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Dinesh Kumar Jaganathan clinches 1st Bikaner International GM Category B Below 2000 Rating

06/10/2022 -

Dinesh Kumar Jaganathan scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 1st Bikaner GM Category B Below 2000 Rating Tournament. He finished a full point ahead of the field. Six players scored 7.5/9 each. His elder brother, Kishore Kumar Jaganathan was placed second on tie-breaks, Ajay Virwani was adjudged third. The total prize fund for Category B was ₹1000000. Top three prizes were ₹100000, ₹75000 and ₹65000 along with a trophy each.. A total of 299 players participated from various states across India along with Bangladesh and Nepal. The five-day nine-round tournament was organized by Rajasthan Chess Association at Ashirwad Bhawan in Bikaner, Rajasthan from 1st to 5th October 2022. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

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European Club Cup 2022 R3: Six teams at 6/6

06/10/2022 -

D Gukesh continues his winning streak in Mayrhofen, Austria. He defeated IM Ahmad Ahmadzada in third round of European Chess Club Cup 2022. Vidit Gujrathi and Arjun Erigaisi also won, Vishy Anand, P Harikrishna and Nihal Sarin drew their respective games. The three teams in which the six Indians are playing - CSU ASE Superbet, Novy Bor Chess Club and TAJFUN - SK Ljubljana are among the leaders with a perfect score 6/6. Things will start heating up in the fourth round as Anand vs Mamedyarov, Fedorchuk vs Gukesh, Carlsen vs Harikrishna, Vidit vs Tari, Korobov vs Arjun and Pouya vs Nihal are on the cards in Round 4. It starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: European Chess Club Cup 2022

World Youth U16 Olympiad 2022 R4: India bounces back strong against Uzbekistan-2

06/10/2022 -

India made a strong comeback by defeating Uzbekistan-2 in the fourth round of FIDE World Youth Under-16 Olympiad 2022. GM Pranav V, FM Harshad S and Tanisha S Boramanikar scored the wins, while IM Pranesh M was held to a draw. India will face the biggest challenge of the event so far, the top seed Iran in the fifth round. There are no changes in the Indian team, however Iran has made one change. Turkiye-Red and Kazakhstan are currently in the lead with a 100% score 8/8. They are followed by five teams including India at 6/8 each. Round 5 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Nakhchivan Chess Federation

1st Bikaner GM Open R6: Abhijeet Gupta endures an epic battle against Levan Pantsulaia

06/10/2022 -

The game between the top two seeds of 1st Bikaner GM Open 2022 was an epic one. GM Levan Pantsulaia and GM Abhijeet Gupta were facing each other for the first time since 2015. The previous four encounters were tied at 2-2, where both sides had a win over the other. The sixth round game could have gone either player's way, yet it ended in a draw, nevertheless it was a long but an exciting encounter. Both of them left everything board and did not hold back one bit. Abhijeet maintains his sole lead 5.5/6. GM Duc Hoa Nguyen (VIE) and IM Arash Tahbaz (IRI) are in the chase at 5/6 each. FM Aravind L N won an interesting game against IM Nitin S. Round 7 starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Novendra Priasmoro wins 17th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Open 2022, Deepan second and Karthik third

05/10/2022 -

Indonesia's top GM Novendra Priasmoro scored 7.5/9 to successfully retain his Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open Chess Championship 2022 in the 17th edition. Despite starting the tournament with a loss, he scored an impressive 7.5 points in the remaining eight games, finished a half point ahead of the competition to become champion. GM Deepan Chakkravarthy scored sole 7/9 to finish second. GM Karthik Venkataraman and Malaysian prodigy Yu Tian Poh scored 7/9 each. Karthik was placed second due to better tie-breaks. Top three prizes were US$ 4000, 2500 and 1500 each respectively. Check out the tournament report by Andrew Ooi. Photo: Khong Wai Cheong

European Club Cup 2022 R2: Gukesh does a Zlatan against Zoltan

05/10/2022 -

D Gukesh played like Zlatan Ibrahimović does in a football match. In the second round, the 16-year-old just brutally destroyed his opponent, GM Zoltan Varga. SK Dunajska Streda lost to his team, CSU ASE Superbet 0.5-5.5. Vishy Anand was rested and the new Romania no.1, Richard Rapport played in his stead. Pentala Harikrishna, Arjun Erigaisi and Nihal Sarin drew their respective games. Vidit Gujrathi won a prolonged encounter which he should have much before.  The legend, Anand will return to the board once again in the third round as he will battle against GM Rauf Mamedov. Round 3 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Ashwin Subramanian

1st Bikaner GM Open R5: Abhijeet Gupta emerges sole leader

05/10/2022 -

GM Abhijeet Gupta extended his sole lead by a full point at 1st Bikaner GM Open 2022. He defeated his coleader, IM Tahbaz Arash (IRI) comfortably in the fifth round. Six players are trailing the leader at 4/5 each. Indrajeet Mahindrakar scored a big win over GM Valeriy Neverov (UKR). Former National Junior champion and IM-elect FM Aradhya Garg, FM Ram Aravind L N and Arhan Chethan Anand drew with GM Deepan Chakkravarthy, IM Anuj Shrivatri and IM Ratnakaran K respectively. Abhijeet will face his toughest challenge of the event in the form of top seed, GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO) in the sixth round. It starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

World Youth U16 Olympiad 2022 R3: India suffers a loss against Kazakhstan by a minimum margin

