Veselin Topalov to play a clock simul against GM Alex Baburin, IM Sam Collins, IM Alex Lopez and IM Mark Quinn.

The World Amateur Chess Championship 2011 is under way in Antalya, Turkey, from 1st till 11th October 2011.

The 12th Poikovsky tournament in honour of the former World Champion Anatoly Karpov is starting on 4th and continues until 13th October.

Judit Polgar will not compete but Ferenc Berkes returns into the team after skipping the World Chess Team Championship 2011 in Ningbo for unknown reasons.

In the Dubai Museum of History an agreement between FIDE, Asian Chess Federation and the Dubai Sports Council was signed on the subject of the sponsor rights transfer for the organization of the Asian Cities Team Championship (Dubai Cup) to the Dubai municipality.

The World Chess Hall of Fame presents its inaugural lecture on Thursday, October 6 at 6 p.m. Renowned collector Dr. George Dean will give a lecture on his unparalleled collection of chess memorabilia.

The Oliver Gonzalez Chess Memorial is starting in Madrid this Saturday, with the aim of organising one of the most prominent opens in Spain

The 22nd Internationales Gocher Open 2011 took place from 29th September to 2nd October at the Kultur und Kongreßzentrum Kastell in Goch, Germany.

"We are preparing a tournament to be played in late 2011 and early 2012 commemorating the legendary chess tournaments organised in San Sebastian in 1911 and 1912"

Live games with computer analysis

Polish Chess Federation Executive Board selected the players for the national teams at the European Championship which will take place on 2-12.11.2011, in Porto Carras (Greece).

The Russian Chess Federation has announced the lineups for the upcoming European Team Chess Championships.

The Swedish Chess Federation announced Sweden's line-up for the European Team Chess Championship today.

The 15th Chemnitzer Turm Open 2011 & Sachseneinzelmeisterschaft der Frauen was organized by the Chemnitzer Schachverband and Schachverband Sachsen from 30th September to 3rd October.

The 20th Croatian Team Championship - 1A League Men is taking place from 4th to 12th October in Hotel Niko, Šibenik.