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Rest in Peace Ennio Morricone 1928-2020

06/07/2020 -

Every once in a while, we find a composer whose work transcends time. Ennio Morricone comes at the top of the list among the modern day music composers. On 6th July 2020, legendary Italian music composer, Ennio Morricone passed away. He was very fond of chess and played a couple of games with the strongest female chess player of all time Judit Polgar in 2004. In 2006 Turin Olympiad, he composed the theme of the Olympiad. At the same year he won an honorary Oscar Award. Ten years later in 2016, he won his first Oscar Award for The Hateful Eight in Best Original Score category. Let's take a look at life and work of Ennio Morricone in our heartfelt eulogy. Photo: Ian Rogers

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Endless Endgame Experience

06/07/2020 -

Capablanca said, "In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else. For whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middle game and end game must be studied in relation to the end game". Many world champions and countless masters of the game emphasized on the importance of the endgame. Kidambi discusses a Rook vs Rook-Bishop endgame from the recently concluded Chessable Masters. The position was shown to him by his friend R Karthik, Kidambi also draws reference from Matthew Sadler's blog and a position Sandipan Chanda composed and shared with him last year. Check out Kidambi's elaborate explanation and his thought process. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Shardul Gagare wins Letsup MCA GP Blitz 4

05/07/2020 -

GM Shardul Gagare surprised everyone and won his first ChessBase India Online Blitz tournament. He scored 8.5/10, finished a half point ahead of the competition to win Letsup MCA GP Blitz 4. He will receive ₹7800 for his efforts. IM Terry Renato and GM Vugar Rasulov were placed second and third according to tie-breaks as both of them finished with 8.0/10. GM Vaibhav Suri maintained his GP standings lead with 31/40, followed by GP1 winner Rasulov at 26/40 and Abdusattorov at 21/40. Since best four out of five results will be counted, GP is still wide open. Registration for Blitz 5 is open. Can Vaibhav Suri win Letsup MCA Grand Prix?

Carlsen triumphs at the Chessable Masters

05/07/2020 -

Magnus Carlsen made a clean sweep at Chessable Masters as he won all of his mini-matches without going into tie-breaks. On the second day of the Finals, Carlsen defeated Giri by 2.5-1.5 to clinch the championship. Giri had quite a bit of chances in all three draws he made but much to his chagrin, he missed them all. Nepomniachtchi did not miss the opportunity to take a jibe at that fact as Giri eliminated him in the Semi-Finals. Carlsen walked away with $45000 as the winner of the tournament while Giri won $27000 as the runner-up of the event. The next stop in Magnus Carlsen Invitational is Legends of Chess which starts from later this month 21st July.

Gukesh wins Late Shailesh Nerlikar Memorial Online Blitz Open

04/07/2020 -

GM Gukesh D and GM Aravindh Chithambaram both scored 7.5/9, however Gukesh won Late Shailesh Nerlikar Memorial Online Blitz Open due to a better tie-break score. Aravindh was placed second. Six players finished with 7.0/9, out of them IM Terry Renato of Peru secured the second runner-up position according to the tie-break score. Victorious Chess Academy organized this event and sponsored ₹33000 total prize fund, IM Sagar Shah contributed another ₹12000 to make the total prize fund ₹45000. Total 102 players including 10 GMs, 15 IMs, 2 WGMs and 4 WIMs from India, Ireland, Peru, Russia and USA took part in this event.

Chessable Masters Finals: Carlsen wins the first mini-match

04/07/2020 -

If you have to talk about epic rivalry at the top level of chess then that has to be between Carlsen and Giri. You must be wondering why. They take their frenemy to a whole new level with their continuous jibe and banters over twitter. That definitely makes things interesting when there are no games. Speaking of games, despite losing game two to Carlsen, Giri fought back and equalized the score 2-2 by winning the fourth game. He had a decisive advantage in game five also but unfortunately for him, he missed and settled for a draw. Carlsen penalized Giri for making a mistake early in game six and made sure Giri get no chances in that game. Now Giri must win the second mini-match to be in the title hunt. Do you think Giri will be able to bounce back today?

FIDE WSCC GP2: Vaishali eliminated by Gunina

03/07/2020 -

Vaishali's fantastic run at FIDE chess. com Women's Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix leg 2 came to an end at Quarter-Finals as she went down 3-7 against Valentina Gunina of Russia. Gunina is a multi-time European Individual and Russian Women's champion. She is one of the strongest woman player to have never won a World title. So Vaishali had a surmountable task. She managed to score two victories and two draws. In the end, she had another opportunity during a bullet game but that probably wouldn't have changed the overall outcome of the match. Vaishali will be back on the third leg along with Humpy and Harika starting from 8th July. Photo: Anastasiya Karlovich and Amruta Mokal

Chessable Masters: Giri beats Nepomniachtchi in the Semi-Finals

03/07/2020 -

Just over a week ago both World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Anish Giri joked about seeing each other in the final. You cannot deny the fact that it would make an interesting final now that Giri has beat Nepomniachtchi 3.5-2.5 in the third mini-match of their Semi-Finals. Their pre and post-match banters on twitter is well-known to the fans and it will be interesting to see who wins it. Giri despite having a bit of ups and downs, he has managed to pull through in all situations from tie-breaks to Armageddon. Carlsen is yet to show a chink in his armor in this tournament, but the finals will be a treat for those who love the game. Who do you think will win Chessable Masters - Carlsen or Giri?

