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World Juniors Rd.03+04: Petrosian would have been proud

18/10/2019 -

On 17th of October 2019, the World Juniors 2019 had two rounds. After the final game ended we already had clarity on who has the early lead in the event. In the open section we have three players who are sharing the lead with 3.5/4 - Miguel Ruiz from Spain, Evgeny Shtembuliak from Ukraine and the local favourite R. Praggnanandhaa. In this article we analyze one game of Praggnanandhaa and one game of Shtembuliak in great depth. While Pragg teaches you the art of exchange sacrifices, Shtembuliak shows you how to play positions in which you are winning. In the girls section we have Boldbaatar Altantuya from Mongolia who is on 4.0/4 and is the sole leader. A detailed report from New Delhi. 

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Breaking news! Raunak Sadhwani is India's 65th GM

18/10/2019 -

13-year-old Raunak Sadhwani has made the world sit up and take notice of his talent by playing phenomenal chess at the FIDE chess.com Grand Swiss 2019. He has a score 4.0/7 and has not lost a single game against some of the best players in the world. He has six draws and one win against seven opponents above the Elo of 2650 and also held Sergey Karjakin to an easy draw with black. With this performance Raunak has crossed the live rating of 2500 and become India's 65th GM! But doesn't a player get a GM norm after nine rounds? With two more rounds to go to reach the nine round mark, how are we so confident that Raunak has become a GM? Well, ChessBase India has done the math, and in this article we tell you why all that Raunak needs to do to become India's 65th GM is to just show up for his next two games!

ChessBase DVDs helped Kaustuv win 1st Hyderabad Open

17/10/2019 -

Top seed of the tournament Kaustuv Kundu scored an unbeaten 8.0/9 and finished a half point ahead of the pack of five players to win the tournament. Ram Prakash of Punjab scored 7.5/9 and he was placed second due to his better tie-break score and local lad Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri of Telangana secured the third position. Total 274 players from all over the country participated in this tournament from 1st - 5th October 2019, organized by Prufer Logic and Sphoorthi Chess Academy. The total prize fund ₹310500 was distributed among the prize winners. This was the third consecutive open rating tournament in Hyderabad which makes the City of Pearls a chess destination for all chess players and enthusiasts. Photo: Kaustuv Kundu

Indian Chess Raises ₹127003 in the memory of Late Rafiq Khan

17/10/2019 -

ChessBase India organized a blitz tournament in the memory of India's first Olympiad medal winner Rafiq Khan. The prize money of Rs.51,000 was instituted by Rafiq Khan's friends and admirers from Madhya Pradesh. The total amount that was collected by way of entry fee and donations was Rs.1,27,003. This entire amount will be given to Rafiq Khan's wife Zahida Khan. India's 54th GM Arjun Erigaisi (Indian-Lion) won the event and also Rs.12,400! Karthikeyan Murali and Abhimanyu Puranik were placed second and third according to their tie-break scores. Kaustuv Kundu and R Ashwath were the only two untitled players to have made it in the top 10 by securing seventh and ninth place respectively with a score of 6.0/9 each. Photo: Amruta Mokal

World Juniors 2019 Rd.02: The optimism of the young!

17/10/2019 -

The World Junior Championships 2019 is such high on chess content that it is becoming extremely difficult to write a report that would cover everything! In spite of having just 94 boards (47 in open and 47 in girls) there is high quality chess taking place on almost 70% of these games. After two rounds we have nine boys in the lead with 2.0/2 in the open section and eleven girls in the lead with 2.0/2 in the girls section. In this article we bring some of the most interesting and instructive moments of the second round. We not only have the pictures, analysis, and interviews but also a special section called highlights of the day which gives you the glimpse of what happened in just 12 minutes!

All India Chess Grand Prix begins in three days

16/10/2019 -

It is a well known fact that Tamil Nadu is the chess hub of the country. This time Tamil Nadu brings up an innovative series of rapid tournaments named All India Chess Grand Prix. There will be five one-day rapid rating tournaments, spanning a total of five months. To be eligible for a Grand Prix prize, a player must play a minimum of three tournaments of the series. Entry fee is as low as only ₹600. If you play more and submit your entry fee early, you can save more too. That's not all, each tournament has its own prize fund of ₹125000 each and the Grand Prix final will also have a total prize fund of ₹125000. There is no dearth of tournaments in Tamil Nadu. All India Chess Grand Prix is surely going to spice things up more.

World Juniors Rd.01: Dvorkovich visit and a tough start for the top seeds

16/10/2019 -

The World Junior Championships 2019 began with great excitement on the 15th of October 2019 in New Delhi, India. FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich visited the event and boosted the spirit of the participants. This is the second big event happening in India in the month of October after the successful completion of the World Youth Championships 2019. It is perhaps for the first time in the history that the number of male participants in the open section is exactly equal to the number of female participants in the girls section - 94 each! In the first round both the top seeds - Amin Tabatabaei (2642) and Zhu Jiner (2507) were held to a draw. We bring you detailed coverage from the venue in New Delhi.

Grand Swiss R06: Vishy Anand's instructive lesson in Spanish

16/10/2019 -

When it comes to the mastery of traditional systems, Vishy Anand is truly second to none. In the sixth round of FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 2019 the Indian legend proved this once again by outplaying his young talented opponent Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the classical Ruy Lopez. The other major victory of the day was pulled off by Surya Sekhar Ganguly who made an emphatic comeback after previous round's defeat to beat the Georgian genius Baadur Jobava. Sethuraman S.P. and Gukesh D also registered important wins, while Harikrishna Pentala suffered an unfortunate loss in the hands of Vladislav Kovalev. Two players, Fabiano Caruana and Wang Hao, lead the event with 5.0/6 points each but there are seven players, including Magnus Carlsen, who are closely following them just half a point behind. We bring a detailed, illustrated report from Douglas, Isle of Man.

