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Chakravarthi Reddy dominates CCS Chess Festival Rating Open 2023

07/04/2023 -

IM Chakravarthi Reddy M scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win CCS Chess Festival Classic Rating Open 2023. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. Former World Amateur Below 2000 champion, Peter Anand scored 8/9 to secure sole second position. He won eight games and lost one to IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam. 58-year-old veteran, Kiran Panditrao scored an impressive 7.5/9 to finish third. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹1000000. The top three prizes were ₹100000, ₹60000 and ₹40000 along with a trophy each respectively. This was Chakravarthi's first rating tournament triumph since he won his last Classical event in Bangalore back in October 2022. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

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1st Indore International GM Open R8: Harsh, Ameya and Boris join the lead

07/04/2023 -

It was an exciting 8th round in the 1st Indore International GM Open. The leaders in the top 2 boards drew their games, but it was a raging fight in the other live boards! Harsh Suresh continued to show why he's severely underrated - he defeated GM Deep Sengupta with the Black pieces, now entering joint lead with 6.5/8. Another two players who joined the lead were IM Ameya Audi and GM Boris Savchenko -they defeated IM Neelash Saha and GM Azer Mirzoev respectively. A total of 6 players share the lead now - what do you think will happen in Round 9? The penultimate round begins from 10 AM IST today. Photo: Himank Ghosh

Saurabh Choubey wins 3rd Rangpur Rating Open 2023

07/04/2023 -

Saurabh Choubey scored an unbeaten 5.5/6 to win 3rd Rangpur Rating Open 2023. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. CM Sajid Sakline Mostafa (BAN) and Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan (BAN) made 5/6 each. They were placed second and third respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was Tk 75000. The top three prizes were Tk 13000, 10000 and 8000 each respectively. The former Madhya Pradesh State Under-25 and Rapid champion, Saurabh has won quite a few Rapid and Blitz events. However, this is his first Classical Rating tournament triumph. Shresth Mahapatra and the reigning National Under-13 Girls and National Amateur Below 2300 Women champion, Sneha Halder are two more Indians to make a top ten finish. Photo: NA Abdullah Al Mamun

Fagernes GM Open 2023 R6: Samvel makes it a three-way with Vahap and Abhimanyu

07/04/2023 -

GM Abhimanyu Puranik drew with IM Koustav Chatterjee in the sixth round of Fagernes GM Open 2023. GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (ARM) handed IM Vantika Agrawal her first loss of the event. Abhimanyu, Samvel and GM Vahap Sanal (TUR) are currently in a three-way lead 5/6. Top seed of the tournament, GM Sethuraman S P defeated GM Kaido Kulaots (EST) to take his score 4.5/6. Eight players including three Indians are at 4.5/6 each. They are - GM Aditya Mittal, IM Koustav and GM Sethuraman. WGM Nandhidhaa P V scored a fine victory over IM Sammed Shete. She is now at 4/6. Round 7 starts today at 2 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Anniken Vestby/SjakkTromsø

Harika speaks up about the New Delhi GP incidents

06/04/2023 -

GM Harika Dronavalli is currently India no.2 and World no.11 among Women. She is the second Indian woman to achieve the Grandmaster title. Harika has won countless accolades throughout her career. At the conclusion of FIDE New Delhi GP, she finally decided to speak up about what happened before the start of the tournament. She mentions the following things - Why the tournament got delayed, the reason behind Zhansaya leaving the tournament, what happened at the technical meeting, the mention of color imbalance, who stood by her words, who threatened to walk away if the pairings were changed, how it affected the tournament for few players and more. Check out everything in Harika's own words. Photo: Abhyudaya Ram

