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Gujarat GM Open R8: Vignesh catches Stany in the lead!

10/10/2018 -

After round 7, it seemed IM Stany GA would cruise to the title with a full point's lead over his nearest rival. But the antepenultimate round made some drastic changes to the tournament situation. Stany lost with the white pieces to IM Vignesh NR. Now, as many as 10 players have the possibility of catching up in the tournament lead. But despite his loss, Stany's stupendous run so far has ensured him his second GM norm, with a round to spare. The top board victor, IM Vignesh NR also scored his third Grandmaster norm with his win over Stany. Vignesh only needs to cross Elo 2500 now to become a Grandmaster.

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Gujarat GM Open R6+7: Stany the unstoppable

09/10/2018 -

IM Stany GA of Karnataka is simply on a roll at the 1st Gujarat International Grandmaster Open. On day five, he won both of his games and took sole lead in the tournament. In round six, he defeated his co-leader GM Levon Babujian and in the seventh round, he brought down the top seed of the tournament, GM Martyn Kravtsiv. With two rounds to go, Stany is already a full point ahead of his nearest rival and is now a very strong favourite to take the title prize. Some other Indian youngsters also scored important upsets on the fifth day. In round six, Pranav V managed to beat GM Lalith Babu in merely 29 moves. One round later, West Bengal's Srijit Paul completely dominated GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan on board 11. An illustrated report

Gujarat GM Open 2018 R5: GA Stany leads with Levon Babujian

08/10/2018 -

The fifth round of the 1st Gujarat International Grandmaster Open saw two players share lead at its conclusion -- Levon Babujian and Stany GA. Stany benefitted from his opponent's overzealous play and won his fifth straight game against Vitaly Sivuk. On board three, Babujian defeated Lalith Babu to make it to the joint lead. The round also saw three big upsets. While Niranjan Navalgund brought down GM Ziaur Rahman, Kumar Gaurav and N Surendran held Sergey Kasparov and Neelotpal Das to draws. Round five report.

One in a million - Darpan Inani, the strongest blind player of India - Part I

08/10/2018 -

Darpan Inani is the strongest blind player in India. Rated 2053, he has been a bronze medalist at the 2013 World Junior Championship in Belgrade. In 2010, he became the youngest player to win the National Blind Championship at the age of 16 years, a record which still stands. We caught up with Darpan for an elaborate interview. In this first part, Darpan talks about his journey as a chess player, his disability, his struggles and the people who helped him through. Darpan Inani is a player whose story is inspirational. Read on to know more about him and his achievements.

Why you should play ACL Challengers League 2018

08/10/2018 -

ACL Challengers League 2018 is just a week away. This time the tournament has been made open for all academies. There is no limit on maximum teams in each category. You must be wondering why you should play in this tournament. Because this time it is going to be bigger, better and more rewarding. In Challengers League, each winning team in all four categories will not only get the bragging rights, but they will also get a shining new trophy to remind them of their glory. That's not all. All participants will get a participation certificate* too.

Gujarat Open 2018 Round 3+4: Harsha Bharathakoti becomes India's 56th GM!

07/10/2018 -

Day three of the 1st Gujarat International Chess tournament brought big news for Indian chess. In the fourth round, Harsha Bharathakoti defeated GM Farrukh Amonatov to breach the 2500 Elo threshold and become India's 56th grandmaster. Indians also scored some other upsets in the day. In the third round, Vinayak Kulkarni of Karnataka drew a wild tactical game against GM Adam Tukhaev. An illustrated report.

Millionaire Chess 2014 winner Sushrutha Reddy recounts

07/10/2018 -

In the year 2014, Sushrutha Reddy went to Las Vegas in USA to play the biggest prize money open tournament of that time, Millionaire Chess 2014. He won it in the under 2000 rating category. In this article we bring you the entire story on how he took a leap of faith and won the biggest prize money tournament along with semi-final and final games, also the fairy-tale happy ending of it. It just proves that if you put your mind to it, against all odds, you can still come out at the top and triumph. The entire article has been published with the permission of Sushrutha Reddy and all photos are provided by him.

The Gujarat Open begins!

07/10/2018 -

The 1st Gujarat Grandmaster Open kicked off on Friday, October 5, 2018. The first two rounds of the event saw some intense action: upsets were abundant, games were exciting and there were some opening debacles too! In this report, we bring you games, pictures and some off the board accounts of sportsmanship from the first two days.

How can team India win a medal at the Batumi Olympiad 2018?

