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Enjoy Daily Master Chess Challenge against strong players and experienced trainers in Chess Arena every day in October.

The 6th edition of Västerås Open was played on 26-28th September 2014 in Växhuset, Viktor Larssons plats, in Västerås, a city in central Sweden.

The First Stage of FIDE Grand Prix Series 2014-2015 is taking place on 1-15th October 2014 in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.

The 2014 Oslo Chess International tournament will take place from 28th September to 5th October at the Thon Hotel Ullevaal Stadion, Sognsveien 77c, Oslo, Norway.

The GM-group is a 9-round Swiss open for all players having the official titles GM, IM, FM, WGM, WIM or WFM from FIDE. Also qualified are other male players with an official FIDE-Elo of at least 2150, and other female players with an official FIDE-Elo of at least 2000.

Soon after announcing that it had secured the TV rights for the FIDE World Chess Championship Match Carlsen-Anand, Norwegian state broadcaster NRK.no got in touch with several experts to ask their opinion.

Magnus Carlsen’s former trainer GM Simen Agdestein believes that – “It is more difficult for Carlsen this time. Anand is the challenger and not under the same pressure as last year.”

The 114 Individual Swiss Chess Championship is taking place from 27th September to 10th October 2014 in Bern, the capital of Switzerland ranked among the world’s top ten cities for the best quality of life.

The Rapid Match Alexei Shirov vs Evgeny Sveshnikov 2014 took place on 26-28th September 2014 in the Latvian capital Riga.

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The International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) organizes exhibition games between top FIDE Grandmasters and CC Grandmasters.