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The 4th edition of Mohamed Slama Memorial takes place from 31st August to 14th September 2014, at Monastir Center Hotel in the beautiful touristic city of Monastir, Tunisia.

The Festival is organized by Chess Club La Tour Blanche – Ksibet El Mediounisplit and is split into 6 groups.

The 7th edition of the Annual Women’s International Tournament “Maria Albulet Memorial” is taking place on 3-12th Septeber 2014 at the Memorial House “Petre Stefanescu-Goangă” in Braila.

10 players from 4 different countries are playing in a round-robin format. First seed is Romanian IM/WGM Irina Bulmaga (2365).

The Portuguese Individual Absolute Chess Championship is taking place on 7-13th September in Lisbon, the capital and the largest city of Portugal.

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The 12th edition of the Amantea Chess Festival is taking place on 7-14th September 2014 at Hotel “La Tonnara” in Amantea, an Italian town and tourist center on the southern Tyrrhenian Sea coast.

The event is a 9-round Swiss with a prize fund in the amount of 6.500 €.

FIDE is announcing the calendar and participants for the FIDE Grand Prix Series 2014-2015, which will give qualificatio

The 11th Festival de Ajedrez Sudamericano de la Juventud is taking place on 8-14th September at the Torre de las Telecomunicaciones de Antel in Montevideo, Uruguay.

The official event of the American Chess Confederation is organized by the Uruguayan Chess Federation under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism and Sport, the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Municipality of Montevideo and Antel State Telecommunications Company.

The 2014 edition of Nona Gaprindashvili Cup Open A is taking place on 9-17 September 2014 in Tbilisi, the capital city of Georgia.

ACP and FIDE are proud to announce the veterans’ support program, that is aimed to help the chess legends, who dedicated their life to our beloved game.

According to the decision of the joint ACP – FIDE panel, this year six distinguished veterans will get the award (5.000 USD each) as an appreciation for their contribution to chess. Please, find below the names of awardees:

The 13th edition of the International Chess Festival  took place on 1-5th September 2014 in Chefchaouen, a city in northwest Morocco, famous for its buildings in shades of blue.

The 16th International Chess Festival of Trieste took place from 30th August to 6th September 2014 in the city of Trieste, Italy.