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Sri Lanka - Buddhi International invites you!

07/10/2017 -

Back in 2013 Sagar Shah, the author of this article, played a tournament in Sri Lanka. It was the first time in his life that he was the top seed of an International rating event. Sagar shares with you his very interesting experience of playing the tournament. That was the 4th Buddhi International. Now it's 2017 and we are into the 8th edition of the event. We have an invitation for you from our friend in Sri Lanka Buddhi Panagoda to play at this tournament with special conditions for the titled players.

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World Youth 2017: Jishitha does a Abhijeet Gupta!

06/10/2017 -

Usually when your start to the tournament is not so great, you can be rest assured that you won't be able to win a medal, especially at such a strong event like the World Youth 2017. Jishitha, after six rounds, had already lost 2 games. With 4.0/6, things were not looking so good. However, like a true champion she rose to the occasion and won the gold medal ahead of many talents! Sakshi Chitlange and Arjun Ergiasi won the silver and India came back home with three medals. A detailed report along with pictures from Uruguay and analysis by Sagar Shah.

A tricky Lucena explained by Prathamesh Mokal

05/10/2017 -

The Lucena is a basic yet extremely important endgame position. A lot of players learn it and tend to forget the same. In this instructive article, the experienced and well-known FIDE trainer Prathamesh Mokal not only teaches you this basic endgame, but poses you with a tricky study related to it. It is an excellent way to consolidate your knowledge about this key endgame and at the same time learn something new. Ready for the challenge?

Nostalgia at the Women National Challengers 2017

05/10/2017 -

Manisha Mohite is a former national chess player. She had played in India's top tournaments during the 80s and 90s. Later she was one of the best chess reporters of the country covering some of the best exploits of Vishy Anand and Harikrishna Pentala at the world level. But in the last few years she had been off the chess grid. She decided to return to the chess atmosphere at the National Women Challengers 2017 held in Mysuru, Karnataka in July 2017. It was then that she saw few of her competitors from the 90s still going strong. Nostalgia prevailed and Manisha sent us this beautiful report. 

Was it just another game of chess?

05/10/2017 -

Ever wondered what just one game of chess could do to you? In the third round of the Isle of Man Open, James Tarjan scored what was perhaps the biggest upset of the year.  He had managed to pull out a win against former World Champion, Vladimir Kramnik. Of all the things he might have expected, this was the last. Needless to say, he was elated. In essence, this was just one game of chess. But for Tarjan, this was different. He had played a game that he would remember until the end of time; a game that would bring a smile on his face whenever he thought about it. Below is a passionate account of what happened in Douglas that day from the eyes of a spectator who was enchanted watching how delighted the veteran Grandmaster was.

Aditya Basu and Sudipa Haldar triumph

05/10/2017 -

Aditya Basu and Sudipa Haldar win 40th West Bengal State Sub Junior Chess Championship 2017 held at Gorky Sadan, Kolkata from 18th - 20th September 2017. This was the biggest state sub junior chess championship in the history of West Bengal Chess as 235 boys and 86 girls participated. This report contains pictures, a huge video gallery and self-annotations by both the champions of their best game. A report by Shahid Ahmed who was present at the venue.

Isle of Man Rd 8+9: Anand finishes joint second!

05/10/2017 -

With two rounds to go, Magnus Carlsen put the pedal to the metal in round 8 and sensationally won his game against Fabiano Caruana. This meant that he was beyond the reach of Anand even if the Indian won both his games. On the other hand, Vidit Gujrathi also drew his game against Pavel Eljanov and was also out of contention for the title. Nevertheless, the Indians fought hard and did the best they could before the tournament came to a close. Winning both of his last two games, Anand joined Nakamura in the second place; Vidit Gujrathi reached Elo 2721 in live ratings and climbed up to the 34th place in world rankings while Arjun Kalyan and Harsha Bharathakoti made an IM and a GM norm respectively. A report on the final two rounds.

