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The 23rd Annual Midwest Class Championships were held from October 10-12, 2014, at the Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling, Illinois.

The event consisted of seven sections and the playing format was 5-round Swiss with the time control 40/110, SD/30, d10. The total prize fund was $20,000.

The 9-round rapid chess tournament “Chess returns to Crna Trava” was held on 11th October in Crna Trava, Serbia.

The event was organized by SO Crna Trava, chess clubs Komren Niš and Radnički Ćuprija, and sponsored by Chessdom.com.

Nørresundby Chess Club and Aalborg Chess Association organize the International Senior Tournament in honor and respect of the memory of GM Bent Larsen (1935-2010) from 13th to 18th October in Aalborg, Denmark.

The event is a 7-round Swiss with a time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds increment starting from move 1.

The World Junior Chess Championships 2014 (for boys & girls under 20) are being held in Pune, India, from 6th to 19th October 2014.

The Championship is organized and conducted by Maharashtra Chess Association under the auspices of AICF and FIDE.

Vijay Kumar presents the round 8 video.

TCEC Season 7 – Stage 1b is underway and Houdini 4 maintains the lead with perfect 6/6 score after defeating Nightmare in the sixth round. The game started with the Fianchetto Variation of King’s Indian Defence and White gave up on move 93.

Boris Gelfand and Fabiano Caruana finished joint winners of the Grand Prix in Baku after drawing their respective games in the final round.

This year’s Chess Festival was organized by the greatest woman chess player of all time Judit Polgar. The festival offered a full day family programme in the Budapest Palace of Arts.

Children had a chance to enjoy the Diverse Arts & Crafts activities in the spirit of chess. The activities were organized in co-operation with CeramiCafe, Happy Kids International Kindergarten, PlayMais and Poli-Farbe.

The PokerStars Isle of Man International Chess Tournament took place on 4-12th October 2014 at the Villa Marina, Isle of Man.