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The 7th Annual Karen Asrian Memorial is taking place from 16th to 24th June, 2014, in the prominent SPA resort of Jermuk, Armenia.

Webster University Geneva will be the host of the first of three prestigious events this summer in the “Chess for Girls” series, on 23-28th June.

The 5th International Chess Tournament Forni di Sopra is taking place from June 14th to 21st, 2014, at the Palasport in Forni di Sopra, part of the Friulian Dolomites Natural Park and one of the jewels of the Italian Alps.

The A section is a 9 round Swiss, open to all players, rated above 2000. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds increment.

The 18th Voronezh International Chess Festival Alekhine Memorial is taking place from 10th to 21st June, 2014 at the Voronezh Chess Club, in the city of Voronezh, Russia.

The Festival is split into 6 tournaments:

The 9th International Chess Tournament Open Teplice 2014 will take place on 14-22nd June at the Estrade Hall in Culture House of Teplice, Czech Republic.

Top seed is the Armenian GM Hrant Melkumyan, 2011 European Blitz champion, while last-year’s winner GM Nidjat Mamedov is here to defend the title.

Russian Grandmaster Sergey Karjakin repeated the last year’s success and clinched another trophy at the Norway Chess super-tournament after concluding the race with 6,0/9 points, leaving the World Champion Magnus Carlsen half a point behind.

The 2nd International Chess Festival Cesme Open 2014 is taking place from 14th to 19th June, 2014 in Cesme, Turkey.

The event is a 9 round Swiss Open, organized by the Turkish Chess Federation and Cesme Municipality with time control 90 minutes plus 30 seconds increment per move starting from move 1.

The Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia, the World Chess Federation (FIDE), as well as the Armenian Chess Federation and the Chess Academy of Armenia, in cooperation with the Armenian State Pedagogical University named after Kh

The FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship 2014 will take place from 16th to 18st June, 2014 in Dubai, the most populous city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The event will gather 122 of the strongest chess players in the world, including the reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen.