The 72nd traditional Corus Chess tournament will be held in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands from Jan 15th to Jan 31st.
There are going to be three groups as usual Group A average ELO is 2719. It is 19th FIDE tournament category. All rounds except for the final round start at 12:30 GMT. The Final round will start at 11:30 GMT.
ChessOK is going to broadcast all games of group A tournament with Rybka Aquarium commentary.

Games: Round 1 [ PGN], Round 2 [ PGN], Round 3 [ PGN], Round 4 [ PGN], Round 5 [ PGN], Round 6 [ PGN], Round 7 [ PGN], Round 8 [ PGN], Round 9 [ PGN], Round 10 [ PGN], Round 11 [ PGN], Round 12 [ PGN], Round 13 [ PGN]
 

Sergey Tiviakov - Magnus Carlsen 1/2 \br\Sergey Karjakin - Viswanathan Anand 1/2 \br\Leinier Dominguez - Vladimir Kramnik 1/2 \br\Fabiano Caruana - Vassily Ivanchuk 1/2 \br\Jan Smeets - Hikaru Nakamura 1/2 \br\Peter Leko - Alexei Shirov 0-1 \br\Loek van Wely - Nigel Short 1-0 \br\Magnus Carlsen - Jan Smeets 1-0 \br\Viswanathan Anand - Nigel Short 1/2 \br\Vladimir Kramnik - Peter Leko 1/2 \br\Vassily Ivanchuk - Sergey Tiviakov 1/2 \br\Hikaru Nakamura - Loek van Wely 1-0 \br\Sergey Karjakin - Leinier Dominguez 1/2 \br\Alexei Shirov - Fabiano Caruana 1-0 \br\Loek van Wely - Magnus Carlsen 0-1 \br\Leinier Dominguez - Viswanathan Anand 1/2 \br\Fabiano Caruana - Vladimir Kramnik 1/2 \br\Sergey Tiviakov - Alexei Shirov 0-1 \br\Nigel Short - Hikaru Nakamura 0-1 \br\Jan Smeets - Vassily Ivanchuk 0-1 \br\Peter Leko - Sergey Karjakin 1/2 \br\Magnus Carlsen - Nigel Short 1/2 \br\Viswanathan Anand - Hikaru Nakamura 1/2 \br\Vladimir Kramnik - Sergey Tiviakov 1/2 \br\Alexei Shirov - Jan Smeets 1-0 \br\Vassily Ivanchuk - Loek van Wely 1-0 \br\Sergey Karjakin - Fabiano Caruana 1/2 \br\Leinier Dominguez - Peter Leko 1/2 \br\Hikaru Nakamura - Magnus Carlsen 1/2 \br\Peter Leko - Viswanathan Anand 1/2 \br\Jan Smeets - Vladimir Kramnik 0-1 \br\Loek van Wely - Alexei Shirov 0-1 \br\Nigel Short - Vassily Ivanchuk 1/2 \br\Fabiano Caruana - Leinier Dominguez 1/2 \br\Sergey Tiviakov - Sergey Karjakin 1/2 \br\Viswanathan Anand - Magnus Carlsen 1/2 \br\Vassily Ivanchuk - Hikaru Nakamura 1/2 \br\Alexei Shirov - Nigel Short 1/2 \br\Vladimir Kramnik - Loek van Wely 1-0 \br\Sergey Karjakin - Jan Smeets 1/2 \br\Leinier Dominguez - Sergey Tiviakov 1-0 \br\Peter Leko - Fabiano Caruana 1-0 \br\Magnus Carlsen - Vassily Ivanchuk 1-0 \br\Hikaru Nakamura - Alexei Shirov 1-0 \br\Nigel Short - Vladimir Kramnik 1/2 \br\Fabiano Caruana - Viswanathan Anand 1/2 \br\Sergey Tiviakov - Peter Leko 1/2 \br\Jan Smeets - Leinier Dominguez 1/2 \br\Loek van Wely - Sergey Karjakin 1/2 \br\Alexei Shirov - Magnus Carlsen 1/2 \br\Vladimir Kramnik - Hikaru Nakamura 1-0 \br\Sergey Karjakin - Nigel Short 1-0 \br\Peter Leko - Jan Smeets 1-0 \br\Fabiano Caruana - Sergey Tiviakov 1-0 \br\Leinier Dominguez - Loek van Wely 1/2 \br\Viswanathan Anand - Vassily Ivanchuk 1/2 \br\Magnus Carlsen - Vladimir Kramnik 0-1 \br\Vassily Ivanchuk - Alexei Shirov 1/2 \br\Hikaru Nakamura - Sergey Karjakin 0-1 \br\Sergey Tiviakov - Viswanathan Anand 1/2 \br\Jan Smeets - Fabiano Caruana 1-0 \br\Nigel Short - Leinier Dominguez 1/2 \br\Loek van Wely - Peter Leko 1-0 \br\Viswanathan Anand - Alexei Shirov 1-0 \br\Sergey Karjakin - Magnus Carlsen 0-1 \br\Sergey Tiviakov - Jan Smeets 1-0 \br\Peter Leko - Nigel Short 1/2 \br\Fabiano Caruana - Loek van Wely 1/2 \br\Vladimir Kramnik - Vassily Ivanchuk 1/2 \br\Leinier Dominguez - Hikaru Nakamura 1/2 \br\Alexei Shirov - Vladimir Kramnik 1/2 \br\Jan Smeets - Viswanathan Anand 1/2 \br\Magnus Carlsen - Leinier Dominguez 1-0 \br\Nigel Short - Fabiano Caruana 1/2 \br\Vassily Ivanchuk - Sergey Karjakin 1/2 \br\Loek van Wely - Sergey Tiviakov 1-0 \br\Hikaru Nakamura - Peter Leko 1/2 \br\Peter Leko - Magnus Carlsen 1/2 \br\Viswanathan Anand - Vladimir Kramnik 1-0 \br\Sergey Karjakin - Alexei Shirov 1/2 \br\Fabiano Caruana - Hikaru Nakamura 1/2 \br\Leinier Dominguez - Vassily Ivanchuk 1/2 \br\Sergey Tiviakov - Nigel Short 1/2 \br\Jan Smeets - Loek van Wely 1-0 \br\Magnus Carlsen - Fabiano Caruana 1/2 \br\Vladimir Kramnik - Sergey Karjakin 1/2 \br\Alexei Shirov - Leinier Dominguez 1/2 \br\Loek van Wely - Viswanathan Anand 1/2 \br\Vassily Ivanchuk - Peter Leko 1/2 \br\Nigel Short - Jan Smeets 1/2 \br\Hikaru Nakamura - Sergey Tiviakov 1-0 \br\ Magnus Carlsen (2810) (NOR) \br\Viswanathan Anand (2790) (IND) \br\Vladimir Kramnik (2788) (RUS) \br\Vassily Ivanchuk (2749) (UKR) \br\Peter Leko (2739) (HUN) \br\Alexei Shirov (2723) (SPA) \br\Sergey Karjakin (2720) (RUS) \br\Leinier Dominguez (2712) (CUB) \br\Hikaru Nakamura (2708) (USA) \br\Nigel Short (2696) (ENG) \br\Fabiano Caruana (2675) (ITA) \br\Sergey Tiviakov (2662) (NED) \br\Jan Smeets (2657) (NED) \br\Loek van Wely (2641) (NED)  

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London Chess Classic will be held London, Great Britain from December 8th to 15th December.

Participants include: Magnus Carlsen (ELO 2801), Vladimir Kramnik (ELO 2772), Hikaru Nakamura (ELO 2715), Nigel Short (ELO 2707), Michael Adams (ELO 2698), Ni Hua, Luke McShane and David Howell.

