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Concurrently with the FIDE World Championship Match between Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand, the Russian Chess Federation will hold Mikhail Tal Memorial on 13-14th November in Sochi.

Mikhail Tal Memorial will be a 12-player double round robin tournament with the time control 4′+2”.

On November 9, within the framework of the International Tashir Chess Tournament in memory of Tigran Petrosian a special session of simultaneous game “World Grandmasters for the children” will be held

Hello everyone and welcome to the live countdown to the Carlsen – Anand 2014 World Chess Championship match on Chessdom.com!

The second edition of the International Open Chess Tournament “Durres 2014″ is taking place on 1-8th November 2014 in in the Conference Hall of the 4-Star Hotel “Bleart”**** in Durres, one of the most ancient and significant cities of Albania, situated on the Adriatic Coast.

The event is organized by the Albanian Chess Federation in a 9-round Swiss format, valid for FIDE rating and norms.

The first two stages of the FIDE Grand Prix Series 2014-2015 were held in Baku, Azerbaijan and Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Two more events will follow in Tbilisi, Georgia (February) and Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia (May).

Indian Grandmaster Harikrishna Pentala continues with chess promotional activities. After the 30-board simultaneous exhibition in Belgrade, he is currently playing a six-board clock simul against the members of G-Team Novy Bor.

Hello everyone and welcome to the live countdown to the Carlsen – Anand 2014 World Chess Championship match on Chessdom.com! Two days are left to the start of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2014 and we continue following the events from Sochi live.