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International Calendar

Official FIDE events … http://www.fide.com/calendar
… and the rest – worldwide chess events from the FIDE website http://www.fide.com/calendar/tournaments.html

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#British Championships qualifying tournament
@FIDE rated
*ECF Grand Prix
~ECF graded event
Please note! Unless an event is marked with this symbol (~), it will not be automatically graded
2013
June
9th – 15th June
1st International Golden Apricot chess tournament, Malatya, Turkey
Contact: Ali Ekber Dogan Email: ekber_20002@hotmail.com Website: www.malatyaopen.com
17th – 26th June
13th IPCA WORLD INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, Velke Losiny, Czech Republic
24th – 30th June
IM Tournament, Lidkoping, Sweden
Contact: Peter Fransson Email: peterfransson1963@gmail.com Website: http://www.lidkopingschack.se/imtournament.htm
July
2nd – 12th July
Commonwealth Open Chess Championship, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Contact: Emelia Ellappen Email: president@chessa.co.za Website: www.commonwealthchess2013.com
4th-13th July
Open International de Benasque, Spain
Contact: Patricia Claros Aguilar Email: eventosdeajedrez@yahoo.es Website: http://www.eventosdeajedrez.com
5th – 14th July
Commonwealth Chess & SA Open Chess Tournaments, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Contact: Marius van Zyl Email:marius@commonwealthchess2013.com Website: www.commonwealthchess2013.com
Brochure here
11th – 28th July
24th International Chess and Games Festival CZECH OPEN 2013, Pardubice, Czech Republic
Contact: Jan Mazuch Email: j.mazuch@avekont.cz
#@ 14th – 19th July
South Wales International Open,
Penarth Conservative Club, Penarth near Cardiff
Contact: Kevin Staveley Email: kevin.staveley@btinternet.com Website: www.southwaleschess.co.uk/SWI/
9 round Swiss Open
20th – 28th July
European Senior Team Championship, Dresden, Germany
22nd July – 4th August
European Individual Women’s Championship, Belgrade, Serbia
Contact: Jasna Sakotic IA Email: belgrade2013@ecuonline.net | Regulations | Website: http://belgrade2013.org/index.php/en/
24th – 30th July
International Chess Festival PRO LOGOS U16, Timisoara, Romania
Contact: Dorin Andreica Email: sah@cuvantortodox.ro Website: http://www.chessopen.net
August
10th August – 5th September
World Cup, Tromso, Norway
10th – 18th August
10th IGB Dato’ Arthur Tan International Open Chess Championship, Malaysia
4th KLK Tan Sri Lee Loy Seng International Seniors Open Chess Championship, Malaysia
8th AmBank Malaysia Chess Challenge, Malaysia
33rd Astro Merdeka Rapid Open Team Chess Championship, Malaysia
Details
13th August
4th Swensen’s Open Rapid Age-group Chess Champonship, Malaysia
Details
15th – 20th August
Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Junior, Gibraltar
Contact: Patricia Claros Aguilar Email: chessjuniorgibraltar@gmail.com | Brochure | Website
18th August
Split Open, Split, Croatia
Contact: Chess club “Brda” Email: splitchessopen@gmail.com Website: www.splitchessopen.com
September
12th – 27th October
World Junior U20 Open & Girls,
Hatay, Turkey
Email: directory@fide.com Contact: Turkish Chess Federation Website: http://wjcc2013.tsf.org.tr/
October
19th – 27th October
European Club Cup, Rhodes, Greece
Contact: Nikos Kalesis Email: info@rhodes2013.org Details: http://www.rhodes2013.org
@# 20-26 Oct
39th Guernsey International Chess Festival,
Peninsula Hotel, Grand Havre Bay, Guernsey MAP
Contact: Fred Hamperl Email: hamperlfred@hotmail.com Website: http://www.guernseychessclub.org.gg/festival/festival.htm  – there are 2 tournaments: the Holiday, for players graded below ECF 150 (Elo 1800) and the Open | Entry form
November
7th – 18th Nov
European Team Championship,
Warsaw, Poland
11th – 24th November
World Senior Championship, Opatija, Croatia
Contact: Rijeka Chess Club Email: info@rijekachess.com Website: www.rijekachess.com