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GM Sebastien Maze in action

The 20th International Chess Festival Jean-Claude Loubatiere took part on 5-13th July 2014, at the Salle Jules Pagezy in Montpellier, a city in southern France, located on the Mediterranean Sea.

The 3rd International Chess Festival AcquiScacchi 2014 was held on 6-13th July at the Hotel Nuove Terme in Acqui Terme, Italy.

The Festival consisted of three events: Open A for players rated over 1800, Open B for players rated U1900, and Open C for U16 Juniors.

The 2014 Pacific Southwest Open was held on 4-6th July at the Radisson LAX, 6225 West Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA.

The tournament format was 6-round Swiss with time control 40/2, SD/1, d/5, in four sections – Open, Premier (under 2000), Amateur (Under 1800) and Reserve-Booster (Under 1600/unrated).

The 2014 edition of Miguel Najdorf International Chess Festival is taking place from 14th to 20th July 2014, at the Palace of Culture and Science in the Polish capital Warsaw.

The 33rd edition of St. Veit Open 2014 took place from 5th to 12th July 2014, in Sankt Veit, Austria.

The event was a 9 round Swiss Open with a time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds increment starting from move 1.

Chess will be included in the official program of Pan American games in 2019, according to Mr.

The 2014 edition of Miguel Najdorf International Chess Festival is taking place from 14th to 20th July 2014, at the Palace of Culture and Science in the Polish capital Warsaw.

84 players will be vying for the first prize of 5.000 €.

Top seed is Ukrainian GM Alexander Areshchenko.

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The FIDE World Senior Team Chess Championship 2014 is taking place on 12-22nd July at the Vilnius Town Hall, Didžioji g. 31, LT-01128 Vilnius, Lithuania.

The Championship consists of two sections:
- Section 1 with 18 teams: Open tournament for teams with players 50+, including women’s teams with players 50+ which will have separate ranking and prizes
- Section 2 with 10 teams: Open tournament for teams with players 65+