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India wins eight medals at 4th Asian Para Games 2022

29/10/2023 -

India has won a total of eight medals in chess at 4th Asian Para Games 2022 in Hangzhou, China. Darpan Inani won individual Gold in Men's Rapid B1 scoring an unbeaten 6/7. Soundarya Kumar Pradhan won Silver 5.5/7 and Ashvin K Makwana Bronze 5/7. The three of them also won team Gold in the same category scoring 16.5/21. Kishan Gangolli won an individual Bronze medal in Men's Rapid B2B3 category scoring 5/7. He also won a team Bronze in the same category with Aryan B Joshi 3.5/7 and Somender B L 3.5/7. Himanshi Rathi secured an individual Bronze in Women Classical B1 category with a score 5/7. She is also part of the Bronze medal winning team in Women Rapid B1 with Vruthi Jain 3/7 and Sanskruti Vikas More 3/7. It is certainly a huge achievement of all nine individuals who have won eight medals in total. Photo: SAI Media

ChessBase 18 and Mega 2025 are here

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Grand Swiss 2023 R4: Vaishali crushes Mariya in 23 moves

29/10/2023 -

IM Vaishali R is in a fantastic form. She defeated the former Women's World Champion, GM Mariya Muzychuk (UKR) in just 23 moves in the fourth round of FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Women. Mariya's ambitious play backfired badly as it was her opponent who got an opportunity to launch a devastating attack on the kingside. GM Arjun Erigaisi and GM Aravindh Chithambaram, both playing with black pieces, missed great winning opportunities against GM Alexandr Predke (SRB) and GM Nikita Vitiugov (ENG). GM Vidit Gujrathi scored his third win in-a-row. He completed his hat-trick of victories against GM Alexei Shirov (ESP). Round 5 starts today at 2:30 p.m. local time, 7 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman

Praveen Kumar C wins 1st Hindustan Chess Rapid Rating Open 2023

28/10/2023 -

IM Praveen Kumar C, R Shadhursshaan, Shankar A and Ram S Krishnan scored 8/9 each at 1st Hindustan Chess Rapid Rating Open 2023. Praveen won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, the remaining three were placed second to fourth respectively. Only Praveen remained undefeated. He defeated the eventual runner-up, Shadhursshaan in the fifth round. Ram's victory over the sole leader Selvamurugan B in the final round, allowed Praveen to catch up. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹200000. The top three prizes were ₹25000 + trophy, ₹18000 and ₹12000 each respectively. This is Praveen's first rating tournament triumph since August 2019. Photos: Hindustan Chess

Grand Swiss 2023 R3: Vaishali sets the board on fire

28/10/2023 -

GM Arjun Erigaisi drew against GM Alexey Sarana (SRB) in the third round of FIDE Grand Swiss 2023. He moves to 2.5/3. Nine other players are also at same score including the top seed GM Fabiano Caruana (USA). GM S L Narayanan and GM Aravindh Chithambaram drew against the new England no.1 GM Nikita Vitugov and GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) respectively. GM Raunak Sadhwani continues his great form as he shared the point with GM R Praggnanandhaa. GM Vidit Gujrathi scored his second win in-a-row, this time against GM Dmitrij Kollars (GER). IM Vaishali R played some fiery chess to beat IM Leya Garifullina. GM Zhongyi Tan (CHN) and GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) are the only two coleaders with a perfect score 3/3. They will inevitably clash against each other in Round 4. It starts today at 2:30 p.m. local time, 7 p.m. IST. Photos: IM Sagar Shah

Super-talents and the secret of success

27/10/2023 -

India is beginning to seriously dominate the chess world, the country is on a path to becoming the super-power in the game. This is deeply gratifying – especially for the people involved in the training and advancement of the young stars. Frederic Friedel describes how the new group of super-talents is making its way to the very top. Other countries should take this as an example!

