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The 2014 UT Dallas Spring FIDE Open, underwritten by Turner Construction, is taking place from 8th to 13th March at The Embassy Suites – Park Central in Dallas, USA.

Silvio Danailov has announced the ticket for the upcoming ECU elections that will take place during the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway, his Press Officer informed.

World Champion Magnus Carlsen is visiting Brazil from 4th March to participate in the 13th Torneio Aberto Internacional de Xadrez “Festa da Uva” in Caxias do Sul, IM Dragan Stamenkovic of Ponto do Xadrez confirmed for Chessdom.

The first event was a blind simul with visually impaired players on 6th March, followed by a lecture.

As the game of chess grows in practically every region of the world, so does the number of chess media. Chess-Anyone.com is the new website on the horizon, entering with a positive and professional message. Chess-Anyone.com is a non-profit organization created in August 2013.

The Norwegian Chess Federation and the organizing committee for Chess Olympiad 2014 invite all member federations of FIDE to take part in the 41st Chess Olympiad and the 85th FIDE Congress in Tromsø, Norway.

The 41st Chess Olympiad takes place from August 1–14 and the 85th FIDE Congress takes place from August 5-13 in the city of Tromsø.

Chess Insider PDF and PGN magazine issue 3 is already out, with 11 more pages of Grandmaster analysis of the strongest moments of the EICC in Yerevan. Issue 3 comes with an upgrade – GM Vladimir Georgiev has joined the team!

The 2014 Zagreb Chess Open will be held on 17-24th March at the Panorama Zagreb Hotel, Krešimir Ćosić Square in Zagreb, Croatia.

The nine round Swiss tournament is organized by the Zagreb Chess Union and the Zagreb Sports Union.

The total prize fund is 7800 EUR, with 1550 EUR reserved for the champion. Last year the convincing winner was GM Robert Zelcic.

The 12th Sagaalgan Chess Festival 2014 took place from 28th February to 2nd March at the Buddhist University “Dashi Choynhorlin” in Ivolga Datsan, near Ulan-Ude in the Russian Republic of Buryatia.

The tournament was organized by the Russian Chess Federation, Buddhist University “Dashi Choynhorlin”, Republic of Buryatia and the Chess Federation of Buryatia.

The 13-round rapid open tournament is a stage of the Rapid Grand Prix of Russia.

The talented programmer Enrique Sánchez Acosta, author of the Alfil chess engine, gave an interview for the Spanish version of Chessdom.

The 36th Marchand Open will take place on 8-9th March at the Strong National Museum of Play, One Manhattan Square, Rochester, NY 14607.

The event is marking the 100th anniversary of Erich Marchand birthday and the 25th anniversary of the Rochester Chess Center.

The tournament format will be 5-round Swiss and there will be four playing sections: Open, U1800, U1400, U1000.

The total prize fund is $10,750 guaranteed.