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14-year-old Sahithi Varshini gains 242 Elo points, becomes a WIM, reaches India no.12

19/04/2022 -

14-year-old Sahithi Varshini has an incredible story. She was rated 2070 in October 2021. It was at that point that her father Lokesh took a year's leave from his job at HPCL, a Rs.14 lakh loan, and together with his entire family decided to go on a year-long trip to give more exposure to his talented young daughter. Sahithi has played 10 tournaments in last six months. In it she has gained a massive 242 Elo points, not only pumping her rating to 2312 and reaching India no.12, but also achieving the WIM title. This article tells you the story of this amazing Indian chess talent and also shows her tremendous attacking skills which are reminiscent of the games of the great World Champion Mikhail Tal.

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Sammed Jaykumar Shete wins All India Rapid Rating Open 2022

19/04/2022 -

IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete scored an unbeaten 8.5/9. He finished a half point ahead of the competition to win All India Rapid Rating Open 2022. Three players scored 8.0/9 - GM Stany G A, FM FI Sauravh Khherdekar and IM Viani Antonio Dcunha. They were placed second to fourth according to the tie-breaks. Sammed won ₹51000 cash, Runner-up Stany and Second Runner-up Sauravh earned ₹41000 cash each as their prize. Total prize fund of the tournament was ₹500000. The one-day nine-round rapid rating tournament was organized by Innovators Chess Academy on 9th April at GEAR Innovative International School, Bangalore, Karnataka. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Gukesh glorious at 48th La Roda Open 2022, Praggnanandhaa third

18/04/2022 -

GM D Gukesh won his first Classical tournament of the year at 48th La Roda International Open 2022. He scored an unbeaten 8.0/9 and finished a half point ahead of the competition. He did not leave things to be decided on tie-breaks. He missed MPL 58th National Senior Open and 19th Delhi International GM Open on tie-breaks. GM Haik Martirosyan (ARM) secured second place 7.5/9. Five players scored 7.0/9. GM Praggnanandhaa R and GM Raunak Sadhwani were placed third and fourth respectively according to tie-breaks. Top three prizes were €3000, €2000 and €1000 along with a trophy each. Total prize fund of the tournament was €14000. Photo: Official site

Sasikiran sensational at Fagernes Open 2022, Aryan Chopra second

18/04/2022 -

GM Krishnan Sasikiran won his first Classical tournament of the year at Fagernes Open 2022. Both him and GM Aryan Chopra scored 7.0/9 each. Sasikiran remained undefeated throughout the event. Due to his better tie-break score, he clinched the championship and Aryan had to settle for second place. GM Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal (NOR) and GM Aram Hakobyan (ARM) scored 6.5/9 each. They were placed third and fourth respectively according to tie-breaks. Ten players scored 6.0/9 each. GM Arjun Erigaisi, GM Nihal Sarin and GM Sethuraman S P were placed fifth, ninth and tenth according to the tie-breaks. Top three prizes in the GM section were €2400, €1600 and €800. Photo: SjakkTromsø

New: Opening Encyclopaedia 2022

17/04/2022 -

With over 1,300 articles, the Opening Encyclopaedia 2022 covers the entire range of openings. A huge fund of ideas and high-quality analyses! In the new edition, the number of articles has increased - 66 new opening articles and 388 new opening overviews have been added compared to the previous year. New feature - GM Dorian Rogozenco goes into detail about the latest opening trends in top chess, with many videos. It is well-known to all that the knowledge of openings is absolutely important these days if one wants to do well. Opening Encyclopaedia 2022 is certainly going to help you with that. Photo: ChessBase

