The 13th edition of Charleroi Open is taking place from 27th July to 2nd August 2014 in Charleroi, Belgium. The event is a 9-round Swiss Tournament with prize fund in the amount of 6.000 €. 227 players take part in the tournament, first seed is GM Evgeny Gleizerov from Russia. Official website

The 7th International Chess Tournament of Paleochora is taking place on 21-28th July 2014 at the Municipality of Kandanos – Selino Community Centre in the Cretan town of Paleochora, Greece. The event will be a 9-round Swiss Open, valid for FIDE rating and title norms. Top seed is Bulgarian GM Alexander Delchev, while the first [...]

The 32nd edition of Andorra International Chess Open is organized by Federació d’Escacs Valls d’Andorra on 19-27th July 2014 at the Sant Gothard Hotel in Erts (La Massana). The event will be a 9-round Swiss Open, valid for FIDE rating and norms. Top seed is GM Julio Granda (Peru). Official website

The 47th Biel Chess Festival “In Memoriam Hans Suri” is held from 12th to 25th July, 2014, in Biel/ Bienne, a town in Switzerland. The tournament will be played in a double round robin format with the strong participation of: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FRA 2766, Anish Giri NED 2750, Radoslaw Wojtaszek POL 2733, Pentala Harikrishna IND 2726, Alexander Motylev 2698 and Yifan Hou CHN 2629. The average rating of [...]

The 2nd Gideon Japhet Memorial Open Chess Tournament 2014 is taking place on 16-24th July 2014 in Jerusalem, Israeli capital and one of the oldest cities in the world. The event is a 9-round Swiss with a time control 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″. 48 players from 5 different countries will compete, including 4 GMs, [...]

The 2nd Gideon Japhet Memorial – Gelfand vs. Svidler rapid match is taking place on 20-24th July 2014 in Jerusalem, Israeli capital and one of the oldest cities in the world. The fascinating Rapid Chess duel between the chess legends GM Boris Gelfand (Vice World Champion 2012, rated 2725) and GM Peter Svidler (seven times [...]

The International Chess Tournament Minsk Open 2014 is taking place on 15-24th July 2014 in Minsk, the capital and largest city of Belarus. The event is a 9-round Swiss Open with a time control 90′ + 30″ and hefty prize fund in the amount of 100.000.000 BYR (approximately 7150 €). 120 players, including 10 GMs, [...]

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The 42nd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2014 is held on 12-20th July as an 8-player round robin tournament and will be live daily on Chessdom. The event is organized by the City of Dortmund and the German Chess Federation. The playing venue is Orchesterzentrum NRW, Brückstraße 47, Dortmund, Germany. The field includes Fabiano Caruana ITA 2789, Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2777, [...]

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. Official website