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The most notable upset of the day was Bala Kannamma's shock defeat of Vijayalakshmi. This puts Viji's pursuit of the Women's Champion title in question as she is now tied on the second spot with two others on 4.5/7. Padmini Rout settled for another draw to extend her lead on her rivals by a full point. We have an illustrated report with analysis by Nihal Sarin.
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Padmini won a well-played technical game where she nursed her advantage from the opening to victory. Viji was worse and fighting for dear life, but she turned the tables after some sub-par moves by Mary Ann Gomes to win as well. Padmini leads the event with 5.0/6 while Viji is close on the heels with 4.5/6. Nihal Sarin chose Padmini's clinical performance as the game of the day and analyzed it for the readers.
The SBI Life National Amateur 2016 is taking place from the 5th to the 11th of November in Mumbai. The tournament was dominated from the start by CM Aditya Mittal who was off to a flier with 7.0/7. However, in the ninth round he suffered a defeat against Raahul V.S. With two rounds to go Raahul V.S. and Omkar Kadav lead the event with 8.0/9. Two more players are right behind them on 7.5/9. The tournament is poised for an exciting finish. An illustrated report.
Bihar never had a grandmaster of its own. In fact, it still does not have any. We had reported some weeks back that 16-year-old Kumar Gaurav had become the Indian Junior Chess Champion despite starting as the 42nd seed. Almost all the winners of the Indian Junior Championships in the past 15 years have become strong Grandmasters today. Most notable are Viswanathan Anand, Pentala Harikrishna, Abhijeet Gupta, and more. But Gaurav will never become a grandmaster without our help! Let us help him become the first grandmaster from Bihar!
Finally, we have a sole leader — the defending champion Padmini Rout. Padmini settled for a draw with Soumya while Mahalakshmi caused a flutter by defeating Vijayalakshmi S. Viji went wrong in early middlegame and gave away three pawns to gain active pieces. She had her chance to turn the tables and win even just before the time control but she missed it. We have an illustrated report with LIVE games and analysis by Nihal Sarin.
The 3rd Indiana FIDE Rating Open 2016 began on 05 November 2016 at Nagpur in Maharashtra. IM VAV Rajesh is leading the tourney with a full score of 5.0/5, followed by IM Chakravarthi Reddy and Sidhant Mohapatra with 4.5/5. A quick report...
The Ahmednagar District Chess Circle, under the leadership of Yashwant Bapat, has been organising cheap and efficient chess tournaments for years now. The latest edition began on 05 November 2016 and two young boys are leading the tables. Interestingly, the organiser himself is playing on the seventh board! Quick report...
Late Shri Krishna Shanu Bhomkar Memorial All India Open was held in Goa this bygone weekend. The event was led by the top seed WGM Bhakti Kulkarni, the Asian women's champion. She lost in the final round to IM Rohan Ahuja to finish fourth. Rohan scored a 9.5/10 to win the tournament. Quick Report...
The Andhra Pradesh State Under-15 Championship 2016 was held at Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh from 4th to 6th November 2016. The girls' event was won by Toshali V. The boys tournament was surprisingly won by Shyam Prasad Reddy K. ahead of the super-talent Gukesh D. A quick report...
Six-time national champion S. Vijayalakshmi played another fine game to beat IM Nisha Mohota while IM Padmini Rout accounted for Swati Ghate in the fourth round of 43rd National Women Premier Chess Championship now underway at Punjab Bhawan, Delhi. Close on the heels of the leaders are Soumya Swaminathan and Eesha Karavade who also won their games. Our analyst Nihal Sarin picked Soumya's win as the game of the day and has analyzed it for the ChessBase readers to enjoy!
This November, in true holiday spirit, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis will host a showdown between four of the top rated players in the world. Over five days in the ultimate champions matchup, No. 3 rated Fabiano Caruana, No. 7 rated Hikaru Nakamura, and two former world champions, No. 8 Viswanathan Anand of India and No. 13 Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, will compete in three different styles of chess. Preview...
In the third round of the National Premier 2016, two statemates Kiran Manisha Mohanty and Padmini Rout were up against each other. Kiran made her first move with the white pieces and Padmini, who usually replies immediately, took quite some time for her response. Why did she do that? Well, the answer lies in the title of this article! Kiran had been successful in surprising her opponent! Read on to know how exactly she did that.
After three rounds Viji and Padmini are still in the lead with 2.5/3. The third round witnessed five drawn encounters, but not without a fight. IM Nisha Mohota was the only one to score the full point as she got the better of M. Mahalakshmi. Watch the games with some expressive pictures and analysis by our young analyst Nihal Sarin in our illustrated report.
"Chess is not just a sport or a hobby for me. It has become a part of my life, my routine, my everything. When I see the 64 squares in front of me I forget everything. I do not want to stop here. I love this game, I can give my entire life to this no matter how much hard work goes into it." These are the words of Avathanshu Bhat, who writes passionately, in this artice, about his chess journey. And did we tell you his age? The boy is just eleven years old and is the youngest author ever to have written an article for the ChessBase newspage.
The Maharashtra State under-15 will be held in the city of Amravati from the 13th to the 15th of November 2016. In this article we give you all the details that you will need to participate in this event. The top four winners in both open and girls section will qualify for the under-15 Nationals that will be held in Delhi from 20th to 28th November. ChessBase India is sponsoring a few prizes and Pawan Dodeja, the secretary of Amravati District Chess Association, invites you with his melodious voice.
