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President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin took part in the closing ceremony of the 2014 match to determine the World Chess Champion.

Press release and photos by the Presidential Press and Information Office.

The President congratulated the Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen on his victory over the Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand.

FIDE Press Officer Anastasya Karlovich performed an interview with the World Champion Magnus Carlsen.

While answering the questions, Carlsen exclusively revealed that former World Champion Garry Kasparov was helping him before and during the match.

The Croatian Chess Federation and Croatian Comission for women’s chess organized the 2014 edition of the Croatian Cup for women on 22-23rd November 2014 at the

The 2014 Ukrainian Individual Chess Championships for men and women took place on 10-22nd November 2014 in the city of Lviv, Ukraine.

The 83rd Ukrainian Men’s Championship was topped by GM Yuriy Kuzubov and GM Pavel Eljanov on 7.5/11 points, but Kuzubov prevailed on a better tie-break score and grabbed the trophy

GM Anton Korobov took the bronze, sharing third place with the former World champion GM Ruslan Ponomariov on 6.5 points each.

“The World Chess Championship Match Carlsen-Anand that was held in Sochi should dispel any doubts that Russia is capable of hosting major international sport events” – President of the Russian Chess Federation Andrei Filatov said in an

Top Italian chess Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana visited the Italian Olympic Sport Committee (CONI) in Roma, where he met CONI President Mr Giovanni Malagò.

Also present in the meeting were Fabiano’s parents, Santina and Luigi, CONI General Secretary Mr Roberto Fabbricini, and the President of the Italian Chess Federation Mr Gianpietro Pagnoncelli.

The 8th International Chess Trophy Mohammed SEKKAT 2014 was organized on 17-21st November 2014 in Marakesh, the fourth largest city of Morocco.

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

The tournament is 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 €.

196 players from 13 different countries are taking part in the event, including 12 GMs, 19 IMs, 21 FMs, 1 WIM and 1 WFM.

The 74th Italian Individual Chess Championship for men is taking place from 22nd November to 5th December 2014 at the Presso l’Hotel “Villa Rota Resort” in Boscotrecase, a commune (municipality) in the Province of Naples in the Italian region Campania.

The 8th Kings Tournament Romgaz 2014 is taking place on 21-26th November in Medias, the second largest city in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania.

The Olympic Champions 2014 – the Chinese team – will visit Romania and play 4 matches against the Romanian Olympic team in a Scheveningen system (each player of one team plays each player of the other team).