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Shaastra IIT Madras invites you to participate in 5th Shaastra Rapid Rating Open 2023

07/03/2023 -

Shaastra IIT Madras invites all chess players around the world in the fifth edition of Shaastra Rapid Rating Open 2023. It is scheduled to take place on 11th and 12th March 2023. This the only IIT which organizes an Open Rapid Rating event every year. Due to Covid-19 pandemic, the tournament could not take place in the last two years. This year the total prize fund is ₹500000, a huge increase of 66.67% worth ₹200000 since the previous edition held in 2020. So far five GMs, six IMs, a WGM and two WIMs have already confirmed their participation. The total number of players increase every year by a lot. Last edition had a total 440 players. Last date of registration is 10th March 2023 5 p.m. IST. Photo: Tournament circular

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Pravaha Foundation announces Rs.2 crore sponsorship for women in Indian chess

07/03/2023 -

Recently we published an article where we spoke about how MGD1, a chess first e-sports company, had secured Rs.12.4 crore sponsorship for GM Arjun Erigaisi with Quantbox over a period of 5 years. Now MGD1 once again has contributed massively towards Indian chess, this time with the Pravaha Foundation, to power women's chess in the country. The sponsorship program has a budget of Rs.2 crore for 2 years and a major chunk of it goes to two of India's finest talents - Savitha Shri and Vantika Agrawal. A portion of this amount also goes towards four young talents - three of them are talented girls - Charvi, Shubhi Gupta, Saparya Ghosh and one of them is a talented boy - Ilamparthi AR. Read on to know more about this brilliant initiative.

A cakewalk for Phani Kanuri of AP at 1st Tirupattur Rapid Rating Open 2023

07/03/2023 -

46-year-old Phani Kanuri scored 7.5/8 to win 1st Tirupattur Rapid Rating Open 2023. The 11th seeded 1464 rated scored seven straight wins before splitting the point in the final round to become a clear champion. Five players scored 7/9. Out of them Vigneshwaran S and the top seed of the tournament Phoobalan P were placed second and third respectively according to tie-breaks. The top three finishers remained undefeated. This is Phani's first tournament victory since April 2018. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹200000. The top three prizes were ₹15000, ₹13000 and ₹11000 along with a trophy each. The tournament was organized by Tirupattur District Chess Association. Unlike the usual time increment rapid rating tournaments, this event had a time delay! Photo: B Chandrasekaran / Tirupattur District Chess Association

ONGC Sports Scholarship Scheme 2023-24

07/03/2023 -

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) has announced their sports scholarship scheme. The scholarship is valid for any chess player between the age of 10 and 25 years. A total of six scholarships will be granted based on merit to both men and women in three different categories. Economically Weaker Section will be given a preference. Applications will only be accepted via online methods. Last date for submission of application is 27th March 5 p.m. Check out the article, announcement and the details pdf file for more information about the scholarship program. If you are eligible, then you are encouraged to submit your application.

Praggnanandhaa teams up with Carlsen for the first time for Offerspill and wins Norwegian Elite League 2022-23

06/03/2023 -

R Praggnanandhaa battled against Magnus Carlsen plenty of times in Champions Chess Tour. The two faced each other in consecutive Tata Steel Chess Masters in 2022 and 2023. However, the one thing the teenager had not done before was to team up with the five-time world champion. In a statistical sense, the significance of online events might decay in value over time as they are not rated events, one thing which will stand the test of time is, they both teaming up for the first time for Offerspill team and winning the Norwegian League for the first time in the club's history. They both played the last three rounds to ensure the team's triumph. Photo: Offerspill Sjakklubb

Sammed Shete dominates Shri Maheshwaranand Saraswati Memorial Rapid Rating Open 2023

06/03/2023 -

IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete scored 8.5/9 and remained undefeated to win Shri Maheshwaranand Saraswati Memorial Rapid Rating Open 2023. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. FM Ritviz Parab and IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni scored 8/9 each. They were placed second and third according to tie-breaks. Both took a no-draw approach and suffered a loss each. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹160000. The top three prizes were ₹50000 + trophy, ₹25000 and ₹15000 each respectively. This was Sammed's third consecutive Rapid tournament triumph, first rating event victory of the year. Photo: Prakash Kunte

New: ChessBase Magazine #212

05/03/2023 -

Tata Steel 2023: The tournament winner of the Masters, Anish Giri, comments on his best games as well as Jorden van Foreest, Praggnanandhaa and many more. In addition, video analyses by Dorian Rogozenco – "Special" on Anthony Miles: exclusive collection of 21 commented games + contributions on strategy and endgame – "English for Attackers": Alexey Kuzmin shows the highly topical gambit 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5 c6!? – "Theory Update from Wijk aan Zee I": Rustam Kasimdzhanov brings Spanish with 8.a4 b4 9.a5 up to date – Endgame series "Fundamental Endgame Knowledge" Part 2: Learn the most important rules and techniques in the ending Rook + Pawn vs. Rook from Dr. Karsten Mueller and much more. Photo: ChessBase

14-year-old Arvind Iyer is the winner of Surya Trophy Rapid Rating Open 2023

05/03/2023 -

14-year-old Arvind Iyer scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win Surya Trophy Rapid Rating Open 2023. He finished a half point ahead of the field. The teenager had a half point lead going into the final round. He drew with the eventual runner-up Maulik Raval to become a clear champion. Apart from Maulik, Shaikh Sohil, Ankit Chudasama and Shailesh Rawal also scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed third to fifth respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹100000. The top three prizes were ₹11000, ₹9000 and ₹7000 along with a trophy each. Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

