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Russian Grandmaster Sergey Volkov emerged clear winner of the 8th Beirut International Open 2015 after concluding the race with 8,0/9 points, half a point ahead of GM Kirill Stupak from Belarus.

The Beirut International Open was held from 19-27th September with 88 players from 14 countries. Among them were nine Grandmasters.

The total prize fund was 7000 USD with 2000 USD reserved for the winner.

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The Smashing Pawns organized a rapid chess tournament on 20th September in Schifflange, Luxembourg.

The tournament consisted of 104 players coming from 11 federations which is a great representation. The playing format was 9-round Swiss with the time control 15′+5”. The event is rated with FIDE.

GM Alberto David, formerly of Luxembourg and now representing Italy, emerged clear winner with 8,0/9 points to claim the top prize of 1000 EUR.

The Poikovsky Karpov Chess Tournament 2015, named after the former world champion Anatoly Karpov, is going to take place from 27th September to 8th October.

It will be the 16th edition of the event, which once again will be a strong 10-player round robin tournament.

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The two pairs of players who tied their round five matches with the classical time control returned to the playing hall at the Fairmont Flame Towers in Baku to settle the scores in the rapid and blitz games.

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The Central Serbia Chess Federation announces the GM, IM and WIM round robin tournaments for title norms to be held during November 2015.

The Annual Women’s Tournament Satka Autumn 2015 is organized by Chess Club “Vertical” from September 21st to October 1st, in Satka, a town on the western slope of the Southern Ural Mountains in Russia.

34 female players are vying in a 9-round Swiss format for the first prize of 50,000 RUB. Top seed is IM Marina Guseva (2411).

The return games of the fifth round of the 2015 FIDE World Cup were completed in the Fairmont Flame Towers in Baku.

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