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Tromso, Norway – The President of the Russian Chess Federation, Andrey Filatov, and his counterpart from the Moldovan Chess Federation, Igor Dodon, signed an agreement today on cooperation in promoting chess in schools.

The FIDE General Assembly started on 11th August at 9am at the Tromso University.

The Assembly started with obituaries and a minute of silence in the memory of departed Grandmasters, organizers and arbiters.

Anthems of Norway and FIDE were played and then followed the report of Ms Margaret Murphy, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission.

Press release by RCF regarding meetings in Tromso

The International Chess Festival Baku Open 2014, dedicated to the Independence Day of Republic of Azerbaijan, will take place from 21st September to 1st October at the AF Hotel near Caspian Sea.

The Festival is organized by the Azerbaijan Youth & Sport Ministry and Azerbaijan Chess Federation. The total prize fund is 50,000 USD and the first place is 10,000 USD worth.

Press statement by Delegate of Seychelles Chess Federation

The Garry Kasparov camp, seeing that their nominee is convincingly losing the FIDE election, have decided to target the continental elections for disruption.

The 22nd Canakkale Troya International Open Chess Tournament is taking place on 11-18th August in Canakkale, a town and seaport in Turkey on the southern (Asian) coast of the Dardanelles.

The 22nd Canakkale Troya International Open Chess Tournament is taking place on 11-18th August in Canakkale, a town and seaport in Turkey on the southern (Asian) coast of the Dardanelles.

The event is a 9-round Swiss Open with a time control 90′ + 30″ consisting of 139 players from 15 different countries, including 5 GMs, 6 IMs and 1 WIM.

Top seed is Ukrainian GM Andrey Sumets (2622).

404 international players from 60 clubs and 31 European federations have registered to compete at the European Chess Club Cup, which will take place in Bilbao from 14 to 20 September 2014.

The FIDE General Assembly will start on Monday 11th August at 9am. Already in the first session FIDE elections will take place, as a culmination of the campaign that started in Tallinn last year.

In the last day before the elections, both campaigns have issued open letters that address the election procedures.