(October 2014 Prague – Vienna – Budapest – Trencin – Kraków – Prague)
The Chess Train 2014 went on the route Prague (Czech Republic) - Vienna (Austria) - Budapest (Hungary) - Trencin (Slovakia) - Krakow (Poland) - Prague from 10th to 14th of October. Australian grandmaster Ian Rogers became the winner of the 12-rounds tournament in the rapid chess. GM Martin Petr (the winner of the Chess Train 2012) finished the 2nd and GM Vlastimil Hort (the winner of the Chess Train 2013) was 3rd. 76 players from 16 countries all around the world have participated in the tournament, including players from Brazil, Canada, Israel, Saudi Arabia or Iceland.
(June 2014, Michna Palace, Prague)
World number 3 player dated to 01/01/2014 and the best chess player of USA GM Hikaru Nakamura was the main guest of the festival ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2014. He won the match over the best Czech chess player David Navara, when he scored 3,5:0,5 in four games in Prague. The part of the festival was also a simul of Hikaru Nakamura against 30 rivals, lectures of skilled GMs, a quiz of Czech chess legend Vlastimil Hort and launch of the book Black and white route.