Grand Swiss 2023 R2: Arjun Erigaisi wins two in-a-row, Raunak holds Nakamura to a draw

27/10/2023 -

GM Arjun Erigaisi scored his second win at FIDE Grand Swiss 2023. He got the better of Spain no.3 GM David Anton Guijarro (ESP). The 20-year-old is now World no.27 in live ratings and one of the seven players at 2/2. He will face GM Alexey Sarana (SRB) in Round 3. GM S L Narayanan continues his good form as he had a hard-fought draw against the 44th Chess Olympiad Gold medalist, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB). GM Aravindh Chithambaram drew against GM Samuel Sevian (USA). GM Raunak Sadhwani continues his great form as he drew against the World no.4 GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA). Raunak will go against GM R Praggnanandhaa in the third round. IM Vaishali R and GM Harika Dronavalli showed their grit against IM Eline Roebers (NED) and GM Thanh Trang Hoang (HUN) respectively. Round 3 starts today at 2:30 p.m. local time, 7 p.m. IST. Photos by IM Sagar Shah unless specified otherwise

Arvinder Preet Singh wins 8th N L Pandiyar Memorial Rating Open 2023

26/10/2023 -

FM Arvinder Preet Singh, Kartik Kumar Singh, Prithvi Sharma and GM Swapnil Dhopade scored an unbeaten 8/9 each at 8th N L Pandiyar Memorial Rating Open 2023. Arvinder won the tournament due to better tie-breaks. Kartik was placed second and Swapnil third. 120th seeded Prithvi won the first prize in rating category 1300-1599. Arvinder drew against Kartik in the final round. Swapnil and Prithvi won against Santhosh Kumar Sinha and Sham R respectively in the final round. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹1501000. The top three prizes were ₹111000, ₹71000 and ₹71000 along with a trophy each. A total of 159 prizes were up for grabs. There were three prizes worth ₹1 lac and more. Apart from that, there were also five prizes worth over ₹50000. Photos: IA NI Vikas Sahu/Chess in Lakecity

Grand Swiss 2023 R1: Raunak Sadhwani starts with a solid draw against the World no.7 - Anish Giri

26/10/2023 -

The newly crowned FIDE World Junior Rapid 2023 Open champion, GM Raunak Sadhwani held the World no.7, GM Anish Giri (NED) to a solid draw. GM Aryan Chopra also drew his game against GM R Praggnanandhaa in the first round of FIDE Grand Swiss 2023. GM Leon Luke Mendonca held Netherlands no.2 GM Jorden van Foreest to a draw. GM Arjun Erigaisi, GM S L Narayanan and GM Aravindh Chithambaram made a winning start in the Open section. In the Women's event, IM Tania Sachdev drew against GM Harika Dronavalli. IM Vaishali R and IM Divya Deshmukh defeated IM Oliwia Kiolbasa (POL) and WIM Trisha Kanyamarala (IRL) respectively. WGM Savitha Shri B defeated Israel no.1 woman, IM Marsel Efroimski when she blundered a mate in two in a relatively balanced endgame. Round 2 starts today at 2:30 p.m. local time, 7 p.m. IST. Photo: IM Sagar Shah

Swapnil Dhopade wins 1st Matrix Cup Rating Open 2023

25/10/2023 -

GM Swapnil Dhopade and Harshit Pawar scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 each at 1st Matrix Cup Rating Open 2023. Swapnil won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, Harshit secured second place. FM Arvinder Preet Singh and Ram Prakash scored 8/9 each. They were placed third and fourth respectively. They also remained undefeated. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹551000. The top three prizes were ₹70000, 50000 and 30000 along with a trophy each respectively. WFM Supreetha Potluri became the sole woman to make a top ten finish. She scored an impressive 7.5/9 to be placed sixth. This was Swapnil's second consecutive tournament triumph of the year. Photos: FM FT FA Prasenjit Dutta/Matrix Chess Academy

20 Indians are set for FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 starting today

25/10/2023 -

20 Indians will be seen in action at FIDE Grand Swiss and Women's Grand Swiss 2023, starting in Douglas, Isle of Man today. Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Harikrishna, Vidit, Arjun Erigaisi, Nihal, S L Narayanan, Aravindh, Raunak, Aryan Chopra, Leon, Karthikeyan and Abhijeet will play in the Open section. Harika, Vaishali, Vantika, Divya, Tania and Savitha will battle in the Women's event. 106 GMs and 7 IMs from 36 countries with an average rating 2636 are taking part in the Open. The Women's event witnesses 16 GMs, 23 IMs, 5 WGMs and 5 WIMs from 29 countries across the world with an average rating of 2402 should give you an idea about the strength of the event. The top two finishers from both Open and Women event will qualify to the Candidates 2024. Round 1 starts today at 2:30 p.m. local time, 7 p.m. IST. Photos: IM Sagar Shah

