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For the third year in a row the Central Serbia Chess Federation organizes the round robin tournaments for title norms.

The 10-player Grandmaster tournament will be held from 17-23rd November, 2016, in hotel “Sumarice” in Kragujevac.

The rate of play is 90 minutes per player for 40 moves + 30 minutes to finish the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from the first.

Ralf Åkesson was the last Swedish winner of the Rilton Cup, having won the event way back in 2003/2004. Is it finally time for a new Swedish victory in Rilton Cup?

The new Swedish chess champion Erik Blomqvist leads the local Grandmaster force in Rilton Cup.

The fourth international chess tournament Basamro will take place in Murmansk 6-9 October 2016. Anatoly Karpov and Jan Timman will play a friendly match as part of the festival. The games will take place in Chimney hall of hotel Park Inn Murmansk.

The match will consist of 4 classical games with time control 2h for the first 40 moves and 30 min addition for the rest of the game. So far Karpov and Timmnn have played 99 games, the 100th encounter between the two will be in the Basamro festival in Murmansk.

The 3rd Millionaire Chess Tournament will start on Thursday, October 6 in Atlantic City.

Around 25 Grandmasters are registered for the Open section, including Sam Shankland, Rauf Mamedov, Eduardo Iturrizaga, Gawain Jones,Lazaro Bruzon, Samuel Sevian, Adhiban Baskaran, Jeffery Xiong etc.

Live games with analysis will be daily on Chessdom.com

Chess battles of the FIDE World Youth U14, U16, U18 Championships are now over, it’s time to celebrate the victories!

The 1st Yerevan International Open Tournament is taking place from 2-10th October, 2016, at the Chess Academy of Armenia in Yerevan.

The tournament is open to all Fide rated players and the playing format is 9-round Swiss system.

137 players from ten countries, including 21 Grandmasters and 10 International Masters, are competing.

With one round to go, only one player, Semen Lomasov from Russia, is guaranteed the first place – he cannot be surpassed in the Open 14 category.

A draw tomorrow would make Haik Martirosyan the Open 16 champion. The champions of other categories will be determined tomorrow.

The struggle in the Girls championships will be particularly sharp – sudden losses of the leaders in all age groups ruined many plans.

The 1st ECU Education Chess Conference will take place on 24-27 October in Batumi, Georgia, during the World Cadets U8, U10, U12 Championships 2016.

Schedule
24 Oct 2016 Monday Arrival day
25 Oct 2016 Tuesday Day 1 Conference
26 Oct 2016 Wednesday Day 2 Conference
27 Oct 2016 Thursday Leaving day

The Limerick Open takes place from the 29-31 October, 2016 in the luxurious Savoy Hotel, Limerick, Ireland.

Jon Ludvig Hammer and David Navara are going to play a friendly match, part of the Novoborska Sachova Corrida 2016. The match will consist of 4 classical and 4 rapid games. All games will be live with analysis on Chessdom.com.

All rounds start at 16:00 CET