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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

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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

1st Indore International GM Open R4: And then there were four

04/04/2023 -

After 4 rounds of play, there are 4 players with a perfect score in the 1st Indore International GM Open - GM Deep Sengupta, IM Aronyak Ghosh, IM Nitish Belurkar and GM Marat Dzhumaev. One of the unexpected results of this round was talented junior Aakash G (1842) taking down IM Anuj Shrivatri (2407)! On the same day, the U-1800 tournament IDA Cup International Open Chess Tournament also took off with over 300 players taking part. Today is a double round day - the 5th round starts from 10 AM IST, and the 6th round from 4 PM IST. Photo: Himank Ghosh

New Delhi GP Round 9: Vaishali puts up resistance against Humpy

04/04/2023 -

IM Vaishali held GM Koneru Humpy to a solid draw in Round 9 of New Delhi GP 2023. GM Harika Dronavalli lost to GM Aleksandra Goryachkina. Thus, Goryachkina has gained sole lead 6/9. After suffering two consecutive losses, GM Nino Batsiashvili finally scored her first win of the event against IM Polina Shuvalova. IM Bibisara Assaubayeva drew with GM Nana Dzagnidze. Bibisara and Zhu Jiner are at shared second place 5.5/9 each. It will be Kateryna vs Harika, Humpy vs Nino and Jiner vs Vaishali in the penultimate round 10 which starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Will Goryachkina be able to maintain her sole lead? Photo: Abhyudaya Ram

1st Indore International GM Open R2-3: Defeating Grandmasters is the new normal

03/04/2023 -

Chess tournaments in India are well-known to have deceptive opposition. While someone's FIDE rating may show as 1800, in reality they often have the strength to defeat Grandmasters! The same thing is happening in the 1st Indore International GM Open. In the 2nd round, FM Aradhya Garg took down the top seed GM Levan Pantsulaia! FM Harsh Suresh also scored a very nice victory against GM Aleksej Aleksandrov. There were 2 rounds played in the 2nd day, and after round 3 there are a total of 11 players leading with 3/3. Round 4 starts from 2 PM IST today, and the U-1800 tournament also kicks off today. Photo: Himank Ghosh

New Delhi GP Round 8: Harika beats Nino

03/04/2023 -

GM Harika Dronavalli scored her first win of New Delhi GP 2023 in Round 8. She defeated GM Nino Batsiashvili who was also in search of her first victory of the event. The latter misjudged her opponent Harika's intensity of attack on the kingside. It cost her a pawn and allowed the rooks to be invaded via the seventh rank. IM Polina Shuvalova got a better position out of the opening, IM Vaishali made incorrect decisions at critical junctures and lost her game. GM Kateryna Lagno mysteriously repeated moves in a winning position against GM Aleksandra Goryachkina. WGM Zhu Jiner mantained her sole lead 5.5/8 as she drew with IM Bibisara Assaubayeva. Round 9 starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Humpy has a Bye. Photo: Abhyudaya Ram

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