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10-year old Sankarsha Shelke from Vidyadham Prashala School from Shirur won the ICS 1st Maharashtra Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament for U-15 School Children with a score of 8/9 points.

In this 327 player’s tourney, which concluded today here at Don Bosco High School, Matunga. Sankarsha Shelke became richer by Rs,25000 and the prestigious B.M. Zaveri Memorial Trophy.

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is delighted to announce that Professor Dr. Adrian Siegel, the President of the Swiss Chess Federation, has accepted his invitation to be Treasurer on his ticket in the forthcoming FIDE elections.

Ilyumzhinov is honoured that one of the most important European chess federations is willing to work together with him for the future of chess.

The 2013 World Youth Chess Championships were held on 17-29th December in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.

The event was organized by the UAE Chess Federation and Al Ain Chess Club, under the auspices of FIDE. A total of 1773 players from 121 countries competed.

India and China and boasting three gold medals each, but the Indian players also bagged two silver and three bronze medals.

The 89th Hastings International Chess Congress is taking place from 28th December 2013 to 5th January 2014. The Congress is sponsored by the Hastings Borough Council.

The main event is the Masters Tournament with 94 participants from 24 federations. The Masters will be completed over nine rounds of Swiss system with accelerated pairings. Prizes: £2000, £1200, £750, £500, £350, £250, £200.

The Al Ain Chess Classic was held on 19-28th December at the UAE University in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.

The tournament was played concurrently with the World Youth Chess Championships 2013 and in two sections – Open A and Open B (U2000).

The Open A had 99 participants from 31 countries, including 38 Grandmasters and 28 International Masters.

Texas Tech hosts for the very first time the premier college championship in North America, the Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship, from December 27-30. “The Panams” are open to all post-secondary schools in North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.

The top four qualifying schools from the PanAms go on to compete in the Final Four of college chess, held in the spring. The winner is considered national champion and takes home the President’s Cup.

Silicon Valley Bank, Innovation Norway and Churchill Club are organizing an open forum “Meet the Mozart of Chess” on 16th January at the Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA 94043.

Speaker:
Magnus Carlsen, World Chess Champion

Moderator:
Peter Thiel, Technology entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist; President, Clarium Capital

A rest day after the sixth round had changed the entire status of the Bhavarlal Khantabai Jain Multipurpose Foundation 51st Indian Premier Chess Championship, being held at Jain Hills, Jalgoan.

With both co-leaders GM Sasikiran Krishnan and GM Lalith Babu (both from Petroleum Sports Board) losing one game each in either eighth or ninth round, things turned topsy turvy.

The 10th Moscow Open Chess Festival is set to take place from 31st January to 9th February, 2014, at the Russian State Social University.