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The next Zurich Chess Challenge is set to take place from 13th to 19th February, 2015, in Hotel Savoy Baur en Ville, in the largest city in Switzerland, Russian Chess Federation announced.

Georgian Chess Federation and European Chess Union are organizing the 2014 European Youth Chess Championships, which will take place in Batumi (Black See), Georgia between October the 18th (arrival) and October the 29th (departure).

From 12 to 14 September 2014 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Windhoek, Namibia, by the Namibian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The lecturer was IA Werner Stubenvoll (AUT), FIDE Lecturer. The lectures were in English language.

Fourteen (14) people from Namibia participated in the Seminar and all of them participated in the examination test, held after the end of the lectures.

The 11th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open is taking place from 15-21st September at the Cititel Hotel Mid Valley, MidValley City, Kuala Lumpur.

130 players from 15 countries, including 14 Grandmasters and 19 International Masters, are taking part in the event.

Vijay Kumar presents the round 3 video

The traditional Marostica Chess Festival took place on 12-14th September 2014 at Piazza Castello in Marostica, a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy, mostly famous for its living chess event and for the local cherry variety.

A chess game with living characters represented a Middle Aged story (see below).

41st National Women Challengers (National B) Chess Champoinship 2014 took place on 7-15th September 2014 at the Peddem Sports Complex Peddem, in Mapusa, a town in North Goa, India.

The 11th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open is taking place from 15-21st September at the Cititel Hotel Mid Valley, MidValley City, Kuala Lumpur.

The event is organized by the DAT Chess Centre, Wilayah Kompleks, Kuala Lumpur.

130 players from 15 countries, including 14 Grandmasters and 19 International Masters, are taking part in the event. Full list below.

Vijay Kumar presents the round 1 and round 2 video

The Swensen’s Rapid Age Group Championship, a part of the 11th Malaysian Chess Festival, was a one day event with over 540 children from 7 countries in the age groups of 6-16 taking part part.

Video by Vijay Kumar

Albanian Chess Federation is organizing the International Open Chess Tournament “Durres 2014″ on 1-8th November 2014 in the Conference Hall of the Hotel “Bleart”****  in Durres, one of the most ancient and significant cities of Albania, situated on the Adriatic Coast.