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The President of the Norwegian Chess Federation, Jøran Aulin-Jansson, promises that Magnus Carlsen will be part of the Norwegian team at the next Chess Olympiad in Tromsø.

“Magnus has given a verbal guarantee that he will play, and he is not a man to run away from his promises. He will play as long as he is in good health and I hope that’s the case for many, many years,” says Aulin-Jansson.

International Master Mozharov Mikhail of Russia moved into sole lead with 7.0 points after the eighth round of the Chennai Grandmaster International Open Chess tournament held in celebration of the FIDE World Championship Match 2013 at Nehru Stadium, Chennai here today.

Indian prodigy, 14-year-old FIDE Master V R Aravindh Chithambaram shared the second spot with fellow Indian GM Vishnu Prasanna at 6.5 points.

Grandmaster Vidit Santosh Gujrathi defeated tournament leader and fellow GM Lalith Babu M R moving into shared lead with 5.5 points, after the sixth round of the Chennai Grandmaster International Open Chess tournament held in celebration of the FIDE World Championship Match 2013 at Nehru St

The eighth game of the FIDE World Championship Match, sponsored by Tamil Nadu state and currently ongoing in Chennai, finished in draw after 33 moves of play. Carlsen preserved the two points advantage, and with four games to go needs only 1,5 points to become World Champion.

Susan Polgar presents the playing area and the daily routine for Carlsen and Anand – the road through the elevators, the bathrooms, the rest area and more. Video by Vijay Kumar.

Grandmaster M R Lalith Babu of India defeated GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel of Armenia and moved into shared lead with 4.5 points, after the fifth round of the Chennai Grandmaster International Open Chess tournament held in celebration of the FIDE World Championship Match 2013 at Nehru Stadium, Chennai here today.

The Chelyabinsk State University hosted a rapid chess tournament in honour of the 12th World Champion Anatoly Karpov on 16-17th November.

88 players from 16 Russian cities, Kazakhstan, Brazil, Slovakia and Latvia took part in the competition. Among them were 12 Grandmasters.

After 11 rounds of play, Grandmaster Ivan Bukavshin (2612) took a clear first place with 9,0 points.

Grandmasters Igor Lysyj (2640) and Petr Kostenko (2451) and FM Artiom Frolov (2388) shared the second place with 8,5 points each.

Stage 4 of the world’s strongest computer chess championship TCEC is entering in it’s final battles. The winner of Stage 4 and the second placed will proceed to the Superfinal to determine the strongest computer engine of 2013.