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As requested, rather than posting these events in the Chess Life Returning to Normal, I've started a New Topic for obscure OTB International Chess Events Going Ahead.
So here are the first ones I have found:
According to the Canadian Chess Federation website calendar, the following events are going ahead:

9th October Maritime Blitz Championship
Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

10th-11th October PEI Open Chess Championship.
Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

14th-15th November KW Fall Open.
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

Has anyone else found obscure International OTB events going ahead?

Nearer to home, the 14th Senior Open Championship of Schleswig-Holstein began yesterday in Busum, Germany, with (if I counted correctly) 128 competitors including IM Klaus Klundt and five FMs.

Another Senior tournament is due to start in Dresden on 13 October. (But I have just seen that entries are now closed because of a limit of 49 players due to coronavirus restrictions).

https://www.schachbund.de/seniorenschac ... ender.html
http://www.chessmail.com/seniors/Seniors-calendar.html

Finally a Senior tournament scheduled for a Baltic resort in December already has 170 entries.

Tim Harding wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 02, 2020 11:18 am

Nearer to home, the 14th Senior Open Championship of Schleswig-Holstein began yesterday in Busum, Germany, with (if I counted correctly) 128 competitors including IM Klaus Klundt and five FMs.

Another Senior tournament is due to start in Dresden on 13 October. (But I have just seen that entries are now closed because of a limit of 49 players due to coronavirus restrictions).

https://www.schachbund.de/seniorenschac ... ender.html
http://www.chessmail.com/seniors/Seniors-calendar.html

Finally a Senior tournament scheduled for a Baltic resort in December already has 170 entries.

Don't forget to post this in the Seniors Section aswell Tim.
I have a copy of your book Dynamic Black Defenses 1989 Edition. I thought the book was excellent.

Simon Rogers wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 02, 2020 3:35 pm

Don't forget to post this in the Seniors Section as well Tim.

Done

In Bad Wiessee the 24Th Open International Bavarian championship will go ahead https://www.schach-tegernsee.de/, but registrations are already closed, because number of participants needed to be reduced to 340, to be able to keep distances.

IngridLauterbach wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 04, 2020 7:55 am

In Bad Wiessee the 24Th Open International Bavarian championship will go ahead https://www.schach-tegernsee.de/, but registrations are already closed, because number of participants needed to be reduced to 340, to be able to keep distances.

I am not sure Bad Wiessee counts as obscure!
When I last checked about a month ago, not only were registrations full but they were refusing to take more names on their waiting list!
Bad Wiessee is always popular, but I guess Germany as a whole is even more popular for chess now as its covid numbers are relatively low.

Don't worry, I've found some more obscure OTB events.
Here they are:
3rd-5th October Labour Day Long Weekend.
At the Chess Centre of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.

24th-25th October 2020 Wendy Terry Memorial.
Rothwell, Queensland, Australia.
Limited to 80 players due to Covid-19 Queensland Government Restrictions.

01st November 2020 Faber Spring Allegro Championship.
Faber Vineyard, Baskerville, Western Australia.

There are several weekend events in Switzerland. I got an email about the Swiss Chess Tour though some of the events have already happened.

http://www.swisschesstour.com/

I don't think there were Senior events though, just opens.

And it's a very expensive country to visit.

Flims next weekend: 9-11 October
Locarno 16-18 October
Chiasso 24-25 October
Lugano 6-8 November
Adelboden 4-6 December
Lodrino 19-20 December
Basel 2-5 January 2021
and more next year...

Here are some taking place in New Zealand according to the New Zealand Chess Federation website Calendar:

24th October Merv Morrison Memorial, Auckland.
22nd November Summit Rapid Championships, Auckland.
5th December Papatoetoe Rapid, Auckland.
20th December Howick Pakuranga Christmas Tournament, Auckland.

Simon Rogers wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 06, 2020 11:11 pm

Here are some taking place in New Zealand according to the New Zealand Chess Federation website Calendar:

Like the Isle of Man, New Zealand isn't letting anybody in without special permission.

Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 06, 2020 11:45 pm

Simon Rogers wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 06, 2020 11:11 pm

Here are some taking place in New Zealand according to the New Zealand Chess Federation website Calendar:

Like the Isle of Man, New Zealand isn't letting anybody in without special permission.

Thanks Roger, I forgot.
I have found a few going ahead in the USA before Christmas.
But even across the pond, a lot have been cancelled.

Here they are:
This is according to the US Chess Federation website Tournament Calendar.

17th November Marshall Masters. Marshall Chess Club, New York.
20th-22nd November 79th Annual Indiana State Chess Championship. Waterfront Hotel and Conference Center. Indianapolis, Indiana.
26th-29th November 75th Annual Texas State and Amateur Championships. DFW Airport Marriott South, Fort Worth, Texas.
19th-20th December Red River Open. Downtown Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

I've found a load more.
This is according to the fide website Calendar.
Here they are:
14th-17th November Panamerican Amateur Chess Championship. San Paulo, Brazil.

13th-23rd December 27th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival. Abu Dhabi, UAE.

21st-29th December African Amateur Chess Championship 2020. Gaborone, Botswana.

26th December African Amateur Blitz Chess Championship 2020. Gaborone, Botswana.

26th December African Amateur Rapid Chess Championship 2020. Gaborone, Botswana.

Here are some more:
According to the fide website Calendar, these are taking place in Spain this year.
29th November-08th December ll ellobregat Open Chess.
Barcelona, Spain.
11th-13th December 1st FIDE World Corporate Championship. Barcelona, Spain.
12th-23rd December VII Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival. Sitges, Spain.

Simon Rogers wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 12, 2020 10:57 pm

29th November-08th December ll ellobregat Open Chess.
Barcelona, Spain.

But there has been no update to their website since I posted about this on 6 September. With the update now being 2 weeks late, no venues announced, and no means of entering, it must be in doubt.