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Farrukh Amonatov wins 1st Maharashtra GM Open 2022, Arjun Kalyan third

09/06/2022 -

GM Farrukh Amonatov (TJK) won his second consecutive tournament, 1st Maharashtra International GM Open 2022 after winning 13th KIIT GM Open, ten days ago. GM Arjun Kalyan gave his heart out in scoring a win in the last round and that is exactly what he achieved. GM Alexej Aleksandrov and Arjun also finished with the same score as Amonatov 8.5/11. Amonatov won the event due to better tie-breaks, Alexej and Arjun had to settle for second and third places. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹2000000. Top three prizes were ₹300000, ₹200000 and ₹150000 along with a trophy each respectively. IM Bhakti Kulkarni 6.5/11 is the highest finisher among female participants. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

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Prague Chess Festival 2022 Masters R1: Harikrishna beats Vidit

09/06/2022 -

The battle between India no.3 Pentala Harikrishna and India no.2 Vidit Gujrathi ended in favor of the former. It was an interesting battle where Harikrishna sacrificed pawns for initiative in the first round of Prague International Chess Festival 2022 Masters. Vidit exchanged first a bishop then a rook for four pawns. However, he never got enough compensation for it and eventually lost the game. Sasikiran started his campaign in the Challengers section with a draw against Max Warmerdam (NED). He will face Vincent Keymer (GER) in Round 2. Vidit and Harikrishna will be up against top Spanish players David Anton Guijarro and Francisco Vallejo Pons respectively. Round 2 starts today at 3 p.m. local time (6:30 p.m. IST). Photo: Prague International Chess Festival

10th Norway Chess 2022 R7: Anand scores, Carlsen loses his third Armageddon

08/06/2022 -

Vishy Anand won his fourth Armageddon of 10th Norway Chess 2022, third with white pieces. Teimour Radjabov who is trying to hide his preparation before the Candidates, suffered his second Armageddon loss, first with black pieces. Aryan Tari scored the biggest victory of his career when he beat Magnus Carlsen in Armageddon. This is Carlsen's third loss of the event and all of them were in Armageddon when he had black pieces. However, the world champion is still in sole lead 13.5/21, followed by Anand at 13/21. Today is the final rest day. Round 8 starts tomorrow from 5 p.m. local time (8:30 p.m. IST). Photo: Lennart Ootes/Norway Chess

1st Maharashtra GM Open 2022 R10: Three-way race between Amonatov, Aleksandrov and Arjun Kalyan

08/06/2022 -

Top seed of the tournament, GM Farrukh Amonatov (TJK) drew with GM Arjun Kalyan in the penultimate round. GM Aleksej Aleksandrov defeated GM Deep Sengupta. Amonatov and Aleksandrov are at 8/10 each, closely followed by Arjun 7.5/10. Arjun must win the final round game against GM Alexei Fedorov and hope, Amonatov and Aleksandrov draw their game and also tie-break works out in his favor. Only then, Arjun will have a chance of winning the tournament. FM Ram Aravind L N scored his maiden IM-norm. CM Kushagra Mohan is the highest scorer so far who is neither an IM nor GM. Final Round 11 starts today at 10 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Vidit and Harikrishna set to square off today at Prague International Chess Festival 2022 Masters

08/06/2022 -

The fourth edition of Prague International Chess Festival 2022 starts today. India no.2 Vidit Gujrathi and India no.3 Pentala Harikrishna are set to face each in the very first round. They got the numbers six and five respectively at the Drawing of Lots. Vidit is the highest rated player in the field. Defending champion Sam Shankland is also back to defend his title. Vidit would like to one-up his second place finish in tie-breaks in the very first edition back in 2019. The tournament has a strong field of ten players. It will be a Round-Robin event. Sasikiran is playing in the Challengers section. Round 1 starts today at 3 p.m. local time (6:30 p.m. IST). Photo: Prague International Chess Festival

Sohil Shaikh wins 1st Pune Open Below 2000 Rating Tournament 2022

07/06/2022 -

25th seeded Sohil Shaikh scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win 1st Pune Open Below 2000 FIDE Rating Chess Tournament. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. Four players scored 7.5/9. Out of them, Sai Balkawade and Arnav Nanal secured second and third place according to tie-breaks. Total prize fund of the event was ₹1000000. Top three prizes were ₹100000, ₹85000 and ₹70000 along with a trophy each. A total of 457 players participated in this four-day rating tournament from six countries across the world, including India. Check out the photos from the prize distribution ceremony and interviews with the podium finishers. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

10th Norway Chess 2022 R6: Carlsen gains sole lead, Anand wins Armageddon against Giri

07/06/2022 -

Magnus Carlsen scored his third Classical victory of 10th Norway Chess 2022. Thus, he has gained sole lead 12.5/18 for the first time in this event. Vishy Anand drew his Armageddon against Anish Giri. Although, Anand was completely winning the endgame. Draw with black pieces in Armageddon means he won the match. He is now currently trailing Carlsen by a full point at 11.5/18. Wesley So made an interesting queen sacrifice against Aryan Tari and won the Armageddon. He is at 10/18. Anand will face Radjabov before heading towards the final rest day of the event. Round 7 starts today from 5 p.m. local time (8:30 p.m. IST). Photo: Lennart Ootes/Norway Chess

1st Maharashtra GM Open 2022 R9: Aditya Samant becomes the new International Master of India

