The Sheki Open International Chess Festival will be held in Sheki, Azerbaijan.
The tournament will feature 339 players from 9 countries, Idman.biz reports.
56 players will compete in the A Tournament, while the rest will participate in the B Tournament.
The top seed in the A Tournament is Azerbaijani grandmaster Eltaj Safarli, followed by Ahmad Ahmadzada (Azerbaijan) as the second seed, and Vitali Bernadski (Ukraine) as the third.
The "Sheki Open" is one of the stages of the "Chess Tour Azerbaijan", organized by the Azerbaijan Chess Federation.
The tournament will begin on June 18 and run until June 25, featuring nine rounds played in the Swiss system.
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