Average ELO: 2697.
Time control: 2 hour for 40 moves + 1 hour to 20 moves + 15 min and 30 sec/move.
Free day: December 11th.
All rounds except for the last start at 14.00 GMT. Last round starts at 12.00 GMT

ChessOK is going to broadcast all games of this tournament with Rybka Aquarium commentary.

Games: Round 1 [ PGN], Round 2 [ PGN], Round 3 [ PGN], Round 4 [ PGN], Round 5 [ PGN], Round 6 [ PGN], Round 7 [ PGN]

Carlsen - Kramnik 1-0 \br\Nakamura - Ni Hua 1/2 \br\Howell - Adams 1/2 \br\McShane - Short 1-0 \br\Carlsen - McShane 1-0 \br\Kramnik - Ni Hua 1-0 \br\Adams - Nakamura 1/2 \br\Short - Howell 1/2 \br\Howell - Carlsen 1/2 \br\McShane - Kramnik 0-1 \br\Nakamura - Short 1/2 \br\Ni Hua - Adams 1/2 \br\Carlsen - Nakamura 1/2 \br\Kramnik - Adams 1/2 \br\McShane - Howell 1/2 \br\Short - Ni Hua 1/2 \br\Ni Hua - Carlsen 0-1 \br\Howell - Kramnik 1/2 \br\Nakamura - McShane 0-1 \br\Adams - Short 1/2 \br\Carlsen - Adams 1/2 \br\Kramnik - Short 1-0 \br\Howell - Nakamura 1/2 \br\McShane - Ni Hua 0-1 \br\Short - Carlsen 1/2 \br\Nakamura - Kramnik 1/2 \br\Adams - McShane 1-0 \br\Ni Hua - Howell 0-1 Carlsen (2801) (NOR) \br\Kramnik (2772) (RUS) \br\Nakamura (2715) (USA) \br\Short (2707) (GBR) \br\Adams (2698) (GBR) \br\Ni Hua (2665) (CHN) \br\McShane (2615) (GBR) \br\Howell (2597) (GBR)

FIDE’s World Cup will take place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia from Nov 21st to Dec 15th.
Number of players: 128.
The most rated players: Gelfand (2758), Gashimov (2758), Svidler (2754), Morozevich (2750), Radjabov (2748), Ivanchuk (2739), Ponomariov (2739), Grischuk (2738), Jakovenko (2736), Wang Yue (2734), Eljanov (2728), Karjakin (2723), Mamedyarov (2719), Shirov (2719), Dominguez (2719), Movsesian (2718), Vachier-Lagrave (2718), Alekseev (2715), Tomashevsky (2708), Wang Hao (2708) etc.
Tournament format: K.O..
Time control: 90 min + 30 sec/move for 40 moves, then 30 extra minutes.
Free day:9th December.

1st round: 21-23 November.

All rounds start at 10.00 GMT.

ChessOK is going to broadcast the most interesting games of this event.

Games: Round 1-1 [ PGN], Round 1-2 [ PGN], Round 1 Tiebreaks [ PGN], Round 2-1 [ PGN], Round 2-2 [ PGN], Round 2 Tiebreaks games 1-2 [ PGN], Round 2 Tiebreaks games 3-4 [ PGN], Round 3-1 [ PGN], Round 3-2 [ PGN], Round 3 Tiebreaks [ PGN], Round 4-1 [ PGN], Round 4-2 [ PGN], Round 4 Tiebreaks [ PGN], Round 5-1 [ PGN], Round 5-2 [ PGN], Round 5 Tiebreaks [ PGN], Round 6-1 [ PGN], Round 6-2 [ PGN], Final Game 1 [ PGN], Final Game 2 [ PGN], Final Game 3 [ PGN], Final Game 4 [ PGN], Final Tiebreak [ PGN]

Results 

The 4th Memorail of 8th world champion Michael Tal will take place in Moscow from November 4th to 18th.
Number of players: 10.
Average ELO is 2764. It is 21st FIDE tournament category.
Tournament format: Round robin.
Free day: 9th November

All rounds start at 12.00 GMT.

