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Astounding Pranav Venkatesh wins Challengers Final Four and Challengers Chess Tour 2022

31/10/2022 -

GM Pranav Venkatesh is quite familiar with balancing two events simultaneously having different formats. He won an individual Gold medal on Board no.1 for India at World Youth Under-16 Olympiad earlier this month. He also won the Magnus Academy Challenge at the same time. The 15-year-old boy is curently playing at the Asian Continental Championship 2022. However, he also managed to win the Challengers Final Four beating Andrey Esipenko 2.5-1.5 in the Semifinals and Raunak Sadhwani 3-0 in the Finals to win the entire Challengers Chess Tour 2022. He will face Praggnanandhaa in Tel Aviv, Israel this December. Photo: chess24

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

Women's Candidates 2022-23 Pool A QF: Anna Muzychuk advances to the Semifinals

31/10/2022 -

Anna Muzychuk (UKR) defeated Koneru Humpy to advance to the Semifinals of Women's Candidates 2022-23 Pool A. After a draw in the first two games, Anna had decisive advantage in the third tie-break, first Blitz game. She missed her opportunity and Humpy forced a draw by perpetual check. In the fourth game, the India no.1 and World no.3 made a simple one move blunder which cost her the game. Anna will face Lei Tingjei (CHN) in the Semifinals. The former got the white pieces in the first game. Today is a rest day. Semifinals start on Tuesday, 1st November at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

Speed King Hikaru Nakamura becomes World Fischer Random Champion

31/10/2022 -

The Speed King has finally done it. He earned the ever-alluring World title. If anyone in the current day top player who has not a won world title yet, deserves one, Hikaru Nakamura's name will be the first one in the list. The man who had to prove himself by qualifying through hours of grueling battle on lichess, defeated the hand-picked Wildcard Ian Nepomniachtchi in the Finals. He won the Armageddon to become the World Fischer Random champion. 50 years later after the Fischer-Spassky match, history repeated as an American defeated a Russian to become a World Champion for the very first time at the same place - Reykjavik, Iceland. Photo: Lennart Ootes

MPL 35th National U-11 Round 1-3: Swaraj and Sagnik score big upsets

31/10/2022 -

The MPL 35th National Under-11 Open and Girls Championship is taking place in Gurugram, Haryana. A total of 25 players have scored a perfect 3/3 so far in the Open section, and 8 players in the Girls section. The top seed in the Open section is FM Rosh Jain (2333), and in the girls section it is Prishita Gupta (1556). The World Cadets 2022 U-8 Girls Champion Charvi A is the only female player who is playing in the Open section! Photo: North-Eastern States Championship 2019.

Asian Continental 2022 R5: Harsha Bharathakoti races ahead

31/10/2022 -

GM Harsha Bharathakoti defeated IM Koustav Chatterjee convincingly to gain sole lead 4.5/5. Seven GMs are trailing him by a half point. He surprised his opponent with Scotch opening in the fifth round of Asian Continental Chess Championship 2022. The 24th HZ University Open winner will face the top seed, GM Praggnanandhaa in the sixth round. In the Women's event, both WGM Nandhidhaa P V and WGM Priyanka Nutakki scored emphatic victories over WGM Thi Kim Phung Vo (VIE) and IM Soumya Swaminathan respectively to become coleaders 4.5/5. They will inevitably clash in round 6 which starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

ChessBase India hits 1 million subscribers on YouTube! + winners of giveaway announced

30/10/2022 -

The ChessBase India YouTube Channel reached 1 million subscribers on 28th of August 2022. Celebrating the occasion, we announced a very special giveaway. In this article we bring you the 120 comments of each of the winners. They are heartfelt and we felt very special reading them. It's amazing to see how ChessBase India has become an integral part of so many people's lives! We also bring you the messages sent to us by the top players of Indian chess. This is a very special article for the entire ChessBase India team.

The Chess Houseboat event returns!

30/10/2022 -

The much anticipated Chess Houseboat event returns to the tourist-friendly exotic south Indian state of Kerala again, after the inaugural event in 2020. The second edition of the event has been scheduled to be held between 22nd to 28th Jan 2023, with a total cash prize fund of 2300 Euros with a first prize of 500 Euros, and a further 1700 Euros worth of material prizes and trophies. It will include a nine round Rapid chess tournament spread across five days with a time control of G20+5 and a single day Blitz tournament. 

Format of Death Match 2.0 and COTB revealed

30/10/2022 -

The death match 2.0 between Gukesh and Arjun is something that everyone is looking forward to with great excitement. Both the youngsters are very well matched. What is the format for the death match? In this article you get to know not only the format of the ChessBase India Originals Death Match 2.0, but also the format of COTB. You also get updates of the DreamHack Rapid and Blitz happening at the same venue. There are already 4 GMs and 8 IMs who have confirmed their participation for the event. Only 100 entries left. Do consider being a part of this massive chess festival taking place in Hyderabad.

