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The 43rd Greek Team Chess Championship is taking place from October 8-12, 2015, at Porto Rio Hotel****, in Patra, Greece.

The event is a 7-round team chess championship, consisting of 31 teams. Top seed is Chess Club “Peristeri”, led by Greek GM Ioannis Papaioannou (2632).

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The logo for the upcoming 42nd Chess Olympiad was presented during the closing ceremony of the 2015 FIDE World Cup.

The Top Chess Engine Championship (TCEC) is approaching yet another critical moment. Today the computer chess world will know who will progress to the prestigious Stage 3 of the event.

The 2nd Millionaire Chess tournament is taking place from October 8-11, 2015, in Las Vegas, USA.

The event is a 7-round Swiss tournament followed by a 4-player knock-out on Millionaire Monday (October 12).

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.

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Round 3 and round 4 video report courtesy of Vijay Kumar

The 2015 Romanian Team Chess Championship is taking place from October 3-11, in Mamaia, Romania’s most popular Black Sea resort.

The event is a 9-round team chess championship. Top seed is CS AEM LUXTEN TIMISOARA, led by Hungarian Olympic player GM Csaba Balogh (2657).

Tournament website

The September Lviv Tradition (IM Group) round-robin tournament was taking place from September 28 to October 4, 2015, at the Hotel Nton, in the splendid city of Lviv, situated in western Ukraine.

The event was a 12-player single round-robin tournament with an average Elo 2257, valid for FIDE rating and norms. The tempo of play is 90′ + 30″.

Sergey Karjakin and Peter Svidler returned today to the playing hall at the Fairmont Flame Towers in Baku to finally decide the FIDE World Cup winner in quick-play tie-breaks. After the games with the classical time control the result was even 2-2.

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Sam Sevian, 14 years old, has agreed to play in 45th Rilton Cup Chess Festival in Stockholm, Sweden December 27–January 5. USA:s youngest GM has a clear goal in the tournament – to play for the top spots.