27.01.2012-09.02.2012

Moscow Chess Festival, Moskau Homepage: http://www.open.moschess.ru/

06.02.2012-17.02.2012

11. Aeroflot Open, Moskau Homepage: http://www.aeroflotchess.org/

16.02.2012-19.12.2012

Vladimir Petrov Memorial, Jaunkemeri Homepage: http://www.sahafederacija.lv/?p=2026

17.02.2012-22.02.2012

ACP Women Cup 2012, Tblissi Homepage: http://gcf.org.ge

01.03.2012-04.03.2012

Austria 1. Bundesliga 2011/2012, St. Veit/Glan/Austria Tourney mode: Team league with 12 teams over 11 rounds Top players: Jobava 2704, Volokitin 2695, Balogh 2665, Bartel 2658, Ragger 2655, Gyimesi 2652, Roiz 2652, Kurnosov 2648, Gustafsson 2643, Lenic 2637, Socko 2636, Beliavsky 2630, Buhmann 2617, Baramidze 2607 Time mode: 100 minutes/40 moves + 50 minutes/20 moves + 15 minutes + 30 seconds/move starting with the 1st move Game start: 1st March 16:00, 2nd March 14:00, 3rd March 14:00, 4th March 10:00 Links: The league at Chess-Results.com Austrian Chess federation Live Portal Homepage: http://www.schachbundesliga.at/

01.03.2012-14.02.2012

Europaeinzelmeisterschaft der Frauen, Gaziantep Homepage: http://eiwcc2012.tsf.org.tr/

06.03.2012-13.03.2012

Reykjavik Open, Reykjavik Homepage: http://skaksamband.is/?c=webpage&id=490/

04.04.2012-08.04.2012

6th Philadelphia Open, Philadelphia Homepage: http://chesstournamentservices.com/cca/philadelphia-open/

05.04.2012-09.04.2012

12. Internationales Norderstedter Osteropen, Norderstedt Homepage: http://www.osteropen.com/

19.04.2012-22.04.2012

Austria 1. Bundesliga 2011/2012, Jenbach/Austria Tourney mode: Team league with 12 teams over 11 rounds Top players: Jobava 2704, Volokitin 2695, Balogh 2665, Bartel 2658, Ragger 2655, Gyimesi 2652, Roiz 2652, Kurnosov 2648, Gustafsson 2643, Lenic 2637, Socko 2636, Beliavsky 2630, Buhmann 2617, Baramidze 2607 Time mode: 100 minutes/40 moves + 50 minutes/20 moves + 15 minutes + 30 seconds/move starting with the 1st move Game start: 19th April 16:00, 20th April 14:00, 21st April 14:00, 22nd April Links: The league at Chess-Results.com Austrian Chess federation Live Portal Homepage: http://www.schachbundesliga.at/

10.05.2012-31.05.2012

Weltmeisterschaft, Moskau Homepage:

12.07.2012-22.07.2012

Sparkassen Chess Meeting, Dortmund Homepage: http://www.sparkassen-chess-meeting.de/2011/home-mainmenu-1.html

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	Tournament broadcast on playchess.com
	Broadcast with audio commentary

FAQ

How to start a broadcast?
To start a relay: Menu =>  „File-New-Broadcast“or Ctrl+B. Put in players names, press =>  „ok“. You can decide now to do a manual relay or a relay with a given pgn-file from official tourney site. For a pgn-relay go to  => „Game“in the game window, click on =>  „Transmit PGN“-select =>  „Internet file“. At =>  „Internet address“put in the URL of the pgn file and =>  „OK“. In the next window select the  => „Game Number“. Sometimes with the pgn-file the clock times get delivered, often not. You can setup it manual with  => Menu => „VIEW“ => „Manual Clocks“. For broadcasts you should have a high speed (i.e. DSL, Cable) internet connection, the polling of pgn-files costs some ressources of your connection.

How to kibitz a broadcast?
Click on Games tab -select the game(s)  you want to kibitz by double click. Some games are marked with „!“on the left site. This are the top games. Fritz 9+10, Hiarcs 10, Junior 10, Shredder 10, Zap!Chess users can click „Follow best game“-Button, these games will open them in the multiboard. 

How to watch or listen to video or radio transmissions here?
If all required  components are downloaded and installed, TV-Radio Chessbase will open automatically when a media stream is being transmitted. Often to close the game window and open again and hitting „play“in Chess Media window will start the stream too.

Requirements:

recent version of Playchess GUI 8, 9 or 10 or ChessBase 9/10

1. or recent version of the free software from http://www.fritzserver.org/PlayChessSetup.exe (latest version is 4.00 from Feb. 2007).
2. Windows Media Player version 9 or 10. You can download the WMP10 here

By joining the Channel „Events“ you‘ll receive information about covered games, training sessions and Radio/TV transmissions. These requirements also apply for live audio/video commentary which you can only follow for a ducat fee. To update the free client: download the client - uninstall your old playchess.com client - install the downloaded file - reboot your PC.

How to get ducats?

1. Click and Buy is instantly: https://www.chessbase.com/shop/clickandbuyducats.asp
2. CB Shop, process usually taking 1-2 working days: http://www.chessbase.com/shop/product.asp?pid=157&user=&coin=
3. Through your playchess client: Menu -> Edit -> Payments -> Fill up account... Will take you to the ChessBase Shop too, taking about 1-2 days for processing.

When do the games start, what is the Server time? The Server time is generally middle European time (Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome). It is GMT+1 in winter and GMT+2 in summer. To check servertime, click here 

You still have questions?  Email: Gary Suffield, Holger Lieske, Noel Grima or  Servermail to Hob, Holger_Lieske, Xmas or contact us in chat.