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29/10/2018

The XII International Chess Festival 2018, Figueira Da Foz , started with short Openning Ceremony . Due to the recent storm that rocked this small sea town, ...

23/07/2017

Grandmaster and former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta came up with an inspired performance in the final round to crush Aleksander Wohl of Australia and...

04/10/2016

Indian Grandmaster Vidit Santosh Gujarathi with a 100% score is jointly leading with GM Alexei Shirov. Half a point behind are as many as 20 players includin...

03/09/2016

The 42nd Chess Olympiad was opened with a solemn but highly entertaining ceremony, held at the Baku National Gymnastics Arena, attended by the President of t...

26/08/2016

India's Grandmaster B Adhiban played a technically perfect game to overcome Russian Grandmaster Boris Savchenko to take sole lead with 4.5 points from 5 roun...

25/08/2016

With 136 Chess players with 40 Grandmasters from all over the World are participating in the Masters section of the 23rd Abu Dhabi International Chess Festiv...

26/06/2016

World Champion Magnus Carlsen won the Grand Chess Tour's Rapid and Blitz event YOUR NEXT MOVE held at Leuvenon the outskirt of Brussels in Belgium. GM Wesley...

21/06/2016

GM Magnus Carlsen leads the combined Rapid and Blitz on the 3rd day of Grand Chess Tour 2016 being played between the 10 best Chess Players of the world here...

18/06/2016

If day one of Leuven could be described in one chess phrase, it would be “blunderfest”. After the high level of chess in the rapid portion of the Paris Grand...

31/12/2015

World Champion Magnus Carlsen added another feather to his cap by clinching the Qatar Masters 2015 title after outclassing his Chinese rival in tie break bli...

31/12/2015

Magnus Carlsen beat Shakhriyar Mamedyrov in a short Game to remain on sole lead after penutimate Round. He [ 6.5/8] will meet Vladimir Kramnik ] in the 9th R...

23/12/2015

INDIA'S YOUNG IM N R Vignesh [2422] came out victorius against a higher rated Grandmaster Bartel Mateusz [2620] in the 3rd Round of the 2nd Qatar Masters Ope...

22/12/2015

In another upset IM Yuffa Danil beat Higher rated GM Viktor Bologaon in the 2nd Round of the 2nd Qatar Masters Open Championship being played at the Ladies C...

20/12/2015

2nd Qatar Master Open 2015 having 20 Grandmasters over 2700 Elo points, opened at Torch Hotel Doha on 19th December . Reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Ca...

29/11/2015

Indian Grandmaster Dronavali Harika is FIDE World Online Women Blitz Champion

FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship final in Rome On November 26th the final tournament of the 1st FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship was held in Rome, Italy. Eight preliminary tournaments were held before it, the winners of each of them and two specially invited players participated in the final tournament. More than 300 chess players from 39 countries took part in the preliminary tournaments. The Olympic Committee of Italy, the Italian Chess Federation, Premium Chess company and other sponsors played a significant role in the organization of the tournament. It was held in the prestigious sports club “Circolo Canottieri Aniene”. The President of the club is Mr. Giovanni Malago, President of the Italian National Olympic Committee. The FIDE World Online Women Blitz Champion is GM Harika Dronavalli.Indan Grandmaster Dronavali Harika is

13/10/2015

Despite Fressinet and Sargissian both winning their last round game, a draw was enough for Harikrishna to take the title on tiebreak. So Harikrishna, Fressin...

09/10/2015

Grand Master Pentala Harikrishna , playing with black, defeated GM Arkadij Naditsch to become sole leade with 6/points at the 2nd Isle of Man International C...

08/10/2015

As many as 11 players with a score of 4 from 5 rounds are in joint lead in the ongoing Isle of Man International Chess Tournament taking place at Villa Marin...

07/10/2015

05/10/2015

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05/10/2015

The 2nd Isle of Man International Chess tournament started with 102 Chess players from 27 countries with as many as 37 Grandmasters in the Masters Section. G...

01/10/2015

2nd SHAMKIR CHESS 2015
Asia's Largest Television network DOORDARSHAN will RE-telecast 4 Video Highlights of the 2nd Shamkir Chess 2015 on its DD Sports Channel . Filmed and Produced by Vijay Kumar The Programme Highlights will be telecast as under
Ist Episode 7th Octoberr 2015 from 2300 – 2330hrs [1730hrs GMT]
2nd Episode 8th October 2015 from 2300 – 2330hrs [1730hrs GMT]
3rd Episode 9th October 2015 from 2300 - 2330hrs [1730hrs GMT]
4th Episode 10th October 2015 from 2300 – 2330hrs [1730hrs GMT]
The telecast can also be viewed in the morning from 1130 hrs to 1200hrs on 7th,8th,9th and 10th October 2015
Outside India the telecast will be available on INSAT 4 B satellite’s FREE TO AIR PLATFORM of C and KU Bands having footprints in 48 Countries [in parts of] Europe, Middle East and South East Asia The Parameters are as under
INSAT 4 B Satellite
Parameters
Band Frequency POL S/R SYS Encript

C BAND 2725 H 27500 DVB -S FTH
KU Band 10990 V 28500 DBB -S FTH
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01/09/2015

31/08/2015

GRAND MASTERS MARTYN KRAVTSIV AND ALEXANDER ARESHCHENKO ARE JOINTLY LEADING ABU DHABI CHESS FESTIVAL MASTERS SECTION AFTER PENULTIMATE ROUND

31/08/2015

GM Nils Grandelius defeated GM Richard Rapport to take his score to 6 points from 7 Rounds.Half a point behind him are as many as 7 players at 5.5 points mak...

26/08/2015

The 22nd Abu Dhabi Chess Festival Opened at Sofitel Hotel in Abu Dhabi on Sunday with as many as 60 Grandmasters participating in this 60,000$ prize money to...

17/04/2015

The Reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and Two Former World Champions Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik are amongsts the 10 players taking par...

30/03/2015

Women's World Chess Championship, Sochi
Both the Semifinal games are tied and now the tie breaks on 31st will decide the Finalists