| World Women’s Team Championship 2009 | Ningbo, China | 1-Sep-2009 | 12-Sep-2009 |
| World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2009 | Akhisar, Turkey | 24-Sep-2009 | 2-Oct-2009 |
| Women’s FIDE Grand Prix Series | Nanjing, China | 27-Sep-2009 | 9-Oct-2009 |
| World Junior Chess Championship B/G 2009 | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 21-Oct-2009 | 4-Nov-2009 |
| World Senior Championship 2009 | Condino, Italy | 27-Oct-2009 | 8-Nov-2009 |
| World Youth Chess Championships 2009 | Antalya, Turkey | 11-Nov-2009 | 23-Nov-2009 |
| World Cup 2009 | Khanty- Mansiysk, Russia | 20-Nov-2009 | 15-Dec-2009 |
| FIDE Grand Prix Series | 17-Dec-2009 | 2-Jan-2010 |
European Events
| European Club Cup 2009 | Struga, Lake Ochid, FYROM | 3-Oct-2009 | 11-Oct-2009 |
| European Club Cup for Women 2009 | Struga, Lake Ochid, FYROM | 3-Oct-2009 | 11-Oct-2009 |
| European Team Chess Championship 2009 | Novi Sad, Serbia | 21-Oct-2009 | 31-Oct-2009 |
| EU Individual Championship 2009 | Alicante, Spain | 9-Dec-2009 | 20-Dec-2009 |
| European Rapid Chess Championship 2009 | Warsaw, Poland | 19-Dec-2009 | 20-Dec-2009 |
More info here: http://www.fide.com/component/fidecalendar/?view=fidecalendar
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Wow no Americans invited i guess Susan! hmm maybe not quite up to par just yet! hmm the “old chess” Fischer funny guy! i know hehe.
It would be really bad for players like Radjabov, Ivanchuk, Leko or Gashimov to loose in late stage of World Cup – the last FIDE GP event starts just two days after World Cup final…