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Erice: Playing chess with your head in the clouds

8/24/2016 – Each July the Sicilian chess organizers Alessandro Monaco and Salvatore Oddo organize the “Terre ‘degli Elimi di Erice’”, the Erice International Chess Festival. This year saw the seventh edition which again took place in the medieval town of Erice, an idyllic village on a mountain near the coastal town Trapani. Jan Werle sends a large illustrated report with lots of chess.

Sun and Chess: The Erice Open in Sicily

8/21/2015 – It is pleasant to have a high rating but that is no need to forget the nice sides of playing chess tournaments: traveling, taking a holiday, enjoying the sun and relaxing on the beach to be well prepared for some serious thinking. The Erice Open in Sicily offers a good opportunity to combine holidays with a chess tournament. As Diana Mihajlova can confirm.
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