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Since two players withdrew, two other competitors practically had a free day. Murali Karthikeyan won a fine game against Sriram Jha, while R.R. Laxman outwitted S. Nitin. The top two seeds B. Adhiban and Vidit Gujrathi won in characteristic fashion. We bring you games, cool positions, and pictures in our report.
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The Delhi Chess Association is hosting the National Sub-junior Championship 2016 at the Indra Gandhi Indoor Stadium from 28th to 28th November 2016. Three players share the lead in the boys' section while two girls lead in the other section. We bring you an illustrated report.
New York City 1995, Tehran 2000, Mexico City 2007, Bonn 2008, Sofia 2010, Moscow 2012, Chennai 2013, Sochi 2014 — these are the World Chess Championships that Viswanathan Anand has fought in his career. But it was only in 2007 that the world witnessed the coming of the Anand era. He has played in every title clash since he won the title in Mexico, except the ongoing match. But Anand had been busy of late winning the Champions Showdown multi-format tourney ahead of Caruana, Nakamura, and Topalov. Albert Silver brings us this exclusive interview with the champ where he talks about the future of chess and expresses his feelings on the ongoing world championship!
17-year-old Aravindh Chithambaram is in scintillating form at the National Premier 2016. He is currently on 4.0/5 with wins over Murali Karthikeyan and B. Adhiban. The fourth round is yet to be completed due to the controversies that had arisen. But in the games that were played Aravindh had won against Sriram Jha. So, the lad is currently sitting pretty on top with 5.0/6. Two players have withdrawn from the event. At this National Premier there has been action both on and off the board, but this time we focus on the former.
Just four games remain at the World Championship 2016. Sergey Karjakin is leading the match with +1. There is a high chance that we may have a new World Champion in the next ten days. It is the right time for you to know Sergey Karjakin in a better manner. Alexander Turpin has directed a 22-minute documentary based of Karjakin's life right from his childhood to the World Championship. You too can watch the movie for as little as $3. Read the article for the complete details.
After seven consecutive draws, we finally had a decisive game! The Challenger won game eight and now leads the match with a score of 4.5-3.5. It was an extremely poor show by the World Champion who shunned many drawing opportunities, even came back from a lost position, but eventually had to bite the dust because of his complete lack of objectivity. Sergey Karjakin has played solid chess and thoroughly deserves this victory. We analyze the game and bring to you the key moments explained in didactic and lucid style.
The National Premier 2016 was on verge of being discontinued as five players had withdrawn their names from the event due to horrific playing conditions. Vidit Gujrathi, Abhijit Kunte, Tejas Bakre, Abhishek Kelkar and Neeraj Mishra were left in a lurch when the fourth round began with the remaining nine participants. This is when the AICF President Venketrama Raja intervened and saved the situation. We bring you the entire story that took place on the 20th of November 2016.
A promising and new opening idea led to a very comfortable position for Magnus with the black pieces. In fact he had such nice development and structure that it seemed as if he would push for a win throughout the game. However, on the 16th move Carlsen blundered and lost all the chances of an advantage. He lost a pawn, but was able to take the game into an opposite coloured pawn down position. Sergey was a pawn up, but couldn't really push much. In the end the players agreed for a draw. Seventh consecutive draw!
Magnus Carlsen has been pretty much out of sorts in this World Championship Match. He botched up two winning positions in game three and four, and in the fifth game he was nearly lost. However, in the sixth round he played some accurate chess and made use of his excellent preparation to make an easy draw against the Challenger with the black pieces. GM Tiger Hillarp Persson analyzes this short but exciting game.
We earlier reported that the players were left high and dry at the 54th National Premier 2016, when the organizers didn't have a venue at the start of the event. Three rounds have been played after that and Murali Karthikeyan leads the tournament with 2.5/3. However, the main focus is no longer chess, as the organizers called up a meeting of players to inform them that the venue is no longer available. It's a nightmare for the participants and we bring you the views, opinions and all the updates.
The World Championship games will begin at 00.30 a.m. IST. Over here you can follow the games live. It will be a battle between the technical brilliance of Magnus Carlsen and the tenacious defending of Sergey Karjakin. The stage is set for the biggest chess extravaganza. After a tie in classical format, we are now down to the rapid section. Check out all the action!
The National Premier 2016 is a fourteen player Round Robin event held in Lucknow from the 17th to the 30th of November 2016. Vidit Gujrathi, with an Elo of 2689, is the top seed of the event. The average Elo rating of the event is 2458. Rounds begin every day at 2.30 p.m. Over here, you can follow all the games live along with features like Livebook, engine analysis, Let's check function and much more.
The 54th National Premier 2016 is being held in the Lucknow Public School. After initial hiccups of not being able to find the venue, the tournament has begun. Aravindh Chithambaram is currently on 2.0/2 and surprisingly is the only person on a perfect score. A group of four players follow him with 1.5/2. Top seed Vidit Gujrathi had a cruel encounter with fate in round two which saw him lose to the defending national champion Murali Karthikeyan. Analysis, pictures, and full story from Lucknow.
The final day saw the blitz leg that consisted of 12 games. Anand finished it with 7.0/12, half a point behind Nakamura. Thus, Viswanathan Anand won the rapid tournament, shared first in the 60-minute format and became second in blitz. That was enough to win the Champions Showdown 2016 at Saint Louis. We have an illustrated report with videos and comments by Vishy.
After three games in the Ruy Lopez/Berlin territory, Magnus Carlsen decided that it was time to bring in the Guioco Piano. The game witnessed an unusual move order which soon resulted in a fresh position. Karjakin was upto the task today as he kept control. Towards move 40, Magnus began to lose the control of the game and slid into a worse position. Being in a territory that he has never been in, Karjakin couldn't press in the best possible manner and the game ended in a draw. We have pictures, game analysis and key positions for you.
