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The October FIDE rating list has been published with Magnus Carlsen as number one again. However, the World Champion 1st place seems in danger.

Moscow Team Chess Championship 2014 is taking place from 27th September to 11th October in Russian capital Moscow.

The 2014 FIDE World Youth Chess Championships were held on 18-30th September at the International Convention Centre, Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa.

The event was organized by the South African Chess Federation under the auspices of FIDE.

India is boasting six individual medals – 2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze, while representatives of Russia have won one of each medal.

Mr Gianpietro Pagnoncelli, President of Italian Chess Federation since 2005, has kindly agreed to an interview with Chessdom.com.

Q: In the recent weeks Fabiano Caruana has had a string of fantastic results. How do you comment on this?

A: I am really happy. But before speaking about Caruana, let me thank the Chessdom staff for this interview and for the interest shown in chess in Italy.

Enjoy Daily Master Chess Challenge against strong players and experienced trainers in Chess Arena every day in October.

The 6th edition of Västerås Open was played on 26-28th September 2014 in Växhuset, Viktor Larssons plats, in Västerås, a city in central Sweden.

The First Stage of FIDE Grand Prix Series 2014-2015 is taking place on 1-15th October 2014 in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.

The 2014 Oslo Chess International tournament will take place from 28th September to 5th October at the Thon Hotel Ullevaal Stadion, Sognsveien 77c, Oslo, Norway.

The GM-group is a 9-round Swiss open for all players having the official titles GM, IM, FM, WGM, WIM or WFM from FIDE. Also qualified are other male players with an official FIDE-Elo of at least 2150, and other female players with an official FIDE-Elo of at least 2000.

Soon after announcing that it had secured the TV rights for the FIDE World Chess Championship Match Carlsen-Anand, Norwegian state broadcaster NRK.no got in touch with several experts to ask their opinion.

Magnus Carlsen’s former trainer GM Simen Agdestein believes that – “It is more difficult for Carlsen this time. Anand is the challenger and not under the same pressure as last year.”