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The Qatar Masters, a new mega-open chess tournament, is set to take place from 25th November to 5th December at the 5-star Crowne Plaza Hotel in Doha, Qatar.

The Hong Kong Chess Federation (HKCF) is pleased to invite chess players from all federations to participate in the Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2014 (FIDE rated) from the 30th September 2014 (arrival) to the 6th October 2013 (departure).

The highest league of the Spanish Team Chess Championship – Division de Honor – will take place 04-10 September 2014 in Linares, Spain.

Day after day the Italian-American superstar Fabiano Caruana is making history.

The 75th Armenian Men’s Individual Chess Championship was held from 21st August to 4th September in Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia.

The Serbian First League Team Championship for Men is taking place from 30th August to 9th September 2014 in the town of Palic, Serbia.

The Serbian First League Team Championship for Men is taking place from 30th August to 9th September 2014 in the town of Palic, Serbia.

The 22nd Nikaia International Chess Open 2014 was held from 26th August to 2nd September 2014 at the Cultural Complex “Manos Loizos” in Nikaia suburb in the western part of the Athens-Piraeus agglomeration, in Greece.

The 30th Reykjavik Open will take place on 10-18th March, 2015, at the familiar venue – the Harpa Conference Hall.

The 2015 event falls on the same year as the 80th birthday of the legendary Icelandic Grandmaster and former FIDE President Fridrik Olafsson, who even played in the tournament two years ago.

The central game of the eighth round between Ju Wenjun and Hou Yifan finished in a draw and the two Chinese players remain at the top of the Sharjah FIDE Women’s Grand Prix leaderboard with 6,5 points each.

Batchimeg Tuvshintugs outplayed Alina L’Ami to keep the third place one point behind the leaders.

Elina Danielian defeated Nafisa Muminova and now shares the fourth place with Anna Ushenina and Harika Dronavalli.