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The Russian Chess Federation and Elena and Gennady Timchenko Charitable Foundation announce that the International Russia-China Junior Match of Friendship will be held on August 3-5.

This year the tournament will be played in Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province. The Match of Friendship will be a part of the annual Xin Rui Festival.

The chess event is supported by the Chinese Chess Association and the regional Ministry of Sport.

The 26th Kavala International Open Tournament is set to take place from 28th July to 4th August at the Foyer of Kavala Prefecture Amphitheatre.

The event is organized by the Kavala Chess Club and East Macedonia & Thrace Chess Union.

The tournament format is 9-round Swiss in three sections:
Group A : Rtg > 1900 (women>1800)
Group B : Rating Group C : Born after 1-1-2007 and without FIDE rating

The top prize is 2000 EUR.

The 25th Annual Southern Open was held from July 21-23, 2017, at the Wyndham Orlando Resort, 8001 International Drive, Orlando, Florida.

There had five sections: Open, U2100, U1800, U1500 and U1200, and the tournament format was 5-round Swiss with the time control 40/100, SD/30, d10.

The 22nd Annual Bradley Open was held from July 21-23, 2017, at the Sheraton Hartford Hotel at Bradley Airport, 1 Bradley Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut.

There were five sections to play in: Open, U2100, U1800, U1500 and U1200. The tournament format was 5-round Swiss with the time control 40/100, SD/30, d10.

The main Open section had 39 participants. GMs Alexander Ivanov, Sergey Kudrin, FMs Hans Niemann and Aravind Kumar shared the first place with 4,0/5 points each.

From 4 to 9 July 2017 the 52nd Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was held, organized by the Chess Federation of Honduras and under the auspices of FIDE.

The lecturer of the seminar was IA Santiago Garcia Ramos (MEX), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer was IA Hector Mejia Espinal (HON).

From 22 to 23 July 2017 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Melbourne, Australia, by the Chess Victoria in cooperation with the Australia Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

Estonian Grandmaster Kaido Kulaots took the winner’s trophy in Heart of Finland 2017 tournament by the virtue of superior tie-break. This is his fourth win in the HoF Open, after 2008, 2013 and 2014.

Kulaots, last year winner IM Vadim Moiseenko and IM Miroslav Vlasenko completed the event with 7,5/9 points each.

The 27th Heart of Finland Open was held from 17-23rd July in Jyväskylä, Finland. The playing venue was JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Rajakatu 35.

The 35th Andorra Chess Open takes place from 22nd to 30th July 2017 in Hotel Panorama, Andorra.

A total of 153 players from 18 countries compete, including 13 Grandmasters and 18 International Masters.

The tournament will be played according to Swiss System in 9 rounds, with the time control 40 moves in 90 minutes and 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.

On the International Chess Day, July 20, National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (NRU MGSU) hosted Moscow Blitz Cup dedicated to the 70th Anniversary of NRU MGSU President Valery Telichenko.

Organizers: Chess Federation of Moscow with the support of a joint-stock company Vector Capital Partners. Tournament’s director: Zarif Safoev. Chief Arbiter: IA Artem Akhmetov.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 22 to 25 August 2017 in Harare, Zimbabwe, by the Zimbabwe Chess Federation, in cooperation with the African Chess Confederation and under the auspices of FIDE.