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World Youth U16 Olympiad 2022 R1: India whitewashes Panama 4-0

03/10/2022 -

Team India defeated Panama convincingly in the first round of FIDE World Youth Under-16 Olympiad 2022. Unlike the regular Olympiad, the youth is a combined event where each team must have a girl in their four member playing team. Team India is comprises - GM Pranav Venkatesh, IM Pranesh M, FM Harshad S, Tanisha S Boramanikar, Rohit S and Mrittika Mallick. Harshad and Mrittika were rested in the first round. The remaining four won their games comfortably. GM FST Tejas Bakre is the Captain of the team. India will face Mexico in Round 2 with only one change, Harshad will replace Rohit. Round 2 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Sara Asadova

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1st Bikaner GM Open R2-3: Kushagra conquers Krasenkow, Ram Aravind superb against Luka

03/10/2022 -

One of the latest International Masters of India, Kushagra Mohan defeated the legendary Polish GM Michal Krasenkow in the third round. FM Ram Aravind L N also scored a fantastic win over GM Luka Paichadze (GEO). IM Anuj Shrivatri had a very good opportunity to beat the top seed of 1st Bikaner GM Open 2022, GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO). Unfortuantely, he missed his opportunity and could only manage a draw. 13-year-old Arhan Chethan Anand drew with GM Luka in round 2 and defeated IM Nitin S in the third round. GM Abhijeet Gupta survived a scare against Dhananjay S in the second round. Round 4 starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

MPL Indian Chess Tour 2022 leg 4 R9-12: Bharath Subramaniyam is the new sole leader

03/10/2022 -

India's 73rd GM Bharath Subramaniyam H is the new sole leader, heading into the final day of MPL Indian Chess Tour leg 4. He started the day by defeating the previous day leader, GM Pranav Anand. Then he beat GM Abhimanyu Puranik, drew with IM Aditya Mittal and finished the day with a win over GM Sethuraman S P. The 14-year-old got into the lead 22/36 by doing a very pretty checkmate at the center of the board. He is closely followed by GM Pranav 21/36, IM Aditya and GM Karthikeyan Murali at 20/36 each. Who will win the fourth leg - Bharath, Pranav, Aditya or someone else? Round 13 starts today at 3:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Amruta Mokal

NEW: Power Fritz 18 - The Chess Software World Champion 2022

02/10/2022 -

Fritz has fascinated the chess world for thirty years. And the success story continues. In Vienna, the most popular chess program ever was once again able to underline its premier position: the newly developed neural engine with NNUE technology won the official Chess Software World Championship! With Power Fritz 18 you have the world champion program on your PC! If you have already purchase Fritz 18, you can buy the upgrade. Those who have not bought a Fritz software yet, now is the best time to get a world champion program on your pc. So hurry up and grab it. Photo: ChessBase

MPL Indian Chess Tour 2022 leg 4 R5-8: Pranav Anand gains sole lead

02/10/2022 -

India's 76th GM and World Youth Under-16 Gold medalist, Pranav Anand has emerged sole leader 16/24. Despite starting the day with a loss against the previous day leader, IM Aditya Mittal, Pranav turned things around by winning against Sethuraman and Vaibhav Suri. He was completely lost in both of those games, yet he managed to persevere. His sole draw was against GM Mitrabha Guha, in which the newly crowned GM was completely winning. Aditya scored a win, two draws and lost one game to maintain his chase 15/24. Three players are sharing the third place. They are - GM S L Narayanan, GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly and GM Karthikeyan Murali at 14/24 each. Round 9 starts today at 3:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Rupali Mullick

1st Bikaner GM Open R1: Swayham and Pritam score big upsets

02/10/2022 -

13-year-old Swayham P Das scored a big win over GM Laxman R R in 1st Bikaner GM Open 2022. Experience player, Pritam Singh also scored an upset victory over GM Duc Hoa Nguyen (VIE) in just 22 moves. Hriday Panchal had a good opportunity to hold GM Deepan Chakkravarthy to a draw. 12-year-old Nirnay Garg held veteran IM Anup Deshmukh to a draw. The tournament witnesses the participation of 75 players including 10 GMs, 7 IMs and 4 WIMs from 13 countries across the world including India in the Category A. The total prize fund of the tournament is ₹3000000, ₹2000000 in Category A and ₹1000000 in Category B. Round 2 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Launching monthly prize money tournaments at the ChessBase India Chess Club in Mumbai

01/10/2022 -

After 28 weeks of successfully and consistently conducting the ChessBase India Chess Club at the Phoenix Marketcity in Mumbai, we are launching something very exciting for chess players - Prize money tournaments! And this will happen without any entry fee! Every 4th Saturday of the month will be the ChessBase India Chess Club tournament and only players who have attended the chess club in three weeks prior to it will be able to attend it! In this article we show you why the chess club is such a wonderful place for every chess lover of Mumbai to be at and how we came up with the idea of tournaments!