Nils Grandelius triumphs at Reykjavik Open 2023, Abhijeet Gupta third

06/04/2023 -

GM Nils Grandelius defeated IM Quentin Loiseau in the final round to win Reykjavik Open 2023. The Sweden no.1 scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 to win the tournament on his eleventh attempt. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. Seven players scored 7/9. Out of them, Turkey no.1 GM Mustafa Yilmaz and GM Abhijeet Gupta were placed second and third respectively according to tie-breaks. Abhijeet defeated GM Kjetil A Lie in the final round to finish third and gained a valuable 10 Elo rating points. Apart from Abhijeet, GM Pranav Venkatesh is the only other Indian to make a top ten finish. He scored 6.5/9 to finish tenth. IM Sidhant Mohapatra earned his maiden GM-norm scoring 6.5/9. Photo: Official site

1st Indore International GM Open R7: four people at the top

06/04/2023 -

In a 10-round swiss event, usually a clear leader emerges by around Round 5 or 6. Well, that is not happening at the 1st Indore International GM Open! After completing 7 rounds, a total of 4 players share joint lead with 6/7 - IM Nitish Belurkar, IM Viani Antonio Dcunha, IM Aronyak Ghosh and GM Deepan Chakkravarthy. No less than 9 players are breathing on their neck with 5.5/7! With 3 more rounds to go, the tournament is still wide open, a lot of players have a got a shot for the podium position. The 8th round starts from 2 PM IST today. Photo: Himank Ghosh

Fagernes GM Open 2023 R4-5: Abhimanyu Puranik and Vahap Sanal are the coleaders

06/04/2023 -

GM Abhimanyu Puranik had a well contested draw against GM Vahap Sanal in the fifth round of Fagernes GM Open 2023. They both are sharing the lead with a 4.5/6 each. They are followed by eight players including three Indians - IM Vantika Agrawal, IM Koustav Chatterjee and GM Aditya Mittal at 4/6 each. Abhimanyu ended WIM Savitha Shri B's winning streak. India's newly crowned IM Vantika drew with GM Erik Blomqvist and then beat IM Prraneeth Vuppala. IM Kushagra Mohan drew against GM Bartosz Socko in the fourth round. FM Tanmay Chopra defeated IM Jonas Hacker in the fifth round. Round 6 starts today at 2 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Anniken Vestby/SjakkTromsø

Aleksandra Goryachkina wins New Delhi GP on tie-breaks

06/04/2023 -

GM Aleksandra Goryachkina, IM Bibisara Assaubayeva and WGM Zhu Jiner - all three drew their respective final round games. They each finished with a 6/10 score. Goryachkina won the tournament due to better tie-breaks. The remaining two were placed second and third respectively. Bibisara scored her second GM-norm and Jiner earned her final GM-norm. She also crossed 2500 as she gained 17.6 Elo rating points, taking her live rating to 2506.6. Thus, Zhu Jiner becomes China's latest Grandmaster. She has earned a GM-norm in all three events she has participated at FIDE GP 2022-23. Currently, she is leading the GP. However, other players who are yet to play the last leg in Cyprus can surpass her. Photo: Abhyudaya Ram

Fagernes GM Open 2023 R3: Abhimanyu, Koustav, Savitha and Sanket make a perfect start 3/3

05/04/2023 -

WIM Savitha Shri B continues her fantastic form at Fagernes GM Open 2023. She defeated IM Elham Abdulrauf (NOR) in the second round where she made a unique rook lift in the Sicilian. IM Vantika Agrawal drew against GM Eduardas Rozentalis (LTU). Sanket Chakravarty beat his second consecutive IM of the event. This time he defeated IM Jonas Hacker (GER). FM Tanmay Chopra held IM Tor Fredrik Kaasen (NOR) to a draw. GM Abhimanyu Puranik, GM Vahap Sanal (TUR), IM Koustav, WIM Savitha and Sanket are the five players to have won all three of their games. Abhimanyu vs Savitha, Koustav vs Sahap and GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (ARM) in Round 4 starts today at 10 a.m. local time, 1:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Anniken Vestby/SjakkTromsø

