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World Champion Magnus Carlsen visited Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology on 8th April to meet the students and guests and to give a s

The Cyprus Chess Federation and FIDE Zone 1.10, with the support of ECU and the FIDE Events Commission, are holding the 1st Individual FIDE Zone (1.10) Championship 2014 in Larnaca, Cyprus, on 21–30th April 2014.

The event is a twelve-player round-robin. Each member Federation is sending one player as its representative. The host Federation will have 2 players and the 12th player is selected from the top 3 players of the Zone.

The 14th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2014 will take place from 12th to 19th of April 2014 at the 5-star Dusit Thani Bangkok Hotel. The event is organized by the Bangkok Chess Club.

There are two groups of play: Open category for all players, and Challenger category for players rated below 2100 or unrated (ratings based on FIDE ratings – national ratings will be validated by the organizer).

The European Senior Team Championship 2014 was held from 1-9th April in Sibenik, Croatia. 36 teams competed in the 9-round Swiss event.

Russia 1 took a clear first place with 16 match points (8 wins and loss against Croatia) to claim another gold medal in this competition.

Jamie Kenmure informs about the players and team captains who have applied for the Australian Team for the Chess Olympiad in Tromso.

The Western Pacific Open is scheduled to take place on 25-27th April at the Radisson LAX, 6225 West Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045

The tournament will be held over 5 rounds of Swiss system and in five sections – Open, Premier, Amateur, Reserve, Booster. Time control is 40/2, SD/1, d/5 (2-day option, rounds 1-2, G/75, d/5)

Entry fee: $105 by 4/19, $109 at door. GM/IM free, $99 deducted from prize. Booster (U1400) section Entry Fee: $87 by 4/10, $95 door.

The 4th tournament of the FIDE Women’s Grand-Prix 2013-2014 is taking place from 7th to 22nd April at the beautiful Ugra Chess Academy in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

Twelve players will compete in the round robin tournament. The event is organized by the Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, FIDE, Russian Chess Federation and Ugra Chess Academy.

After a weekend in New York City, Webster University chess team members returned to St. Louis with some impressive hardware: their second consecutive President’s Cup, known as the “Final Four of College Chess.”

To take home the 2014 national title, the chess Gorloks completed a weekend sweep by defeating Texas Tech University in the third and final round at the New York Athletic Club.

With his second successive win in round six of the DYTM Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah KL International Open IM Mouthun Ly has joined GM Sergei Tiviakov on top of the leaderboard with 5/6 and is now also in contention for a GM title norm.

The 4th tournament of the FIDE Women’s Grand-Prix 2013-2014 is taking place from 7th to 22nd April at the beautiful Ugra Chess Academy in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia