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Defending champion Padmini Rout of Odisha used a piece sacrifice to defeat Soumya Swaminathan of PSPB in the eighth round of the Ramratna National Women’s Premier at the Bengal Art Gallery in Kolkata on November 21, 2015.

The 9th International Chess Festival Figueira da Foz is taking place from November 21-28, 2015, in Figueira da Foz, a coastal city in Portugal.

The event is a 9-round Swiss open tournament, valid for FIDE rating and norms.

The USA GM Timur Gareyev (2584) heads the field of 41 players from 12 different countries.

Tournament website/ Standings and statistics

UT Dallas Open Fall 2015 takes place November 20 – 25 in the Embassy Suites Dallas – Park Central. It is a nine rounds event with the participation of GM Andrey Stukopin, GM Samuel Sevian, GM Bartlomie Macieja, GM Aleksandar Indjic, GM Francesco Rambaldi, GM Gil Popilski, GM Jeffery Xiong, GM Denis Kadric, etc.

Visit the official website of UT Dallas Open

The 4th Central Asia Chess Cup of the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is scheduled to take place from 21-29th November at the Grand Hotel Tien Shan in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

The tournament is organized by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation and FIDE.

The 4th Central Asia Chess Cup of the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is scheduled to take place from 21-29th November at the Grand Hotel Tien Shan in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

The tournament is organized by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation and FIDE in a 9 round Swiss FIDE format.

73 players from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan compete for the prize fund of 25 000 USD.

Top seed is Kazakhstan player GM Rinat Jumabayev (2599).

Defending champion SP Sethuraman of PSPB suffered second consecutive shock defeat, this time at the hands of IM K Rathnakaran of Railways in the sixth round of the ONGC 53rd National Premier Chess Championship, organised by Tiruvarur District Chess Association, at Kasi’s Inn, Tiruvarur today.

The Peruvian Chess Federation is organizing the Gran Prix IRT Peru 2015 Norte from 19-22nd November at the Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego (UPAO) in Trujillo, Peru.

Underdog K Praneeth Surya of Telangana, the lowest ranked player caused the biggest upset of the tournament, beating the defending champion and joint top rated player SP Sethuraman of PSPB in the fifth round of the ONGC 53rd National Premier Chess Championship, organised by Tiruvarur District Chess Association, at Kasi’s Inn, Tiruvarur today.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 22 to 24 January 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, by the Asian Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Malaysian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

Four players, grandmaster SP Sethuraman and Vidit Santosh Gujrathi of PSPB, international masters P.