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WIM Marija Rakic

Ten participants are competing in the Chess Ladies Vienna round-robin tournament, in Vienna, Austria from 12^th to 20^th April, 2014.

French Grandmaster Romain Edouard convincingly won the 2014 Dubai Open after turning the tables against the top seed GM Anton Korobov in the last round.

Croatian Grandmaster Davorin Kuljasevic is the winner of the 1^st International Open Tournament “Castelfranco Veneto”.

The event took place in the walled city with medieval castle Castelfranco Veneto, Italy, on 10 – 13 April, 2014.

The Russian Team Chess Championships for Men and Women took place in Loo, Russia from 7th to 13th April, 2014. The top seeded team of Malakhit took the gold medal with 12 points, leaving ShSM Moscow one point behind.

The 13th Asian Continental Individual Open and Women’s Chess Championships are going to take place 16th to 26th April 2014 in Sharjah , United Arab Emirates. 100+ titled players will compete for 66000 USD.

The top five from the 2014 Asian Open Championship qualify for the 2015 World Cup. The 2014 Asian Women’s champion qualifies for the 2015 Women’s World Championship.

Round 1 is April 16th at 14:00 CET

The 9th International Bad Ragazer Oster-Open is set to take place on 17-20th April at the Saal des Mehrzweckgebäudes in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland.

Currently 108 players are registered to take part in the 7-round Swiss event. Top prizes are CHF 1000, 700, 500, 400, 300.

Last year winner was GM Viesturs Meijers

The 13th Asian Continental Individual Open and Women’s Chess Championships are going to take place 16th to 26th April 2014 in Sharjah , United Arab Emirates. The 2014 Asian Women’s champion qualifies for the 2015 Women’s World Championship.

Asian Continental 2014: Open live / Women live

Next month, the top chess players in the country will meet in Saint Louis to compete for the tile of U.S. Champion and U.S. Women’s Champion.

The fields are set for both the 2014 U.S. Championship and 2014 U.S. Women’s Championship, scheduled to be held simultaneously May 7 through May 20 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL).

Ashritha Eswaran, 13, received the final wildcard invitation to the U.S. Women’s Championship to round out the fields.

Metropolitan Chess has just released its first book title: Modernized: The King’s Indian Defense by GM Dejan Bojkov.

This book is a full repertoire (from Black’s perspective) for the King’s Indian Defense. By using a variety of theoretical games from recent Grandmaster practice (as well as a number of classical examples), Bojkov covers every major line in depth, with due coverage to all sidelines as well. The reader will also become familiarized with many strategic ideas, thematic tactics, and the abundance of imaginative possibilities the King’s Indian Defense is famous for.

World Champion Magnus Carlsen is currently in Oman where he prepares for the next tournament – Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir, Azerbaijan.

Carlsen posted a video on Youtube with description “A combination of training, fun and relaxation.”