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How did India get the Chess Olympiad 2022 + player reactions on this news

17/03/2022 -

After Russia invaded Ukraine in February it became clear that Moscow would not be able to host the Chess Olympiad 2022. FIDE was in a difficult situation to find a new host. The AICF sprung into action and put together a powerful bid within 10 days with the support of the Tamil Nadu Government. On 15th of March, FIDE awarded the Chess Olympiad 2022 to India. The mega event that will bring together 2000+ players from over 170 countries will be held on the East Coast Road near Chennai. We bring you the entire story of how the Chess Olympiad was awarded to India, who are the people who made it possible and how do the top players of the country view this development.

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Play chess for free at Bangalore Chess Club

16/03/2022 -

Are you tired of playing chess online and looking for a way to play friendly games in person over-the-board? If you are in the 'Silicon City of India', you just have to visit Bangalore Chess Club. It is a club open for all, absolutely free to play, there is no membership or registration fees to play. Manish Simon started the club back in 2015 and today it is 1300 members strong on meetup group and have almost 600 followers on instagram. Now that we are almost coming to the end of the pandemic and slowly getting back to normalcy, this will be a good opportunity to try your hand at over-the-board chess before playing tournaments in a city where there is always a plethora of rating events taking place. Tarun Mittal writes on the resurgence of the club.

1st Guwahati GM Open R2-3: Anabil Goswami's magic number 1111

16/03/2022 -

15-year-old Anabil Goswami scored the biggest upset in Round 2 of 1st Guwahati International GM Open 2022. The 1334-rated boy from Tripura defeated IM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB). Earlier he drew with IM Rahul Sangma in the first round. In the third round, Kumar Gaurav won against IM Arash Tahbaz (IRI). The 20-year-old persevered a tough position and waited for the right moment to strike against his opponent. 13-year-old Abhash Roimya Saikia drew with two GMs he faced on the same day - P Karthikeyan and Saptarshi Roy. Vaibhav Jayant Raut held GM Deepan Chakkravarthy to a draw. Round 4 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Sanan Sjugirov wins Belgrade GM Tournament 2022, Nihal Sarin second

15/03/2022 -

Nihal Sarin scored 5.5/9 to secure second place at Belgrade GM Tournament 2022. Sanan Sjugirov scored 6.5/9 and finished a full point ahead of the field to win the tournament. He won €5000 cash prize. Velimir Ivic and World Rapid 2021 champion, Nodirbek Abdusattorov scored 5.5/9 each. Since Nihal beat both of them, he was placed second. Ivic and Abdusattorov secured third and fourth place respectively. Nihal earned €3500 cash prize, Ivic got €2500. The tournament ten top GMs across the world including Czech Republic no.1 David Navara. The average rating of the tournament was 2651. Photo: serbiachess.org

1st Guwahati GM Open R1: 1336-rated Darsh Shetty upsets WGM Divya Deshmukh

15/03/2022 -

13-year-old Darsh Shetty scored the biggest upset in the first round of 1st Guwahati International GM Open 2022. The 1336-rated boy beat the newly crowned National Women champion, WGM Divya Deshmukh. She is rated 965 points higher than him but that did not stop the boy to play the endgame beautifully, seizing his opportunity. 11-year-old Arshiya Das (1407) got herself very close to winning against IM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB, 2445). However, the experienced IM managed to escape with a draw. All other top seeds managed to win their respective games with ease. Round 2 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

ONGC wins 31st PSPB Chess Inter-Unit Championships 2022

14/03/2022 -

Some of the best chess players of our country had gathered at the Acres Club in Mumbai for the 31st PSPB Inter-Unit Chess Championships 2022. It had all gone down to the wire as team IOCL was going to meet team ONGC in the final round. A 2-2 draw was fine for the IOCL team, but ONGC had to win at all costs. There were some mouth watering encounters for the chess fans, the main one being Humpy (ONGC) vs Adhiban (IOCL). The match went right upto the wire. IM Sagar Shah who was present at the venue, brings you all the updates of what transpired. 

Neelash Saha and Priyanka Nutakki clinch MPL National Junior Open and Girls Chess Championships 2022

14/03/2022 -

IM Neelash Saha (WB) won an exciting final round game against Aryan Arora to win MPL 50th National Junior Chess Championship 2022 Open. He finished a half point ahead 8.0/9, of the competition Utsab Chatterjee (WB) and FM Rohith Krishna S (TN) 7.5/9. They secured second and third place respectively according to tie-breaks. WGM Priyanka Nutakki (AP) drew her final round game against Sajitha B (TN) to score 7.5/9. WFM Bhagyashree Patil (MAH) also scored the same, however, India's latest WGM edged past her due to better tie-breaks. Femil Chelladurai (TN) secured the third place 7.0/9. Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Bangladesh Premier League 2022 R4: Aditya Mittal stuns Sankalp Gupta

14/03/2022 -

Bangladesh Police and Bangladesh Biman scored an identical 3-1 victory over Bangladesh Navy and Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society in Round 4 to share the lead at Golden Jubilee of Independence Premier Division Chess League 2021-22. They are the only two teams at 8.0/8. IM Aditya Mittal (SCC) scored a crushing win over GM Sankalp Gupta (RBKP) who had a great difficulty finding place for his pieces. FM Harshad S (JBOWS) held GM Mitrabha Guha (BB) to a draw. SAIF Sporting Club is at sole third position with a score 6.0/8. Round 5 starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Richard Rapport wins FIDE Belgrade GP 2022, now World no.7

