The event is a 9-round Swiss with prize fund € 6000.

Top seeded are GM Sergei Tiviakov NED 2677, GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov RUS 2647, GM Qun Ma CHN 2621, GM Zaven Andriasian ARM 2609, GM Alexander Ipatov TUR 2599, GM Daniele Vocaturo ITA 2590, GM Benjamin Bok NED 2572 and GM Sipke Ernst NED 2553.

Official website

Official website

PLAY  A SUPERSTAR! SUPER RAPIDPLAY OPEN (6-7 DECEMBER)

This year’s London Chess Classic offers a unique opportunity for a few amateur players to experience what it’s like to face a legend of the game in a genuine one-to-one tournament game.

Before the superstars cross swords with each other (10-14 December), the ‘Super Six’ are going to take part in the ten-round Super Rapidplay Open, over the weekend of 6-7 December, which is open to all to enter. The time limit is 25 minutes for all the moves, with ten-second increments. The first prize is £8,000.

More information here/ LIVE games with analysis

Let’s have a look at the sort of opposition a competitor could face if the Swiss pairings fell kindly…

The Super Six will compete against junior players in the first round. A draw will be made on Thursday. Thereafter, tournament pairings will be made in the usual way, so, as the UK national lottery adverts used to say… it could be you!

Seriously, this could be an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a keen competitor. Playing a superstar in a simul is a special experience, but a one-to-one game against an elite player is in a different dimension altogether.

It is practically unprecedented in the modern ratings-conscious era for the world’s top players to step down from their lofty pedestal and mix with all-comers, so it will be very interesting to see how they fare. All six star players have been active recently, and it is clear that one or two of them have done so with an eye to some practice for the London Classic Super Rapidplay.

Fabiano Caruana has been in the thick of FIDE Grand Prix contention a month or so back, and he has been taking a well-earned rest since then after a particularly exhausting schedule. He arrives in London as the world’s top-rated rapidplay player – one of the few distinctions not currently enjoyed by Magnus Carlsen – so he will be motivated to do well and keep his rating ahead of Magnus’s.

Vishy Anand will come to London fresh from losing his second world title match to Magnus Carlsen in Sochi, but he gave a very good account of himself in a very close match and can by no means be considered in poor form.

Hikaru Nakamura contested a tough match in Saint Louis with world number five Levon Aronian. They tied the classical match but Hikaru won their blitz play-off, so he will have a spring in his step when he arrives in London.

Vladimir Kramnik, even as I write this, in the thick of the Qatar International, which must rank as one of the strongest opens ever held. Vlad usually confines himself to elite round-robin chess, so perhaps he is getting in some practice at the more rough-and-tumble chess to be found in Swiss system events before getting competing in the London event. He’s doing well in Qatar and will be hoping to carry some positive form into his London appearance.

Anish Giri is also in the thick of the action on Qatar. In fact, he was burning up the field with 6/6 until paired with… Vlad Kramnik! The former world champion, playing White, gave him his standard Catalan treatment to peg him back to 6/7. So both of them are co-leaders with only two rounds to go – and then one free day for travel before battle commences again in London.

As if the above six weren’t strong enough… here’s a sprinkling of the other top players who have entered the London Classic Super Rapidplay (with their FIDE rapidplay ratings): Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli (2700, VEN), Loek van Wely (2692, NED), Matthew Sadler (2667, ENG), Luke McShane (2665, ENG), David Howell (2641, ENG), Gawain Jones (2629, ENG), Simen Agdestein (2595, NOR), Eric Hansen (2592, CAN), Alex Lenderman (2590, USA), plus 16 other grandmasters.

Chess in Schools and Communities (CSC) are very pleased to announce that all women and under 25s (as of 5 December 2014) will receive free* entry to all tournaments that they are eligible to participate in. In addition, under 25s will be entitled to one free ticket per day to see the super-grandmasters participate in the Super Six event. (*open to UK residents only)

The table above shows the elite players ratings as of 1 December 2014. For the purposes of the Entry form for all events: http://www.londonchessclassic.com/downloads/LCC_2014_Entry_Form.pdf

To enter online, please go to: http://londonchessclassic.com/tickets/tournaments.html

As is standard at the London Classic, spectators will of course be able to enjoy the action on the official website.

For information on the event, please e-mail us at info@londonchessclassic.com

John Saunders
Press Officer
Email: chesspress@londonchessclassic.com
Phone: +44 (0)7777 664111
Website: www.londonchessclassic.com
Twitter: @LondonClassic2014

The games of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2014 begin with round 1 on the 8th of November. The drawing of colors will happen two days earlier at the opening ceremony.

Chessdom.com will have the live games with triple analysis by the Top Computer Chess Championship (TCEC) engines Komodo, Houdini, and Stockfish. Besides, multiple Grandmasters like GM Christian Bauer and a team TBA will be commenting and bringing you the “human” explanation for the games.

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Games: Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3 / Standings and results

Photos: Photo gallery of the World Championship

Current score: 5,5 – 4,5 see full standings and statistics here

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Evo Morales, who is serving as Bolivian President since 2006, played a friendly chess match against the former World champion Anatoly Karpov in 2010, that ended in a draw.

The present event in honor of the Bolivian President promises prize fund in the amount of 6.000 ARS, awarded as follows: 3.000 ARS/ 2.000 ARS/ 1.000 ARS.

The competition will be played in a 7-round Swiss Rapid format with a time control 10 minutes per player plus 5 seconds increment or 25 minutes per player.

Each team will consist of 3 players, where no more than one of them should be ranked as First Category Player or rated over 2000 Elo FIDE.

You can see the tournament schedule below.

Saturday, 8th November:
14h – Opening ceremony
15h – Round 1
16:30h – Round 2
18h – Round 3
19:30h – Round 4

Sunday, 9th November:
15h – Round 5
16h – Round 6
17h – Round 7
18h – Closing ceremony

Contacts:
ajedrezenmendoza@hotmail.com
gjg-electricidad@hotmail.com
Arbiters: Fabricio Sanchez and Fabio Morales
Tel.: 2615084415-2614456902

White Tower of Thessaloniki is a monument and museum on the waterfront, symbol of the city

The 4th Thessaloniki International Rapid Chess Festival 2014 is scheduled to take place on 1-2nd November 2014 at Hotel Philippion**** in Thessaloniki, the second largest city in Greece and a popular tourist destination.

KERAVNOS OREOKASTRO and Thessaloniki & Halkidiki Chess Union organize the event in a 10-round Swiss format with a time control 15′ + 5″. The tournament is open to all players, regardless of their rating and age.

The prize fund in the amount of 1.500 € will be divided as follows:
Main prizes: 300 € + Trophy/ 250 € + Trophy/ 200 € + Trophy/ 150 €/ 100 €/ 75 €.
Female prizes: 100 € + Trophy/ 75 € + Trophy/ 50 € + Trophy
Special prizes: U2000: 100 €, Boys U16: 50 €/ Girls U16: 50 €
Medals will be given to the first 3 boys and girls in the categories U8, U10, U12, U14, and U16.

Prizes between tied players are not divided. No player may win more than 1 prize.

Tournament schedule:
Saturday 1/11 (16.00-21.00) 1st-5th round
Sunday 2/11 (10.00-15.00) 6th-10th round
Sunday 2/11 15.30 Closing Ceremony

Standings: 1 points for win, ½  point for draw, 0 points for loss. Draw offers are forbidden.

Registration deadline: 29th October 2014!

Accommodation and board are offered in the 4-star Hotel Philippion**** where the games will be held. Prices per person:
Double Room: Bed & Breakfast: 24 €/  Half-Board: 27 €/  Full-Board 30 €

Special offers: 50% discount for children up to 12 years old in a room with their parents.

Contacts:
Registration & more information: FA Iskos Alexandros, iskosalex@gmail.com
Tournament Director: Tsarouhas Vasilis
Competition Secretary: Oustampasidou Lena, oustampasidoulena@gmail.com

Tournament website

The youth games you can follow live on Chessdom with triple engine analysis by the strongest chess engines of TCEC Stockfish, Komodo, and Houdini

Live: WYCC U18 live / WYCC U16 / WYCC U14 / WYCC U12 / WYCC U10 /WYCC U8

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Falkensteiner Hotels & Resorts Borik, Zadar

Zadar Open 2014 is scheduled to take place on 14-20th December 2014 at the Falkensteiner Hotels & Resorts Borik, in Zadar, a city in Croatia, situated on the Adriatic Sea.

The tournament will be organized by the Croatian Chess Federation and Chess Federation Zadar and will be split into two Groups – Open A (9-round Swiss valid for FIDE norms, open to all players rated above 2200) and Open B (for players rated U2300).

The time control will be 90′ + 30″.

