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Exclusive interview by Chessdom with Susan Polgar, Director or SPICE & Head Coach of the Webster University Chess Team.

Hello Susan! I realize that you are very busy preparing your teams for the 2014 PanAm InterCollegiate Chess Championship. Thank you for taking time out from your busy schedule to do this interview.

From 5 to 7 December 2014 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Ankara, Turkey, by the Turkish Chess Federation, under auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar was the Meeting Hall of the Turkish Chess Federation in Ankara.

Two-time Olympic silver medalist Zoltan Almasi visited the World Youth Chess Olympiad in Gyor.

He shared his views on Olympic team spirit, high-speed cars and his coming simul challenge against the young talents of the WYCO.

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Grandmaster Pavel Maletin claimed the 2014 Russian Rapid Cup after beating Alexander Riazantsev 2-1 in the final match.

Buddhika Amarasinghe of Sri Lanka won the Asian Amateur Chess Championship 2014 convincingly with a 7.5/9 score to win by a clear margin.

Text and photos: IM/ WGM Alina l’Ami

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Grandmaster SP Sethuraman of PSPB continues to remain alone at the top with 7.5 points, at the end of the eleventh round of the SIB-CMS Zone 3.7 & 52nd Indian Premier Chess Championship, organised by Kottayam Chess Academy at the college campus, today.