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The 2018 Romanian Championship was a 9-round Swiss tournament which took place from 14-22 May in Băile Olănești.
53 players took part in the tournament.

The tournament starts with blitz chess matches on May 27th and the last round is June 7th. The 6 first rounds are played at Clarion Hotel Energy before the last 3 rounds, 5th-7th. June is played at Stavanger Concert Hall.

The 3rd Kolkata International Grandmaster Open Chess Tournament was held from 14 to 22 May in Kolkata.
Venue was The New Town School. Tournament was organised by Dibyendu Barua and Allsport Foundation.
200 players took part in the tournament.

The “Tournament of the Champions” was a 10-player round-robin tournament which took place from 14-21 May 2018 in Pleven, Bulgaria.

The Mongolian Women’s Championship is a 12-player round-robin tournament taking place from 19-27 May 2018 in Arkhangai, Mongolia.

The Mongolian Championship is a 12-player round-robin tournament taking place from 19-27 May 2018 in Arkhangai, Mongolia.

The 36th edition of the Mitropa Cup is being held in Isola Capo Rizzuto, Italy, from May 30th to June 9th.
The traditional team event this year brings together 10 nations competing against each other in an Open and a Women section on 4 boards each.

The Brazil Open – Three Borders was a 9-round Swiss tournament which took place from 16-20 May 2018 in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.

>African Individual Chess Championships were held in Lusaka, Zambia from 12 to 22 May.