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The 1st China Chess Kings Tournament is taking place from 24th November to 1st December, 2015, in Taizhou, China.

The 10th Pavlodar International Open will take place from 6-16th December at the Estaya St. 83 in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan.

The tournament is organized by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation, Management of physical training and sports of the Pavlodar area, and Pavlodar Chess Federation.

The playing format is 10-round Swiss and the tournament will be valid for FIDE rating and norms.

Tournament director is GM Kotsur Pavel. The prize fund is 10200 $, with the first prize being 2000 $.

Vidit Santosh Gujrathi of PSPB maintained his unbeaten record and a lead by full point, defeating the second placed P. Karthikeyan of Railways in the ninth round of the ONGC 53rd National Premier Chess Championship, organised by Tiruvarur District Chess Association, today.

Karthikeyan Murali of Tamil Nadu moved ahead of Karthikeyan to second place with six points, winning over his team mate P. Shyaam Nikhil.

The Ramratna 42nd Indian National Premier Women Chess Championship was organized by the Bengal Chess Federation from November 13th through November 24th, 2015, at Bengal Gallery in Kolkota,

The final of the 1st FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship is scheduled to take place on November 26th, in the club “Circolo Canottieri Aniene” in Rome, Italy.

The 2015 Belgrade Trophy International Chess Tournament is taking place from November 24-December 2, in Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia.

The event is a 9-round Swiss open tournament with time control 90′/ 40 moves + 30′ + 30″.

GM Tamir Nabaty (2603) heads the field of 179 players from 13 different countries.

The African Chess Confederation through the support of the World Chess Federation Women’s Commission (WOM) has the honour of hosting the former World Woman Chess Champion Grand Master Zhu Chen from Qatar.

Vidit Santosh Gujrathi maintained his sole lead with, raising his tally to six points at the end of the eighth round of the ONGC 53rd National Premier Chess Championship, organised by Tiruvarur District Chess Association at Kasi’s Inn, today.

IM P. Karthikeyan also continued with good form to remain on second spot, half a point behind.