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Ministry of Sport and Youth of Georgia and Georgian Chess Federation organized the 2014 edition of Nona Gaprindashvili Cup Open A on 9-17 September 2014 at the Chess Palace in Tbilisi, the capital city of Georgia.

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, President of the Russian Chess Federation Andrei Filatov, former world champion Vladimir Kramnik and representative of Krasnodar Krai will meet during the International Investment Forum “Sochi-2014″ to sign an agreement to create a “Sports Center for Chess Training” named after Vladimir Kramnik.

The 16th International Villepinte Rapid Chess Tournament took place on 14th September 2014 at the Gymnase Victor Hugo, avenue du President Kennedy parc de la Noue 93420, in Villepinte, a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France.

The next Zurich Chess Challenge is set to take place from 13th to 19th February, 2015, in Hotel Savoy Baur en Ville, in the largest city in Switzerland, Russian Chess Federation announced.

Georgian Chess Federation and European Chess Union are organizing the 2014 European Youth Chess Championships, which will take place in Batumi (Black See), Georgia between October the 18th (arrival) and October the 29th (departure).

From 12 to 14 September 2014 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Windhoek, Namibia, by the Namibian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The lecturer was IA Werner Stubenvoll (AUT), FIDE Lecturer. The lectures were in English language.

Fourteen (14) people from Namibia participated in the Seminar and all of them participated in the examination test, held after the end of the lectures.

The 11th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open is taking place from 15-21st September at the Cititel Hotel Mid Valley, MidValley City, Kuala Lumpur.

130 players from 15 countries, including 14 Grandmasters and 19 International Masters, are taking part in the event.

Vijay Kumar presents the round 3 video

The traditional Marostica Chess Festival took place on 12-14th September 2014 at Piazza Castello in Marostica, a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy, mostly famous for its living chess event and for the local cherry variety.

A chess game with living characters represented a Middle Aged story (see below).