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The Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2014 is organized by the Hong Kong Chess Federation (HKCF) in collaboration with Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong, HKUSU Chess with the Board Games Club and generously funded by the Kasparov Chess Foundation Asia-Pacific.

GM Davorin Kuljasevic was invited inside the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium on 15th September 2014 to deliver a chess lecture and a simultaneous exhibition.

India’s biggest television network Doordarshan will telecast four exclusive Highlights of the 21st Abu Dhabi Chess Festival 2014 on its DD Sports Channel from 5-8th October.

Filmed and Produced by Vijay Kumar the 30 minutes highlights of each episode will be telecast as under:

Albanian Chess Federation is organizing the International Open Chess Tournament “Durres 2014″ on 1-8th November 2014 in the Conference Hall of the Hotel “Bleart”****  in Durres, one of the most ancien

The Annual Women’s Tournament Satka Autumn 2014 was organized by Chess Club “Vertical” on 20-30th September 2014 in Satka, a town on the western slope of the Southern Ural Mountains in Russia.

32 female players were vying in a 9-round Swiss format.

Russian GM Ernesto Inarkiev took the winner’s trophy and top prize in Baku Open A after edging Romanian GM Constantin Lupulescu on tie-break. The two players finished on 7,0/9 points each, in the field of 70 participants from 20 countries, including 28 Grandmasters.

The International Chess Festival Baku Open 2014, dedicated to the Independence Day of Republic of Azerbaijan, was held on 22-30th September at the AF Hotel near the Caspian Sea.

Two of the most exciting Central European chess players GM Laznicka and GM Rapport are meeting for a match called Novoborska Sachova Corrida. The games will take place at Ajeto restaurant in Nový Bor.

A total of six games will be played. Rounds start daily at 16:00 CET

More live chess: Baku Grand Prix and final rounds of TCEC stage 1a