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The 12th Congress of the Russian Chess Federation took place on Saturday 1st February 2014 in Moscow, with delegates from 62 regional chess federations across the country taking part.

The congress approved changes to the Statutes of the Russian Chess Federation and elected new governing bodies.

The Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo, a keen supporter of the tournament, visited the Tradewise Chess Festival today. The Chief Minister was met at the Caleta Hotel by tournament organiser Brian Callaghan, Tradewise chairman, James Humphreys, and tournament director Stuart Conquest.

Analysing the FIDE performance from the Development Committee point of view

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On January 25th the FIDE President arrived on a working visit to Astana, Kazakhstan.

President Ilyumzhinov participated in the congress of chess federation of Kazakhstan together with the President of Kazakhstan CF, Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Minister of Industry and New Technologies of Kazakhstan, Mr. Aset Isekeshev.

FIDE President delivered his speech to the delegates and guests of the congress.

Videos by the renowned producer Vijay Kumar from Zurich Chess Challenge 2014.

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Saturday night will undoubtedly become one of the most memorable social events of the 10 day Tradewise International Chess Festival when the men and the women of this tournament played a friendly, yet fearsome Battle of the Sexes – a rapid match with a time limit of 10 minutes for all the moves plus an increment of 5 seconds a move.

The Women ruled the night and won by 2-0, with a third game (played at 10+0) played and won by the Men.

It was down on the beach for the team from China today competing in the Gibraltar Masters of the 2014 Tradewise Chess Festival.

The crisp air and the warm radiant sunshine made it a near-perfect day in Gibraltar today. The team and their coach took some time out on Catalan Bay (the beach below the Caleta Hotel) to enjoy the sunshine just like everyone else participating in the tournament.

All said they were enjoying their time on the Rock both in and out of competition.

Over the 12 years of the Gibraltar chess festival the Gibraltar Masters has run alongside the Amateurs and the Challengers tournaments. These are played from early in the day throughout the 10 day Tradewise Chess Festival and the numbers keep increasing year on year.

This year we have a record number of players in both these tournaments from all over the world who have embraced the festival.

City, State, January 27, 2014: The Scottish Chess Federation, Chess Scotland has joined hands with the online chess training website Chessity; and the partnership has been formed to train the Scottish chess players through Ches

The Belarus Chess Federation is holding an International Open Tournament from 11th to 19th February to mark the 90th anniversary of David Bronstein’s birth.

The former World Championship challenger, who nearly dethroned Mikhail Botvinnik in 1951, was born in 1924 in Ukraine and passed away in 2006 in Minsk.

The Open A will be open for the players rated above 2100 FIDE, while the Open B will accept lower rated participants.