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Grandmaster David Navara won the European Blitz Chess Championship 2014 that was held on 19th December at the Centennial Hall in Wroclaw, Poland.

616 players from 31 European federations (FIDE Zones 1.1 to 1.10), including 176 International title holders, competed in the 11 double-round Swiss event with the time control G-3′+2”.

The Stockholm Chess Federation is organizing the 44th Rilton Cup, which will be held from 27th December 2014 to 5th January 2015.

The tournament will be played in four groups: Rilton Cup, Rilton Elo, Rilton 1800 and Rilton 1600. All sections will be FIDE rated.

GM S P Sethuraman won the SIB-CMS College 52nd National Premier Chess Championship, organised by Kottayam Chess Academy, with an undefeated score of 8.5 points, at CMS College, Kottayam, in the southern state of Kerala.

Chessdom: Hello Leny. Thank you very much for doing this interview. We just heard the news about your son Wesley becoming a full time professional. We interviewed his former coach, GM Susan Polgar. We would like to know your perspective.

Are you and your husband chess players?

Text and photos: IM/ WGM Alina l’Ami

The 26th Torneo Internacional Carlos Torre Repetto In Memoriam is taking place from 18-22nd December at the Gran Museo del Mundo Maya Calle in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.

Polonia Wroclaw Chess Club, under the patronage of the European Chess Union and the Polish Chess Federation, organizes the European Rapid & Blitz

The 26th Torneo Internacional Carlos Torre Repetto In Memoriam is taking place from 18-22nd December at the Gran Museo del Mundo Maya Calle in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.

The event consists of seven sections:
- Magistral, open to all players, 9 round Swiss
- Yucatan, for elo 1700-1900 players, 7 round Swiss
- Merida, for elo 1500-1700 players, 7 round Swiss
- Kukulcan, U1500 players, 7 round Swiss
- U8, 6 round Swiss
- U10, 6 round Swiss
- U12, 6 round Swiss

The 1st International Chess Tournament Tortoreto Lido is scheduled to take place from 26th May to 2nd June, 2015, in Villaggio Salinello, Lungomare Sirena 642, 64018 Tortoreto Lido (TE) – Italy.

Open A is reserved for the players with FIDE rating over 2000. Tournament system is 9 rounds, Swiss system, 90’ x 40 moves + 30’ until the end + 30’’ per move.

From 6-9th December 2014 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Saurimo, Angola, by the Angola Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The lecturer was IA Carlos Dias (POR), FIDE Lecturer.

The lectures were in Portuguese language.

Seventeen (17) Arbiters from Angola participated in the Seminar and fifteen (15) of them participated in the examination test, held after the end of the lectures.