07/06/2022 -

15-year-old Aditya S Samant became the latest International Master of India. It happened when he drew his ninth round game against Srihari L at 1st Maharashtra GM Open 2022. Pune's very own Aditya secured his final IM-norm at his home city only. Top seed of the tournament, GM Farrukh Amonatov defeated GM Boris Savchenko to gain sole lead 7.5/9. GM Deep Sengupta, GM Arjun Kalyan and GM Aleksej Aleksandrov are in the chase 7/9. Arjun will face Amonatov and Deep will be up against Aleksandrov in the penultimate round. IM Bhakti Kulkarni is currently the top female scorer 6/9. Round 10 starts today at 10 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Amazing Aravindh Chithambaram wins MPL Indian Chess Tour 2022 leg 2

06/06/2022 -

Aravindh Chithambaram continued his momentum from the previous day. He won the first two games on the final day of MPL Indian Chess Tour leg 2. A draw in the final round was enough for him to win the tournament, as he had more number of wins than Nihal Sarin. Both Aravindh and Nihal scored 32/45. Leon Luke Mendonca and Raunak Sadhwani scored 26/45 each. They secured third and fourth place. This win earned Aravindh a spot in the next event of Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. He also qualified for the eight-player tour finals, which will take place in November. This is Aravindh's fourth triumph of the year and perhaps could be the most important one. Photo: chess24

10th Norway Chess 2022 R5: 'The Lightning Kid' Anand conquers Carlsen again

06/06/2022 -

Last week Vishy Anand won against Magnus Carlsen in a Blitz game. The maestro was very close to winning against the world no.1 in their Classical encounter. However, the reigning world champion somehow managed to wriggle out of a difficult position with a draw. In the Armageddon, Carlsen made a mistake where he could have seized the advantage. 'The Lightning Kid' was not going to let another opportunity slip by and once again struck him for the second time in the faster format of the game. With this win, Anand has once again regained sole lead 10/15, closely followed by Carlsen at 9.5/15. Round 6 starts today from 5 p.m. local time (8:30 p.m. IST). Photo: Lennart Ootes/Norway Chess

1st Maharashtra GM Open 2022 R8: Resilient Aditya Mittal

06/06/2022 -

IM Aditya Mittal had a very tough endgame against GM Nguyen Duc Hoa (VIE). However, Aditya showed his resilience and managed to salvage a draw. GM Boris Savchenko, GM Farrukh Amonatov and GM Mihail Nikitenko are in a three-way lead 6.5/8 at 1st Maharashtra International GM Open 2022. Seven players are trailing by a half point at 6/8 each. They are - GM Nguyen Duc Hoa, GM Aleksej Aleksandrov, GM Karthik Venkataraman, GM Deep Sengupta, GM Arjun Kalyan, IM Aditya Mittal and IM Neelash Saha. Both IMs in pursuit, will face each other in the ninth round which  starts today at 10 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

MPL Indian Chess Tour 2022 leg 2 R9-12: Aravindh Chithambaram soars to the top

05/06/2022 -

Aravindh Chithambaram decimated the competition on the third day of MPL Indian Chess Tour leg 2. He won all four of his games against Raunak Sadhwani, Surya Sekhar Ganguly, Abhijeet Gupta and Abhimanyu Puranik. Thus, he climbed from seventh to first place. Nihal Sarin also has the same score as Aravindh 25 points. However Aravindh is ahead in tie-breaks as he scored more wins than Nihal. It will be a close battle between them. Leon Luke Mendonca is at 20 points, followed closely by Raunak and Abhimanyu Puranik at 20 points each. Arjun Erigaisi has 19 points. Round 13 starts today at 3:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

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05/06/2022 -

Komodo Dragon 3 is a vastly improved and 100-130 Elo stronger version of this classical program. The gain in playing strength offers real practical advantages: Komodo Dragon 3 takes only about a quarter of the time to play or analyze at the same level as Dragon 2! The large Elo increase is due to a new net structure for NNUE with a corresponding new net, as well as various optimizations and improvements in the search. You can adjust the Elo from 1 to 3500 as per your requirement. So grab the latest Komodo Dragon 3 Neural Network Chess Evaluation software and start improving your strength. Photo: ChessBase

1st Maharashtra GM Open 2022 R7: Deep, Arjun Kalyan and Aditya Mittal in pursuit

05/06/2022 -

GM Farrukh Amonatov (TJK) halted IM Srihari L R's fantastic run at 1st Maharashtra GM Open 2022. The top seed and GM Mihail Nikitenko currently share the lead 6/7. They are followed by a pack of six players in the chase at 5.5/7 each. Among them, there are three Indians - GM Deep Sengupta, GM Arjun Kalyan and IM Aditya Mittal. Deep and Arjun will face each other in the eighth round, while Aditya will face GM Nguyen Duc Hoa (VIE). Former National Under-17 Open champion, FM Vedant Panesar and FM Sharan Rao scored big wins over GM Deepan Chakkravarthy and GM Enamul Hossain (BAN) respectively. Round 8 starts today at 10 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

10th Norway Chess 2022 R4: Wesley So ends Anand's unbeaten streak, Carlsen catches up

04/06/2022 -

Vishy Anand suffered his first loss of 10th Norway Chess 2022 against Wesley So in Armageddon. Although the moment where Anand was completely winning, turned out to be the moment where he made a fatal mistake which cost him the game and the match. Magnus Carlsen defeated Anish Giri in the Classical game after the latter made some bold exchange of his queen for the world champion's two rooks. The Dutch no.1 claimed to know the variation extremely well but he got confused with the order. Mamedyarov scored his first Classical win of the event against Hao Wang. Today is a rest day. Round 5 starts tomorrow from 5 p.m. local time (8:30 p.m. IST). Photo: Lennart Ootes/Norway Chess

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