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The 2015 Georgian Club Chess Championship is taking place from October 5-11, in the town of Ureki, Georgia.

The event is a team championship with an average rating of 2317 Elo.

8 teams will be vying in round-robin format. Top seed is “Rustavi” Kvemo Kartli, led by GM Tamaz Gelashvili (2570).

Tournament website

The 2015 Croatian Men’s Team Chess Championship is taking place from October 3 – 11, in Bol, at the Croatian island of Brac.

The 1st European Universities Chess Championship is taking place from October 6-11, 2015, in Yerevan, Armenia.

The event is a rapid tournament with tempo of play 25′ + 10″.

A total of 18 European universities from 9 different countries have registered.

Tournament website/ Standings and statistics

The 2nd Isle of Man International Chess tournament started with 104 chess players from 27 countries and with as many as 37 Grandmasters in the field. GM Michael Adams is the top seed followed by India’s 2nd highest player Pentala Harikrishna.

Live games with analysis

Video report courtesy of Vijay Kumar

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 5 to 9 November 2015 in Samara, Russia, by the Russian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

Sergey Karjakin has staged a miraculous comeback by equalizing the score in the 2015 FIDE World Cup final after being 0-2 down in the first two games.

Karjakin won the next two games against the former World Cup winner and his compatriot Peter Svidler to tie the match with the classical time control and reach the rapid tie-breaks.

The first ever Thailand Open Rapid Chess Championship took place from 3-4 October 2015 in Nakhon Sawan, which is both the capital and also the central province best known as the meeting place of four major rivers including the mighty Chao Phraya, and is a pleasant and comfortable three hour drive north from Bangkok.

The 2nd Isle of Man International Chess tournament started with 104 chess players from 27 countries and with as many as 37 Grandmasters in the field. GM Michael Adams is the top seed followed by India’s 2nd highest player Pentala Harikrishna.

The ceremonial first move on the Top Board was made by the Chief Minister of the Isle of Man, Allan Bell.

Live games with analysis

At the recently ended European Youth Chess Championship 2015 in Porec, young and talented Turkish International Master Cemil Can Ali Marandi (2422) won gold in category Boys U18, but this wouldn’t be a big surprise, hadn’t it crowned a whole youth career.

To be precise, Cemil Can won gold medals in 5 categories of European Youth Chess Championships!

The opening ceremony of the first leg of the Women’s Grand Prix 2015-2016 took place at the Casino of Monte Carlo, in one of the most luxurious private rooms of this centenary institution, next to the playing hall. The event was attended by such honorable guests as Mr. Jacques Boisson, Secretary of State of Prince Albert II of Monaco, the president of FIDE Kirsan Ilumzhinov, the president of Monaco chess federation, Jean Michel Rapaire, and Mr.