1st Indore International GM Open R5-6: Ameya sets fire on the board

05/04/2023 -

After 6 rounds of play, the battle is still going neck-to-neck in the 1st Indore GM International Open. 3 players lead the fray jointly - IM Aronyak Ghosh, IM Nitish Belurkar and IM Viani Antonio Dcunha, all with a score of 5.5/6. It was a double round day yesterday, and it was full of exciting games. IM Ameya Audi probably played one of the best games of his career to defeat GM Dzhumaev Marat, while Uddipan Roy, a young talent from West Bengal has gained a total of 130 elo points so far! Read the detailed report of Round 5 and 6 below. Photo: Himank Ghosh/ChessBase India 

New Delhi GP is poised for an exciting finish

05/04/2023 -

GM Aleksandra Goryachkina made a quick 14-move draw with IM Polina Shuvalova. GM Harika Dronavalli also split the point against GM Kateryna Lagno. It is a well-known theoretical draw in the Berlin which has been played over a dozen times in the past three years. GM Koneru Humpy had a well contested draw against GM Nino Batsiashvili. The Georgian made a very nice knight sacrifice in the endgame to secure the half point. IM Vaishali suffered her fourth loss of the event. The sole win of the round scored by WGM Zhu Jiner put her back in the lead with Goryachkina and Bibisara at 6.5/10 each. Goryachkina, Bibisara or Jiner - who will win the GP? Final round 11 starts today at 1 p.m. IST. Photo: Abhyudaya Ram

Vantika Agrawal is the 11th Indian Woman to become an International Master

04/04/2023 -

On 29th of March 2023, 20-year-old WGM Vantika Agrawal scored her final IM-norm and crossed 2400 at Six Days Budapest Spring GM. Thus, she became the 11th female Indian to achieve the IM title. Vantika has won Gold at Online Olympiad 2020, she became the National Women champion in 2021 among her long list of accolades. The first IM-norm was scored at FIDE Grand Swiss for Women 2021 in Riga, Latvia. Eight and a half months later she secured her second IM-norm at 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 with a stellar performance. As er the April FIDE Rating list, the girl from Delhi is India no.5 and World no.46 among Women. Immediately after becoming an IM, she went to Norway where she has made a fantastic start at Fagernes GM Open 2023. Check out a detailed interview of Vantika and her mother Sangeeta Agrawal conducted by IM Sagar Shah.

Fagernes GM Open 2023 R1-2: Savitha and Vantika slay top GMs

04/04/2023 -

World Rapid Women 2022 Bronze medalist, WIM Savitha Shri B stunned the top seed GM Sethuraman S P. The former Asian Continental champion, opted for an experimental Nimzowitsch Defense opening. He landed himself in an uncomfortable position out of the opening. The teenager seized her opportunity and scored a clinical victory. India's recently crowned IM Vantika Agrawal defeated the Poland no.4 GM Bartosz Socko. The Pole went for a passive defense of a backward pawn early in the middlegame. Vantika had no trouble converting her positional advantage into a win. 16 players including six Indians have won their first two games at Fagernes GM Open 2023. Round 3 starts today at 2 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST. Photo:  Anniken Vestby/SjakkTromsø

Aryan Tari wins Harpa Blitz Reykjavik Open 2023, Pranav Venkatesh second

04/04/2023 -

GM Abhijeet Gupta lost to Sweden no.1 GM Nils Grandelius. He is now virtually out of the championship picture. The five-time Commonwealth Gold medalist misjudged a pawn capture in a rook and minor piece endgame. It eventually cost him the game. GM Mustafa Yilmaz (TUR), GM Maxime Lagarde (FRA), GM Gabor Papp (HUN), GM Nils and IM Quentin Loiseau (FRA) are in a five-way lead 6.5/8 heading into the final round. 14-players are trailing them by a half point at 6/8 each. Three Indians among them are - GM Abhijeet, IM Sidhant Mohapatra and GM Visakh N R. Sidhant scored a nice win over GM Marcin Dziuba (POL). Round 9 starts today at 11 a.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Hallfríður Sigurðardóttir/Reykjavik Open 2023

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