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The draw for the group stages of the London Chess Classic took place on Wednesday 4th December at Ravenscroft Primary School in Newham.

Pupils at the school conducted the draw in the presence of Malcolm Pein and deputy arbiter David Sedgwick.

The players were divided into four pools on the basis of their FIDE Rapidplay ratings, using Standard play ratings for players without Rapidplay Ratings.

The prize giving and closing ceremony of the World Team Chess Championship will be at 19:00 local time (18:00 CET). You can follow the live video here at the official website

The 15th ASEAN+ Age-Group Chess Championships are scheduled to take place on 3-12th June, 2014, at the Conrad Macao, Cotai Central in Macau.

Standard Chess: Each player has 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.
Rapid Chess: Each player has 15 + 10 seconds increment.
Blitz Chess: Each player has 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment.

The International Grandmasters Chess Tournament is taking place on 5-14th December at the historic Town Hall in Kolkata, India.

The tournament is open for the players rated above 1900 and will be completed over 10 rounds of Swiss system.

The event is organized by the Allsports Management and Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy, under the aegis of FIDE, AICF and Bengal Chess Association.

The prize fund is 12,000 EUR.

The 27th Belgrade International Open Championship (Belgrade Trophy) was held from 24th November to 2nd December in Obrenovac. 182 players competed in the nine round Swiss event.

Grandmaster Miroslav Tosic and IM Dusan Lekic shared the first place with 7,5 points each. Tosic counted a slightly better tie-break and is awarded with the winner’s trophy.

Anand says his opponent has refined his style a lot and is stronger and more effective with it.

Akhil is yet to turn three but inadvertently knows how to make all the right moves that helps ‘Papa’ Viswanathan Anand forget his pain and play without rules.

In the days after the World chess championship match, an understandably disappointed Anand has found an unlikely stress-buster in his son. Clearly, the five-time World champion will take time to deal with the situation but he is firmly on the recovery course.

Chennai based ONGC employee Grandmaster Sethuraman S P won the premier section of 2nd Hyderabad International Grandmasters Chess Tournament after drawing with Grandmaster Merab Gagunashvili of Georgia in the eleventh and final round that concluded here at Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Indoor Stadium, Yousufguda today.

The 34th Memorial Edoardo Crespi is taking place from 30th November to 8th December in the large tournament hall of Chess Club in Milan, via Sant’Uguzzone 8.

The main event is Master Group which is being played over nine rounds of Swiss system.

On 4th December two minor Groups, Open A (elo 1750-2050) and Open B (U1800) will start. Both events will be played over 7 rounds Swiss.

On 6h December two more events will start – Open C for Beginners and Open Under 16.

The 4th ITT Jahv McGregor Open Tournament is being held from 4th to 8th December at the Centro Comercial Americas Outlet Factory in Bogota, Colombia.

The tournament will be played over nine rounds of Swiss pairings. 239 participants from 16 countries are signed up, including 17 Grandmasters and 44 International Masters.

Last year winner was GM Lazaro Bruzon