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A game of chess creates as much emotions, contradictions and admiration for its author as an intriguing writing. If you take a closer look, the course of the game reminds of any story’s plot.

The 3rd Annual Larry Evans Memorial Open, formerly the Far West Open, will take place on 18-20th April at the Sands Regency Hotel/Casino in Reno, Nevada.

The 7th edition of the Pedro Lezcano Montalvo Memorial will be organized by the Chess Federation of Gran Canaria on 14-20th April 2014 at the Avenida de Canarias Hotel, Ateneo Municipal de Vecindario. C/ Colón s/n (Vecindario).

The tournament will be a 9-round Swiss Open. The top prizes will be 600, 500, 350 Euros, etc.

121 players from 13 federations are registered to take part in the event. Among them are 5 Grandmasters and 4 International Masters.

Sjakk Fagernes International Chess Open live games with triple engine analysis.

The 37th San Sebastian International Open is taking place on 12-19th April, 2014, at the Gros Xake Taldea. Anoeta passeig, 20. Donostia-San Sebastián (Frontón Karmelo Balda), Spain.

164 players are competing in the 9-round Swiss tournament. Top prizes are 1400 € / 900 € / 700 € / 500 € / 400 € / 350 €.

The 4th Ferdynand Dziedzic International Chess Memorial was held on 13th April, 2014, at Żeromskiego St. 28 (sports hall) in Trzcianka, Poland.

The tournament is organized to commemorate Ferdynand Dziedzic, teacher, chess player, successful trainer, chess arbiter and creator of chess groups in Trzcianka.

The tournament was played over 9 rounds of Swiss system with a time control of 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment.

Croatian Grandmaster Ognjen Cvitan preserved the lead from the penultimate round and won the 2^nd International Chess Tournament Golden Island Krk 2014 with 8/9 points.

The third Stage of TCEC – Season 6 is in progress. The format is a quad round robin each engine will play both sides of the same opening against each other, twice. The top 4 will move on to Stage 4 while the rest are out of TCEC for the current season.

The New Zealand Chess Federation is pleased to announce the following teams in board order for the 2014 Tromsø Chess Olympiad:

Open Team
1. IM Puchen Wang
2. IM Russell Dive
3. FM Luke Li
4. IM Anthony Ker
5. FM Ben Hague
Non-travelling reserves: David Guthrie, FM Bob Smith, FM Stephen Lukey

The 14th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2014 will take place from 12th to 19th of April 2014 at the 5-star Dusit Thani Bangkok Hotel. The event is organized by the Bangkok Chess Club.

There are two groups of play: Open category for all players, and Challenger category for players rated below 2100 or unrated (ratings based on FIDE ratings – national ratings will be validated by the organizer).

Both groups will be played using the Swiss System, with 9 rounds for Open, and 7 rounds for Challenger.