Harsha Bharathakoti - The Humble Powerhouse

16/04/2022 -

MPL 41st National Team Chess Championship 2022 got over a few days ago. India's 56th GM Harsha Bharathakoti won the tournament for his team, Airports Authority of India. He also won an individual Silver medal on Board no.3. Last month, he tied for the first place at 19th Delhi International GM Open 2022. He beat Richard Rapport, Kirill Shevchenko, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, David Anton Guijarro, drew with Nodribek Abdusattorov at World Blitz 2021 and won against Rauf Mamedov, Vladislav Kovalev, Volodymyr Onyshchuk, drew with Vladislav Artemiev, Maxim Matlakov and Sergei Movsesian at World Rapid 2021. He was the best Indian performer at World Blitz 2019. Get to know about this 21-year-old youngster from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Airports Authority of India flies high at MPL National Team Open and Women Chess Championship 2022

15/04/2022 -

Airports Authority of India dominated MPL 41st National Team Open and 19th National Team Women's championship 2022. They won both Open and Women event without losing a single match. In the Open event, AAI, RSPB A and RSPB B, all three teams scored 16.0/18. They drew their games against each other. AAI and RSPB A had the same match and game points. Thus, the third tie-break decided the championship in favor of AAI. RSPB A and RSPB B were placed second and third respectively. In the Women's event, AAI finished two points ahead of the competition 12.0/12, PSPB secured second place 10.0/12 and Maharashtra A third 8.0/12. Photo: All Bihar Chess Association

Goutham Krishna and Shubhi Gupta are the MPL 34th National Under-12 Open and Girls Chess Champions

15/04/2022 -

Goutham Krishna H (KER) defeated Aakash G (TN) and Shubhi Gupta (UP) won against Sherali Pattnaik (UTT) in the final round to clinch the championship. Arjun Adireddy (TEL) and Ethan Vaz (Goa) scored 9.0/11 each. They secured second and third position according to tie-breaks. In the Girls event, Shreya G Hipparagi (MAH) drew with Saparya Ghosh (WB). Both Shubhi and Shreya scored 9.0/11. However, Shubhi clinched the championship due to better tie-breaks and Shreya was placed second. Saparya edged past Nivedita V C (TN) in tie-breaks to secure third position 8.5/11. Total prize fund of the tournament was ₹800000, ₹400000 for each event. Top three won ₹80000, ₹60000 and ₹48000 cash prize along with a beautiful and huge trophy each. Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

Pranav Venkatesh wins 1st BCF Rapid Rating Open 2022

14/04/2022 -

IM Pranav Venkatesh scored an unbeaten 7.0/7. He finished a half point ahead of the field to win 1st BCF Rapid Rating Open 2022. Three players scored 6.5/7 - IM Praveen Kumar C, R Ashwath and GM Bharath Subramaniyam H. They were placed second to fourth according to the tie-breaks. Pranav won ₹25000 cash and a trophy, Runner-up Praveen earned ₹20000 and Ashwath received ₹15000 cash as their respective prize. Total prize fund of the tournament was ₹150000. The one-day seven-round rapid rating tournament was organized by Bruno Chess Foundation on 3rd April at Velankanni Public School, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

MPL 34th National U-12 R9-10: Goutham and Shreya eye the championships

14/04/2022 -

Goutham Krishna H (KER) ended Ethan Vaz's (Goa) unbeaten run in the ninth round of MPL 34th National Under-12 Chess Championship 2022. This win allowed him to catch up with Ethan. Top seed Arjun Adireddy (TEL) defeated Ethan, handing him his second consecutive loss of the day. Goutham drew with Mrinmoy Rajkhowa (ASM) to take sole lead 8.5/10. In the Girls event, top seed Shubhi Gupta (UP) defeated Prishita Gupta (DEL) before losing to Shreya G Hipparagi (MAH) in the penultimate round. Shreya has now taken sole lead 8.5/10. Goutham and Shreya are a win away from winning the tournament, while a draw would leave their fate on others' hands. Round 11 starts today at 10:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

Praggnanandhaa conquers the historic Kvika Reykjavik Open 2022

13/04/2022 -

GM Praggnanandhaa joined the long line of legendary winners of Reykjavik Open. Among the world champions, Mikhail Tal, Vassily Smyslov won the round-robin editions in the first ten years. Among the Indians, Harikrishna (2006), Abhijeet Gupta (2010 and 2016) and Adhiban (2018) won the presitigious event. Abhijeet, Adhiban and now Praggnanandhaa, each of them won clear first. Gukesh was moments away from winning the tournament when he blundered and lost the game. Apart from Pragg, Abhijeet Gupta is the only other Indian to finish in top 10. He scored 6.5/9 to finish at shared seventh place. IM Tania Sachdev scored 6.0/9 to win the Best Woman prize. She is the highest finisher among female participants.

