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The 12th Khazar International Open Chess Tournament was held on 11-18th February at the the Yadegar Imam Sport Complex in Rasht, Iran. The tournament was organized by Mr Kiumars Bayat and the Guilan Chess Association.

Report by FA/WFM Shohreh Bayat

Armenian Grandmaster Hrant Melkumyan convincingly won the 1st International Chess Open Casino Graz which took place on 14-21st February at the Casino Graz and Joanneum Quarter in Graz, Austria.

Melkumyan concluded the Open A with 7,5 points from nine rounds, a full point ahead of the chasing pack.

Riga Chess federation has a pleasure to announce the Latvian Railway Open, one of the strongest rapid chess opens in the World.

The tournament will be held on 28-30 March, 2014, at the Latvian railway museum in Riga, Latvia. The tournament will be held in three groups A, B and C.

The festival will feature leading Latvian grandmasters as well as very strong foreign grandmasters and chess lovers from all around the world.

1. FIDE is opening a bidding procedure for the FIDE World Women’s Championship (knock-out system, 64 players) to be held 9-31 October 2014.

2. Each bid shall contain the following particulars as minimum:

BIDDING PROCEDURE FOR THE FIDE WORLD WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2014

1. FIDE is opening a bidding procedure for the FIDE World Women’s Championship (knock-out system, 64 players) to be held 9-31 October 2014.

2. Each bid shall contain the following particulars as minimum:

a) Proposed venue of the event.

Vladimir Petrov

Latvian Chess Federation is holding the 3rd Vladimir Petrov Memorial on 20-23 February, 2014, in Jurmala, Latvia.

The Association of Chess Professionals has reached an agreement with the organizers of Poikovsky – one of the strongest Grandmaster tournaments in the World.

The 3rd Annual Recession Buster Open was held on 15-17th February at the Marriott San Diego Airport/Liberty Station in San Diego, USA.

The playing format was 6-round Swiss and the tournament consisted of six sections: Open, U2200, U2000, U1800, U1600, U1400. The guaranteed prize fund was 20,000 USD.

The main Open section (FIDE rated) gathered 42 players. Grandmaster Eugene Perelshteyn emerged clear winner with 5,0/6 points to take the top prize of $2400.

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.