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Chinese Grandmaster Bu Xiangzhi crushed the opposition in the 2014 Politiken Cup to convincingly take the first place with 9,0/10 points.

Bu Xiangzhi won eight games and conceded only two draws to leave the nearest followers a full point behind. He earned 2700 EUR and 24 elo points.

The “ECU Back to Europe” campaign team, which is nominating Zurab Azmaiparashvilli for the post of ECU President, has issued a proposal for the ECU sponsorship and financing in the period 2014-2018.

Chess Olympiad 2014 in Tromso is going to be without a doubt the most exciting team competition in chess this year.

Primorsky Debut, a stage in the Cup of Russia, was held from 21-29th July at the DVFU campus in Vladivostok.

41 players competed in the 9-round Swiss tournament.

The 41st Chess Olympiad takes place from August 1–14th, 2014, in the city of Tromsø, Norway.

The event includes 881 participants from 178 different countries.

The 41st Chess Olympiad takes place from August 1–14, in the city of Tromsø, Norway.

The event includes 689 participants from 134 different countries. Top seed is the team of China, led by the world women champion GM Yifan Hou.

The 41st Chess Olympiad takes place from August 1–14th, 2014, in the city of Tromsø, Norway.

The event includes 881 participants from 178 different countries.

The 41st Chess Olympiad takes place from August 1–14, in the city of Tromsø, Norway.

The event includes 689 participants from 134 different countries. Top seed is the team of China, led by the world women champion GM Yifan Hou.

Russian Grandmaster Andrey Rychagov won another trophy in the Palechora Open to round up a hat-trick of consecutive victories, having previously claimed the tournament in 2012 and 2013.

The 9th edition of the annual Open Women’s Bulgarian Chess Championship “Thracian Princess” took place on 21-25th July 2014 at the County Youth House in Vratsa, a city in northwestern Bulgaria, at the foothills of the Balkan Mountains.

The event was organized by Chess Club “Vratsa” and Bulgarian Chess Federation under the auspices of the Municipality of Vratsa in a 7-round Swiss format with a time control 90′ + 30″.