Visits of the FIDE President
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President Ilyumzhinov pay visits to the FIDE members.
This week he was in France and Armenia
WORLD SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Porto Carras, Halkidiki – GREECE, 6-15 May 2013
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Tournaments for school students in categorie
OPEN U7 U9, U11, U13, U15, U17 / GIRLS U7 U9, U11, U13, U15, U17
The Asian Zonal Chess Championship 2013 for Zone 3.2
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Asian Zonal Chess Championship 2013 for Zone 3.2 started in a grand manner on 3rd February at the Mas Park Guest House, Thulhiriya in Sri Lanka with 4 GMs, 1M and 2WIMs in the total number of 46 participation. GMs, Ziaur Rahman, Niyaz Murshed, Ennamul Hussain and Reefat Bin-Satter of Bangladesh, IM Mahmood Lodhi of Pakistan, FMs Sunil Weeramantry (Sri Lanka) and Sujendra Shrestha are among the 34 players participate in the event. Players from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Maldives and Sri Lanka are participating in the event.
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Patra, Greece – RESULTS
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From 25 to 27 January 2013 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Patra, Greece, by the Peloponnesus Chess Union, in cooperation with the Greek Chess Federation, under auspices of FIDE
FIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Ankara, Round 11: Koneru takes Gold
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Humpy Koneru became a winner of 6th stage of the FWGP in Ankara and placed second in the overall Grand Prix series after Hou Yifan.
Opening Ceremony of 15 ICSC World Individual Deaf Championships
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On September 28 the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov opened the 15th I.C.S.C World Individual Deaf Chess Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

