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The 2015 Ptuj International Chess Tournament took place from October 24-31, in Ptuj, a city in Slovenia.

The event was a 9-round Swiss open tournament with tempo 90′/40 moves + 30′ + 30″.

The Friendship Games, a 9-round Swiss FIDE rated tournament for title norms, takes place at the Royal Dearborn Hotel and Conference Center in Dearborn, Michigan (suburban Detroit) from 28th October to 1st November.

The event is organized by Michigan Chess Festival LLC (MCFLLC) and the arbiter is IA Hal Bond of Canada.

The American Wesley So and the Dutch Anish Giri are most certainly the two favorurites to win Bilbao Masters Final, after the tremendous victory from this last one upon the game against Viswanathan Anand, and the ties Ananad resulted in against Liren Ding.

The 9th edition of the Kings Tournament is taking place from 30th October to 3rd November, 2015, in Medias, Romania.

The tournament is a 5-player Sheveningen match between Germany and host Romania.

The 2015 Ptuj International Chess Tournament takes place from October 24-31, in Ptuj, a city in Slovenia.

The event is a 9-round Swiss open tournament with tempo 90′/40 moves + 30′ + 30″.

65 players from Croatia, Czech Republic, Norway, Poland and Slovenia participate. Top seed is Croatian GM Robert Zelcic (2518).

The 9th edition of the Kings Tournament is taking place from 30th October to 3rd November, 2015, in Medias, Romania.

The tournament is a 5-player Sheveningen match between Germany and host Romania.

The 4th qualifier of the Italian Online Blitz Chess Championship took place on October 22nd, 2015, at the FIDE Online platform.

The FIDE World Youth & Cadets Championship 2015 continued with round 5 here in Porto Carras, Halkidiki.

In the Iberoamerican Championship, the former champions Bruzón and Granda are in first position, after Vallejo, who was the favourite, ended with in a tie in his game.

In tomorrows resting day, the champions of the Masters Final will face the difficult challenge of winning school student of 12 years old.

The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus, the Ministry of Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Belarus and Belarus Chess Federation, under the auspices of the European Chess Union organize the European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2015, from 1