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The 10th Annual Open Teplice is taking place from June 13 through June 21, 2015, at the Estrade Hall in Culture House of Teplice, one of the largest spa towns in the Czech Republic.

The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″.

164 players from 22 different countries are vying for the first prize of 40,000 CZK (nearly € 1,500) plus a golden watch.

The 2015 edition of the traditional Norway Chess 2015, the first event of the Grand Chess Circuit, starts today in Stavanger, Norway.

The opening ceremony is around 17:00 CET, when a blitz tournament will take place to determine the pairings in the main event. The blitz will be shown with analysis live on Chessdom.com. We will also keep you updated for all news during the day in this article

The 29th International Open Tournament Pula 2015 is taking place 13-20th June at the Hotel Park Plaza Histria in Pula, Croatia.

The 9-round Swiss event is organized by the Chess Club Pula and Croatian Chess Federation. The total prize fund is 7,330 EUR.

220 players from 19 different countries take part in the event. Top seed is GM Robert Zelcic (2505).

Tournament website

The 2015 edition of World Art Cup took place on June 7, on the second floor of the RestoExpo Delaville Cafe in Paris, the capital and largest city of France.

The event was organized by Alain Tarditc in a 10-round Swiss rapid format with tempo of play 10 minutes per player.

The Norway Chess 2015 super tournament kicks off this week to take part from June 15 through June 26, at Flor & Fjære (introductory blitz tournament), Hotel Scandic Stavanger Forus, Utstein Kloster Rennesøy (round 4) and Vitenfabrikken, Sandnes (rest day).

The 17-year old Italian Alessio Viviani emerged winner in the 5th Qualifier tournament of the FIDE World Online Blitz Championship 2015.

After eight rounds of hard battle the ASEAN+ Age-Groups Championships is heading to a tense and decisive final day with everything to play for in most categories despite there being many dominant players.

In Open U-20, FM Bui Trong Hao from Vietnam and long time leader FM Tin Jingyao from Singapore are neck to neck with 6/8 each with IM Garcia Jan Emmanuel from the Philippines half a point behind on 5.5/8.

The meeting of the ASEAN Chess Confederation was held in conjunction with the ASEAN+ Age Group Championships and took place on 13th June 2015 at the Sports & Recreation Centre of the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Delegates were present from Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, and so of the ten member nations, only Brunei, Laos and Cambodia were able to come.

The best female player of all times, Judit Polgar, who retired from competitive chess after winning the team silver medal at the 2014 Chess Olympiad, has been appointed as the new captain and head coach for the Hungarian National Men’s Chess Team.

The announcement came from Thomas Seszták, President of the Hungarian Chess Federation, who noted that Polgar’s appointment was approved by unanimous vote.

The European Chess Union announces the official invitation for the 1st ECU Congress and the Annual ECU General Assembly.

The host federation is Montenegro Chess Federation. The official venue will be Castle of King Nikola & Hotel Princess Bar.