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The GM Zaw Win Lay Memorial Myanmar International Open Chess Championships 2014 started today with a short opening ceremony officiated by the Myanmar Deputy Minister of Sports.

Two FIDE Seminars for International Organizers were held on November 1-3, 2014 in Vladivostok, Russia and

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 26 to 28 November 2014 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, by the African Chess Confederation, in cooperation with the Cameroon Chess Federation and under the auspice of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar will be Hotel AZUR, in Yaoundé.

The Lecturer will be IA Stephen Boyd (FRA), FIDE Lecturer.
The language of the Seminar will be French.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the article 3.10 of the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.

Magnus Carlsen is FIDE World Chess Champion 2014! He retained the title after defeating the challenger Viswanathan Anand 6,5 – 4,5 in a match played at the Winter Olympic City of Sochi.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 2 to 4 December 2014 in Sauremo, Angola, by the Angola Chess Federation, in cooperation with the African Chess Union and under the auspices of FIDE.

The Chessdom Chess Shop launches an exclusive mega pack of games, analyzis, puzzles, and commentary of eight world champions – Viswanathan Anand, Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov, Alexander Alekhine, Mikhail Tal

The first European Tourbullon (Bughouse, Atomac) Championship was held on 16th November at Scacchistica Milanese in Milan, Italy.

The event was organized by the TIF. 23 teams with 46 players competed for the prize fund of 15,000 EUR.

The tournament was completed over two stages: 23-rounds of RR followed by knockout between top four teams.

After the round robin the team champion of the Czech Republic “Black Dragon” composed of Pavel Menčík and Jiří Jezbera took the first place.

German journalist Ulrich Stock, who is covering the World Championship Match Carlsen-Anand for Die Zeit, is sharing his impressions and talks about the interest for the match in Germany.

Video by Vijay Kumar

The 2014 CCSCSL Invitational GM round-robin tournament is taking place on 21-25th November  in Saint Louis, USA.