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2013-2014 FIDE Calendar.Xlsx FIDE CALENDAR 2013 & 2014 updated 22 June 2013 MONTH EVENT - FIDE, CONTINENTS, AFFILIATES DATES 2013 COUNTRY CITY DATES 2014 COUNTRY CITY January Asian Zonal 3.3 Jan 21 to 30 Philippines Tagaytay Pan American Team Championship Jan 24 to 30 Brazil Campinas February Asian Zonal 3.2 Feb 2 to 9 Sri Lanka Colombo Asian Nations Cup Feb 19 to Mar 1 Vietnam Hue March Women's World Team Championship Mar 2 to 13 Kazakhstan Astana 2015 Mar 1 to 15 Armenia Central America Games Mar 3 to 9 Costa Rica San Jose 2017 Nicaragua European Senior Championship Mar 10 to 22 Bulgaria Plovdiv West Asian Zone 3.1 Club Cup Mar 16 to 24 Jordan Amman Candidates Tournament Mar 14 to Apr 3 England London Mar 12 to 30 PANAM Schools Mar 27 to Apr 2 Trinidad/Tobago Port of Spain Puerto Rico African Zonal 4.1 Mar 28 to Apr 5 Mauritania Nouakchott Asian Junior U20 Championships Mar 29 to Apr 7 UAE Sharjah Sep 1 to 9 Lebanon European Women's Rapid & Blitz C'ships April Carifta Games Apr 4 to 8 Jamaica Grand Prix 2012/13 - Leg 3 Apr 17 to May 1 Switzerland Zug World Amateur Championship Apr 21 to 30 Romania Iasi Apr 25 to May 4 Singapore Singapore ASEAN Championship, Challengers & Amateur Apr 25 to May 4 Singapore Singapore American Zonal 2.3 Open Apr 26 to May 2 Costa Rica American Subzonal 2.3.2 Apr 27 to May 3 Nicaragua American Zonal 2.4 Open & Women Apr 27 to May 5 Brazil Manaus & Sao Paolo American Zonal 2.5 April Uruguay African Zonal 4.2 Apr 29 to May 9 Egypt Cairo African Zonal 4.3 Apr 30 to May 10 Botswana Gaborone African Zonal 4.4 May American Zonal 2.1 May 2 to 13 USA Women's Grand Prix 2013/14 Leg 1 & 4 May 2 to 16 Switzerland Geneva Apr 7 to 23 Russia Khanty-Mansiysk Asian Zonal 3.1 May 3 to 13 Qatar Doha Asian Zonal 3.6 May 4 to 10 Fiji Suva European Individual Championship May 4 to 17 Poland Legnica Apr Armenia Yerevan World Schools Individual Championships May 6 to 15 Greece Halkidiki Apr 11 to 22 Peru Lima American Continental Open May 7 to 15 Bolivia Cochabamba Asian Continental Championships May 17 to 27 Philippines Manila African Individual Championships May 17 to 28 Tunisia Tunis South American Junior U20 C'ships May 18 to 26 Paraguay Grand Prix 2012/13 - Leg 4 May 21 to Jun 4 Greece Thessaloniki May 14 to 28 SportAccord Convention May 25 to Jun 1 Russia St Petersburg Women's World Rapid & Blitz C'ships ACP Apr 23 to 30 Russia Khanty-Mansiysk June World Rapid & Blitz Championships Jun 5 to 11 Russia Khanty-Mansiysk Jun 15 to 22 UAE Dubai IMSA Mind Sports Games Jun 4 to 12 Russia Ufa Asean+ Age-Group Championships Jun 5 to 14 Thailand Chiangmai Jun 18 to 27 Asian Zonal 3.4 Jun 6 to 16 Kyrgyzstan Osh Women's Grand Prix 2013/2014 Leg 2 & 5 Jun 15 to 29 Armenia Dilijan Jun 18 to Jul 2 Georgia Tbilisi Asian Youth Championships Jun 19 to 27 Iran Sari European Schools (Ind & Team) C'ships Jun 20 to 28 Serbia Novi Sad Jun 14 to 23 Greece Kalithea Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games Jun 28 to Jul 7 South Korea Incheon July Grand Prix 2012/13 - Leg 5 Jul 3 to 17 China Beijing Jul 2 to 16 European Youth U18 Team Championships Jul 5 to 13 Slovenia Maribor Jul 14 to 22 Romania Iasi Commonwealth