Money awards:
Open A: 2.200 €/ 1.400 €/ 900 €/700 €/ 600 €/ 500 €/ 400 €/ 300 €/ 200 €/ 150 €/ 120 €/ 100 €
Open B: 500 €/ 400 €/ 300 €/ 200 €/ 150 €/ 100 €
Best U20 player: 50 €
Best Over 60 player: 50 €
Best player CA Zadar: 50 €
Best junior CA Zadar: 50 €
Best players according to rating: 1600-1800: 75 €/ 1801-2000: 75 €/ 2001-2199: 75 €
Female prizes: 500 €/ 350 €/ 200 € (Minimum six (6) female participants!)

Awards are cumulative!

Contact:
Tournament Organizer Luka Peranić
Tel.: +385 98 513 049, +385/23 208 129
Fax: +385/23 208 084
E-mail: zdchess@yahoo.com

75 players from 21 different countries are taking part in the event, including 30 GMs, 14 IMs, 9 FMs, 2 WGMs, 5 WIMs and 3 WFMs.

Top seed is GM Sergei Zhigalko (Belarus) 2677.

Official website/ List of participants

The 9-round Swiss event welcomed 51 players from 3 different countries (Armenia, Italy and Russia).

GM Boris Savchenko (Russia) won a sharp game against his countryman GM Dmitry Bocharov in the last round to claim the tournament on 7 points. He took clear first place, leaving the nearest followers half point behind and grabbed the first prize of 75.000 RUB (nearly 1.520 €).

Second place was shared in a three-way tie by GM Anton Demchenko (Russia), GM Gevorg Harutjunyan (Armenia) and GM Anton Shomoev (Russia) on 6,5 points each.

Official website/ Replay the games with analysis

Final standings:

1 Savchenko, Boris 2608 RUS 7
2 Demchenko, Anton 2588 RUS 6,5
3 Harutjunyan, Gevorg 2444 ARM 6,5
4 Shomoev, Anton 2568 RUS 6,5
5 Goganov, Aleksey 2608 RUS 6
6 Maletin, Pavel 2570 RUS 6
7 Matsenko, Sergei 2485 RUS 6
8 Vokarev, Sergey 2437 RUS 6
9 Yuffa, Daniil 2449 RUS 6
10 Smirnov, Alexey 2466 RUS 6
11 Ovetchkin, Roman 2524 RUS 5,5
12 Andriasian, Zaven 2622 ARM 5,5
13 Bocharov, Dmitry 2575 RUS 5,5
14 Kryakvin, Dmitry 2562 RUS 5,5
15 Tsvetkov, Pavel 2181 RUS 5,5
16 Yudin, Sergei 2544 RUS 5,5
17 Solovjev, Nikolay 2311 RUS 5,5
18 Ginosyan, Razmik 2048 RUS 5,5
19 Dilmukhametov, Artur 2157 RUS 5
20 Drygalov, Sergey 2224 RUS 5
21 Trefilov, Alexey 2220 RUS 5
22 Ivanov, Andrew 2407 RUS 4,5
23 Khegay, Dmitriy 2375 RUS 4,5
24 Kanter, Eduard 2401 RUS 4,5
25 Kopjonkin, Kirill 2073 RUS 4,5
26 Novoselov, Roman 2225 RUS 4,5
27 Romanov, Sergej 2125 RUS 4,5
28 Drygalov, Andrey 2147 RUS 4,5
29 Makhnev, Petr 1519 RUS 4,5
30 Mukhina, Jana 1972 RUS 4,5
31 Matskevich, Ivan 1949 RUS 4,5
32 Lupynin, Viacheslav 2031 RUS 4,5
33 Radzhabov, Rodion 1994 RUS 4
34 Komarov, Alexander 2106 RUS 4
35 Yumshanov, Leonid 1787 RUS 4
36 Guterman, Ilja 1883 RUS 4
37 Chapkovskiy, Jakov 1827 RUS 4
38 Kuznesov, Boris 0 RUS 4
39 Dashevskaya, Larisa 2030 RUS 4
40 Scherbakov, Mikhail 1975 RUS 3,5
41 Povodyr, Alexander 1811 RUS 3,5
42 Kolyadin, Alexander 1706 RUS 3,5
43 Mojaev, Sergey 0 RUS 3,5
44 Shishkin, Mikhail 1448 ITA 3,5
45 Farbshtain, Danil 1659 RUS 3,5
46 Selezneva, Alisa 0 RUS 3
47 Popov, Danii E 0 RUS 3
48 Barkhatov, Igor 0 RUS 2,5
49 Batenev, Rodion 0 RUS 2,5
50 Ponomariov, Mark 0 RUS 2
51 Deykov, Maxim 0 RUS 1