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Team Japan at the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022

27/07/2022 -

Japan, the “land of the rising sun” is very well known for its technological advances, the Shinkansen (bullet train), old temples, beautiful cherry blossoms and regular achievements at the Olympics. Yet, with its relatively small chess playing community, Japan is still something of an enigma in the chess world. The upcoming Chess Olympiad to be held in Chennai, India being in everyone’s focus, I am going to attempt to share a little about Japan’s diverse chess players who are representing their country at the Olympiad. All information, photos, achievements and introductions are based on the text provided by National Chess Society of Japan (NCS) with a few modifications from me where necessary. NCS has permitted use of all the information for this article. Photo: japanchess.org

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Vishnu, Akash and Neelotpal relay the Chess Olympiad Torch from Kerala to Andaman and Nicobar Islands

26/07/2022 -

India's 33rd GM Vishnu Prasanna relayed the Chess Olympiad Torch at Marottichal, Thrissur in Kerala. Marottichal is famous for being the village which was saved by chess. Vishnu is the trainer of India's youngest and fourth youngest in history to break 2700, GM D Gukesh. The strong GM from Tamil Nadu has won tournaments in Spain, a Blitz event in 9th London Chess Classic. He also won the Olympiad Curtain Raiser Rapid Rating Open within three days after relaying the Torch. India's 66th GM and youngest National Senior champion of the country, GM Akash Ganesan and India's 14th GM Neelotpal Das relayed the Torch in Puducherry, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands respectively. Photo: NYKS Kerala

The Playfield Magazine - covering Chess the right way!

26/07/2022 -

The Playfield is a distinguished sports magazine, produced by some of the best journalists in India. Usually, chess coverage in these sports magazines is very less. But just before the start of the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, the Playfield has come up with coverage of the Indian chess team! Eminent sports journalists like Manisha Mohite and N. Jagannath Das have done dedicated interviews, written columns, and write-ups. How did this magazine start its journey, and what is the type of content produced? Find out in the article.

Alexandr Predke wins Svetozar Gligoric Memorial Masters, Koustav Chatterjee second

26/07/2022 -

GM Alexandr Predke scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 and finished a full point ahead of the field to win Svetozar Gligoric Memorial Masters 2022. IM Koustav Chatterjee scored sole 7.5/9 to finish second. GM Nikita Petrov secured third place scoring 7/9. It was a successful event for the Indian contingency as S Rohith Krishna became the latest International Master of India, by scoring his final IM-norm. Vaibhav Jayant Raut and Ilamparthi A R scored their maiden IM-norms. The total prize fund of the tournament was €12500, €9950 for Masters and €2550 for Amateurs. Top three prizes were €2000, €1500 and €1000 respectively. Photo: Official site

Dylan Isidro triumphs at 22nd Sant Marti Open, Aronyak Ghosh third

25/07/2022 -

IM Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason (CUB), GM Hipolito Asis Gargatagli (ESP) and IM Aronyak Ghosh scored 7/9 each at 22nd Sant Marti International Open. They were placed first, second and third according to tie-breaks. Both Hipolito and Aronyak remained undefeated. Total prize fund of the tournament was €7210. Top three prizes were €1200, €1000 and €700 along with a trophy each. Arpan Das was the highest untitled and second-highest Indian finisher at 11th place, scoring 6/9. Vrushali Umesh Deodhar scored an impressive 5.5/9 and gained a whopping 69.2 Elo rating points. Photo: FI Atul Dahale

Hrithickkesh Pr dominates Dr. KCG Verghese Memorial Rating Open 2022

25/07/2022 -

Top seed of the tournament, Hrithickkesh Pr scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win Dr. KCG Verghese Memorial Rating Open 2022. He finished a full point ahead of the field. Six players scored 7.5/9. Out of them, Sa Kannan and Badrinarayanan N secured second and third place according to tie-breaks.The total prize fund of the event was ₹200000. Top three prizes  were ₹25000 and a trophy, ₹20000 and ₹15000 each respectively. This is Hrithickkesh's third triumph of the year. He started the year by winning 5th Adith Paulson Memorial Don Bosco Rating Open on the very first day of 2022, then he won Vinothkumar Memorial Open in April. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Dmitrij Kollars is the winner of NC World Masters 2022, Vishy Anand second

25/07/2022 -

Last-minute replacement, Germany no.4 Dmitrij Kollars defeated Daniel Fridman to win NC World Masters 2022. Both Kollars and defending champion, Vishy Anand scored 3.5/6 each. However, Kollars won the tournament on tie-breaks as the scored one more win than the maestro. The five-time world champion remained undefeated in the event, which clearly shows that his grasp of this chess variant is quite well. 50th National Junior 2022 Girls champion and National Women 2022 second runner-up, WGM Priyanka Nutakki defeated WFM Katharina Ricken (NED) in the final round to finish third in the NRW Women's Cup. Photo: Michelle Lassak/Sparkassen Chess Trophy

Liem Quang Le wins 55th Biel GMT, Gukesh third

25/07/2022 -

D Gukesh lost his final round game against the UAE no.1 Salem Saleh. Liem Quang Le drew with Andrey Esipenko to win 55th Biel Chess Festival GMT (Grandmaster Triathlon) 35.5/56. Esipenko finished second 32.5/37 and Gukesh third 29.5/37. The fourth-youngest to cross 2700 certainly delivered an impressive performance. He might look visibly upset on the podium, however he has etched his name in history by becoming the youngest Indian to cross, 2700 in the live ratings. IM Prraneeth Vuppala earned his second GM-norn. He needs one more GM-norm and cross the rating barrier to become India's next GM. 14-year-old Manmay Chopra won the ATO (Amateur Tournament). Harisurya Bharadwaj Gundepudi also scored 8/9, he was placed second on tie-breaks. Photo: Simon Bohnenblust/Biel Chess Festival

Reaction of top Indian GMs after Gukesh hit 2700 Elo

24/07/2022 -

Gukesh reaching 2700 Elo was a big milestone in the career of the youngster. He did it at the age of just 16 years making him the fourth youngest player in the history of chess to achieve this feat (after Wei Yi, Carlsen and Firouzja). We spoke to many of the top players of Indian chess including Anand, Harikrishna, Humpy, Harika, Arjun, Pragg and many more and got to know what they thought is Gukesh's main quality that has helped him reach an Elo of 2700 at such a tender age. We also take you down the memory lane with 67 pictures from Gukesh's career from 2016 to 2022! 

300+ hours of top-class Grandmaster training absolutely free - ChessMood

24/07/2022 -

GM Avetik Grigoryan is one of the most positive and energetic grandmasters you can come across. In 2018 he founded ChessMood with an aim to revolutionize chess learning. Avetik saw that many people on the internet were not guiding a serious chess student in the right direction. With ChessMood he aims to bridge that gap. In last couple of years he and his team of grandmasters have created over 300 hours of chess content from openings, middlegames, endgames, just about encompassing every phase of the game. And now from 20th-27th July 2022 as a part of the International Chess Day offer, all of these premium courses are free for the 7-day period. Get to know more about this wonderful company called ChessMood.

Vrashank Chouhan and Rakshitta Ravi win the MPL 51st National Junior Open and Girls Championships

24/07/2022 -

Vrashank Chouhan (Rajasthan) and WIM Rakshitta Ravi (Tamil Nadu) clinched the first place in the MPL 51st National Juniors U-19 2022. Vignesh B and Arun Kataria tied for second place with 8.5/11, but Vignesh took the second spot due to better tiebreaks. The top 2 seeds of the open section, IM Raahul VS and IM Avinash Ramesh both had dismal events, and finished with 4.5/11 and 5/11. In the Girl's section, top seed WIM Rakshitta Ravi went undefeated throughout the whole event, scoring 9.5/11. WIM Bommini Mounika Akshaya and WFM Bhagyashree Patil finished a full point behind with 8.5/11, Bommini claimed the second spot due to better tiebreaks. Photo: Tournament Director, Mr. Niranjan Godbole. 

Live games: No Castling World Masters 2022

23/07/2022 -

The five-time world champion, Vishy Anand has returned to Dortmund. He started his defense of NC World Masters champion title which he won last year by defeating the Vladimir Kramnik. The 14th world champion had to pull out due to some health issues. Anand joined the event from the second round where he drew with the English legend, Michael Adams. The other two participants are European Team Champion for Germany in 2011, GM FST Daniel Fridman. The fourth participant is the youngest in the event, Germany no.4 and Runner-up in Deutschland Grand Prix 2021, GM Dmitrij Kollars. Vishy Anand is still in the sole lead 2.5/4. He will face Fridman in Round 5. Photo: Michelle Lassak/Sparkassen Chess Trophy

Thej Kumar, Stany, Girish and Viani relay the Chess Olympiad Torch in Karnataka

22/07/2022 -

Karnataka's first and India's 50th Grandmaster Thej Kumar M S, the state's second and third GMs Stany G A and Girish Koushik along with Arjuna Awardee and the state's first IM D V Prasad, IM Viani Antonio D'cunha relayed the Chess Olympiad Torch in Bengaluru and Mangaluru. The veteran and much accomplished FIDE Trainer, D V Prasad became an International Master when Thej was a toddler in 1986 and the rest of the GMs were yet to be born. His win against Mikhail Tal is certainly iconic. Thej, Stany and Girish has won lots of tournaments all over the country and the world. The Torch went to Lakshadweep from Karnataka. Photo: Dept. of Sports MYAS

Vishy Anand gains sole lead at NC World Masters 2022

22/07/2022 -

Vishy Anand played the first round game against Dmitrij Kollars on the rest day of the NC World Masters. It could not take place on the scheduled day because of Vladimir Kramnik's illness. Viswanathan Anand goes into his last game with a half-point lead over direct opponent Michael Adams and Dmitrij Kollars at the No-Castling World Masters in Dortmund. His game against Michael Adams today will determine who wins the championship!

55th Biel MTO R8: Pranav Anand scores his final GM-norm with a round to spare

22/07/2022 -

IM Pranav Anand drew with Spain no.6, GM Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli at 55th Biel Chess Festival 2022 MTO. His live rating is now 2491 which means he is just nine Elo rating points away from becoming India's next GM. The 15-year-old from Karnataka will face GM Yu Yangyi (CHN) in the final round. GM Visakh N R drew with GM Kirill Alekseenko. Visakh had a few chances in the endgame, however things did not materialize in his favor. GM D Gukesh drew with GM Gata Kamsky (USA). He is out of the championship picture. However, he can still make a podium finish. GMT Round 7 and MTO Round 9 starts today at 10 a.m. local time (1:30 p.m. IST). Photo: Rupali Mullick

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