Chairman of ISRO S. Somanath visits Praggnanandhaa's home in Chennai

24/10/2023 -

Two prides of our country - 17-year-old Praggnanandhaa and 60-year-old S.Somanath, the chairman of ISRO met each other on 16th of October 2023. This meet took place at Pragg's residence in Chennai. Somanath was keen to know more about Pragg's journey and also mentioned that Pragg would work together with ISRO to promote space, sciene and technology to the youngsters of our nation. What did Pragg feel about the entire episode, we get to know more about it in this article.

Important changes to the 2024 Women's Grand Prix series

24/10/2023 -

FIDE Women's Grand Prix is an extremely important series of tournaments for the Women's World Championship cycle. The top two of finishers of the entire GP qualifies to the Candidates. During the New Delhi GP, a letter by the FIDE President was published where it was mentioned what steps FIDE will take about the Women's GP. In the 2024-25 GP series, four major changes were made. They are - increased number of tournaments - from four to six, higher prize fund, increased number of participants and an updated qualification process. The overall prize fund increased by 50%, from €80000 to €120000. Winner of the GP will earn €30000, €10000 more than the previous edition which is again up by 50%. The winner of each event will earn €18000 which was earlier €15000, an increase of 20%. Six out of the 20 GP participants will be decided by the local host (organizers). Photos: FIDE

Karen H Grigoryan wins 5th Yerevan Open 2023, Adhiban second and Abhimanyu Puranik third

24/10/2023 -

GM Karen H Grigoryan (ARM) scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 to win 5th Yerevan Open A (≥2100) 2023. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. GM Adhiban B, GM Abhimanyu Puranik and GM Sergei Lobanov scored 7/9 each. They were placed second, third and fourth respectively according to tie-breaks. Both Karen and Adhiban remained undefeated. The total prize fund of all three tournaments was 15000000 AMD. The top three prizes in Open A were AMD 2600000 + trophy, 1800000 and 1350000 each. There were Chessify prizes (Chessify coins) also worth US$ 3000. The top three prizes were $500, $400 and $300. That's not all. There were 20 Chessmood prizes. Top three won 1 year, 6 months and 3 months memberships. GM Zaven Andriasian (ARM), GM Karthik Venkataraman and GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (ARM) scored 7.5/9 each in the Blitz. They were placed first, second and third respectively. Photos: IM IA Norayr Kalantaryan/Yerevan Chess Federation

Rustum Tolentino dominates Qatar Masters Open B 2023, Shrayan Majumder second

23/10/2023 -

FM Rustum Tolentino (PHI) scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win Qatar Masters Open B 2023. He finished a full point ahead of the field. Shrayan Majumder scored 7.5/9 to finish second. FM Ammar Sedrani (UAE), FM Djabri Massinas (ALG) and Mandar Lad Pradip scored 7/9 each. They shared third place. Rustum scored eight wins in-a-row and he had a full point lead heading into the final round. Shrayan Majumder was the sole player at 7/8. Their final round battle ended in a draw. Rustum became champion and Shrayan second. The total prize fund of Open B (≤2299) was US$ 11750. The top three prizes were $2500, $2000 and $1000 along with a trophy each. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy

Harshad wins 1st Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed Circuit 2023, Srihari L second

23/10/2023 -

FM Harshad S, Srihari L and IM David Gochelashvili scored 6/9 each at 1st Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament 2023. Harshad won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, Srihari and Gochelashvili were placed second and third respectively. Despite starting with a loss and scoring only 2/4 in the first four games, Harshad regrouped quite well by scoring 4/5 in the last five games. The total prize fund of the tournament was US$ 1000. The first prize was $500. This is Harshad's third overall and second individual rating tournament triumph of the year. Harshad won a Rapid Rating and a Blitz Team event this year. However, this round-robin event becomes his first Classical event triumph of 2023. Photos: IA R Anantharam

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