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The 17th Open International Can Picafort was held from 15-22nd November at the hotel Ferrer Concord, in Can Picafort, Spain.

62 players from 13 countries took part in the event, with 8 Grandmasters and 18 International Masters in the field.

Top seed GM Alexandr Fier from Brazil took a clear first place with 7,0/9 points.

The total prize fund was 3500 EUR.

The Saif Powertec 41st Bangladesh National “A” Chess Championship, sponsored

Russian Grandmaster Boris Savchenko demolished the opposition in the PSC Puregold International Open to emerge convincing winner with 9,5/10 points, two and a half points ahead of the nearest followers.

The 24th Annual Kings Island Open was held from November 13-15, 2015, at the Embassy Suites Cincinnati Northeast, 4554 Lake Forest Drive, Blue Ash, Ohio.

The event had 7 sections: Open, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500, Under 1250 and Under 1000. All sections were played over five rounds of Swiss system, with the time control 40/110, SD/30, d10.

From 15 to 21 November 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Reykjavik, Iceland, by the Icelandic Chess Federation, in cooperation with the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and under auspices of FIDE. The Seminar was held parallel to the 2015 European Teams Chess Championships.

The venue of the Seminar was the Laugardalshöllin Indoor Hall, in Reykjavik.

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).