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Only four months after the Chess Olympiad in Tromso where the greatest chess players of the world competed against each other it is already time to have a look at the best talents of the next generation.

The Hungarian Chess Federation (HCF) is organizing the World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad for teams in Győr (Hungary) on 12-22nd December 2014.

The SportAccord World Mind Rapid Chess Games 2014 took place on 11-12th December 2014 in Beijing, China.

The gold went to Russia after Alexander Grischuk and Valentina Gunina emerged clear winners.

Grischuk finished first with 5/7 points, leaving the nearest followers Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Hao Wang, Levon Aronian and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov half point behind.

The SportAccord World Mind Chess Games 2014 are taking place on 11-17th December 2014 in Beijing, China.

The 6th Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2014 is taking place on 8-12th December 2014 at the Red Rock Hotel in Penang, a state in Malaysia, located on the northwest coast of Peninsu

The SportAccord World Mind Chess Games 2014 are taking place on 11-17th December 2014 in Beijing, China.

The 64th Individual Greek Championship and 37th Individual Women Greek Championship were held from 3-11th December 2014 in the luxurious Alkyon Resort Hotel & Spa in Vrahati, Corinth.

Both sections were 10-player round-robin tournaments.

GM Hannes Stefansson and reigning champion of Iceland IM Gudmundur Kjartansson shared the first place in San Salvador Chess Open with 7,5/9 points each.

San Salvador Chess Open was held from 5-10th December at the Palacio de los Deportes INDES in San Salvador, El Salvador.

The Pavlodar Open 2014 took place from 1-10th December in Pavlodar, a city in northeastern Kazakhstan.