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After a very successful first edition, the Etna Chess Festival comes back again to Hotel Biancaneve in Nicolosi, on the slopes of the volcano, for its second edition.

The 4th Memorial Gonzalez is taking place from October 10-18, 2015, in Madrid, Spain.

The event is a 9-round Swiss open with tempo of play 90′ + 30″. 73 players from 16 different countries take part in the tournament, including 11 GMs, 1 WGM, 7 IMs, 13 FMs and 2 WFMs.

Top seed is GM Robert Hovhannisyan (2630) from Armenia.

SAINT LOUIS (October 14, 2015) – American chess is getting stronger and is on the rise.

The 90th Argentinian Absolute Final Chess Championship took place from September 30 to October 14, 2015, in Villa Martelli, Buenos Aires.

The event was a 13-round closed tournament that gathered the strongest Argentinian chess players.

The Xtracon GM Tournament 2015 is taking place on October 12-18th, at the Asgård Skole, Norsvey 2 in Køge, a market town and seaport on the coast of Køge Bugt, Denmark.

The event is a 9-round Swiss open tournament with prize fund in the amount of 25,000 DKK.

Top seed is GM Alexandr Fier (2624) from Brazil.

The 2015 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship started Tuesday at the Bolle Meierei in Berlin, Germany, with 184 world’s top players competing for the prestigious title and 200,000 USD prize fund.

From 26 to 29 September 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Porec, Croatia, by the Croatian Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Croatian Association of Chess Arbiters and under the auspices of FIDE.

The 1st ECU Congress took place on 10th October in St. Nikola Castle in Bar/Montenegro.

The opening ceremony was held with the presence of the ECU and FIDE officials, representatives of Montenegro Chess Federation, Montenegro Government institutions, European Chess Federations as well as the representatives of the media.