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Towards the end of each year the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) organises back to back International Open Championships and this year is no different.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 30 October to 3 November 2015 in Dubai, UAE, by the UAE Chess Federation, in cooperation with the UAE Leaders Qualification Center and under the auspices of FIDE.

Yury Razuvaev memorial evening took place on October 17 in the Dvorkovich Chess Saloon during the seniors rapid chess event “Anniversaries-2015”. The guests honored memory of the famous grandmaster and coach.

The 4th Memorial Gonzalez was held place from October 10-18, 2015, in Madrid, Spain.

The World Chess Championship 2015 for the Disabled started with the Opening Ceremony in the Philarmonie Hall of the Windham Garden Dresden Hotel at 19:00 on 17th October 2015.

This year’s edition has gathered 67 participants from 14 federations. The competition will have two separate ratings. The primary one will be an individual competition as well as a team competition. The 2nd World Chess Championship for the Disabled is being organized by ZMDI Schachfestival Dresden e.V. who were also the organisers behind the tournaments 2011 and 2013.

TCEC Season 8 Houdini – Stockfish

TCEC Season 8 Houdini vs Komodo

TCEC Season 8 Houdini vs Fire

The Xtracon GM Tournament 2015 took place on October 12-18th, at the Asgård Skole, Norsvey 2 in Køge, a market town and seaport on the coast of Køge Bugt, Denmark.

The 41st Guernsey Holiday Tournament is taking place from October 18-24, 2015, at the Peninsula Hotel, Guernsey.

The event is a 7-round FIDE Swiss competition, sponsored by the Peninsula Hotel and open to all players graded below FIDE 1900 Elo. The time control is 120′/40 moves + 60′.

50 players from 11 different countries take part in the event. Top seed is Jorgen Holmstrom Nielsen (1889) of Denmark.