Love for children and respect for veterans in Malaysia

02/10/2017 -

If there was one tournament that players from all over the world, especially Asia, look forward to with great enthusiasm, it is surely the Malaysian Chess Festival. This year the 14th edition was held in Kuala Lumpur from 25th August to 4th September 2017. The main attraction of the festival are the sheer number of different events that are held ranging from team, children and veterans' tournament. ChessBase India author Atul Dahale visited the festival and sent us a colourful report. Here's the part I of the festivities.

Isle of Man Rd 07: Tournament remains wide open after Vidit holds Carlsen to a draw

02/10/2017 -

In the seventh round of the Isle of Man Chess Open, the Indian number three, Vidit Gujrathi was pitted against the world champion, Magnus Carlsen on the top board. Showing excellent nerves and play, the rising star from Nashik held the world champ to a draw. This not only put him on the 35th spot in the world rankings but also flung the tournament open. A horde of five players that includes the likes of Nakamura and Caruana are only half-a-point Carlsen. It will be interesting to see if any of them could catch up with the mighty Magnus. 

Isle of Man Rd 06: Vidit moves up to clear second spot

02/10/2017 -

Some tough matchups were lined up for the sixth round of the Isle of Man Chess Open. All of the four Indians on the top boards were pitted against their countrymen: Vishy Anand was playing Sethuraman while Vidit was playing Harsha Bharathakoti. As the storm of round 6 calmed, Vidit had won his game and taken the sole second spot while Anand, with his win was back at the top in the joint-third place. What's even more exciting is that Vidit will be playing his first ever classical game against Magnus Carlsen in round 7! A report by Aditya Pai.

India No.3 takes on World No.1! Live at 6 p.m. IST

02/10/2017 -

When Vidit got knocked out of the World Cup 2017, he was depressed. He had excellent chances of beating Ding Liren, but was unable to do so. In the end things seemed to have turned out well for the Nashik lad, as he was able to make it to the Isle of Man and is now in sole second position with 5.0/6. With three rounds to go he meets the leader of the tournament Magnus Carlsen (5.5/6) in the seventh round. Vidit is black. It's going to be a mouth watering encounter and you can watch the game live at 6 p.m. IST over here.

India wins five bronze medals at the Asian Indoors 2017

02/10/2017 -

Team India wons more bronze medals at the 5th Asian Indoor Games 2017 at Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Diptayan and Karthikeyan won Bronze in men's under-23 team and Padmini and Tania won bronze in women's team in the rapid format of the game. Also in blitz we were able to come up with two bronze medals as the duo of Diptayan Ghosh and Vaibhav Suri won in under-23 and Ganguly and Sasikiran in the open blitz section. We have pictures, games and analysis in this report.

Isle of Man Rd 05: Indian young guns shine

29/09/2017 -

Indian youngsters shined bright in the fifth round of the Isle of Man Chess Open in Douglas yesterday. IM Harsha Bharathkoti stunned everyone by making it into the 11-way-tie for second by defeating Bhaskaran Adhiban! His performance rating so far is a whopping 2894!! On the other hand, the world youngest IM R Pragnanandhaa got the better of the English number two, GM David Howell, while SP Sethuraman beat the 2012 World Championship Challenger, Boris Gelfand. A report by Aditya Pai.

Live Games from World Cup 2017

29/09/2017 -

It's the final day of World Cup 2017. Ding Liren and Levon Aronian are tied at 2-2 after four games of Classical chess. The finals now goes into tiebreaks. We will witness some edge of the seat action and we have set up the live games page over here for you to follow the games along with grandmaster commentary by Evgeny Miroschnichenko and Keti Tsatsalashvili. Who do you think will win the World Cup 2017? We have a poll within the article. Action begins at 16.30 hours IST

When chess and Amitabh Bachchan met at KBC

29/09/2017 -

Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) is the show with the highest Television Rating Points (TRP) in India. Millions of people watch the show which is hosted by the legendary Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan. The 18th of September episode was very unique for chess players as Shweta Rathore, an internationally rated FIDE chess player qualified to the show and discussed chess at length with Amitabh. In fact the entire Rathore family is in love with the game of chess and this was shown in ample measure on the show! And how much prize money did Shweta win? Check it out in the report below. 

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