05/10/2022 -

India suffered a loss against Kazakhstan in the third round of World Youth Under-16 Olympiad 2022. IM Pranesh M scored the sole win for the team. GM Pranav V drew his game. Mrittika Mallick and Rohit S lost their respective games. India will face Uzbekistan-2 in the fourth round. FM Harshad S and Tanisha S Boramanikar will be replacing Mrittika and Rohit respectively in the fourth round. Top three boards are rated much higher than their Uzbek counterparts. Top seed of the event, Iran was held to a 2-2 draw by Georgia-1. Round 4 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Islam Igshid

Aditya Mittal wins MPL Indian Chess Tour 2022 leg 4

04/10/2022 -

The fourth leg of MPL Indian Chess Tour 2022 had an interesting finish. Three players - IM Aditya Mittal, GM Karthikeyan Murali and GM Bharath Subramaniyam, ended with the same score 26/45. Both Aditya and Karthikeyan lost their final round games, while Bharath drew. Aditya won the tournament based on tie-breaks. All three scored the exact same number of seven wins and five draws. Previous leg winner, GM S L Narayanan scored 25/45 to finish fourth. Aditya has now qualified to the next Regular event of Meltwater Champions Chess Tour and also the Finals of MPL Indian Chess Tour which is slated to take place later this month. Photo: chess24

European Club Cup 2022 R1: Gukesh, Harikrishna, Vidit, Arjun and Nihal make a winning start

04/10/2022 -

Vishy Anand played his first rated game since he became the FIDE Deputy President back in August. The maestro is playing for the top team CSU ASE Superbet in the European Chess Club Cup 2022. He drew his game against GM Johann Hjartarsson of Viking Chess Club. D Gukesh is also playing for the same team as Anand. Pentala Harikrishna and Vidit Gujrathi won their games for Novy Bor Chess Club which has won Silver for the past three editions. Harikrishna played in all three of them, while Vidit returns after three years. Arjun Erigaisi and Nihal Sarin also won their respective games for TAJFUN - SK Ljubljana who scored a 6-0 whitewash over Schachfreunde Berlin. Round 2 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: European Chess Club Cup 2022

World Youth U16 Olympiad 2022 R2: Mexico loses to India 0.5-3.5

04/10/2022 -

Team India won against Mexico convincingly in the second round of World Youth Under-16 Olympiad 2022. GM Pranav Venkatesh, IM Pranesh M and Tanisha S Boramanikar won their respective games. FM Harshad S drew his first game at the event against Santiago Zacarias Rodriguez who did not make any mistakes. The top seed of the tournament Turkiye-Anatolia were held to a draw by Iran. India will face Kazakhstan in the third round. There are two changes - Mrittika Mallick and Rohit S will be replacing Tanisha and Harshad respectively. Round 3 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: wyco2022nakhchivan ig

1st Bikaner GM Open R4: Abhijeet and Tahbaz in the lead

04/10/2022 -

GM Abhijeet Gupta defeated IM Kushagra Mohan comfortably to maintain his lead at 1st Bikaner GM Open 2022. He is joined by IM Tahbaz Arash (IRI) who won against FM Ram Aravind L N in an interesting encounter. While, Kushagra got a worse position out of the Closed Sicilian opening, Ram Aravind faltered in the final moments of the endgame. IM Anuj Shrivatri saved a difficult position against GM Michal Krasenkow (POL). The teenager managed to salvage a draw eventually. Abhijeet will inevitably clash against Tahbaz in the fifth round, which starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

The Arjun Erigaisi Livestream!

03/10/2022 -

Arjun Erigaisi is an absolute phenomenon. At the age of 19 years, the youngster has reached India no.3 and world no.19 with a rating of 2731. Recently he performed admirably finishing 2nd at the Generation Cup 2022 and beating opponents like Aronian, Le Quang Liem, Adhiban, Navara, Niemann, Ivanchuk and many more. In this livestream on ChessBase India, IM Sagar Shah and GM Arjun Erigaisi discussed the critical moments of these games. They also talked about Arjun's rise to the top, and Arjun answered questions from the ChessBase India community. Thumbnail: Abhyudaya Ram.

World Youth U16 Olympiad 2022 R1: India whitewashes Panama 4-0

03/10/2022 -

Team India defeated Panama convincingly in the first round of FIDE World Youth Under-16 Olympiad 2022. Unlike the regular Olympiad, the youth is a combined event where each team must have a girl in their four member playing team. Team India is comprises - GM Pranav Venkatesh, IM Pranesh M, FM Harshad S, Tanisha S Boramanikar, Rohit S and Mrittika Mallick. Harshad and Mrittika were rested in the first round. The remaining four won their games comfortably. GM FST Tejas Bakre is the Captain of the team. India will face Mexico in Round 2 with only one change, Harshad will replace Rohit. Round 2 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Sara Asadova

1st Bikaner GM Open R2-3: Kushagra conquers Krasenkow, Ram Aravind superb against Luka

03/10/2022 -

One of the latest International Masters of India, Kushagra Mohan defeated the legendary Polish GM Michal Krasenkow in the third round. FM Ram Aravind L N also scored a fantastic win over GM Luka Paichadze (GEO). IM Anuj Shrivatri had a very good opportunity to beat the top seed of 1st Bikaner GM Open 2022, GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO). Unfortuantely, he missed his opportunity and could only manage a draw. 13-year-old Arhan Chethan Anand drew with GM Luka in round 2 and defeated IM Nitin S in the third round. GM Abhijeet Gupta survived a scare against Dhananjay S in the second round. Round 4 starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy