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Norway Chess 2014 will start with a blitz tournament. The games will be played at the beautiful Flor & Fjære, and the event is a single round robin.

No Logo Norway Chess 2014 Blitz 2014 starts today at 17.00 CET. Scroll down for the full pairings and do not forget to place your predictions for Norway Chess at Chessbet and win free prizes.

The 2nd International Chess Festival Cesme Open 2014 is scheduled to take place from 14th to 19th June, 2014 in Cesme, a beautiful coastal Turkish city, situated 85 km west of Izmir, the largest metropolitan center in Turkey’s Aegean Region.

Georgian Grandmaster Merab Gagunashvili emerged clear winner of the Elite section of the 6th KIIT International Chess Festival, that was held on 24-31st May in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Gagunashvili concluded the event with 8,0/10 points, half a point ahead of the nearest followers, to take the winner’s trophy and top prize of RS 3,00,000/-

The Elite section featured 147 players from 19 federations, including 24 Grandmasters.

The Norway Chess 2014 super-tournament is taking place from 2nd to 13th June, 2014 at the multiple Norwegian venues, including Aarbakke AS factory at Bryne, Vågen Videregående Skole in Sandnes and Scandic Hotel Stavanger Forus.

Some of the strongest Grandmasters in the world will be vying in a 10-player round robin with an impressive average rating of 2774!

More information and the list pf participants here.

The Norway Chess 2014 super-tournament is scheduled to take place on 2-13th June at the multiple venues, including Aarbakke AS factory at Bryne, Vågen Videregående Skole in Sandnes and Scandic Hotel Stavanger Forus.

The reigning world chess champion Magnus Carlsen is the highest rated player in FIDE Rating list for the record thirty-sixth time.

The 44th International Chess Tournament “Bosna 2014″ is taking place from 30th May to 6th June, 2014, at the Hotel Radon Plaza, Sarajevo.

The event has two sections – Group A for players rated over 2300 and Group B for U2300 players.

The 32nd International Chess Open in the Principality of Liechtenstein was held on 23-31st May, 2014, at the Gemeindesaal Triesen.

The tournament was organized under the patronage by S.D. Erbprinz Alois von und zu Liechtenstein.

There were two playing groups – Open and Senior, both held over 9 rounds of Swiss system.