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Webster University sophomore GM Ray Robson, the #1 ranked junior in the United States, will take on former World Blitz Champion GM Leinier Dominguez, the 12th ranked player in the world, this Saturday and Sunday in Saint Louis.

The 14th International Chess Festival Mediterranean Flower was held from 2nd to 8th March at the Chess Club Rijeka in Rijeka, Croatia.

The 10-players round robin event is organized by the Chess Club Draga.

The English Chess Federation Board resolved nem con on 7 March 2014 to amicably settle an internal matter.

The Board has today accepted the resignation of Andrew Paulson as President.

Webster University sophomore GM Ray Robson, the #1 ranked junior in the United States, will take on former World Blitz Champion GM Leinier Dominguez, the 12th ranked player in the world, this Saturday and Sunday in Saint Louis.

The 2014 UT Dallas Spring FIDE Open, underwritten by Turner Construction, is taking place from 8th to 13th March at The Embassy Suites – Park Central in Dallas, USA.

Silvio Danailov has announced the ticket for the upcoming ECU elections that will take place during the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway, his Press Officer informed.

World Champion Magnus Carlsen is visiting Brazil from 4th March to participate in the 13th Torneio Aberto Internacional de Xadrez “Festa da Uva” in Caxias do Sul, IM Dragan Stamenkovic of Ponto do Xadrez confirmed for Chessdom.

The first event was a blind simul with visually impaired players on 6th March, followed by a lecture.

As the game of chess grows in practically every region of the world, so does the number of chess media. Chess-Anyone.com is the new website on the horizon, entering with a positive and professional message. Chess-Anyone.com is a non-profit organization created in August 2013.

The Norwegian Chess Federation and the organizing committee for Chess Olympiad 2014 invite all member federations of FIDE to take part in the 41st Chess Olympiad and the 85th FIDE Congress in Tromsø, Norway.

The 41st Chess Olympiad takes place from August 1–14 and the 85th FIDE Congress takes place from August 5-13 in the city of Tromsø.

Chess Insider PDF and PGN magazine issue 3 is already out, with 11 more pages of Grandmaster analysis of the strongest moments of the EICC in Yerevan. Issue 3 comes with an upgrade – GM Vladimir Georgiev has joined the team!