Games: Round 1 [ PGN], Round 2 [ PGN], Round 3 [ PGN], Round 4 [ PGN], Round 5 [ PGN], Round 6 [ PGN], Round 7 [ PGN], Round 8 [ PGN], Round 9 [ PGN]

Carlsen - Kramnik 1/2 \br\Aronian - Svidler 1/2 \br\Morozevich - Leko 1/2 \br\Gelfand - Ponomariov 1/2 \br\Ivanchuk - Anand 1/2 \br\Carlsen - Morozevich 1/2 \br\Kramnik - Anand 1/2 \br\Svidler - Ivanchuk 1/2 \br\Leko - Gelfand 1/2 \br\Ponomariov - Aronian 1/2 \br\Gelfand - Carlsen 1/2 \br\Anand - Svidler 1-0 \br\Morozevich - Kramnik 0-1 \br\Ivanchuk - Ponomariov 1/2 \br\Aronian - Leko 1-0 \br\Kramnik - Svidler 1-0 \br\Carlsen - Aronian 1/2 \br\Ponomariov - Anand 1/2 \br\Morozevich - Gelfand 1/2 \br\Leko - Ivanchuk 1/2 \br\Ivanchuk - Carlsen 1/2 \br\Gelfand - Kramnik 1/2 \br\Aronian - Morozevich 1/2 \br\Svidler - Ponomariov 1/2 \br\Anand - Leko 1-0 \br\Carlsen - Anand 1/2 \br\Leko - Svidler 1/2 \br\Kramnik - Ponomariov 1-0 \br\Morozevich - Ivanchuk 0-1 \br\Gelfand - Aronian 1-0 \br\Svidler - Carlsen 1/2 \br\Aronian - Kramnik 1/2 \br\Anand - Morozevich 1/2 \br\Ponomariov - Leko 1/2 \br\Ivanchuk - Gelfand 1-0 \br\Carlsen - Ponomariov 1-0 \br\Kramnik - Leko 1/2 \br\Gelfand - Anand 1/2 \br\Aronian - Ivanchuk 1/2 \br\Morozevich - Svidler 1/2 \br\Ivanchuk - Kramnik 1/2 \br\Anand - Aronian 0-1 \br\Leko - Carlsen 0-1 \br\Svidler - Gelfand 1/2 \br\Ponomariov - Morozevich 1-0 Carlsen (2801) (NOR) \br\Anand (2788) (IND) \br\Aronian (2786) (ARM) \br\Kramnik (2772) (RUS) \br\Leko (2752) (HUN) \br\Gelfand (2758) (ISR) \br\Svidler (2754) (RUS) \br\Morozevich (2750) (RUS) \br\Ivanchuk (2739) (UKR) \br\Ponomariov (2739) (UKR)

17th European Team Championship will take place in Novi Sad, Serbia from October 21st to 31st.
Number of teams: 38 - Men Section, 28 - Women Section.
Each team consists of 4 regular and 1 reserve player.
Tournament format: Swiss.
Free days: None

All rounds start at 14.00 GMT. The Final round starts at 12.00 GMT

ChessOK is going to broadcast all games of leaders matches with Rybka 3 Aquarium commentary

Games: Round 1 [ PGN], Round 2 [ PGN], Round 3 [ PGN], Round 4 [ PGN], Round 5 [ PGN], Round 6 [ PGN], Round 7 [ PGN], Round 8 [ PGN], Round 9 [ PGN]

Standings:  Men   Women

The traditional 13th Unive Tournament will take place in Hoogeveen, Netherlands from October 18th to 24th.
Number of players: 4.
Average ELO is 2663. It is 17th FIDE tournament category.
Tournament format: Double roundrobin.
Free day: 21st October

All rounds start at 13.00 GMT.

