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The Russian Chess Championship Super Final, the 67th for men and the 64th for women, took place from 27 November till 8 December in the city of Kazan, in a branch of the State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan (the Khazine Gallery).

The Super Final is the main individual competition in the Russian chess calendar: it determines the country’s strongest male and female chess player.

Note: London Classic Super blitz starts today at 19:00 local time, you can view it live here and here

The Portugal Chess Academy announces the Lisbon Christmas International Chess Open to be held from 26-30th December at the 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.

The 9-round Swiss event is rated with FIDE and valid for title norms. Top prizes are EUR 1500 / 1100 / 800 / 650 / 500 etc. There are also special elo prizes and trophies for age groups.

On 6th December the Tbilisi Chess Palace hosted the Presidential Election of the Georgian Chess Federation.

56 delegates attended the elections, among whom Georgian chess legend Nona Gaprindashvili, the ECU President Zurab Azmaiparashvili and chess Olympic Champions Nana Alexandria, Nana Ioseliani and Nino Gurieli.

The delegates unanimously re-elected GM Giorgi Giorgadze as President, and later the members of the board were approved.

A six game match between the U.S.A. players GM Varuzhan Akobian (2637) and GM Julio Becerra (2546) will take part from Monday, 8th December to Wednesday, 10th December.

The event is sponsored by Falbo Knows Tennis and is being held at the Spring Hill Suites in Lawrence, Kansas.

The match will begin at 10 am CST and be played with a time control of G/90 plus 30 second increment.

The XXIII Montcada International Chess Tournament is scheduled to be held from 25th June to 3rd July 2015 at the brand new Teatro Municipal, in Montcada i Reixac, Spain.

The 3rd Balta Albastra Ed Cup 2014 was organized by the Chess Club “Bicazul” and SC Tavias SRL Bacău on 4-7th December 2014 in Letea Veche, a commune in Bacău County, Romania.

Srinath Narayanan of India and Charlene Mikee Suede of the Philippines won the Asian Juniors and Girls Championships, respectively, held from 28 November to 5 December 2014 in Tagaytay City, Philippines.

The 2nd Annual Greater Midwest Class Championships were held on 28-30th November at the Hyatt Regency Schaumburg Hotel, 1800 E. Golf Rd., Schaumburg, Illinois.

The event consisted of five sections: Master/Expert (2000-up), Class A (U2000), Class B (U1800), Class C (U1600) and Class D (U1400 and below). All groups were completed over 5 rounds of Swiss system.