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Stockfish (3157) continues rolling through the TCEC Season 6 – Stage 4. The engine has 6.5/10 points, half a point more than the reigning TCEC champion Komodo (3148).

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

The 5th edition of Luc Open took place from 28th April to 4th May, 2014 in Lille, the capital of Nord-Pas de Calais region in France.

The event gathered 187 players from 21 countries, including 8 Grandmasters and 14 International Masters.

GM Nikita Maiorov from Belarus emerged clear winner with 7,5 points from nine rounds to take the trophy and top prize of 1500 EUR.

The 46th Italian Team Chess Championship for men took place from 30th April to 4th May, 2014 in Condino, Italy.

Ostravsky Konik International Chess Festival 2014 took place from 26th April to 4th May 2014 at the Social Hall of Culture House in Ostrava, the third largest c

Indian Chess School is organizing ICS International Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament at Thakur College of Science & Commerce, Thakur Village, Kandivali (East), Mumbai, India from 8-16 May, 2014 (both days inclusive).

The tournament is being organized under the aegis of the All India Chess Federation (AICF Event Code 94155/MAH/2014), Maharashtra Chess Association and Mumbai Suburban Chess Association.

From 25 to 27 April 2014 a Workshop for the training of the International Arbiters was organized in Brussels, Belgium, by the Antwerp Chess Clubs Union (Antwerps Schaak Collectief), in cooperation with the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and under the auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Workshop was the conference hall of the Novotel Diegem Hotel, in Brussels, where all the participants were accommodated.

Greek Ministry of Education announced on 25th April that chess is included in compulsory program for the primary schools.