ChessOK is going to broadcast all games of main Crown Group with Rybka 3 Aquarium commentary

Games: Round 1 [ PGN], Round 2 [ PGN], Round 3 [ PGN], Round 4 [ PGN], Round 5 [ PGN], Round 6 [ PGN]

Polgar - Tiviakov 1/2 \br\Giri - Ivanchuk 1/2 \br\Giri - Tiviakov 1/2 \br\Ivanchuk - Polgar 1/2 \br\Polgar - Giri 1/2 \br\Tiviakov - Ivanchuk 1/2 \br\Tiviakov - Polgar 1-0 \br\Ivanchuk - Giri 1/2 \br\Ivanchuk - Tiviakov 1/2 \br\Giri - Polgar 1/2 \br\Polgar - Ivanchuk 1/2 \br\Tiviakov - Giri 1/2 Ivanchuk (2756) (UKR) \br\Polgar (2687) (HUN) \br\Tiviakov (2670) (NED) \br\Giri (2552) (NED)

The new cycle of FIDE Grand Prix tournaments will start in Nanjing, China from September 27th to October 9th.
Number of players: 6.
Average ELO is 2764. It is 21st FIDE tournament category.
Tournament format: Double roundrobin.
Free days: 3rd and 7th October

All rounds start at 08.00 GMT. The Final round starts at 03.00 GMT

Games: Round 1 [ PGN], Round 2 [ PGN], Round 3 [ PGN], Round 4 [ PGN], Round 5 [ PGN], Round 6 [ PGN], Round 7 [ PGN], Round 8 [ PGN], Round 9 [ PGN], Round 10 [ PGN]

Carslen - Leko 1-0 \br\Topalov - Jakovenko 1/2 \br\Wang Yue - Radjabov 1/2 \br\Carslen - Topalov 1-0 \br\Jakovenko - Wang Yue 1/2 \br\Leko - Radjabov 1/2 \br\Wang Yue - Carslen 1/2 \br\Radjabov - Jakovenko 1/2 \br\Topalov - Leko 1/2 \br\Jakovenko - Carslen 0-1 \br\Radjabov - Topalov 1/2 \br\Wang Yue - Leko 1/2 \br\Carslen - Radjabov 1-0 \br\Leko - Jakovenko 1/2 \br\Topalov - Wang Yue 1/2 \br\Leko - Carslen 1/2 \br\Jakovenko - Topalov 0-1 \br\Radjabov - Wang Yue 1/2 \br\Topalov - Carslen 1/2 \br\Radjabov - Leko 1/2 \br\Wang Yue - Jakovenko 1/2 \br\Carslen - Wang Yue 1-0 \br\Jakovenko - Radjabov 1-0 \br\Leko - Topalov 0-1 \br\Radjabov - Carslen 1/2 \br\Wang Yue - Topalov 1/2 \br\Jakovenko - Leko 1/2 \br\Carslen - Jakovenko 1-0 \br\Topalov - Radjabov 1/2 \br\Leko - Wang Yue 1/2 Topalov (2813) (BUL) \br\Carslen (2772) (NOR) \br\Leko (2762) (HUN) \br\Radjabov (2757) (AZE) \br\Jakovenko (2742) (RUS) \br\Wang Yue (2736) (CHN)

12th and 13th World Champions Anatoly Karpov (2619) and Garry Kasparov (2812) will play match in Valencia, Spain from 21st to 24th September.
Match format: 12 (4 Rapid and 8 blitz) games.
Time control: rapid: 25 min + 5 sec/move, blitz 5 min+2 sec/move.

Games start at 18.00 GMT.

ChessOK is going to broadcast all games of this tournament with Rybka 3 Aquarium commentary.

Games: Game 1 [ PGN], Game 2 [ PGN], Game 3 [ PGN], Game 4 [ PGN], Blitz [ PGN]