05/10/2018 -

It is not straightforward and a lot of results have to go our way, but if they do, then India has a realistic chance of winning a medal at the Batumi Olympiad 2018. India is playing against Poland in the last round and firstly we must win this match. After that we should hope that USA beats China and that the second board match between France and Russia ends in a 2-2 draw. If this happens, then winning a silver is very realistic. But if these results do not happen, then we can still fight for the bronze. In case if USA and China draw the match on top board and France or Russia beat each other, then our chance for the medal is lost. All of this is explained in much better depth in the article. We also explain to you how Sonneborn Berger is calculated so that you can have a better idea of how the tiebreak will work when the match points are the same between two teams.

Batumi Chess Olympiad: India's chances of a podium finish diminish after a catastrophic ninth round

04/10/2018 -

Round 9 of the Batumi Chess Olympiad turned out to be a disastrous one for India. In the open segment, India lost to the eighth-seeded  Armenian team after Sasikiran's loss against Haik Matirosyan on board 4. In the women's group, Tania Sachdev lost her second straight game, this time against the much lower rated Marina Brunello. Harika Dronavalli helped even out the scores with her win over Elena Sedina but this draw meant that the Indian team is out of contention for a podium finish. | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Live Games and Updates of Team india from Batumi Olympiad 2018

04/10/2018 -

The Batumi Chess Olympiad is one of the most eagerly anticipated events in the world. Team India begins as the fourth seeds in the open section and as the fifth seeds in the women' section. With Vishy Anand and Koneru Humpy back in the team, India has a realistic chance of winning a medal. On this page, you can follow the entire journey of the Indian team from the start until the end of the event. First of all, you can see the live games and commentary here, but apart from that, you will find all the relevant links required of previous reports, chess-results and other important sources. This page will be updated every day several times to give you live updates as well. We suggest that you bookmark this page on your browser to follow team India's journey at the Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018. 

Batumi Chess Olympiad: Sasikiran helps India edge out Czech Republic, women suffer their first loss

03/10/2018 -

The eighth round encounter between India and the Czech Republic had gone neck to neck until the conclusion of the first two games. On the top board, Vishy Anand was held to a draw by David Navara. Adhiban was the first to finish his game against Zbynek Hracek. The two signed peace in merely 17 moves. Meanwhile, Krishnan Sasikiran showed some fantastic middle game play to bring down Jiri Stocek on board 4 and put his country in the lead. Vidit had the better position but was held to a draw in the end. In the women's group, losses on the first and the third board led to a disastrous loss for India against a lower rated Hungarian team. Round 8 report. | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Batumi Chess Olympiad Round 7: Indian men beat Egypt, Indian women draw against Georgia 1

02/10/2018 -

It was an easy round for the Indians against the Egyptians, but it turned out to be extremely dangerous. Vishy Anand was held to a quick draw by Bassem Amin and Vidit Gujrathi who was pressing throughout the game suddenly landed in a bad position. The onus was now on Harikrishna and Sasikiran to deliver. And they did! India managed to win with the narrowest of margins, but as coach R.B. Ramesh said after the match, "A win is a win!" In the women's section Georgia 1 is one of the strongest teams in women's chess out there. The Indian girls fought bravely and managed to hold their own against the Georgian women players. Full report with analysis by GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly and videos of coaches of Indian teams.

Batumi Olympiad 2018 Round 6: The peaceful men, violent women

01/10/2018 -

The sixth round of the Batumi Olympiad 2018 saw some extremely exciting chess from both the men and women's team of India. While in the men's section we were able to hold Russia to a draw, in the women's section USA managed to survive after we had a 2-0 lead. Anand was struggling against Nepomniachtchi, but he drew the game, Adhiban was pressing against Jakovenko, but couldn't breakthrough. Tania and Humpy played excellent games, while Harika and Eesha got outplayed by their opponents. We have Harika's loss annotated by GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly who explains how Harika could have maintained the equality and given India a win.

Batumi Olympiad 2018 Round 5: Indian victory over South America

30/09/2018 -

Indian teams were up against two teams from South America. The men took on Paraguay and the women's team was up against Argentina. Both the matches were one sided and India managed to score 3.5-0.5 victories in both of them. Anand led from the front as he beat Neruis Delgado with the white pieces, Humpy had no difficulty in overpowering Carolina Lujan. In this report you can find four interviews with Adhiban, Harikrishna, Jacob Aagaard and R.B. Ramesh. Also you will be able to enjoy the excellent annotations of GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly and his take on the game Anand - Delgado. In the sixth round India takes on Russia and the women's team is up against USA!

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