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The Fidefirst campaign team has published in one of its daily bulletins a shocking letter by the ECU Executive Director.

The FIDE World Chess Championship match Carlsen – Anand 2014 is coming this November.

The Russian Chess Federation has filed a lawsuit against the COT2014 – organizers of the Chess Olympiad – in the local Tromsø court, Newsinenglish.no reported.

Russian newswire ITAR-TASS reports that Andrey Filatov, President of the Russian Chess Federation, has made a statement noting that FIDE presidential candidate Garry Kasparov’s comment that the Russian women’s national team should have been banned from the World Chess Olympiad appears both insensitive and inappropriate.

World #2 Levon Aronian headlined as the lead instructor for the 2014 Metropolitan & ACA Summer Chess Camp, held in Glendale, California from July 9th-13th. This was the first joint effort between Metropolitan Chess and American Chess Academy, a local educational organization based in Los Angeles.

Chessbet.com, the site that allows you to freely predict the outcome of chess events, has launched several quizzes for the Chess Olympiad.

The 16th Lake Sevan International Chess Tournament was held from 26th July to 4th August 2014 in Martuni, a town in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, located on the southern shores of Lake Sevan.

The Chess Federation of Montenegro has filed a criminal complaint against the Executive Director of the ECU and its former President Vladimir Šakotić. Press release below:

Dear friends of chess,

Here is a series of videos with host GM Susan Polgar that let you dive into the atmosphere of the Chess Olympiad, as well as press conferences with players.

Round 2 starts an hour earlier, at 14:00 CET today, do not miss the live coverage on Chessdom.com

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