MPL 34th National U-12 R7-8: Ethan Vaz and Shubhi Gupta emerge as the dominant sole leaders

13/04/2022 -

Ethan Vaz (Goa) is aiming for a triple hat-trick as he won both of his seventh and eighth convincingly in MPL 32nd National Under-12 Open National Chess Championship 2022. The Goan boy disposed both Maharashtra kids Vivaan Vijay Saraogi and Aansh Nandan Nerurkar without any difficulty. He is now a full point ahead of the field. Goutham Krishna H (KER) is the only one at 7.0/8. In the Girls event, top seed Shubhi Gupta (UP) won both of her games. She crushed the seventh round leader WCM Shriyana S Mallya (KAR) and got a winning position in just 15 moves. The rest was just a cakewalk for her. Round 9 starts today at 10:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

Kvika Reykjavik Open R8: Praggnanandhaa crushes Cornette in 25 moves

12/04/2022 -

GM Praggnanandhaa set the board on fire as he crushed Matthieu Cornette (FRA, 2569) in 25 moves. He is now one of the three leaders along with GM Max Warmerdam (NED) and GM Mads Andersen (DEN) at 6.5/8. Pragg will square off against India's youngest GM D Gukesh in the final round. He scored a beautiful victory over GM Johann Hjartarson (ISL) in the penultimate round. Gukesh is at 6.0/8 with six other players. IM Tania Sachdev missed an opportunity to draw against GM Mads. GM Abhijeet Gupta and IM Soham Das won, GM Adhiban and IM Vardaan drew their respective games. Round 9 starts today at 11 a.m. local time (4:30 p.m. IST). Photo: Niklesh Jain

MPL 34th National U-12 R5-6: Ethan Vaz scores a double hat-trick, gains sole lead

12/04/2022 -

Sadbhav Rautela (UTT) got himself closest to upstage Ethan Vaz (Goa) in the fifth round of MPL 32nd National Under-12 Open Chess Championship 2022. However, the Uttarakhand boy was unable to make the most out of opportunity and allowed his opponent to turn things around. Md. Reyan (BIH) could not handle the big match pressure against Ethan and blundered terribly which ended the game immediately. Thus, the kid from Goa is currently the sole leader in the Open event 6.0/6. After a draw in Round 5, Delhites Prishita Gupta and Aadhya Jain won their respective games in the following round. WCM Shriyana S Mallya (KAR) won both of her games to join them in a three-way lead 5.5/6. Round 7 starts today at 10:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

Kvika Reykjavik Open R6-7: Tenacious Tania beats Iceland no.2 Hedinn Steingrimsson

11/04/2022 -

IM Tania Sachdev started Kvika Reykjavik Open 2022 with only 1.5/3. Then she won her next four games in-a-row. The seventh round victory against Iceland no.2 GM Hedinn Steingrimsson is extra special. She showed her resilience and beat his opponent in a completely lost queen endgame. Adhiban, Praggnanandhaa and Gukesh all three of them were unable to beat him. GM Max Warmerdam (NED) has taken sole lead 6.0/7. He is closely followed by Praggnanandhaa, Mads Andersen (DEN), Tania, Pouya Idani (IRI) and Matthieu Cornette (FRA) at 5.5/7 each. Round 8 starts today at 4 p.m. local time (9:30 p.m. IST). Photo: Thorsteinn Magnusson/Reykjavik Open 2022

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