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Hikaru Nakamura showed off his nerves of steel today and emerged as the winner of the 2018 Paris Grand Chess Tour. The American is no stranger to the winner’s circle as he has previously won the 2016 edition a full point ahead of Magnus Carlsen. He earned $37,500 and 13 tour points for his efforts.

The Minsk Amateur is a 9-round Swiss tournament.
The tournament is held from June 24 (arrival day) till July 2 (departure day) 2018, at the address:
Minsk, Republic of Belarus, Avenue of the Winners, 103, hotel “ViktoriyaOlymp”

The Marmaris Karya IM is a 10-round Scheveninegn tournament taking place from 25-29 June 2018 in Marmaris, Turkey. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.

It is confirmed that Zambia, the previous African stronghold of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Lewis Ncube, is now supporting Georgios Makropoulos and “FIDE Forward”!

The new Vice-President in the ticket of Makropoulos is the Health Minister of Zambia Dr. Chitalu Chilufya and his brother Mr. Mukubulo Chilufya is the President of the Zambian Chess Federation.

Wesley So won the rapid portion of Paris Grand Chess Tour after drawing all his games today. However, unlike in Leuven where he had a three-point lead over the field going into the blitz, he only has a one-point lead now, thus putting himself in a more vulnerable position.

European Amateur Chess Championship 2018 was held from 13-21 June in Niksic, Montenegro.

22nd International Chess Festival “Voronezh-2018″ (Alekhine Memorial) was held in Voronezh from 10.06.2018 till 21.06.2018!

13th HSG Open tournament, will be held in Hilversum from Friday 22 June to Sunday 24 June 2018.

6 rounds of Swiss tournament with:

After three more days of rapid, Wesley So emerged as the sole leader of the tournament. He is now a full point ahead of the field, with Levon Aronian and Sergy Karjakin trailing him closely. Both So and Karjakin had an excellent showing today, scoring 2.5/3 points.

Three days after the conclusion of Your Next move, the players continued on to Paris for the second leg of Grand Chess Tour. The wildcard for this event is former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, who was also a wildcard in last year’s edition.