Jules Moussard wins Djerba Chess Festival Masters 2023, Nihal Sarin third

04/03/2023 -

Jules Moussard defeated Maxime Lagarde 2-0 in the final to win Djerba Chess Festival Masters 2023. Nihal Sarin topped the group stage with an unbeaten 5/7, followed by Jules and Aryan Tari at 4.5/7 each. The 44th Olympiad individual Gold medalist, Nihal lost to Maxime 0.5-1.5 in the Semifinal. He faced Tari in a 3rd-4th place match which the teenager won 1.5-0.5 to finish third. The total prize fund of the entire festival was over €15000 (49500 TND). The top three prizes were €3000 + cup (9900 TND), €2000 (6600 TND) and €1000 (3300 TND) along with Gold, Silver and Bronze medal each respectively. Photo: Djerba Chess Festival

China to host Women's Candidates Final and Women's World Championship Match

04/03/2023 -

The Women's World Championship Match will be played in Shanghai and Chongqing, China from 3rd to 25th July 2023. The reigning Women's World Championn, Ju Wenjun will face the winner of FIDE Women's Candidates 2022-23 final between Lei Tingjie and Tan Zhongyi which will take place in Chongqing from 27th March to 6th April 2023. Wenjun has already defeated Zhongyi to dethrone her World title reign in 2018. Will Zhongyi be able to set up a rematch by winning the Candidates Final? There is a good mathematical probability of the chess universe having two world champions from China in both Open and Women by the end of July this year. Photo: FIDE

Nilanta Chanda wins Chess for Everyone Rating Open in Srinagar

04/03/2023 -

Nilanta Chanda extended his sole lead by a full point 7.5/8 heading into the final round. Four players were in pursuit at 6.5/8 each. A last round loss against Faisal Farooq did not deter his championship chances. Nilanta won the tournament due to better tie-breaks. Zeeshan Ali lost to Javed Ahmed Mir. Both Javed and Faisal ended up scoring 7.5/9 each. They were placed second and third respectively according to tie-breaks. The top three prizes were ₹3000, ₹2000 and ₹1000 along with a trophy each. This is Nilanta's first rating tournament victory of his career. Photo: Khalid Gojwari/The Kashmir Chess Club

SRM IST Chennai becomes All India Inter University Women Chess Champion 2023

03/03/2023 -

The defending champion Adamas University and SRM Institute of Science and Technology Chennai scored 8/10. SRM won the tournament due to better tie-breaks. They scored more game points than Adamas. Thus, the only unbeaten team of the tournament, Adamas had to settle for second place. University of Madras edged past University of Mumbai and University of Delhi on tie-breaks to finish third with a score of 7/10. Krithigga K (SRM IST), WIM Arpita Mukherjee (Adamas), Sudipa Haldar (University of Calcutta), Poorna Sri M K (SRM IST), Divyabharathi Masanam (University of Madras) and Chetana D (Osmania University) won individual Gold on Board no. 1-6 each respectively. Photo: Al Kasi

Asian Chess Excellence Awards 2023: Gukesh receives Player of the Year and AICF bags Most Active Federation

03/03/2023 -

On 1st March 2023 at 5th Annual Asian Chess Excellence Awards, several Indian players and the Indian governing body of chess were awarded for their fantastic achievements in 2022. The awards won in various categories are: Man of the Year - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M K Stalin, Player of the Year - GM D Gukesh, Most Active Federation - AICF, Best Women's team of the Year - Indian Women's team comprising Humpy, Harika, Vaishali, Tania and Bhakti, Coach of the Year - GM R B Ramesh, Women's Coach of the year - GM Abhijit Kunte, Best Junior Player - GM Leon Luke Medonca, and Youth Player of the year - Ilamparthi A R. Photo: AICF

Pranav Venkatesh aces Promethean Rapid Rating Open 2023

03/03/2023 -

GM Pranav Venkatesh scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to clinch Promethean Rapid Rating Open 2023. He started with eight straight wins and gained a full point lead heading into the final round. Since a draw in the final round was enough for him to become champion, he drew with the eventual runner-up IM Rathanvel V S. Three more players IM Mehar Chinna Reddy C H, IM Ratnakaran K and IM Nitin S scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed third to fifth respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹500000. The top three prizes were ₹51000 + trophy, ₹41000 and ₹31000 each respectively. This is Pranav's first rating tournament victory of 2023. Photo: NA Sushruta Reddy

Sayantan Das convincingly clinches 6th Cannes Chess Open 2023, becomes India's 81st Grandmaster

02/03/2023 -

IM Sayantan Das won 6th Cannes Chess Open A part of 36th International Games Festival. He defeated the top seed of the tournament, GM Alexander Motylev in the final round to become a clear champion 7.5/9. This win also helped him to cross 2500 in the live ratings and become India's 81st and Kolkata, West Bengal's 11th Grandmaster. The total prize fund of the tournament was €8000. The top three prizes were €1800, €1200 and €700 along with a trophy each. Sayantan had fulfilled all the norm requirements in January 2017. However, he finally completed the rating requirements on Sunday 26th February 2023. GM Diptayan Ghosh is the only other Indian to make a top ten finish, scoring 7/9 and was placed fourth. Photo: Susan Polgar

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