Women's Candidates 2022-23 Pool A QF: Anna Muzychuk forces tie-breaks

30/10/2022 -

Anna Muzychuk (UKR) won the must-win fourth game of FIDE Women's Candidates 2022-23 Pool A Quarterfnals. She will now play tie-breaks today against Koneru Humpy. Mariya Muzychuk (UKR) drew with Lei Tingjie (CHN) which means the latter advanced to the Semifinals where she will face the winner of the Anna-Humpy tie-breaks. The Quarterfinal tie-breaks consist of four Rapid games of 15 mins + 10 seconds increment. If needed, there will be Blitz games to decide the second Semifinalist. The tie-break games start at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

World Fischer Random 2022 SF: Nakamura to face Nepomniachtchi in the Finals, Carlsen crashes out

30/10/2022 -

Very few would have predicted that Hikaru Nakamura and Ian Nepomniachtchi will be the finalists of World Fischer Random Championship 2022. Nodirbek Abdusattorov was in terrific form and Magnus Carlsen did not show any chink in his armor. However, the Viking seemed to be off his game and Nakamura schooled the world rapid champion with his creative and sharp play. The Uzbek had his fair share of chances, however he did not manage to seize any of them. The world champion losing three games in-a-row in an over-the-board event is extremely rare, probably unprecedented too. Who do you think will win the Finals between Nakamura and Nepomniachtchi? The Finals start at 3 p.m. GMT, 8:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/David Llada

Asian Continental 2022 R4: Priyanka Nutakki and Saina Salonika dazzle

30/10/2022 -

GM Leon Luke Mendonca drew with GM S L Narayanan with an epic save in the end. Finding a combination to force perpetual check under pressure is no easy task. Both GM Praggnanandhaa and GM Karthikeyan Murali showed their finesse to beat India's latest GM Pranav Anand and GM-elect IM Aditya Mittal. IM Koustav Chatterjee got lucky once again and this time he scored a full point against Kazakhstan no.1 GM Rinat Jumabayev. GM Harsha Bharathakoti won a razor sharp encounter against GM Sandipan Chanda. WGM Priyanka Nutakki thwarted the top seed IM Tania Sachdev's ambitious approach. WIM Saina Salonika won another scorcher against former Asian Continental Women's champion, IM Bhakti Kulkarni. Round 5 starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

India to play in the World Team Championship 2022!

29/10/2022 -

The 12 teams for the FIDE World Team Championship in Jerusalem (November 19-26) have been confirmed. Team India is also taking part in the event! The Indian squad consists of 6 players, and a total of 4 players will represent Team India on the board. The format of the tournament will be a mix of round-robin and knockout. The event will be held in the Dan Jerusalem Hotel in Jerusalem, Israel.  In this article, we talk about the composition of the Indian team, the format, time control, and the competition which Team India is up against.

Women's Candidates 2022-23 Pool A QF: Humpy and Lei move closer to the Semifinals

29/10/2022 -

The third game at the FIDE Women's Candidates 2022-23 Pool A Quarterfinals had the same result as the previous round. Both games once again ended in draws. Koneru Humpy and Anna Muzychuk had a solid draw. Although the former avoided a disaster when she realized that her rook was about to be lost, she placed it correctly, according to her opponent. Mariya Muzychuk had some practical chances against Lei Tingjie, however she could not make the most out of it. Both Humpy and Lei need a draw to advance to the Semifinals. Game 4 starts at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

A plea to help GM Konstantin Landa's family

29/10/2022 -

On the chess board, he won many battles. His career high Elo was 2678. He helped many of his students win huge chess events and wrote best-selling books. He helped FIDE's anti-cheating commission and in all senses was a huge asset to the world of chess. GM Konstantin Landa left us too early at the age of 50 years. On 12th of October after a prolonged fight with Glioblastoma, Konstantin gave up. In this article we bring you messages from the chess community for this great chess personality. At the end, we also make a plea to help his family cover his funeral costs.

Asian Continental 2022 R3: Leon Luke Mendonca emerges early sole leader

29/10/2022 -

GM Leon Luke Mendonca continues his good form from World Junior 2022. He seized his opportunity against Mongolia no.3 GM Tsegmed Batchuluun to become the sole leader 3/3. GM Karthikeyan Murali missed a great opportunity to score a win against IM Koustav Chatterjee. In the Women's section, IM Tania Sachdev won her game using tactics against WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty. WIM Saina Salonika handed Mongolia no.2 woman, IM Davaademberel Nomin-Erdene her second defeat of the event. Leon vs S L Narayanan, Pranav Anand vs Praggnanandhaa, Priyanka Nutakki vs Tania and Vantika vs Nandhidhaa are some of the interesting top board pairings of Round 4 which starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

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