Open Jul 5 to 14 South Africa Port Elizabeth FISU University Olympiad Jul 8 to 16 Russia Kazan 2015 July South Korea Gwangju PANAM Junior U20 C'ships Jul 9 to 14 Colombia Bogota 2nd ASEAN v China Chess Summit Jul 14 to 21 China Kunming European Amateur Championships Aug 23 to 31 Greece Rhodes European Senior Team Championship Jul 20 to 28 Germany Dresden Apr 1 to 10 Croatia Sibenik World Youth U16 Olympiad Jul 21 to 30 China Chongqing Oct 6 to 16 Kazakhstan PANAM Youth Festival & Blitz Jul 22 to 29 Brazil Pocos de Caldas Jul 24 to 31 Mexico 2015 PuertoRico European Women's Individual C'ship Jul 22 to Aug 4 Serbia Belgrade American Continental Women 2nd semester Argentina August World Cup Aug 10 to Sep 4 Norway Tromso 2015 Aug Azerbaijan Central American Junior U20 Aug 8 to 15 El Salvador North American Youth Championships Aug 15 to 18 Canada Toronto World University Championships Aug 18 to 24 Poland Katowice Chess Olympiad Aug 1 to 14 Norway Tromso Asian Schools C'ships & U5 Kindergarten Aug 29 to Sep 4 Sri Lanka Colombo September African Youth Championships Sep 1 to 11 Egypt Cairo World Junior U20 Championships Sep 12 to 27 Turkey Hatay Sep 15 to 30 India Women's World Championship Match Sep 10 to 27 China Taizhou Oct 11 to 31 Women's Grand Prix 2013/2014 Leg 3 & 6 Sep 17 to Oct 1 Uzbekistan Tashkent Aug 24 to Sep 7 Mongolia Erdenet Grand Prix 2012/13 Leg 6 Sep 18 to Oct 2 France Paris Sep 10 to 24 European Youth Rapid & Blitz Sep 24 to 28 Montenegro Budva European Youth U8 to U18 Championships Sep 28 to Oct 9 Montenegro Budva Aug 16 to 28 Georgia Tbilisi FIDE Congress Sep 30 to Oct 10 Estonia Tallinn Aug 4 to 14 Norway Tromso Asian Seniors Championship Sep Saudi Arabia Jeddah Asian Amateur Championship Sep Saudi Arabia Jeddah Asian Games Sep 19 to Oct 4 South Korea Incheon October Asian Cities Team Championship Oct 12 to 20 Philippines Tagaytay Central American Team Oct 18 to 22 Honduras Tegucigalpa European Club Cup & Women Oct 19 to 27 Greece Rhodes World Chess C'ship for the Disabled Oct 21 to 29 Germany Dresden PANAM Amateur Oct Uruguay Latin Cup Mexico November World Championship Match Nov 6 to 26 India Chennai Nov 5 to 25 European Team Championships Nov 7 to 18 Poland Warsaw 2015 Nov Iceland Reykjavik World Senior Championships Nov 11 to 24 Croatia Opatija Oct 25 to Nov 6 Greece Kalabaka World Team Championship Nov 24 to Dec 6 Turkey Antalya 2015 Mar 1 to 15 Armenia December South American Youth Festival Dec 1 to 5 Bolivia Santa Cruz Uruguay American Zonal 2.3 Women Dec 4 to 10 El Salvador South East Asia (SEA) Games Dec 11 to 22 Myanmar Yangon 2015 Jun 5 to 16 Singapore Singapore Sportaccord Mind Games Dec 12 to 19 China Beijing Europrean Rapid & Blitz Championships Dec 13 to 15 Poland Warsaw World Youth Championships Dec 17 to 29 UAE Al Ain Sep 18 to 30 South Africa Durban World Cities Team Championship UAE Arab Youth Championships Central American & Caribbean Youth C'ships Guatemala Umada Cup PANAM Universities Championship Mexico PANAM Senior Championship Dec Brazil Oro Preto MG African Junior U20 Championships Algeria American Zonal 2.3.5 2014 Trinidad & Tobago American Continental, Rapid & Blitz 2014 Brazil.
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