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The 37th Individual Greek Chess Championship for women is taking place on 3-11th December 2014 in the luxurious Alkyon Resort Hotel & Spa in Vrahati, Corinth, Greece.

The event is a 10-player round-robin tournament with tempo of play 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds increment starting from move one.

The 64th Individual Greek Chess Championship for men is taking place on 3-11th December 2014 in the luxurious Alkyon Resort Hotel & Spa in Vrahati, Corinth, Greece.

The event is a 10-player round-robin tournament with tempo of play 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds increment starting from move one.

The Russian Chess Championship Superfinal, the 67th for men and the 64th for women, is taking place from 27th November till 8th 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 Superfinal is the main individual competition in the Russian chess calendar: it determines the country’s strongest male and female chess player.

6TH LONDON CHESS CLASSIC (6-14 DECEMBER 2014)

PLAY  A SUPERSTAR! SUPER RAPIDPLAY OPEN (6-7 DECEMBER)

This year’s London Chess Classic offers a unique opportunity for a few amateur players to experience what it’s like to face a legend of the game in a genuine one-to-one tournament game.

GM Vladimir Kramnik broke GM Anish Giri’s winning streak in the 7th round of the ongoing Qatar Masters Open Chess Championship. The two players are joint leaders with 6,0/7 points each.

Replay games with analysis

The 28th Belgrade Trophy 2014 was held from 24th November to 2nd December 2014 at the Centar Balasevic Hotel***** in Belgrade, Serbia.

The tournament was organized by the Serbian Chess Federation and supported by the Parliament of Belgrade City in a 9-round Swiss FIDE format with the prize fund in the amount of 6.000 €.

The 2015 edition of Basel Chess Festival is scheduled to be held on 1-5th January 2015 at Hotel Hilton in Basel, Switzerland.

The event will be split into two main tournaments – Master Section and Amateur Tournament.

The December chess prediction race by Chessbet has been given official start.

Two legends of the two brain game siblings, chess and shogi, played a match in Tokyo, on 28th November, 2014.

Report by Diana Mihajlova

A FIDE Seminar for International Organizers will be held on 14-16th December in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The seminar is organized by the FIDE Event’s Commission (EVE) and the UAE Chess Federation.