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The 2017 Croatian Cup is taking place from 10-14 May, in Mali Losinj, Croatia. The event is a 6-round Swiss team championship and a total of 25 teams will be competing.

Top teams are SK Zagreb (Zagreb), SK Liburnija (Rijeka) and GSK Solin-Cemex (Solin).

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The 26th Annual Chicago Open will be held over Memorial Day weekend from May 25-29, 2017, at the Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling, Illinois.

The event has 8 sections: Open, Under 2300, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500, Under 1300 and Under 1000.

After the approval by the 1st quarter 2017 FIDE Presidential Board of the New Laws of Chess and the New Swiss Rules to be in effect from 1 July 2017, the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission, in cooperation with the FIDE Rules Commission and the

From 3 to 6 May 2017 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, by the Uzbekistan Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The lecturer was IA Ashot Vardapetyan (ARM), Chairman of the FIDE Rules Commission and FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant lecturer was IA Husan Turdialiev (UZB).

The venue of the Seminar was the Chess Academy of Uzbekistan, in Tashkent.

The lectures were in Russian language.

From 14 to 17 April 2017 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, by the Saudi Chess Association, in cooperation with the Asian Chess Federation and under auspices of FIDE.

The 2017 Czech Chess Championships for men and women were held from 29th April to 7th May at the Culture Palace in Ostrava.

Both events were incorporated into single open section with 58 participants, organized by Ostrava Chess z.s.

The Grand Chess Tour is very pleased to announce that the 2017 GCT Rapid tournament in Paris will be broadcast on the CANAL+ SPORT channel in France. The show will feature a daily highlights package of the best games from each the five days play. Each show will last for one hour and will be aired nightly at 23.30 between June 21st and June 25th inclusive.

The shows will be hosted by the CANAL+ television journalist Pauline Sanzey.

Live games with analysis, more information at Schaaksite.nl

This is the first stage of the French Top 12 Chess 2017 in the women section. The 12 best teams in France are split into two round robin groups. The top two teams from each group qualify for the finals in June.

Top players include IM Elizabeth Paehtz, WGM Anne Haast, FM Marina Brunello, IM Vega Gutierrez, GM Pia Cramling, IM Anna Matnadze, WIM Judith Fuchs, IM Lela Javakashvili, etc.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 15 to 19 June 2017 in Budva, Montenegro, by the Montenegro Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar will be the Slovenska Plaza Hotel in Budva.

The Lecturers will be IA Branislav Suhartovic (SRB) and IA Zoran Bojovic (SRB), FIDE Lecturers.