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IM Anwesh Upadhyaya is now safe as he reaches Polish border

02/03/2022 -

Anwesh Upadhyaya, Indian IM, doctor, former National Rapid Champion, was trapped in his apartment in Kyiv as the Russian troops entered Ukraine. Things were looking gloomy as there was curfew imposed and it was difficult to move out. However, when the curfew was lifted, Anwesh and fiance took a train from Kyiv to Lviv. There he was helped by Olexandr Prohorov, an International chess arbiter from Ukraine. Prohorov ensured that the couple had a place to stay in Lviv and also helped to plan their safe exit to Poland. At the time of writing the article, Anwesh has safely reached Poland and moving towards Warsaw. He is safe.

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2nd leg of FIDE Grand Prix 2022 to begin in Belgrade with Vidit and Hari

01/03/2022 -

The FIDE Grand Prix 2022 will take place in Belgrade from the 1st of March 2022. This is the 2nd leg of the cycle. We have our Indian stars Vidit Gujrathi and Pentala Harikrishna featuring in the event. After Vidit and Hari notched up 3 and 2 Grand Prix points respectively, they would need an excellent finish in this event to have any chances of qualifying to the Candidates. We bring you a preview of the event that lets you know what is it that you can expect from the tournament.

MPL 47th National Women R6-7: Divya Deshmukh emerges sole leader 6.5/7

01/03/2022 -

WGM Divya Deshmukh (MAH) defeated her co-leader WIM Sakshi Chitlange in Round 6. The double IM-norm holder defeated IM Bhakti Kulkarni (Goa) in Round 7 to become clear sole leader at MPL 47th National Women Chess Championship 2022. Divya is now a full point ahead of the field. Six women are at 5.5/7. They are - IM Soumya Swaminathan (PSPB), WIM Priyanka Nutakki (AP), IM Vaishali R (TN), WGM Pratyusha Bodda (AP), IM Padmini Rout (PSPB) and WIM Arpita Mukherjee (WB). Divya will face the top seed Vaishali in the penultimate round. Round 8 starts today at 10:00 a.m. IST. Photo: IA Suresh Chandra Sahoo

MPL 58th National Senior R6-7: Arjun Erigaisi and Gukesh share the lead 6.0/7

01/03/2022 -

GM D Gukesh halted IM Koustav Chatterjee's fantastic run in the sixth round. He drew with GM Aravindh Chithambaram in Round 7 from a completely lost position on at least two different occasion. GM Arjun Erigaisi defeated GM Abhijeet Gupta and then drew with GM Aryan Chopra to maintain his lead. While Arjun Erigaisi is yet to show any weakness, Gukesh has already overcome a disaster. Ten players are in the chase at 5.5/7. They are - Lalith, Adhiban, Aryan, Aravindh, Mitrabha, Sayantan, Visakh, Deep, Pranav and Iniyan. Last three rounds to go. Round 8 starts today at 10:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

MPL 47th National Women R5: Maharashtra's Sakshi and Divya share the lead

28/02/2022 -

Maharashtra's WGM Divya Deshmukh and WIM Sakshi Chitlange have emerged as the co-leaders at MPL 47th National Women Chess Championship 2022. Both Sakshi and Divya seized their advantage in the major piece endgame against WGM Mary Ann Gomes (PSPB) and WIM Priyanka Nutakki (AP) respectively. They will inevitably face each other in the sixth round. Top seed IM Vaishali (TN) was held to another draw. It was WIM Arpita Mukherjee (WB) this time. WIM Mounika Akshaya (AP) also continues great form as she beat WGM Nandhidhaa P V (TN). Round 6 starts today at 9:00 a.m. IST. Photo: IA Suresh Chandra Sahoo

MPL 58th National Senior R5: Lalit, Abhijeet and Koustav score to join five-way lead

28/02/2022 -

The clash of titans between GM D Gukesh (TN) and GM Arjun Erigaisi (TEL) ended in an exciting draw. GM Aryan Chopra (DEL) was unable to capitalize on his advantage against GM Lalit Rohit (PSPB). Five-time Commonwealth Gold medalist, GM Abhijeet Gupta (PSPB) beat IM Aditya Mittal (MAH). IM Koustav Chatterjee (WB) continues his dream run as he beat GM Karthikeyan Murali (PSPB). Thus Lalit, Abhijeet Gupta and Koustav Chatterjee joined the previous round leaders Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi. Arjun vs Abhijeet, Koustav vs Gukesh and Lalit vs Adhiban will be the top three fiery battles in Round 6 which starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST today. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

FIDE Council condemns Russia's military action in Ukraine

28/02/2022 -

FIDE Council held an extraordinary meeting yesterday to address the current situation due to Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. Just like FIFA and UEFA had urgent executive committee meeting, FIDE also had one where it condemned the military action. Among other things, it was also announced that no official FIDE chess competitions and events will take place in Russia and Belarus. Sergey Karjakin and Sergey Shipov's public statements about support of unjustified military action is condemned by FIDE Council. FIDE has terminated all existing sponsorship agreements with any Belarusian and Russian sanctioned and/or state-controlled companies and will not enter into new sponsorship agreements with any such companies. Photo: GM Oleksandr Sulypa, captain of the Ukrainian chess team

Indian IM and doctor Anwesh Upadhyaya trapped in his apartment in Kyiv

27/02/2022 -

Things are getting really tense for IM Anwesh Upadhyaya, an Indian IM and doctor, who is stuck in his apartment in Kyiv. The city is under siege from Russian army and a curfew has been imposed until Monday. It is too risky to venture out and Anwesh is stuck in his apartment. The former National Rapid champion of India was in Kyiv since nearly a decade to study medicine and now works at a local hospital as a resident doctor. He is hoping for things to improve so that he can make his way back to India.

