Asian Games

The 16th Asian Games have started, and take place from November 12th to the 27th. Chess made its Asian Games debut in the 15th Asian Games, Doha, in 2006. The chess competition is divided into two events, the individual rapids, which are nine rounds of action with the men's and women's sections, and the team events, with 25 men's teams, and 20 women's teams, played at the slower 90 minutes plus a 30 second increment per move.

The Men's Team event started yesterday It will finish on 26 November. The individual events are finished already. Hou Yifan of China won the gold medal in women's individual chess section (Silver goes to Zhao Xue and Bronze to Harika Dronavalli) and Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan won the gold medal in the men's section (Silver Le Quang Liem and Bronze Bu Xiangzhi). Here is a link to the schedules of the chess events, but the site needs some time to load.

Offical website of the overall event with cool sports like Archery, Bowling and of course Chess: 16th Asian Games.