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Quantbox Research announces scholarships of Rs.60 lakh (US$70,000) for budding talents of Indian chess

01/06/2025 -

Quantbox are the sponsors of Arjun Erigaisi. With their support Arjun has climbed up the world rankings and has also broken into 2800 Elo. Now Quantbox wants to extend their support to other players as well, this time by instituting the Quantbox research scholarship by contributing Rs.60 lakh (US$70,000) under their CSR initiative to HelpChess Foundation. This scholarship is meant as a support to the budding talents of the country. You can apply for it by filling the form given in this article.

ChessBase 18 and Mega 2025 are here

ChessBase 18 is an all-new program that helps you manage all your databases as an ambitious player. Mega Database 2025 has 11 million games with over 113,000 games annotated by masters. The cost of ChessBase 18 is Rs.4499/- and the cost of Mega Database 2025 is Rs.6499/- However, if you go for the combo the total amount comes to Rs.8999 (instead of 10,998/-) helping you save Rs. 1999/-.

ChessBase 18 + Mega 2025 Combo

25th Dubai Open R5: Grebnev grabs sole lead

01/06/2025 -

GM Muradli Mahammad (AZE) drew against GM Nihal Sarin in Round 5 of 25th Dubai Open 2025. It was a well contested draw and neither player had any real chances. GM Bharath Subramaniyam H lost to GM Aleksey Grebnev who emerged sole leader 4.5/5. IM S Rohith Krishna had a hard-fought draw against GM Ivan Zemlyanskii. Nihal and Rohith are the only two Indians among five pursuers at 4/5 each. The remaining three are - Muradli, GM Shant Sargsyan (ARM) and GM Sina Movahed (IRI). Nihal will face Grebnev in Round 6. It starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Dubai Chess & Culture Club

6th Stepan Avagyan Memorial R3: Aravindh outplays Xiangyu, crosses 2750 for the first time

01/06/2025 -

Aravindh Chithambaram outplayed Xiangyu Xu (CHN) in Round 3 of 6th Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2025. Aravindh played bravely and launched a devastating attack on the kingside by exposing his own king. His opponent had no answer to that. This win pushed Aravindh to 2750.8 in live ratings for the first time in his career. His rank is World no.11 in June FIDE rating list. R Praggnanandhaa signed a quick 18-move draw against Samuel Sevian (USA). Aram Hakobyan (ARM) and Dmitrij Kollars (GER) are the only two other victors of the round against Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB) and Benjamin Gledura (HUN) respectively. Round 4 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

Norway Chess Women R5: Humpy emerges sole leader

01/06/2025 -

GM Koneru Humpy defeated GM Tingjie Lei (CHN) in Armageddon to gain sole lead at 2nd Norway Chess Women 2025. After a draw in the Classical battle, the Armageddon was not a smooth game for the victor. Humpy was lost at one point against Tingjie due to her incorrect passive queen retreat. Tingjie could not seize her opportunity, misplayed and blundered her knight in one move to lose the game. GM R Vaishali scored her first three-pointer of the event against IM Sara Khadem (ESP). GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) played two solid draws in both Classical and Armageddon against GM Wenjun Ju (CHN). However, the five-time Women's World Champion had the black pieces in Armageddon, hence she won the match. Round 6 starts today from 5 p.m. local time, 8:30 p.m. IST. Apart from youtube, there is also a live broadcast on Sony Liv. Photo: Norway Chess / Michal Walusza

Norway Chess 2025 R5: Hikaru Nakamura fumbles in Armageddon against Arjun Erigaisi

01/06/2025 -

Arjun Erigaisi defeated Hikaru Nakamura (USA) in Armageddon at 13th Norway Chess 2025. Nakamura was winning for the better part of the game. However, in a winning position, instead of finding the correct continuation, he blundered terribly and lost the game. Wei Yi (CHN) and D Gukesh drew their Classical game which could have gone either player's way. Wei won the must-win Armageddon with white pieces to win the match. Magnus Carlsen (NOR) won his first Armageddon of the event against Fabiano Caruana (USA) after their Classical game ended in a draw. With this win, Carlsen extended his sole lead by 1.5 points, 9.5/15. Round 6 starts today from 5 p.m. local time, 8:30 p.m. IST. Apart from youtube, there is also a live broadcast on Sony Liv. Photo: Norway Chess / Michal Walusza

Titas Club clear first at Great Wall Ceramic Premier Division League 2025

31/05/2025 -

Titas Club scored 16/18 to win Great Wall Ceramic Premier Division Chess League 2025. The defending champion Bangladesh Police finished last, scoring only 1 point. Manha's Castle and Leonine Chess Club scored 14/18 each. They were placed second and third respectively according to tie-breaks. The winning team suffered sole loss against the eventual runner-up, Manha's Castle in the seventh round. FM Vedant Panesar was the sole Indian in the winning team. He contributed 7.5/9. IM Aaditya Dhingra and FM Sahib Singh scored 8/9 and 6/9 each respectively for the runner-up team. Aaditya remained undefeated. IM Aaryan Varshney and IM Kaustuv Kundu scored 8.5/9 and 7/9 each respectively for the second runner-up team. Aaryan also remained unbeaten and gained 29.6 Elo rating points. Photos: Bangladesh Chess Federation

New: Master Class Vol.18: Max Euwe

31/05/2025 -

Max Euwe became the fifth World Chess Champion after beating Alexander Alekhine in the 1935 World Championship match. A maths teacher by profession, Euwe remained an amateur throughout his life, but was still the best chess player in the Netherlands, and one of the world's best players. Euwe holds the record for the most Dutch national championships, with twelve. After winning the World Championship, Euwe was also the world's best player for a while. He lost the title again in 1937 in the rematch against Alexander Alekhine. In addition to his career as a player, he was very successful as the author of numerous textbooks. In addition to four decades of chess history with all the great players of the time, this video course also teaches many instructive games of the world's best players, not least the famous ‘Pearl of Zandvoort’. Photo: ChessBase

Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri dominates 1st Aspiring Minds Rapid Rating Open 2025

31/05/2025 -

Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 1st Aspiring Minds Rapid Rating Open 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. Six players - Vignesh Advaith Vemula, CM Chidvilash Sai Surapaneni, FM Ajay Mushini, IM Ravi Teja S, Rohith N and Dhruva Thota scored 8/9 each. They secured second to seventh place respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹300000. The top three prizes were ₹50000, ₹30000 and ₹15000 along with a trophy each. The two-day nine round Rapid  Rating Open tournament was organized by Aspiring Minds Chess Academy at Meridian Global School in Hyderabad, Telangana on 3rd and 4th May 2025. This is Bharat's third overall, first rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Aspiring Minds Chess Academy

25th Dubai Open R4: Nihal, Bharath and Rohith in the lead

31/05/2025 -

GM Nihal Sarin defeated GM Yair Parkhov (ISR) to join the lead at 25th Dubai Open 2025. The top seed, Nihal beautifully transferred his queen from kingside to queenside. His opponent made a desperate rook sacrifice which did not yield anything. IM S Rohith Krishna won against GM Iniyan Pa to move to the top 3.5/4. IM Ilamparthi A R's momentary blind spot cost him dearly against GM Bharath Subramaniyam H. Nihal, Bharath, Rohith, GM Mahammad Muradli (AZE) and GM Aleksey Grebnev are in the lead 3.5/4. IM Md. Imran, FM Sahib Singh and IM Kushagra Mohan defeated GM Pranav Anand, GM Siddharth Jagadeesh (SGP) and GM Momchil Petkov (BUL) respectively. Round 5 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Dubai Chess & Culture Club

6th Stepan Avagyan Memorial R2: Wins allure Praggnanandhaa and Xiangyu

31/05/2025 -

R Praggnanandhaa drew with Jonas Buhl Bjerre (DEN) in Round 2 of 6th Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2025 in Jermuk, Armenia. Praggnanandhaa had a great opportunity against Dane no.1. However, he could not make the most out of it. Xiangyu Xu (CHN) had quite a few opportunities to extend his lead by a full point but he missed them all against Dmitrij Kollars (GER). Aravindh Chithambaram had a well contested draw against Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM). Aram Hakobyan (ARM) and Samuel Sevian (USA) had the longest game of the round. It lasted 93 moves. Round 3 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

25th Dubai Open R3: Rohith Krishna defies Nihal Sarin

30/05/2025 -

IM S Rohith Krishna played a hard fought draw against GM Nihal Sarin in Round 3 of 25th Dubai Open 2025. Neither player gave any chance to their opponent and a draw became the only result on the top board. IM Nitish Belurkar drew with GM Yair Parkhov (ISR). GM Shreyas Royal's (ENG) ambitious attack did not work against the reigning National Rapid champion, GM Iniyan Pa. IM Ilamparthi A R played inspired chess to beat GM Emre Can (TUR). The defending champion, GM Muradli Mahammad (AZE) and two-time Asian Junior champion, GM Aleksey Grebnev are the only two players with perfect score 3/3. Eight players including six Indians are at 2.5/3 each. Round 4 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Dubai Chess & Culture Club

6th Stepan Avagyan Memorial R1: Aravindh and Praggnanandhaa make a peaceful start

30/05/2025 -

Aravindh Chithambaram and R Praggnanandhaa made a peaceful start at 6th Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2025 in Jermuk, Armenia. They had a relatively calm draw. Xiangyu Xu (CHN) scored the sole win of the round against Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM). The Armenian had a few good opportunities to win. However, he blundered in the queen and rook endgame, could not capitalize on his chances. The winner of the fourth edition, Samuel Sevian (USA) had the fastest draw of the round against Benjamin Gledura (HUN) in 17 moves. Round 2 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

Norway Chess Women R4: Vaishali checkmates Anna Muzychuk after a mate-in-one blunder

30/05/2025 -

GM R Vaishali made a quick draw against GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) in Round 4 of 2nd Norway Chess Women 2025. Vaishali was lost for the better part of Armageddon. However, Anna started misplaying her advantage and eventually blundered a mate-in-one which Vaishali spotted and walked away with a win. GM Koneru Humpy drew the Classical battle against GM Wenjun Ju (CHN). In Armageddon, Humpy did not react well to the five-time Women's World Champion's attack on her kingside. She blundered and eventually succumbed. IM Sara Khadem (ESP) persevered a tough position to beat GM Tingjie Lei (CHN) who blundered at the end and lost her game. Today is the first of two rest days. Round 5 starts tomorrow Saturday from 5 p.m. local time, 8:30 p.m. IST. Apart from youtube, there is also a live broadcast on Sony Liv. Photo: Norway Chess / Michal Walusza

Norway Chess 2025 R4: Gukesh conquers Caruana in Armageddon on his 19th birthday

30/05/2025 -

The World Champion, D Gukesh defeated Fabiano Caruana (USA) in a must-win Armageddon in the fourth round at 13th Norway Chess 2025. Caruana got one chance in the endgame in the Classical battle. However, he missed it. In Armageddon, the World no.5 made a positional mistake in the middlegame. Gukesh had no trouble seizing his opportunity and scoring a victory on his 19th birthday. Magnus Carlsen (NOR) defeated Arjun Erigaisi in the Classical as the latter erred in the major piece endgame. Hikaru Nakamura (USA) drew the Classical game against Wei Yi (CHN). The Chinese GM drew Armageddon in a winning position as it was enough for him to win the match. Today is the first of two rest days. Round 5 starts tomorrow Saturday from 5 p.m. local time, 8:30 p.m. IST. Apart from youtube, there is also a live broadcast on Sony Liv. Photo: Norway Chess / Michal Walusza

How WIM Dr. Raghavi Vishnu Prasanna helped a boy eat his first meal after 18 years!

29/05/2025 -

Raghavi Vishnu Prasanna is one of India’s most accomplished Woman International Masters in chess. A five-time national champion and Commonwealth silver medallist, she was once among the top ten women players in the country! But her journey is more than the chessboard. She always had a deep desire to heal, so she chose to become a doctor. She is Tamil Nadu’s first exclusive Laryngologist. She treats people with voice, airway, and swallowing problems at her Shri Vas Clinic in Chennai along with her colleague Dr. Arunima S. This article is the story of Mohan, who had never eaten a single meal by mouth for 18 years, until Dr. Raghavi cured him, and that too without any surgery! Photo: Raghavi Prasanna.

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