Σκακιστικά νέα

The Portuguese Chess Federation will be organizing two great chess events in December 2014.

FIDE Aribters’ Seminar will be held on 13-14th December 2014 in Inatel Oeiras, Avenida Marginal, 2780 - 267 Oeiras.

World Champion Magnus Carlsen sits down to give chess fans his candid thoughts on the match against Vishy Anand.

Magnus Carlsen YouTube channel

Torneo Internacional Centro Goya Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 2014 – Memorial Rafael Fuentes Gonzalez is taking place from 1-8th December at the Club de Ajedrez de la Fundación La Caja de Canarias in Las Palmas, Spain.

The 9-round Swiss open is organized by the Federación Insular de Ajedrez de Gran Canaria and Club de Ajedrez Centro Goya.

78 players from 13 countries, including five Grandmasters, are taking part in the tournament. Full list below.

Top seed Anish Giri is the sole leader at the ongoing Qatar Masters Open Chess Championship with perfect score after five rounds of play. On Sunday evening he defeated the 3rd-seeded Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in only 21 moves.

The December FIDE rating List has been published with Magnus Carlsen (2862) and Fabiano Caruana (2829) on top once again.

Rapid Chess Tournament in memory of GM Andrei Kharlov was held on 29-30th November at the Nezhmetdinov Chess Club in Kazan, Russia.

The Tatarstan Chess Federation organized the 9-round Swiss event with the time control 15′+5” and prize fund of 1700 EUR.

Top seed Anish Giri is the sole leader at the ongoing Qatar Masters Open Chess Championship with perfect score after four rounds of play.

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen will be the main star in an epic three-hour long entertainment show on NRK1 on Sunday 30th November.

In the end Englishman Nigel Short and Russian Vladimir Belous were declared joint champions of the Zaw Win Lay Myanmar International Open when both finished equal on points and the tie-break calculation showed two different results when done manually from the official Swiss Manager computer

FIDE and FIDE Arbiters’ Commission are going to organize on Internet a Refreshing Course for Arbiters in Arabic language.