FIDE WSCC GP2: Vaishali beats Anna Muzychuk

02/07/2020 -

WGM Vaishali R continued her terrific run at FIDE chess.com Women's Speed Chess Championship as she knocked out former Women's World Rapid and Blitz Champion GM Anna Muzychuk by beating her 6-4 in the Round of 16. Despite being down by 2-4, she made a fantastic comeback and won the match by 6-4. She will face GM Valentina Gunina in the Quarter-Finals. Vaishali is at the fourth position in the GP Standings with 5 points. The only other Indian taking part in this GP was Harika who lost against the in-form and WSCC GP1 winner Anna Ushenina. Harika lost by 4-7 against the former Women's World Champion. Quarter-Finals will take place today from 6 p.m. IST. Photo: Amruta Mokal and FIDE

Chessable Masters: Carlsen advances to the Finals

02/07/2020 -

Ding Liren could not do well against Magnus 'The Magnanimous' in the second mini-match of the Semi-Final as he lost two mini-matches by 0-2 in Chessable Masters. Thus Carlsen became the first finalist and the journey of Ding Liren in the event came to an end. Meanwhile, Giri drew his first game in the second mini-match against Nepomniachtchi. However he lost the next one as he trapped his own knight. Making draws in the next two games didn't help either as the score became 1-1. They will decider today to determine Carlsen's opponent in the Finals. Who do you think will win today - Giri or Nepomniachtchi? Photo: Amruta Mokal

New: ChessBase Magazine #196

01/07/2020 -

ChessBase Magazine is the most comprehensive and most sophisticated chess magazine there is. Analyses from the Magnus Carlsen Invitational and FIDE Nations Cup by Giri, Duda, Firouzja, Adhiban and others. Robert Ris discusses Dubov's Tarrasch Defence, Spyros Kapnisis explores the Kalashnikov in King's Indian Sicilian, Dorian Rogozenco presents rediscovered Kasparov games, Karsten Muller presents Endgame from top rapid events, Anish Giri analyses his victory over Magnus Carlsen. CBM Special: Bobby Fischer, 11 articles with new repertoire ideas. Videos by Werle, King and Marin. Training: tactics, strategy and endgame! Photo: ChessBase

Chessable Masters: Carlsen does right by Ding Liren

01/07/2020 -

We often come across situations in a tournament where we think as a player and not as a human being. We take advantage of the situation, circumstance and the system. When a player shows their humanity, empathy in situations where it doesn't benefit them but their competitors, only then humanity triumphs over mere numbers, prizes and accolades. Carlsen just did that yesterday when he resigned after four moves in Game 2 as Ding Liren got disconnected in Game 1 in a completely drawn position. Carlsen did it because he has tremendous respect for Ding Liren both as a player and as a human being. Carlsen went on to win the first mini-match in the Semi-Final by 3.5-2.5 and Anish Giri got advantage as he scored 3-1 against Nepomniachtchi in the first mini-match of the Chessable Masters Semi-Final. Photo: Amruta Mokal

FIDE announces Online Olympiad 2020

30/06/2020 -

FIDE Olympiad which was supposed to take place in July-August got cancelled due to the global pandemic Covid-19. FIDE has been continuously coming up with online events like FIDE Online Nations Cup, Asian Junior Online, Women's Speed Chess Championship, IPCA Online Championship and many more. There were talks about having an Online version of hte Olympiad which has finally materialized. From July 22nd to August 30th 2020 FIDE Online Olympiad will take place in various divisions and stages. FIDE has revealed the time control and team composition prerequisites, however the tournament schedule and hosting internet platform will be revealed soon. Photo: FIDE

Chessable Masters: Ding Liren knocks out Nakamura

30/06/2020 -

Ding Liren defeated Hikaru Nakamura in two consecutive games after making an uneventful draw to advance to the Semi-Finals of Chessable Masters. Ding will now face the reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen today at the Semi-Finals. In the other Semi-Final, Ian Nepomniachtchi will go against Anish Giri. In both games, Ding Liren launched an attack on the queen side which Nakamura could not manage to hold or launch a successful attack on the other side of the wing. It will be interesting to see how Ding Liren match up against Carlsen as the last time they faced in Semi-Finals was in GCT London in December 2019, although that was an over-the-board event and Ding came out victorious.

Chessable Masters: Giri advances to the Semi-Finals on his birthday

29/06/2020 -

Just like the previous day, the second mini-match between Giri-Grischuk and Nakamura-Ding started with draw each respectively. However Nakamura and Giri both picked up the first victory of the day respectively. Giri showed some brilliant technique in the endgame. They all drew their next game. Giri won the final game of his mini-match against Grischuk with a beautiful combination to secure a place in the Semi-Finals, while Nakamura had to chain up two consecutive victories after suffering two grueling losses due to blunder to force the third mini-match. Giri-Nepomniachtchi is confirmed in the second Semi-Finals but who will face Carlsen, Nakamura or Ding Liren? We will find out today.

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