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Former Under 16 world chess champion SP Sethuraman of PSPB bounced back from his second round loss to score a crucial win over Deep Sengupta also of PSPB, third highest ranked player of the tournament in the third round of the ONGC 53rd National Premier Chess Championship, organised by Tiruvarur District Chess Association at Kasi’s In

Bodda Pratyusha’s winning spree was halted by V Varshini in the fourth round of the Ramratna National Women’s Chess Championship that is taking place at Kolkata.

Varshini went for a big king side offensive against Pratyusha’s Sicilian defence. Pratyusha won three pieces for the queen. Varshini repeated the position with her queen and drew in 52 moves.

From 2 to 6 November 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Barnaul, Russia, by the Russian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer was IA Alexander Shaab (RUS), FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer was FA Nadezhda Zykina (RUS).

The language of the Seminar was Russian.

Thirteen (13) National arbiters from Russia participated in the Seminar and eight (8) of them took part in the examination test that was held after the lectures.

The GM Tournament Sumarice 2015 is taking place from November 17-23, at Hotel Sumarice, in Kragujevac, Serbia.

The event is 10 player  round-robin tournament with an average rating 2441.

The 2015 IM Tournament Memorial Milutin Karaklajic is taking place from November 17-23, at Hotel Sumarice, in Kragujevac, Serbia.

The event is 6 player double round-robin tournament with an average rating 2349.

Participants: GM Ivanov Mikhail M RUS 2396, Djordjevic Vuk SRB 2381, FM Djokic Nenad SRB 2342, IM Dumpor Atif BIH 2335, IM Milenkovic Mladen SRB 2325 and Todorovic Nenad I SRB 2312.

The 2015 Women Chess Championship of Central America and the Caribbean was organized by El Salvador Chess Federation (ESA) from November 10-13, at the National Sports Institute of El Salvador (INDES).

Neelotpal Das of PSPB inflicted a shocking defeat on the defending champion SP Sethuraman, also of PSPB in the second round of the ONGC 53rd National Premier Chess Championship, organised by Tiruvarur District Chess Association at Kasi’s Inn, Tiruvarur today.

Former Under 16 world champion SP Sethuraman and former Under 14 world champion Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, the joint top seeds of the tournament, each with an Elo rating of 2651, registered facile wins in the first round of the ONGC National Premier Chess Championship, organised by Tiruvarur District Chess Association, which kicked off at Hote

The 20th Cultural Village Chess Tournament is taking place from November 16-25, 2015, at Cafe de Zon, in Wijk aan Zee,

The event is a 10 player round-robin tournament with tempo of play 90′/40 moves + 30′ + 30″. The winner qualifies for the prestigious 2016 Tata Steel Group Tournament.