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The Chessdom Chess Shop launches an exclusive mega pack of games, analyzis, puzzles, and commentary of eight world champions – Viswanathan Anand, Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov, Alexander Alekhine, Mikhail Tal

The first European Tourbullon (Bughouse, Atomac) Championship was held on 16th November at Scacchistica Milanese in Milan, Italy.

The event was organized by the TIF. 23 teams with 46 players competed for the prize fund of 15,000 EUR.

The tournament was completed over two stages: 23-rounds of RR followed by knockout between top four teams.

After the round robin the team champion of the Czech Republic “Black Dragon” composed of Pavel Menčík and Jiří Jezbera took the first place.

German journalist Ulrich Stock, who is covering the World Championship Match Carlsen-Anand for Die Zeit, is sharing his impressions and talks about the interest for the match in Germany.

Video by Vijay Kumar

The 2014 CCSCSL Invitational GM round-robin tournament is taking place on 21-25th November  in Saint Louis, USA.

The 2014 CCSCSL Invitational IM round-robin tournament is taking place on 21-25th November  in Saint Louis, USA.

IM Mateusz Bobula, IM Angelo Young, IM Ron Burnett, IM David Ross, NM Iskandar Aripov, WFM Maria De Rosa, FM Sean Vibbert, FM Kostya Kavutskiy, FM Michael Brown, FM David Hua will compete in 9 round for the first prize of $900.

The tournament is valid for IM norms and FIDE rating.

The download version of Chess Assistant 15 PRO is here and already available at the Chessdom Chess Shop! Only this week it is available at discount price of 99,00 eur

The 2014 edition of Heusenstammer Schloss-Open is taking place on 20-23rd November 2014 at the Culture and Sports Center Mart Insee, in Heusenstamm, a town in Germany.

The event is organized under the patronage of Heusenstamm’s Mayor Peter Jakobya in a 7-round Swiss format with prize fund in the amount of 5.500 €.

The tempo of play is 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the games plus 30 seconds increment starting from move one.

The University of Texas at Dallas is organizing the 2014 UT Dallas Fall FIDE Open from 21-26th November at the Embassy Suites Dallas – Park Central, 13131 North Central Expressway, Dallas, Texas, USA.

The 9-round Swiss event with the time control 90′+30″ guarantees prize fund in the amount of $7,500.

44 players from 15 different countries are taking part in the event, including 11 GMs, 11 IMs, 7 FMs, 3 WIMs and 2 WFMs.

The Qatar Masters 2014, a new mega-open chess tournament, is taking place from 25th November to 5th December at the 5-star Crowne Plaza Hotel in Doha, Qatar.

The WALTON Home Appliance Premier Division Chess League-2014 was held on 12-20th No