The 20th Hoogeveen Chess Tournament runs from 15-22 October in Hoogeveen Town Hall in the Netherlands. The highlight of the event will be two 6-game classical matches, one between Hou Yifan and Nigel Short, and the other between Jorden van Foreest and Ivan Sokolov. The time control for the matches is 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. Official website: www.hoogeveenchess.nl