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The 7th round of the  FIDE Amateur World Online Blitz Championship 2015 (rating <2000) was held on July 17th at 7:00 AM UTC.

OPorto Open 2015 took place from 13-19th July at the Hotel Beta in Porto, Portugal. The tournament is included in the National Circuit of Classic Chess of the Portuguese Chess Federation.

The London Chess Classic has long established itself as one of the preeminent events on the chess calendar. This year’s edition will surpass its predecessors, as the presence of ten of the world’s top-ranked players will ensure the 7th Classic is the strongest tournament ever held on British soil.

The catalyst for this is the creation of the Grand Chess Tour.

The 38th edition of Ikaros International Chess Tournament belongs to history. The 134 participants had the chance to take part in a great event, to get to know the beauties of Ikaria, to have fun and enjoy the relaxing pace of the island.

The 2015 Dutch Open is taking place from July 21-30, 2015, at the Sports Hall at Grand Café-theater halls center Theothorne in the Netherlands.

The event is a 9-round Swiss open for players rated over 2100 or youth players over 2000, while the tempo of play is 90′/40 + 30′ + 30″.

Top seed is Dutch player GM Erwin L’Ami (2628).

The 2015 Tikhookeansky Meridian was held on 18-20th July at the DVFU campus in Vladivostok.

The 11-round rapid chess tournament with time control 15′+10” was a stage in the circuit Rapid Cup of Russia.

The Russian Chess Federation received a letter from Alisa Galliamova, informing that she will be unable to play in the Russian Championship Superfinal 2015 in Chita.

According to the regulations, the organizing committee is in charge of selecting a replacement. RCF contacted Nadezhda Kosintseva (#4 in the Russian rating list) and Tatiana Kosintseva (#8), but both players declined to participate.

The 9th Asian Dragons Invitational was held in New Taipei City from 11-18 July 2015 and attracted 35 participants from a record 8 countries.

Since it first started in 2007 in Kaoshiung, this tournament has always been held in two categories – Open and U-16 – originally with two representatives in each from Hong Kong, Macau, and South Korea joining players from hosts Chinese Taipei.