N L Pandiyar Memorial Rating Open is back after four years

01/10/2022 -

1st Bikaner GM Open is starting today. Rajasthan is going to host another strong rating open tournament in a week from 8th October 2022. The seventh edition of N L Pandiyar Memorial Rating Open will take place at Orbit Resort, Udaipur. This is one of the longest running Open Rating tournaments in the state. The first edition took place back in 2009. This edition offers a prize fund of ₹1501000. Total number of prizes are 173. There are three prizes worth ₹1 lac and more. Apart from that, there are five prizes worth over ₹50000. So far 309 players have registered from various parts of the country. Hurry up and register if you have not already. Photo: Tournament Circular/Chess in Lakecity

MPL Indian Chess Tour 2022 leg 4 R1-4: Aditya Mittal emerges sole leader

01/10/2022 -

IM Aditya Mittal has emerged sole leader after the first day of MPL Indian Chess Tour leg 4. The teenager scored three wins and a draw to stay a full point ahead of the field 10/12. Previous leg winner, GM S L Narayanan, GM Vaibhav Suri and GM Pranav Anand are close behind at 9/12 each. Apart from Aditya, GM Bharath Subramaniyam and GM Karthikeyan Murali have also remained undefeated on the first day. This is the final leg of MPL Indian Chess Tour. The winner will earn a place in the next Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Regular event, also in the 8-player Knockout Finals of the MPL Indian Chess Tour. Round 5 starts today at 3:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Pranav Anand - The Golden Grandmaster

30/09/2022 -

Pranav Anand became India's 76th Grandmaster on 15th September. On the following day, he became World Youth Under-16 Open champion. A feat very few players in the world can claim, if there are any. The 15-year-old boy became Karnataka's fourth Grandmaster. He earned his maiden GM-norm at 8th Sunway Sitges Open in 2021. The teenager scored his second and third GM-norm at Vezerkepzo GM March 2022 and 55th Biel Master Tournament in July. Both of those norms were earned in just eight games. He fulfilled the rating requirements by winning against IM Emin Ohanyan (ARM) in the tenth round of World Youth 2022. Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Kateryna Lagno wins FIDE Astana GP, Vaishali impresses

30/09/2022 -

GM Kateryna Lagno drew her final round game against GM Alexandra Kosteniuk to win FIDE Astana GP. The former World Rapid and three-time World Blitz Women's champion scored 8/11. IM Vaishali R had great chances to beat GM Aleksandra Goryachkina. Unfortunately, she could not seize her opportunity. The former World Women's Championship Challenger, Goryachkina scored 7.5/11 to finish second. WGM Zhu Jiner scored (CHN) made 6.5/11 to finish third. Vaishali had an impressive debut. She scored 5/11, suffered only two losses and gained 1.6 Elo rating points. Her performance speaks volumes that she is ready for the big leagues. Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman

Arun R U clinches Chhattisgarh CM Trophy Challengers Below 2000

30/09/2022 -

Arun R U and Shrayan Majumder, both scored an unbeaten 8/9. They were placed first and second according to tie-breaks. Three players - Bishal Basak, Vishrut Parekh and Arnav Kherdekar scored 7.5/9 each. Out of them, Bishal Basak was adjudged third. He remained undefeated too. The total prize fund for the Challengers section was ₹1200000. Top three prizes were ₹100000 and trophy, ₹80000 and ₹70000 each respectively. A total of 343 players participated from various states across India along with Bangladesh, Nepal and USA. The five-day nine-round tournament was organized by Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh at Shagun Farms, Raipur, Chhattisgarh from 19th to 23rd September 2022. Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

A Trailblazer in Indian Chess - Manuel Aaron

29/09/2022 -

Manuel Aaron was India's first International Master. Manuel is a great champion who indulged in battles with players like Fischer, Botvinnik, and other world superstars in his prime. He laid the foundation for Indian chess, due to which India has now become a superpower in the Chess world. In the 5th episode of Olympiad Stories with Saravanan, IM Saravanan shares some interesting stories about the first Indian Superstar, the grand old man of Indian chess. Photo: The Hindu archives.

Levan Pantsulaia dominates Chhattisgarh CM Trophy GM Masters 2022

29/09/2022 -

GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO) deservedly won Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Trophy GM Masters Tournament 2022. He drew his final round game against IM Ajay Karthikeyan to finish a full point ahead of the field 8.5/10. Three players followed him at 8.5/10. They are - GM Boris Savchenko, GM Michal Krasenkow (POL) and GM Shyam Sundar M. They were placed second to fourth according to tie-breaks. Apart from Shyam, IM Ajay Karthikeyan, IM Nubairshah Shaikh and GM Mitrabha Guha are the only three Indians to finish in top ten at seventh, eighth and ninth place respectively scoring 7/10 each. The total prize fund in the Masters section was ₹2300000. Top three prizes were ₹331000, ₹231000 and ₹175000 each respectively. Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

Kateryna Lagno or Aleksandra Goryachkina - Who will win the FIDE Astana GP?

29/09/2022 -

GM Kateryna Lagno made a quick 13-move draw with GM Zhansaya Abdumalik (KAZ) to maintain her lead 7.5/10 at FIDE Astana GP. GM Aleksandra Goryachkina also drew her game with GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, to maintain her chase 7/10. IM Vaishali drew with IM Polina Shuvalova by forcing a perpetual check. She has scored 4.5/10 and had a good tournament so far. In the final round, Vaishali will be up against Goryachkina who would certainly go for maximum in her effort for the tournament triumph. Who do you think will win the tournament - Lagno or Goryachkina? Round 11 starts today at 12:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman

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