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From the 18th of November till the 2nd of December the capital of Ugra will host the final and decisive leg of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2015 / 2016. The venue for the tournament is Ugra Chess Academy.

At this moment two of the top individual chess championships are going on – Carlsen vs Karjakin World Chess Championship and Stockfish vs Houdini TCEC Superfinal

Carlsen and Karjakin started their 2016 World Championship match with a draw this Friday in New York. The result came despite a surprising Trompowsky openings (1.d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 followed by d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Bb5 e6).

Chessity has unveiled its much anticipated new release, which enables everybody to learn and teach chess with an accessible, effective, and inexpensive online program.

The Carlsen – Karjakin 2016 World Chess Championship is going to take place in the city of New York.

The 12 round match will take place between 11-30 November and is expected to attract a global online and TV audience of more than 1 billion fans. The two Grandmasters will compete for a prize fund of at least 1 million euros ($1.1m).

Replay the games of Magnus Carlsen from WCC 2014

The 2016 European Chess Club Cup is taking place from 5-13th November in Novi Sad, Serbia.

A near-record number of teams are participating – 62 in Open section and 14 in Women’s section.

The live commentary is provided by the resident host IM Miodrag Perunovic, special guests IM Eric Hansen and IM Milos Stankovic.

Serbian Chess Federation is hosting the 32nd European Club Cup and the 21st European Club Cup for Women.

The events will be held in the Ballroom of the 5* Hotel Park, Novi Sad, Serbia. The dates are 5th November (arrival and opening) to 13th November 2015 (departure).

Live games with analysis will be daily on Chessdom.com and ChessArena.com

European Chess Club Cup 2016 (men) live

The Russian Chess Championships Superfinal, which is underway in Novosibirsk, had a day off on October 22.

All chess events running under Chess in Museums project, carried out by RCF and Timchenko Charitable Foundation, feature a special program for a rest day, which primarily aims at children.

The Texas Collegiate Super Finals is a 4 board match between the 3 top University in Texas. The three universities will send an A team and B team. University’s A team cannot play their B Team.

Participants

Texas Tech University

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

University of Texas at Dallas

Schedule:

Sat. 10/22/16 Opening ceremony at 9:30 am