Doordarshan Indian TV Network will telecast four exclusive episodes of 30 mts duration each of the Bilbao Chess Masters Final on its DD Sports Channel.

Robin van Kampen celebrated his 17th birthday today and seemed to have very good position against Monika Socko.

The game continued deeply into the Rook endgame with pawns on the same side, which eventually produced a draw.

The tournament is changing the format to the very popular six-player double round robin.

Open section has about 210 entries while the women tournament is breaking the records with 50 participants.

Under the title ‘Chess for Leadership and Creativity’, a programme has been initiated in Palestine dedicated to young Arab women. This is an extension to the partnership agenda between "Peace and Sport" and FIDE.

Metropolitan Chess, Inc. hosted an International Master norm round robin tournament on November 9th to 11th of 2011.

Stuart Conquest played his first game in the Euwe Tournament today against the player with the highest rating, 17-year old Robin van Kampen.

Total number of players is 241, 201 in the Open section and 40 (absolute record) in the Women tournament.

The 6th Mikhail Tal Memorial takes place from 16th to 25th November in Moscow, Russia.

In the longest game of the day, Monica Socko had the upper hand against Stuart Conquest.

Vietnam won gold medals in the SEA Games Mixed Pair and Blindfold competitions while Thailand won the gold in the ASEAN chess event.

The New Zealand Chess Federation is delighted to announce official confirmation of the 2012 Queenstown Chess Classic.

GM Miso Cebalo, from Croatia, lives in Zagreb. He won the world senior championship 2009 in Condino (Italy).

Vaisser was born in Almaty, Kazakhstan in 1949 and since 1991 he lives in France. He is currently playing the 21st World Senior Chess Championships in Opatija.