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Russian Grandmaster Boris Savchenko emerged winner of the 2014 Nakhchivan Open that was held on 4-12 May at the Chess Center in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan.

Stockfish 300414 continues winning and leading in the strongest computer competition TCEC Season 6 – Stage 4 with 18.5/29 points, maintaining a 1,5 point lead.

The Tschaturanga Open 2014 was held from 5th to 11th May, 2014 at Cafe Schönbrunn, in Vienna, Austria, in a 7 round Swiss Open format with total prize fund of 1600 €.

The French Chess Federation (FFE) has announced the lineups for the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway.

The third edition of Llucmajor Open is taking place from 11th to 18th May, 2014 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

More than 20 GMs are vying for the first prize of 1200 €. GM Julio Granda Zuniga is the top seed.

Within the set deadline, the ECU office received two candidacies for the President with the members of the tickets, as well as seven individual candidacies for the Board members of the European Chess Union.

The following nominations have been received:

Four-time U.S. Champion Gata Kamsky, seemingly idle with three ho-hum draws through the first three rounds, suddenly sprang to life on Sunday afternoon and made his mother proud.

FIDE’s deadline for submitting ticket and nominations for the upcoming 2014 Presidential elections was 11 May, 17:00 UTC+2 (16:00 CET).

The 2014 Kazakhstan Chess Championships for women was held from 3rd to 12th May, 2014 in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan.

28 players, including 3 WGMs, 4 WIMs and 2 WFMs, competed in the 9 round Swiss event.

The 6th Lublin Chess Festival 2014 was organized by Lublin Chess Club, in collaboration with Lublin City and Polish Chess Federation from 6th to 11th May, 2014, at the Crown Tribunal (3rd floor), in Lublin, Poland.