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The simultaneous chess exhibition in Belgrade was an excellent occasion to pose a couple of questions to Indian Grandmaster Harikrishna Pentala, the current 2nd player of India and the 23rd player in the World.

The 2014 Turkish Individual Chess Championship is taking place on 1-15th November 2014 in Denizli, a city in the Aegean Region of Turkey.

The event is a 13-round closed tournament, consisting of 14 players. Top seed is 2012 World junior champion GM Alexander Ipatov (2608).

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India’s biggest television network Doordarshan will telecast four exclusive Highlights of the 11th Malaysia Open Chess Festival 2014 on its DD Sports Channel from 4-7th November .

Filmed and Produced by Vijay Kumar the 30 minutes highlights of each episode will be telecast as under:

The city of Caracas, capital of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, will host the First Match Cup between Venezuela #1 chess player GM Eduardo Bonelli Iturrizaga (2646) and the Genius of Riga GM Alexei Shirov (2683).

A miniature game from the 8th round of FIDE World Senior Chess Championship 65+.

The Norwegian Elite Team Chess Championship 2014-2015 is taking part from 31st October to 2nd November 2014 in Norway.

Pairings:

Round 1: Valerenga – Nordstrand & Asker – OSS
Round 2: SOSS – SK 1911 & Black Knights – Valerenga
Round 3: Akademisk – SK 1911 & OSS – Nordstrand

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The 14th Rochefort International Chess Festival is set to take place on 21-27th February, 2015, Room Colbert, at the Congress Palace, Rochefort, France.

Just days before the huge 31st Cappelle-la-Grande Open, the Rochefort Open is an excellent occasion for the players to test their preparation and use the perfect training opportunity.

The organizers have invested big effort to propose an interesting tournament for all-level players.

Grandmaster Sergey Smagin, Vice-President of the Moscow Chess Federation, believes that the FIDE World Championship Match in Sochi will not be an easy walk for Magnus Ca

First Match Cup between Venezuela #1 chess player GM Eduardo Bonelli Iturrizaga (2646) and the Genius of Riga GM Alexei Shirov(2683) will take place on 6-12th November at the 

Indian Grandmaster Harikrishna Pentala (2727), the current 2nd player of India and the 23rd player in the World, held a simultaneous chess exhibition on 29th October at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade.

GM Harikrishna played on 30 boards against public figures (actors, politicians, athletes, etc.), University professors, representatives of the media, children, etc.