14/03/2022 -

Richard Rapport defeated Dmitry Andreikin in the second game of the Finals to win FIDE Belgrade GP 2022. He now leads the GP standings with 20 points and has very good chances to secure his place in the FIDE Candidates 2022. After a draw in the first game, the Hungary no.1 made an interesting exchange sacrifice which required some precise calculations by his opponent to secure a draw by perpetual. Unfortunately for the FIDE World Cup 2013 runner-up, he was unable to find it and the creative genius Rapport won the game. This win elevated Rapport to World no.7 in the live ratings as he moved to his career high rating 2776.4. Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

A chess bet with Aamir Khan

14/03/2022 -

It's no secret that Aamir Khan loves chess. But with the kind of busy schedule that he has it is very rare for him to find time for the sport. A few days ago, he was drawn to a game of chess by P. Prachura - a strong former chess player with an Elo of 2125 and a current entrepreneur. But this game of chess had a twist attached to it. If Aamir won or lasted for 35 moves, he could ask Prachura to do one thing for him, and that could be anything! If Prachura won, he would secure Aamir's presence at his wedding, whenever that would be. It was a high stakes chess game and Prachura played it blindfolded! Check out what happened and who came out on top!

New: ChessBase Magazine #206

13/03/2022 -

Tata Steel 2022: analysis from Duda, Giri, Grandelius, Mamedyarov, Praggnanandhaa, Shankland, Erigaisi and Vogel. Peter Heine Nielsen and Dorian Rogozenco (video) take a close look at two Catalan wins by the World Champion and tournament winner. With CBM experts you see more: videos by King, Knaak, Marin, Müller, Reeh, Ris, Rogozenco and Werle - total playing time over 5 hours! Plus eleven opening articles with recommendations for your repertoire, e.g. "Steamrolling the Reti" (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 g5!?), "A versatile Ruy Lopez" (1. e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 Part I) or "London queen sortie" (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Qb6 6.dxc5 Qxb2). Last but not least: The "Special" on Levon Aronian with 19 annotated games as well as Marin's article "Aronian's strategic universe". Photo: ChessBase

Neelash, Utsab and Rohith vie for MPL 50th National Junior Chess Championship 2022

13/03/2022 -

IM Neelash Saha (WB), Utsab Chatterjee (WB) and FM Rohith Krishna S (TN) are the three players in the race to win MPL 50th National Junior Chess Championship 2022 Open. Neelash and Utsab beat FM Ayush Sharma (MP) and IM Koustav Chatterjee (WB) in Round 7. Then they drew against each other in the penultimate round. Each of them would want to win the final round to win the tournament. Top seed WGM Priyanka Nutakki (AP) regained her sole lead by beating the other leader WFM Bhagyashree Patil (MAH) and then she drew with Samriddhaa Ghosh (WB). A draw in the final round by Priyanka will leave things up to the result of Samriddhaa vs Bhagyashree and how their tie-breaks turn out. Final round starts today at 9:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Gukesh set to star at 55th Biel Chess Festival GMT 2022

12/03/2022 -

India's youngest GM D Gukesh has participated in the Master Tournament of the historic Biel Chess Festival twice - 2019 and 2021. For the first time in his career, he will play in the Grandmaster Tournament (GMT) along with seven other stalwarts of the world. They are - Under-20 no.2 Andrey Esipenko, World Blitz 2013 champion Liem Le Quang, UAE no.1 Salem Saleh, 54th Biel GMT 2021 winner Gata Kamsky, Under-18 no.1 Vincent Keymer, World Rapid champion Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Azerbaijan no.5 Arkadij Naiditsch. As mentioned in the press release, Gukesh's name has been recommended by none other than the maestro Vishy Anand himself, who will also be present for a few days. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Bangladesh Premier League 2022 R2: Gukesh's positional prowess

12/03/2022 -

Bangladesh Police registered the biggest victory of the event so far as Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society lost to the defending champions 0.5-3.5 in Round 2 of Golden Jubilee of Independence Premier Division Chess League 2021-22. Sheikh Russel Chess Club registered the second biggest win of the round against Manha's Castle. The lone point for Manha's Castle was scored by GM Harsha Bharathakoti who defeated GM Shyam Sundar M. Bangladesh Biman, Leonine Chess Club and Rupali Bank Krira Parisad were the other victors. Bangladesh Navy had the sole draw of the round against Titas Club. Round 3 starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

MPL National Junior 2022 R5-6: Priyanka Nutakki and Bhagyashree Patil share the lead

12/03/2022 -

Utsab Chatterjee (WB), IM Neelash Saha (WB), IM Koustav Chatterjee (WB) and FM Ayush Sharma (MP) are the four leaders at MPL 50th National Junior Chess Championship 2022 Open. The sole leader after the fifth round, Utsab drew his sixth round game against IM Harshavardhan G B (TN). It allowed Koustav, Neelash and Ayush to catch up by winning their respective games. In the Girls event, top seed WGM Priyanka Nutakki (AP) beat WFM Lakshmi C (TN) in an exciting encounter in the sixth round to ascend to the top. She is now joined by WFM Bhagyashree Patil (MAH) in the lead. They will face each other in Round 7 which starts today at 9:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

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