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The 11th Deltalift Open – Inbjudan 2014 is taking place from 29th to 31st May, 2014 at the Tylosand Hotel in the city of Halmstad, situated on the Swedish west coast.

143 participants will compete in the 8 round Swiss event, including 6 GMs, 4 IMs and 6 FMs. The best player will be awarded 12 000 SEK.

The Nezhmetdinov Rapid Cup 2014 is taking place from 29th to 30th May, 2014 in Kazan, Russia.

The event is a 9 round Swiss with a time control 15 minutes per player plus 6 seconds increment starting from move 1.

Top seed is GM Artyom Timofeev.

The 8th Wunsiedel Chess Festival is held from 29th May to 1st June, 2014 in the town of Wunsiedel, situated in the Free State of Bavaria, in Germany.

The event is a 7 round Swiss with first prize of 1200 €.

Top seed is the former European champion for men GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, who has just changed his federation to represent Germany.

You can find more information and the list of participants here.

The 23rd Annual Chicago Open was held on 22-26th May at the Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling, Illinois.

The event had 9 sections: Open, Under 2300/Unrated, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500, Under 1300, Under 1000/Unrated and Unrated/Provisional.

The strongest Open Section with 94 participants was completed over 9 rounds of Swiss system in 5-days.

The 11th edition of Deltalift Open – Inbjudan 2014 will be held from 29th to 31st May, 2014 at the Tylosand Hotel in the city of Halmstad, situated on the Swedish west coast.

The Open Liburnija 2014, dedicated to the memory of professor Egidije Paris, is held from 20th to 27th May, 2014 at the Chess Club Rijeka, Croatia.

The event is a 9 round Swiss FIDE with a time control 2 hours per player and a total prize fund in the amount of 6800 HRK.

Top seed is IM Robert Loncar.

More information here.