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The Moscow based Center for New Technologies “Digital” hosted the Battle of Generations match between GM Daniil Dubov (2641) and GM Alexei Shirov (2685) on 2-8th December.

Shirov was convincing in the classical games, winning four and drawing two for the overall 5-1 victory.

The match consisted of six games with the FIDE time control 90 min/40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec (from move one).

The 19th International Open Tournament “Villa de Navalmoral” was held on 5-8th December at the hotel Moya in Navalmoral de la Mata (Cáceres), Spain.

After seven rounds of play GM Namig Guliyev (Azerbaijan) and IM Vitali Koziak (Ukraine) shared the first place with 6,0 points each. Guliyev took the winner’s trophy on better tie-break.

The total prize fund was 12,300 EUR, with 3000 EUR reserved for the first place.

The chess club “Junior” from Rijeka, Croatia, celebrated its 20th anniversary with a rapid chess tournament on 8th December.

36 club members and friends participated in the 9-round Swiss event.

The 2nd Winter Sea Deluxe is set to take place from 2th to 6st January in Gabicce Mare, Italy, next to the Adriatic Sea.

The first edition had 132 participants and was won by the Hungarian Grandmaster Robert Ruck.

The playing venue is the old-fashioned Hotel Michelacci ****Superior, with SPA and rich meals, everything at 59 FB in double room. The closest airports to Gabicce are Rimini, Bologna and Ancona.

The 4th Annual Thanksgiving Open was held on 30th November to 1st December at the Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.

The event was held in three sections and over five rounds of Swiss system.

The Open section had 32 participants. IM Priyadharshan Kannappan of India (rated 2409) took a clear first place with 4,5/5 points.

The fantastic e3e5.com chess website celebrates 10th anniversary today. Exactly 3654 days ago, on the 8th of December 2003, the first article appeared on the website. It was dedicated to Emanuel Lasker and his little known article for “Новой Вечерней газеты” (New Evening Newspaper).

The last stage of the 2013 Cup of Russia, the Cup of the Governor of Ugra, was held from 27th November to 6th December in Khanty-Mansiysk.

London FIDE Open 2013, part of the London Chess Classic festival, is going to take place 7-15 December.

The tournament will be a 9 round Swiss tournament with the participation of many titled players, including GM Grachev, GM Sutovsky, GM Gharamian, GM Bartel, GM Delchev, GM Iordachescu, GM Hammer, GM Gupta, GM Harika, IM Sachdev, etc.

Games will be live daily on Chessdom.com with computer analysis by the engines Komodo (champion of the last TCEC Season), Stockfish (many times TCEC finalist), and Houdini (champion of the previous TCEC Season).

Chess Olympiad Tromsø 2014 has presented its first major sponsor – Sparebanken Nord-Norge.

Sparebanken Nord-Norge’s sponsorship of the Chess Olympiad is worth NOK 6 million (approx. 710,000 Euro).

The Pavlodar Open will take place on 10-19th December at the Estaya St. 83 in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan.

The tournament is organized by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation, Management of tourism, physical training and sports of the Pavlodar area, and Pavlodar Chess Federation.

The playing format is 10-round Swiss and the tournament will be valid for FIDE rating and norms.

Tournament director is GM Kotsur Pavel. The prize fund is 12000 $, with the first prize being 3000 $.