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Susan Polgar conducts series of interviews during the arrivals at the Chess Olympiad 2014, including the World Champion Magnus Carlsen, the Argentinian coach – Swedish born Ulf Andersson, the US Coach Wesley So, and the President of the Norwegian Chess Federation Joran Aulin Jansson.

More Olympiad news and videos here

With only two days to go before the Chess Olympiad Tromsø begins, Susan Polgar reports from the scene on last-minute preparations, taking a look at the venue and artwork by the official Olympiad artist Chris Reddy.

Chess Olympiad Tromsø YouTube channel

The Georgian Chess Federation is bidding to hold the Chess Olympiad 2018 and the World Cup 2017 in Batumi, a popular resort on the Black Sea.

The proposed budget for both events is exceeding 20 million USD.

1,6 million USD is allocated for the travel fund for 80 Nations, while around 2 millions USD will be spent on parallel development and promotion programs in Europe and the rest of the World.

The organizing committee of the Tromso Chess Olympiad has issued a brochure with the basic information that visitors need to know before and on arrival.

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Chess South Africa is organizing the 1st Durban Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament to be held in Durban, South Africa from 20 to 29 September 2014.

The event will take place at the International Convention Centre, Durban, concurrently with the FIDE World Youth Chess Championships.

The 23rd edition of the traditional chess tournament Martigny Open was held on 25-28th July 2014 in Martigny, Switzerland.

The event was a 7-round Swiss with a time control 90′ + 30″.

GM Sergei Ovsejevitsch (UKR) emerged a clear winner with 6/7 points and grabbed the top prize of 1.500 CHF.

The 2014 of Anogia Open is taking place from 30th July to 6th August 2014 in Anogia, a municipality in the Rethymno regional unit at the island of Crete, Greece.

First seed is GM Vassilis Kotronias (Greece).