the Finnish Lakeland.

Belgian Individual Men Chess Championship 2014 is taking place from 5th to 13th July, 2014, at the Hotel Charleroi Airport in the city of Charleroi, the fifth most populous city in Belgium.

The 37th Ikaros International Chess Tournament 2014, incorporating the Aegean Open Championship 2014, will take place on 12-20th July in Aghios Kirykos at the beautiful island of Ikaria, Greece.

First seed is 2012 winner GM Peter Prohaszka (Hungary).