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President of ACP GM Emil Sutovsky discussed on Facebook why it is difficult to find the sponsorship for the FIDE World Championship Match 2014.

Chairman of the Board of the Russian Chess Federation Mark Glukhovsky confirmed in an interview with R-Sport that leading Russian Grandmasters will represent the country at the 41st C

FIDE announcement – 9 May 2014

The Asian Youth Chess Championships 2014 under 6, 8, 10 and 12 are scheduled to be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 20th to 29th June, 2014.

The 5th International Chess Tournament of Forni di Sopra will take place from June 14th to 21st, 2014, in Forni di Sopra, part of the Friulian Dolomites Natural Park and one of the jewels of the Italian Alps.

The World Junior Chess Championship 2014 (for boys & girls under 20) will be held in Pune, India, from 5th October (arrival) to 20th October (departure) 2014.

The Championship will be organized and conducted by Maharashtra Chess Association under the auspices of AICF and FIDE.

Last year champions were Yu Yangyi and Alexandra Goryachkina.

Following the final qualifier event, the Chess Kenya (CK) has announced the players which will represent the country at the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway.

Open team:
CM Ben Magana, Jackson Kamau, Steve Ouma, FM Martin Gateri and Joseph Atwoli.

The 1st round of the Kotak Mahindra Bank International Open FIDE Rating Tournament, which commenced here at Thakur College, Kandivali, witnessed upsets on the top tables as 5th seeded Chinmay Kulkarni (2262) was shocked by 17-year Pune youngster, Aakash Kulkarni (1489).

The 49th edition of the Tournament Capablanca in Memoriam 2014 will take place on 7-18th May at the Habana Riviera Hotel in La Havana, Cuba. The event is organized by the Cuban Chess Federation and the Instituto Nacional de Deportes Educación Física y Recreación (INDER).