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The Whitsun Grandmasters 2014 is taking place from 3rd to 7th June, 2014 in Copenhagen, the capital and most populated city in Denmark.

The 10-player round robin consists of 3 GMs, 5 IMs and 2 FMs. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds increment starting from move 1.

A GM norm will require 6,5/9 points, while an IM norm – 4,5/9 points. The winners will be awarded 400 €, 250 €, 150 €, respectively.

The Whitsun IM Tournament 2014 is taking place from 3rd to 7th June, 2014 in Copenhagen, the capital and most populated city in Denmark.

The event is a 10-player round robin with a time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds increment starting from move 1.

An IM norm will require 6,5/9 points, while the winners will be awarded 300 €, 200 €, 100 €, respectively.

Top seed is Bulgarian IM Nikolay Milchev.

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Issue 1 of Chess Insider Norway Chess magazine has been published. The subscribers already have the pdf and pgn files in their mailbox.

One more titled player besides GM Chatalbashev has joined the commentators team. This is the young talent IM Yanev, making 12 the total number of titled players that have commented for the Chess Insider daily magazine.

The Mitropa Cup 2014 was organized by the Slovak Chess Federation from 22nd to 31st May at the City Hotel Kultura Ruzomberok, Slovakia.

Branicevo Chess Union, municipality Veliko Gradiste, chess club VGSK and chess club Nestor are organizing the Chess Festival “Srebrno Jezero 2014″ on 21-29th June at the Restaurant Sidro on Srebrno Jezero (Silver Lake), Serbia.

The Festival consists of Open A (for players rated above 2200), Open B (U2200), Open C (U1700) and Chess Camp with free lessons for players and guests.

Open A and Open B will be completed over 9 rounds of Swiss system and rated with FIDE. The total prize fund is 2200 EUR.

The 44th International Chess Tournament “Bosna 2014″ is taking place from 30th May to 6th June, 2014, at the Hotel Radon Plaza, Sarajevo.

The event has two sections – Group A for players rated over 2300 and Group B for U2300 players.

The 5th Marathon International Rapid Chess Tournament will be held on 7th-8th June, 2014 at Mega Mall Rabat in Rabat, the capital and the fifth largest city of Morocco, situated on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the river Bou Regrer.

The 11th International Chess Festival Orlova 2014 took place from 26th May to 1st June, 2014 at the Cultural House in the town of Orlova, situated in the Czech Republic.

Pune, May 30, 2014: Seasoned GM Abhijit Kunte and fast emerging star GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi of Maharashtra jointly earned the distinction of being ‘Most Valuable Players’ at the Player Auction for the 2014 Johnson Tiles Maharashtra Chess League.