There are two excellent upcoming events which will take place from June 17 – July 2.

One is Foros Tournament with:

1. Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2738
2. Ivanchuk, Vasiliy UKR 2731
3. Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2719
4. Shirov, Alexei ESP 2699
5. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2699
6. Nisipeanu, Liviy-Dieter ROM 2695
7. Rublevsky, Sergei RUS 2687
8. Harikrishna, Pentala IND 2680
9. Bologan, Viorel MDA 2666
10. Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2661
11. Volokitin, Andrei UKR 2660
12. Areshchenko, Alexander UKR 2660

Here is the official site.

The other is the Dutch Championship with

1. Ivan Sokolov 2676 GM
2. Sergei Tiviakov 2669 GM
3. Loek van Wely 2655 GM
4. Jan Timman 2616 GM
5. Friso Nijboer 2584 GM
6. Erwin l’ Ami 2565 GM
7. Daniel Stellwagen 2543 GM
8. Jan Smeets 2535 GM
9. Jan Werle 2529 GM – elect
10. John van der Wiel 2511 GM
11. Yge Visser 2480 IM
12. Jeroen Bosch 2465 IM

Here is the official site.
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