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The Attica Cup – Final Four 2014 will be played from 31st May to 1st June, 2014 in one of the world’s oldest cities Athens, the capital and largest city of Greece.

The tournament, organized by ASOP Dias Chess Club and the Union of Attica Chess Clubs, will consist of 4 teams with 4 boards each. Two matches (semi-finals and finals) will determine the best one.

Tournament website

“Not only have the floods in Serbia had their tolls, but also very sad news came today: GM Dragoljub Velimirovic passed away on May 23, 2014 at the age of 72.

India’s biggest television network Doordarshan will telecast four exclusive Highlights of the Asian Continental Chess Championships 2014 played at Sharjah, UAE on its DD Sports Channel from 26-29th May.

Filmed and Produced by Vijay Kumar the 30 minutes highlights of each episode will be telecast as under:

The 36th edition of Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov Cup is scheduled to take place from 30th May to 9th June, 2014 in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.

The event will be a a 9 round Swiss with a time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.

The FIDE Arbiters’ Commission announces the list of participants of the Chicago workshop for the training of the International Arbiters.

The Icelandic Chess Championship 2014 (Candidate Section) is taking place from 23rd May to 1st June, 2014 in Kopavogur, Iceland.

Top seed is FM David Kjartansson (2342). See the full list of participants here or visit the official website.

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IM Vikramditya Kulkarni staved off a grim challenge from top-seeded IM Aditya Udeshi in the final round of Kotak Mahindra Bank International Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament to win the championship with a score of 7.5 points.

Playing White, Vikramaditya went for the solid set-up of English opening and a draw was sufficient for him to become the champion. IM Aditya Udeshi used all his experience but Vikramditya was equal to the task and draw was agreed after 44 moves.

Q: Mr Tsorbatzoglou, the ECU elections are scheduled for this August. You are a candidate for General Secretary in the ticket of Zurab Azmaiparashvili. Why did you decide to join his team for the next term in office?