The 18th International Chess Festival Mikhail Chigorin Memorial was held on 12-22nd October at the “Azimut Hotel” in St. Petersburg, Russia.

GM Fressinet, GM Sasikiran, GM Mamedov, GM Gawain Jones, GM Ghaem Maghami, and GM Grigoryan continued their victorious march.

Entitled to participate are chess players from the Central Asian countries - Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan.

The 37th Guernsey International Chess Festival was held on 16-22 October 2011 at the Peninsula Hotel, Guernsey.

The tournament is organized by the All Vizag District Chess Association together with Andhra Pradesh Chess Association.

GM Ghaem Maghami excluded from the event upon refusal to meet Israeli rival.

Cheparinov, Fressinet, Ghaem Maghami, Grigoryan....

The Turkish Chess Federation (TCF) organises the World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad in Kocaeli, Turkey from 23rd October to 1st November.

The Championship is organized by the Chess club "Rijeka" in agreement with Croatian Chess Federation.

The 1st Central Asia Chess Cup of the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is taking place on 17-27th October in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

The 15th International Bavarian Open Chess Championship is organized by the Municipality of Bad Wiessee and Tourism Tegernsee GmbH.

The 1st Central Asia Chess Cup of the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was held on 17-27th October in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem won the title at the 5th Spice Cup after he beat Cuban Leinier Dominguez in the decisive game yesterday.

The National Chess Federation Panama is organizing the 1st Panama Chess Open from 3rd to 7th November.

Despite the loss Armenia is still leading the tournament with 16 points, while Russia remains 2nd with 14½.