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Looking for extraordinary chess skills? The secret weapon for this has been released by Chessity.

Chessity believes that the most important foundation of a chess player is the way your mind can visualize the chess board. We believe that it is a trainable skill.

Beginners, intermediate, and club players already use the visualization trainer mini-games, route planners and a lot of other Chessity games complete with mini-tactics to upgrade your instant memory and your mind’s eye.

The 13th Asian Continental Individual Open and Women’s Chess Championships are taking place 16th to 26th April 2014 in Sharjah , United Arab Emirates.

The top five from the 2014 Asian Open Championship qualify for the 2015 World Cup. The 2014 Asian Women’s champion qualifies for the 2015 Women’s World Championship.

Live Games Open / Live Games Women

Vijay Kumar presents the round 1 video

ChessBet.com, the leading website for predictions on major chess events, has launched a new promotion for Shamkir 2014 – Gashimov Memorial – where one can compete for multiple prizes.

Stockfish 080414 (3135) continues its victorious series and remains leader of the most prestigious computer competition TCEC Season 6 – Stage 3.

The 19-year-old Grandmaster Aleksandar Indjic is the new Serbian chess champion for men. He was the sole winner of the prestigious 12-player round robin tournament and deservedly got the top prize of 1000 EU.

Due to the large interest in the Chess Insider Candidates magazine, Chessdom has decided to make it a periodical publication.

Chess Olympiad Tromsø 2014 announced that KPMG has become one of the main partners of the Chess Olympiad to take place in Tromsø in the first half of August.

The recent people’s referendum approved the budget of city of Biel and the International Chess Festival will continue to receive financial support, albeit slightly reduced compared to previous years.

The 3rd Open International d’Echecs de la Martinique was organized by the Ligue d’Echecs de Martinique from 12-16th April, 2014, at the Hotel la Bateliere 20 rue des Alizes 97233 Schoelcher Martinique.

88 players from France, Barbados, Spain, Czech Republic, Lithuania. Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba and Switzerland competed in the 9-round Swiss event. The field also included five Grandmasters.

The Bulgarian star received her first chess guidance from her father at the age of 4, and just three years later she already made her name by winning the Sofia Championship.

In the twinkling of an eye Antoaneta’s results bore the resemblance to the snowball effect, culminating with her win of the 10th World Women Championship in 2004.