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The first 5 rounds of France TOP-12 Team competition for women is taking place from 9th to 11th May, 2014 at Hotel Mercure, in Mulhouse, France. Games will be live daily with triple engine analysis on Chessdom.com and Chessdom Arena playing zone

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Vishy Anand got a great boost from his first win against Levon Aronian in the Candidates Tournament. ,,A good result gives you wings”, says Anand in New In Chess magazine. ,,One lucky break and you feel very positive about the remaining games, and one result like this tournament and you feel very positive about life.

The 67th edition of Argentinian Individual Chess Champion for women took place from 1st to 9th May, 2014 at Villa Martelli, in San Isidro – a Municipality of Argentinian capital Buenos Aires.

Judit Polgar’s “From GM to Top Ten”, published by Quality Chess is awarded as the ACP Book of the Year 2014.

The 32nd Open International d’échecs de Metz was held place on 3-9th May at the complexe sportif Saint Symphorien in Metz, France.

The tournament consisted of two sections – Open A (players rated over 1900) and Open B (U2000 players) and was completed over 9 rounds of Swiss system.

The prize fund for both sections exceeded 10,000 EUR.

The 78th Bulgarian Individual Chess Championship is taking place from 10th to 18th May, 2014 in Kozloduy, Bulgaria. 10 players will compete for the first prize of 3000 BGN.

Follow daily at 14:30 CET.

The 63rd Bulgarian Individual Chess Championship for women is taking place from 10th to 18th May, 2014 in Kozloduy, Bulgaria.

10 players will compete for the first prize of 1800 BGN.

Follow daily at 14:30 CET.

The Bulgarian Individual Chess Championships for men and women will be held simultaneously from 10th to 18th May, 2014 in the city of Kozloduy, best known for the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant.

1st Iasi Open is scheduled to place from 10th to 18th May, 2014 in Iasi, Romania. The hefty prize fund of 25000€ is going to gather nearly 250 participants, including more than 20 GMs. Top seed is GM Igor Lysyj from Russia.

See the list of participants here

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