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The reigning World champion Magnus Carlsen lost 3 Elo points and yet he is on top of FIDE World Ranking with Elo rating 2850.

The International Chess Festival “Mikhail Chigorin Memorial 2015″ is taking place from 2nd to 11th October at the Park Hotel in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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

Estonian Sports Association Kalev in cooperation with the Estonian Chess Federation and Association of Chess Professionals is organizing the 25th Keres Memorial – ACP Open on 7-10th January 2016, at the conference halls of the Park Inn by Radisson Meriton Conference & Spa Hotel in Tallinn, Estonia.

The event is dedicated to the 100th birth anniversary of chess grandmaster Paul Keres who was elected the Estonian Sportsman of the 20th Century.

Peter Svidler defeated his compatriot Sergey Karjakin in the first game of the 2015 FIDE World Chess Cup final that started today at the Fairmont Hotel in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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The International Chess Festival “Mikhail Chigorin Memorial 2015″ is taking place from 2nd to 11th October at the Park Hotel in St. Petersburg, Russia.

The Russian Cup Stage will be played over nine rounds of Swiss system. The total prize fund is 1,800,000 RUB (approx 24,500 EUR). The first place is 320,000 RUB worth while the best woman will be awarded with 40,000 RUB.

The 2015 European Youth Chess Championships were held from 20th September to 1st October, in the touristic town of Porec, situated on the western coast of Istrian Peninsula, Croatia.

The Championship was organized by the Croatian Chess Federation, under the auspices of the European Chess Union.

12 new European Youth Chess Champions for 2015 were crowned at the closing ceremony:

The Dutch NK Rapid Tournament 2015 is taking place on October 4, in Amstelveen, Netherlands.

The event is a strong rapid closed tournament with tempo of play 15 + 10″. The format of play is 7-round single round-robin.

The Dutch NK Women Rapid Tournament 2015 is taking place on October 4, in Amstelveen, Netherlands.

The event is a strong rapid closed tournament with tempo of play 15 + 10″. The format of play is 7-round single round-robin.