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Former world chess champion Gary Kasparov has placed a request to get Croatian citizenship.

The Russian chess Grandmaster now expects a reply from Croatian authorities, daily newspaper Slobodna Dalmacija reveals.

Gary Kasparov is often spending his holidays in sea resort Makarska, where he owns a house and where he had training session with Magnus Carlsen.

Last night saw the fourth and final Master Class of the Tradewise Chess Festival.

It was a presentation by former World Junior Champion, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FIDE 2745). He showed a remarkable game he played versus Chinese Grand Master Ding Liren last year.

Another tough week of competition has been successfully completed. The second 2014 Tradewise Chess Festival prizegiving took place yesterday afternoon ahead of round 9 in the Gibraltar Masters.

Once again Festival Organiser Brian Callaghan, OBE presented the prizes.

Well done to the winners and thank you to all the competitors for making the tournaments so enjoyable.

World Champion Magnus Carlsen emerged winner of the Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 in combined standings after classical and rapid games.

The Zurich Chess Challenge 2014, the strongest tournament in history with average elo 2801, started with a blitz event on Wednesday 29th January at Hotel Savoy in Zurich, Switzerland.

The traditional Blitz Pairs event at the 2014 Tradewise Chess Festival took place at the Caleta Hotel on Sunday night.

Once again this very popular six round contest drew in the players. There were 38 teams competing of two players each. This included five Grand Masters and eight International masters and other titled players.

The 12th Khazar International Open Chess Tournament is set to take place on 11-18th February at the Yadegar Imam Sport Complex in Rasht, Iran.

The tournament will be played in four sections:
- Open A for players rated above 2100
- Open B for players rated under 2100
- Open C for women
- Open D for youth under 14

Top prize in Open A is around 1200 USD.

Master Classes were given by Li Chao and Natalia Pogonina on Monday evening in the Archie Suite at the Caleta Hotel.

The classes proved very popular with Li Chao showing two of his games from his time here at the Tradewise Chess Festival this year.

The Croatian Chess Championship takes place 03-13 February, 2014. The tournament is a single round robin with 12 Grandmasters, with average rating of 2569.

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The 12th Congress of the Russian Chess Federation took place on Saturday 1st February 2014 in Moscow, with delegates from 62 regional chess federations across the country taking part.

The congress approved changes to the Statutes of the Russian Chess Federation and elected new governing bodies.

The Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo, a keen supporter of the tournament, visited the Tradewise Chess Festival today. The Chief Minister was met at the Caleta Hotel by tournament organiser Brian Callaghan, Tradewise chairman, James Humphreys, and tournament director Stuart Conquest.