Magnus Carlsen wins Airthings Masters 2022

27/02/2022 -

Magnus Carlsen took the minimum number of games to win the second set of the Finals. Unlike the first season, the world champion started Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2022 by winning Airthings Masters. After a draw in the first game, Carlsen won the next two games to win the Finals. Although Nepomniachtchi had a pleasant position in the second game, he just went all-in which did not work out. One cannot forget the world events which is going on currently certainly has affected Nepomniachtchi's performance in the Finals, but that does not take any credit away from the world no.1. The next event of the tour starts on 19th March. Photo: chess24

MPL 47th National Women R3-4: Priyanka Nutakki halts Vaishali's momentum

27/02/2022 -

WIM Priyanka Nutakki (AP) held the top seed IM Vaishali R (TN) to a draw in Round 4 of MPL 47th National Women Chess Championship 2022. Vaishali and Priyanka are joined by six more women in the lead 3.5/4. They are - WGM Mary Ann Gomes (PSPB), IM Soumya Swaminathan (PSPB), WGM Divya Deshmukh (MAH), WIM Arpita Mukherjee (WB), WGM Srija Seshadri (TN) and WIM Sakshi Chitlange (MAH). Soumya had a great escape against state mate WFM Srishti Pandey in the third round. Sakshi had a great day as she defeated WGM Nandhidhaa P V and drew with Soumya in Round 3 and 4 respectively. Round 5 starts at 10:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: IA Suresh Chandra Sahoo

MPL 58th National Senior R3-4: Koustav Chatterjee shocks Sethuraman

27/02/2022 -

IM Koustav Chatterjee (WB) had a fantastic second day. He drew with the top seed B Adhiban (PSPB) in Round 3 and then he defeated former Asian Continental champion Sethuraman (PSPB) in Round 4. Arjun Erigaisi (TEL), D Gukesh (TN) and Aryan Chopra (DEL) emerged as the leaders 4.0/4 in MPL 58th National Senior Chess Championship 2022. Gukesh will face Arjun Erigaisi in Round 5 and Aryan Chopra will go against Lalit Rohit. Aditya Mittal, Aronyak Ghosh and Koustav are the only three IMs at 3.5/4 each. IM Srihari L R (TN) drew with GM Lalit Rohit (PSPB) and GM Deep Sengupta (PSPB). Round 5 starts at 10:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

India bids for the Chess Olympiad 2022

26/02/2022 -

The current situation in the world where Russia invading Ukraine has led to FIDE taking a decision to not host the World Chess Olympiad 2022 in Moscow. The Olympiad is the biggest chess spectacle in the world with more than 190 countries participating in it. With just 5 months to go it seemed difficult to organize the event. However, India has come forward and the All India Chess Federation has made a bid organize the Olympiad 2022 in the country. The total cost of hosting the event would be close to 75 crores (10 million USD). However, AICF is confident that this can be pulled off, with two cities already having shown interest to fund and host the event.

MPL 58th National Senior R1-2: Maharashtra's Suyog Wagh and Kashish Jain score big upsets

26/02/2022 -

Maharashtra's FM Suyog Wagh and Kashish Jain Manoj scored big victories over Tamil Nadu's GM Iniyan P and GM Vishnu Prasanna in Round 2 of MPL 58th National Senior Chess Championship. Kerala State Senior champion Chandar Raju forced the top seed of the tournament, GM B Adhiban to fight for 4.5 hours to earn his first point of the event. Harshit Pawar (DEL) and Rahul Gurung (SIK) scored upset victories over two-time Tamil Nadu State Senior champion IM Pranav V and Asian Junior 2021 Gold medalist IM Raahul V S respectively in Round 1. Anustoop Biswas (WB) defeated IM Pranesh M (TN). Round 3 starts at 9:30 a.m. IST today. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

MPL 47th National Women R1-2: Mrittika Mallick stuns Bhakti Kulkarni

26/02/2022 -

Mrittika Mallick continues her momentum after winning her maiden West Bengal State title five days ago. She defeated IM Bhakti Kulkarni (Goa) in the first round of MPL 47th National Women Championship 2022. The 13-year-old girl drew with WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty (ODI) in the second round. In Round 2, WFM Kotepalli Sai Nirupama (AP), Telangana State Senior champion Sarayu Velpula, WB State Junior champion WCM Bristy Mukherjee  defeated WIM Rakshitta Ravi (TN), WIM Savitha Shri B (TN), WIM Priyanka K (TN) each respectively. Madhya Pradesh State Junior Girls and Senior Women champion, Varshita Jain drew with WGM Divya Deshmukh in the first round. Round 3 starts at 9:30 a.m. IST today. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Airthings Masters Final 1: Four exciting draws

26/02/2022 -

Ian Nepomniachtchi and Magnus Carlsen played some exciting chess in the Finals of Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters. All four games ended in draws. However, out of them, three games felt like could have a decisive result. Carlsen was winning in all three of them, although Nepomniachtchi had his chance in the most exciting game of the day, the second one. One cannot shake the feeling that the worldly events are certainly affecting the players. It is evident from their games. A winner will certainly be decided today. Finals continue tonight at 10:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Amruta Mokal

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