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Satty Zhuldyz Rapid R1-4: Arjun Erigaisi makes a fantastic start

21/04/2023 -

Arjun Erigaisi scored 3.5/4 on the first day of Satty Zhuldyz Rapid 2023. He is currently the sole leader and a full point ahead of Boris Gelfand and Levon Aronian. The India no.5 showcased his sharpness against Haik Martirosyan. In the second round, he had a thrilling finish against Javokhir Sindarov. It could have gone either player's way. In a first-ever rated matchup, Arjun got the better of World no.1 woman, Yifan Hou. She made an unforced error in the endgame which seemed to be heading towards a draw. The teenager finished the day with a short draw against the three-time World Blitz champion, Alexander Grischuk. Round 5 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

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2nd Chessable Sunway Formentera R2: Prraneeth Vuppala beats Li Di

20/04/2023 -

IM Prraneeth Vuppala scored an impressive win over GM Li Di (CHN) in the second round of 2nd Chessable Sunway Formentera Open 2023. The Chinese had trouble getting his kingside rook into the play for the entire game. In the end, he had to pay a price for it by losing the game. Prraneeth is now one of the eight players to have a made a perfect start 2/2. GM Aryan Chopra and the reigning National Senior champion, GM Karthik Venkataraman are the remaining two Indians among the pack. IM Kushagra Mohan had a good opportunity to beat the current World Under-16 Open champion, GM Pranav Anand. However, practically it was not so easy to convert. FM Mahitosh Dey and FM Ritvik Krishnan drew with GM Hipolito Asis Gargatagli (ESP) and GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (UKR) each respectively. Round 3 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

Jewels of Chess - 21st Century Edition

20/04/2023 -

It is widely believed that the number of books written in chess is more than any other sport. Some books and great literature were lost over time for various reasons. While in the era of advanced technology, restoring and translating scripts might sound easier in words, but most certainly quite difficult when it comes to execution. FM Aniruddha Deshpande decided to take the difficult challenge of translating a book written in Sanskrit language over two hundred and twenty years ago. After two years of laborious work, he finally released - Jewels of Chess - 21st Century Edition on 1st January 2023. The book 'Vilasmanimanjiri' was originally written by Pandit Trivengadacharya Shastri in 1800 CE. Photo: Aniruddha Deshpande

Arjun Erigaisi set to battle Kramnik, Grischuk, Aronian, Gelfand, Yifan and co. at Satty Zhuldyz Rapid and Blitz

20/04/2023 -

India no.5 and World no.37, Arjun Erigaisi will take part in his second rated tournament of the year, Satty Zhuldyz in Astana, Kazakhstan. Arjun will battle against the 14th world champion - Vladimir Kramnik, three-time World Blitz champion - Alexander Grischuk, the only two-time World Cup winner in history - Levon Aronian, Germany no.1 Vincent Keymer, the former world championship challenger - Boris Gelfand, World no.1 woman - Hou Yifan, Armenia no.2 Haik Martirosyan, 44th Olympiad Gold medalists - Javokhir Sindarov and Jakhongir Vakhidov, former World Rapid and three-time World Blitz Women's champion, Kateryna Lagno, and the reigning two-time World Blitz Women's champion - IM Bibisara Assaubayeva. Who do you think will win the tournament? Round 1 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Team World wins Kazakhstan vs The World match 73-55

20/04/2023 -

Team World defeated Kazakhstan 38.5-25.5 in Blitz to win the match overall 73-55. The Junior girls, IM Nurgyul Salimova (BUL) and WFM Afruza Khamdamova (UZB) are the top scorers for team World - 6.5/8 each. Afruza also remained the only undefeated player out of the 16 in the Blitz event. The second-highest scorer of the team is GM Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) 5.5/8. GM Harika Dronavalli scored 4.5/8 and India's latest WGM Savitha Shri B 4/8. Team World's biggest margin victories were by 6.5-1.5 in match no.3 and 7. The winning team received US$ 30000, while the runner-up $20000 along with a trophy each. Harika and Savitha won $5000 and $2500 each. Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman

2nd Chessable Sunway Formentera R1: Mahitosh stuns Aditya Mittal

19/04/2023 -

FM Mahitosh Dey scored a big upset against GM Aditya Mittal in the first round of 2nd Chessable Sunway Formentera Open 2023. The sole IM-norm holder, Mahitosh capitalized on his opportunity when his opponent went for a wrong exchange which made his king vulnerable. Later when he got a chance to fight back, he missed it and Mahitosh scored the full point. WIM Anastasiya Rakhmangulova (UKR) scored the only other upset of the round when she defeated the runner-up of 2nd Menorca Open, GM Pranav V. GMs Aravindh Chithambaram, Aryan Chopra, Leon Luke Mendonca, Pranav Anand, Karthik Venkataraman and Raja Rithvik R have made a winning start. Round 2 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST.

This 17-year-old has built an AI driven software for visually impaired - Siddhanth Lohia

19/04/2023 -

Siddhanth Lohia is just 17 years old and is studying in 11th grade at the SevenOaks boarding school in London. Two years ago after watching a video on ChessBase India, where we had Aryan Joshi and Soundarya Pradhan, two of India's top visually impaired chess players, talk about the issues with accessibility, Siddhanth made up his mind to do something special. He learnt about AI from the workshop that he did when he was 15. Putting that to use, he has come up with something truly special. It is a software which a visually impaired chess player can install on his machine and then just press a button and it can give him the position of the chess pieces on the board that is present on the screen. It is an extremely important innovation and can really help the visually impaired chess players take their game to the next level.

World Championship Game 7: Ding Liren crumbles in time trouble

19/04/2023 -

The FIDE World Championship 2023 witnessed a fourth consecutive decisive game. However, this time it did not end in any of the previous manner. Ian Nepomniachtchi defeated Ding Liren on time. The position was lost too for the World no.3. He made a correct exchange sacrifice. However, he could not maintain a stronghold to split the point. Instead, he erred which allowed the World no.2 to capitalize on his opponent's mistake and win the game. The score is now 3-4 in Nepomniachtchi's favor. Four consecutive games were won by the player with the white pieces and wins were traded. Will we see the pattern to continue? Today is a rest day. Game 8 starts tomorrow Thursday 20th April at 3 p.m. local time, 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Stev Bonhage

Team World wins the Rapid event against Kazakhstan 34.5-29.5

19/04/2023 -

Team Kazakhstan made a fantastic start on the second day by defeating team World in three consecutive matches. Each of them were won by a minimum margin 4.5-3.5. In the final round of the Rapid event, team World bounced back by winning 5.5-2.5 against team Kazakhstan. WIM Zsoka Gaal (HUN), IM Nurgyul Salimova (BUL) and WGM Savitha Shri B scored the key victories for World, while the remaining five games ended in draws. Thus, team World defeated team Kazakhstan 34.5-29.5 in the Rapid portion of te match. The Blitz event will be played in the same format with a time control of 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment. It starts today at 10 a.m. local time, 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman

Cademic Chess Carnival 2023 offers a prize fund of ₹1299999, starts this Saturday 22nd April

18/04/2023 -

Cademic Chess Center invites you to Cademic Chess Carnival comprising four consecutive rating tournaments - Rapid, Blitz, Classical and Below 1600. It starts this Saturday 22nd April. The total prize fund combining all four events is ₹1299999. The total prize fund for each of the four events are: Rapid - ₹300000, Blitz - ₹99999, Classical - ₹500000 and Below 1600 - ₹400000. Last date of registration is 20th April. Three GMs and seven IMs have already confirmed their participation for the Rapid and Blitz events. About 350 players in Rapid, 320+ in Blitz, over 350 in Classical and about 450 players have registered for Below 1600 event. So hurry up and register yourself if you still have not done it yet. All info photos are from tournament circular unless mentioned otherwise.

Kazakhstan vs World Day 1: Team World leads 18.5-13.5

18/04/2023 -

One of the side events of the ongoing FIDE World Championship Match is a Women's rapid rating team event. It is played in Scheveningen format which means each player faces all members of their opponent's team. GM Harika Dronavalli representing team World and GM Zhansaya Abdumalik (KAZ) are the only two players who remained undefeated on the first day. The encounter between them ended in a draw. Although, Harika at one point had a substantial advantage against her opponent. At the conclusion of the four rounds, team World is currently leading 18.5-13.5 against team Kazakhstan. The only other Indian taking part in this event is India's latest WGM Savitha Shri B. She scored 2/4 so far. Match no.5 starts today at 2 p.m. local time, 1:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Stev Bonhage

Brand new: ChessBase Tutorials

18/04/2023 -

Experts estimate that more books have been written about chess than about all other games combined. Chess addicts may own hundreds, but have an ambivalent relationship to them. On the one hand, one is proud to own the books. On the other, most cannot be read! Not by 95% of the people who buy them. ChessBase is currently in the process of launching a new "Tutorial" format. First volumes can be purchased in our Shop. Check out the new interactive ebook format which you can play it out on the board and also enlarge photos, watch videos. Photo: ChessBase

Vladimir Kramnik's latest project - Chess Legends, a free chess app

17/04/2023 -

Vladimir Kramnik is one of the legends of the Chess world. He was the one who took down the mighty Garry Kasparov, revolutionizing the Berlin defense! His opening ideas and depth of chess understanding are the reasons why he is so revered in the chess community, and exactly why he is a great chess trainer. Now the ex-world champion has started a new venture - a mobile chess app where you can get personal lessons from the maestro himself, and other World Champions! The App is called Chess Legends - get personal chess lessons from world champions using Artificial intelligence! Read more about this wonderful project in the article below.

Harika and Savitha set to battle in Kazakhstan vs World, a team match starting today

17/04/2023 -

One of the side events of the FIDE World Championship Match will be a match featuring the best female players of Kazakhstan against a team of international top stars representing the world. India no.2 GM Harika Dronavalli and India no.4 WIM Savitha Shri B will be the only two Indian playing for the team - World. Each team will consist of eight players, with four of them representing the age groups U20, U18, U16, and U14. The team 'World' will have World no.1 GM Hou Yifan (CHN) along with GM Nana Dzagnidze (GEO), IM Gunay Mammadzada (AZE), IM Nurgyul Salimova (BUL), WIM Zsoka Gaal (HUN) and WFM Afruza Khamdamova (UZB) along with the aforementioned Harika and Savitha. Match 1 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE

Gukesh convincingly defends Menorca Open title, Pranav Venkatesh second

17/04/2023 -

It is not everyday we get to see a 2700+ playing an open tournament, let alone win it for two years in-a-row. GM D Gukesh won the inaugural edition last year and became World no.80. Heading into the second edition, he was World no.20 who had 2730 Elo rating points. After nine rounds, he scored an unbeaten 7/9, defeated Pranav Venkatesh 1.5-0.5 in the Blitz Playoffs to retain his Menorca Open title. Although ten players finished with the same score 7/9, it was Gukesh and Pranav who had all three of their tie-break scores exactly the same. After penultimate round, Gukesh was World no.17 in the live ratings and he still is. The teenager is gaining two Elo rating points. In one year, Gukesh climbed from World no.80 to 17 and he did not forget his path towards becoming the Elite. Pranav V secured runner-up, Aryan Chopra fourth and once again GM Koustav Chatterjee secured tenth place. Photo: Menorca Chess Open

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