Series of tournaments in Serbia

16/10/2019 -

Lately Serbia has been frequented by Indians for various round robin tournaments to increase rating and gain norms. Saptarshi Roy became India's 51st GM and Leon Mendonca Luke scored three IM-norms in 17 days early this year at Serbia. This has inspired players from all over the world to flock to Serbia. One of the the many reasons why these tournaments are successful is because it is organized by a chess player GM Sinisa Drazic himself. Drazic sends us a pictorial report of three amateur tournaments held in Serbia where two of them were Scheveningen tournaments and a mini open tournament where you can catch a glimpse of the playing hall and the players. Photo: GM Sinisa Drazic

Grand Swiss R05: The resurgence of the World Champion

15/10/2019 -

Magnus Carlsen registered a convincing win against India's Surya Sekhar Ganguly in round five of FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 2019. It has been a shaky first few rounds for Magnus here in Isle of Man. But thanks to the eleven-round swiss format, there still is ample scope for the World Champion to recover from his initial hiccups in the event. The Norwegian surely understands that and with this fifth round victory it seems he is on his way to make his presence felt. Overall, day five of the tournament went fairly well for the Indian contingent. Apart from Ganguly only Gukesh D and Soumya Swaminathan had to suffer defeats. Vishy Anand won a dominating game with the black pieces against Axel Bachmann and Adhiban Baskaran made a refreshing come back beating David Howell. Elsewhere, Abhimanyu Puranik, Nihal Sarin, and Prithu Gupta too registered impressive wins.   

Al Muthaiah wins 5th Hatsun & Idhayam Open through Armageddon

15/10/2019 -

IM Al Muthaiah of Tamil Nadu and IM M Chakravarthi Reddy of Telangana both scored 7.0/8 and had all their tie-break scores same. So how to decide the winner? Armageddon was the answer. Al Muthaiah won the Armageddon match, thus he was declared the winner of the tournament. Four other players also finished at 7.0/8. Among them, AGM Sa Kannan had the better tie-break score to secure the third position. Total 308 players participated in this four-day eight round tournament, organized by Virudhunagar Chess Club at VSVN Polytechnic College from 5th-8th October 2019. Chief Arbiter of the tournament IA Prof. R Anantharam sends us a detailed report of the tournament.

Viswanathan Anand can still beat anyone, says Magnus Carlsen

15/10/2019 -

Viswanathan Anand is currently playing at FIDE chess.com Grand Swiss Isle of Man, which is his final path to the Candidates 2020. While his path to the Candidates seem difficult, the reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen believes that the Madras Tiger, Vishy Anand can still beat anyone. In this interview by Times of India's Prasad Ramasubramanian, Carlsen talks about his year so far, his most difficult among the current lot, if he sees Anand becoming a Challenger for the World title again, his acquisition of Chessable, his support towards his favorite team in Real Madrid and more. Photo: Amruta Mokal

Grand Swiss R04: Magnus Carlsen survives a massive scare

14/10/2019 -

Magnus Carlsen made an unbelievable escape from a completely lost position in the fourth round of FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss in Isle of Man here. The World Champion was up against Vladislav Kovalev with the black pieces and just twenty-seven moves into the game found himself in severe trouble. But fortunately it was his opponent's poor management of time that finally spared him of what would only have been a crushing defeat. The first board encounter between the World No 2, Fabiano Caruana, and China’s Wang Hao ended in a draw. The two have now been joined at the top by the World Junior Champion Parham Maghsoodloo and England’s Luke McShane who got the better of Vidit Gujrathi and Adhiban Baskaran respectively. Apart from the electrifying Kovalev-Carlsen clash, the performance of the Indian contingent in the fourth round was rather sombre. We bring an illustrated report. 

Sooraj shines at Adith Paulson Memorial 4th Don Bosco Open

14/10/2019 -

Fourth seeded Sooraj M R of Thrissur won his maiden open rating tournament by scoring an unbeaten 8.0/9 and finishing a half point of the runner-up. Sooraj is the current Thrissur District Senior, Rapid and under-25 champion. 67-year-old Abdul Majeed N scored an impressive unbeaten 7.5/9 to secure the first runner-up position. Top seed of the tournament Gunasekaran N scored 7.0/9 and due to a better tie-break score he was placed third. Total 205 players participated in the tournament from all across the country from 4th - 8th October 2019. Total Prize fund ₹301000 was distributed among 92 prize winners. A pictorial report of the tournament with photographs from Chief Arbiter of the tournament FA Peter Joseph M

City of Vicenza International turns 23

14/10/2019 -

CM Nicola Zanchetta scored 4.0/5 to win 23rd International tournament "City of Vicenza" edging ahead of FM Fabrizio Molina who also scored 4.0/5, due to a better tie-break score. Top seed FM Alberto Barp scored 3.5/5 to finish at third place. Three other players also finished at 3.5/5, but Albertro secured the third position due to a better tie-break score. Total 106 players took part in the 23rd edition of the tournament which took place from 27th to 29th September 2019 in the prestigious hall of Tiepolo hotel. Nicola received the first prize of €400 and a beautiful trophy. The fourth edition of the tournament is slated to take place from 25th to 27th September 2020. Photo: Enrico Danieli

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