The 13th International Chess Festival of Trieste was held from 3rd to 10th September at Riva Tre Novembre 9 in Trieste, Italy.

The 2011 Nordic Senior Championship is hosted by the Icelandic Chess Federation from 10th to 18th September at the Headquarters of Reykjavik Chess Club at Faxafen 12.

The ex-World Chess Champion Ruslan Ponomariov chose the Spanish Defense to answer the first move of the King's pawn. On move three he offered to change to the Berlin endgame which earlier secured a victory to him in the quarterfinal match against Gashimov.

The 8th LGA Premium Cup was held from 8th to 11th September at the LGA space in Tillystrasse, Nürnberg, Germany. The seven-round Swiss open gathered 186 participants, which also the venue's total capacity.

No less than 22 GMs and 14 IMs have gathered in Livigno, Italian Alps, for the International Livigno Chess Open. The 2nd edition of this tournament has a relevant success, with a total of 90 participants.

The FIDE Arbiters' Commission Councillors' Meeting was held in Athens on 9 and 10 September 2011.

SportAccord is pleased to announce the organization of the 1st SportAccord Mind Games, under the auspices of FIDE, to be held in Beijing, China between the 8th of December and 17th December 2011.

Ponomariov-Svidler featured the Gruenfeld defense. On the 7th move the Ukrainian grandmaster selected a rare line, but according to Svidler, was not quite ready for the opening debate. Perhaps Ponomariov could obtain a comfortable position with a small but lasting advantage, if he played 13.Rc1.

What a difference a day makes! Only one day after their strong showing, the Queens had a ‘very bad day at the office.’ A near perfect 4.5 – 0.5 result in the chess960 round, combined with a 3.5 -1.5 score in the rapids added 6 full points to Kings’ lead, for a total of a mountainous 10-point advantage.

The 4th Mumbai "Mayor's Cup" International Open Chess Tournament is scheduled to take place from 15th to 24th September in Mumbai, India. 11 rounds of the Swiss tournament system will be played and the total prize fund amounts to 31.000 USD.

The Moldovan Dmitry Svetushkin is the winner of the 53rd International Festival of Imperia, organized by the Chess Club of Imperia (Circolo Scacchistico Imperiese) that has ended yesterday afternoon in Imperia.

Grischuk and Ivanchuk exchanged victories in rapid games (25 minutes plus 10 second per move), and then the Russian took the upper hand in two 10-minute games by 1,5-0,5.

The Commission for Women’s Chess is organizing an Internet Based FIDE Arbiters' Seminar, from 3 to 9 October 2011, under the auspices of FIDE.

Livigno is a typical Alpine village which has succeeded in preserving its unique flair: little houses scattered along a flat, green valley which is surrounded by high mountains.

The sources from China said "that the Nanjing tournament will possibly be postponed to next year".