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The 2014 U.S. Chess Championships for men and women will take place from 7th to 20th May, 2014 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL).

Magnus Carlsen gives an in-depth discussion on his experience at Shamkir Chess 2014, Gashimov Memorial in Azerbaijan.

Talking about the back-to-back losses, Carlsen said that his head didn’t work well, partly because of the long games and partly because he was watching too much TV – football, NBA, reality shows.

The football game on the rest day “helped him to get some aggression out”.

The Tschaturanga Open 2014 is taking place from 5th to 11th May, 2014 at Cafe Schönbrunn, in Vienna, Austria.

The tournament is a 7 round Swiss Open with total prize fund of 1600€. In addition, the event has a qualifying character for Vienna State Championship 2014.

Clara Cavour talked to Vladimir Kramnik about a number of topics, including connection between art and chess, talent, beauty, parallels between chess and life, sport and energy, and family.

Kramnik also explains why he is not a typical competitive chess player, mentioning how Carlsen, Kasparov and Karpov wanted to win at all costs in whatever they were doing, even when playing cards.

Stockfish (3157) extends the lead in TCEC Season 6 – Stage 4.

India’s biggest television network Doordarshan will telecast four exclusive Highlights of the 16th Dubai Open International Chess Championship 2014 on its DD Sports Channel from 22-25th May.

Filmed and Produced by Vijay Kumar the 30 minutes highlights of each episode will be telecast as under:

The 2014 Women’s World Blitz Champion GM Anna Muzychuk has decided to return to the Ukrainian Chess Federation after representing Slovenia in the last five Chess Olympiads.

U.S. Senate passes resolution days before the start of the nation’s most prestigious tournaments

St. Louis, May 6, 2014 – On the eve of hosting the most prestigious chess tournaments in the nation, St. Louis received national recognition from the United States Senate, which passed an official resolution late Monday night naming St. Louis the National Chess Capital.

The reigning TCEC champion Komodo, modification 3157, catches up on Stockfish 300414.