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This is the beautiful opening ceremony of the EICC 2014. The championship has been officially opened today in Yerevan. See the full pairings of round 1 here

Live games with analysis tomorrow at Chessdom Arena – start 15:00 local time.

The European Individual Chess Championship has been officially opened today in Yerevan, Armenia.

Bulgarian Grandmaster Kiril Georgiev stormed through the Alkaloid Blitz Open to take a clear first place with 12,0/13 points, leaving the nearest followers two points behind.

The Alkaloid Blitz Open was held on 1st March at Hotel Continental in Skopje. The tournament format was 13 round Swiss with the time control 3 min + 2 sec.

The 12th Rapid Chess Tournament “Pet Dvojki” took place on 1st March in Krusevac, Serbia. 104 players participated in the 9-round Swiss event.

The tournament is valid for the Grand Prix of Central Serbia Chess Federation.

GM Branko Tadic emerged clear winner with 7,5/9 points to take the top prize of 200 EUR.

Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov has been granted Croatian citizenship, The Guardian reported today.

Chessdom reported about Kasparov’s request at the beginning of February and cited Slobodna Dalmacija claim that the petition will be accepted.

The 14th International Chess Festival Mediterranean Flower will take place 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.