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Ten of the top young chess players in the United States will compete in the 2014 U.S. Junior Closed Championship June 19-29 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL).

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) must recognize chess as an Olympic sport, President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov told a press conference at the Interfax head office,

Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand will play the World Championship Match in November in Sochi, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced at the press conference with Interfax.

The Match will take place from 7 to 28 November at the Olympic Village in Sochi. The budget is 3 million USD.

The 8th BPB Limburg Open 2014 took part from 6th to 9th June, 2014 at the Sporthal De Geusselt in the city of Maastricht, in the Netherlands.

From 30 May to 1 June 2014 a Workshop for the training of the International Arbiters was organized in Skokie, Chicago, Illinois, USA, by the Chess IQ Academy and Chess Center, in cooperation with the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and under the au

From 6 to 8 June 2014 a Workshop for the training of the International Arbiters was organized in Guayaquil, Ecuador, by the Ecuador Chess Federation, in cooperation with the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and under the ausp

The Stavanger Chess Club in cooperation with Norway Chess and 2020Park organized the Stavanger Open NGP 2014 on 6-9th June.

The 6-round Swiss event was held at a real estate business park in Forus, near the Scandic Forus Hotel.

There were three playing sections: Group A (over 1750), Group B (1250-1750) and Group C (U1250).

The main section had 47 participants, including five Grandmasters.

The FIDE Arbiters’ Commission announces the list of participants of the Monastir workshop for the training of the International Arbiters.