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The 4th Copa Latinoamericana de Ajedrez 2014 is scheduled to take place on 26-31st December at CEAR (Duran) in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament, open to all players from Latin America chess federations.

The prize fund in the amount of 20.000 USD is provided by the main tournament sponsor, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

The 38th Zurich Christmas Open is taking place on 26-30th December, 2014, at the Crowne Plaza Zürich in Zurich, Switzerland.

The Master Tournament (for players rated over 2000) is played in a 7-round of Swiss format.

117 players from 17 different countries are taking part in the event. Top seed is German best player GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2731).

The 2014/2015 Hastings International Chess Congress is taking place from 29th December 2014 to 6th January 2015 in Hastings, within the historic county of Sussex, on the south coast of England.

Main sponsors are Hastings Borough Council, The White Rock Hotel, Orion Energy, KC Computers and The Lansdowne Hotel.

The Hastings Masters is a 9-round accelerated Swiss Pairing tournament with first prize in the amount of £ 2.000.

Top seed is Israeli GM Maxim Rodshtein (2676).

The 2014 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship is underway at the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel,

The 2014 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship is taking place on 27-30th December 2014 at the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel, in South Padre Island, a resort town in Texas, United States.

The 3nd Winter Sea Deluxe Open is set to take place from 2-6th January, 2015, in Gabicce Mare, Italy, next to the Adriatic Sea.

The first two editions had 120-130 participants and were won by the Hungarian Grandmaster Robert Ruck in 2013 and by the Bulgarian Grandmaster Vladimir Petkov in 2014, respectively.

Komodo 1333 (3210) outplayed the TCEC – Season 6 champion Stockfish 141214 (3218) at the TCEC Season 7 Sup

The 24th Annual North American Open is taking place from 26-30th December at Bally’s Casino Resort, 3645 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, Nevada.

The event has 7 sections: Open, Under 2300, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500 and Under 1250.

The Open section is a 5-day schedule (December 26-30) with FIDE GM and IM norms available, while all other sections have either 4-day (December 26-29) or 3-day (December 27-29) schedules to play in.

The 33rd Annual Empire City Open is taking place from December 26-28, 2014, at the New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Ave at 34th St, across from Penn Station, New York.

The Lisbon Christmas International Chess Open is organised by the Portugal Chess Academy on 26-30th December 2014 at the luxurious Hotel Real Palácio***** in Lisbon, Portugal.

The tournament is sponsored and supported by DAUD Consors, Real Hotels, Portuguese Chess Federation and Chess Association of Lisbon.