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Chess Unleashed is the new website from Grandmaster Valentin Iotov, dedicated to sharing his experience with different levels of amateur and semi-professional players.

The FIDE World Junior Chess Championships 2016 (for boys & girls under 20) will be held at Bhubaneswar, Odisha, INDIA from 7th August (arrival) to 22nd August (departure) 2016.

The Championship will be organized and conducted by All Odisha Chess Association at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India under the auspices of AICF and FIDE.

The tournament will be played according to the Swiss System in 13 rounds.

Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova from Italy has completed the registration for 2016 European Chess Club Cup.

The 23rd International Chess Festival “Liepajas Rokade 2016″ was held from 4-7th August at the Hotel Fontaine Royal in Liepaja, Latvia.

The Festival consisted of Open Rapid, Blitz, Team and Super Rapid tournaments.

The 9th Arad International Chess Festival is taking place from 6-12th August in Continental Hotel in Arad, Romania.

The Festival consists of Railway Bank – Astra Open with 247 participants, U10 Open, U8 Open and a number of side events: FIDE rated Blitz tournament, Fischer Random tournament, bughouse and blitz pairs tournaments, tennis-table tournament.

The Festival is organized by IO Alin Campeanu & ACS Sah Club Vados. The total prize fund is 9000 EUR.

TCEC – the Top Chess Engine Championship – continues its search for the strongest computer chess software in the world. Stockfish and Komodo are the two main favorites. The battle is on many levels – highest ELO, best tactics, commercial vs open source, number of TCEC medals, history vs future, and so much more.

Vilissingen Cup 2016 is taking place 6-13 August. Top participants are GM Krishnan Sasikiran, GM Loek Van Wely, GM Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko, GM Jorden Van Foreest, GM Konstantin Landa, GM Alberto David, etc.

The 23rd International Chess Festival “Liepajas Rokade 2016″ is taking place from 4-7th August at the Hotel Fontaine Royal in Liepaja, Latvia.

The Festival consists of Open Rapid, Blitz, Team and Super Rapid tournaments.

The first event was Open Rapid which run on 4-5th August through 13 rounds with the time control 15 min + 5 sec.