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Talk of the Universe: Ganguly in conversation with Peter Leko

02/09/2020 -

We all are aware of the fact that Peter Leko is a World Class player and an expert commentator. These days he is mostly seen doing commentary at various super tournaments. Despite his busy schedule, GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly has managed to bring him to his series 'In conversation with' where some of the best players in the world has already appeared. We all love Leko's brilliant explanations and wisdom but where did his journey start, which sport does he like besides chess, which book had the maximum impact on his life, get to know about all these and much more. Leko analyzes some his selected games too. Did you know - Leko played a charity football match with legendary f1 driver Michael Schumacher? Photo: Surya's youtube channel.

ChessBase 18 and Mega 2025 are here

ChessBase 18 is an all-new program that helps you manage all your databases as an ambitious player. Mega Database 2025 has 11 million games with over 113,000 games annotated by masters. The cost of ChessBase 18 is Rs.4499/- and the cost of Mega Database 2025 is Rs.6499/- However, if you go for the combo the total amount comes to Rs.8999 (instead of 10,998/-) helping you save Rs. 1999/-.

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Mover & shaker: How stand-up comic Samay Raina is redefining chess for a cause

01/09/2020 -

FIDE Online Olympiad Finals was watched by 69K+ concurrent viewers. But how did it all begin? Of course it didn't happen overnight. Samay Raina, the stand-up comedian was the man behind it. But who is Samay Raina? Susan Ninan of ESPN finds out about this 22-year-old boy's journey who took the chess world by storm and even FIDE Director General Emil Sutovsky appreciated his efforts. How did he manage to utilize live streams for noble causes by using chess as a tool? In this interview, we get to find out about that. Samay brought Vidit, Anish, Radjabov, Adhiban and many more to his channel regularly. Photo: Samay Raina

It was not an internet disconnection

01/09/2020 -

In the finals of the Online Olympiad 2020, team India faced Russia. After the first match ending in a 3-3 tie, the second match was balanced with a score of 1.5-1.5. The three games that were going on were Divya against Shuvalova, Nihal against Esipenko and Humpy against Goryachkina. Suddenly Nihal and Divya lost their games and India had lost its match to Russia 3.5-1.5. Subsequently Humpy, who had lost precious seconds in her game due to disconnection, also lost her game and we succumbed to a 4.5-1.5 defeat. What exactly happened here? Was it an internet disconnection or something else? We bring you the entire story.

A Question of Timing

31/08/2020 -

Some wise person had once said, "Timing is everything". The origin of this is unknown. However there are thousands of derivatives of it and everyone attests to the same fact about the words being true in some form or the other. Nothing happens until the time is right, is it dependent on luck or is it predestined? Well a sportsperson does not merit those, instead they wait for the right time to strike. This is what GM Sundararajan Kidambi, the Indian GM who has impeccable knowledge about chess classics and encyclopedic knowledge about the game, talks about with three illustrative examples and beautiful explanations that yes timing is the key to success in many situations. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

The Triumph of the twelve brave Olympians

30/08/2020 -

30th of August 2020 is a day that would not leave the collective memory of Indian chess lovers for quite some time to come, for this is the day the country bagged its maiden chess olympiad gold. Thousands of chess fans - neophytes and experts alike - witnessed the historic journey, even becoming a part of it and sharing its trepidations. A lot happened on the final day India versus Russia match of the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad. In this article the author attempts to chronicle the sequence of events and shed light on their true import with regards to the prospects of the ancient sport in the country.

New: Master Class Vol. 13: Tigran Petrosian

30/08/2020 -

The newest Master Class has arrived with Armenian Grandmaster Tigran Petrosian. The former world champion has left a huge legacy with his positional and strategical play. No wonder his nickname was “Iron Tigran” — he could defend positions better than almost anybody else! Dr. Karsten Müller, Mihail Marin, Oliver Reeh and Yannick Pelletier present high quality analysis and tactics training in the 13th installment of the series. A must-have for your collection! Enrich your knowledge of the strategic skills and defensive techniques by studying the classics of the one and only Tigran Petrosian. Photo: ChessBase

49,000 watch as India beats Poland, sets up finals with Russia

30/08/2020 -

29th of August 2020 is celebrated as the National Sports Day in India. On this day, the Indian team played out of their skins to beat Poland and reach the finals of the FIDE Online Olympiad 2020. It was not a straightforward victory for India as we lost the first match with a score of 4-2. However, in the second match we made a resounding comeback with 4.5-1.5 The match went into an Armageddon and it was the super-woman of Indian chess Koneru Humpy who came to the fore and delivered! India have not just qualified to the finals, they have also assured themselves of a silver medal. Now between the Indian team and the Gold medal lies the formidable Russia. A complete semi-finals report. 

Talk of the Universe: Ganguly in conversation with Judit Polgar

29/08/2020 -

Judit Polgar is a legend and she has inspired countless chess players all over the globe. In this just over an hour long episode, we get to know the journey of 'The Lioness'. How she prepared in her early days, playing blitz games daily with her sister, her mindset, winning against various world champions throughout her career and much more. Surya Sekhar Ganguly continues to enamor us by unraveling a different side of the chess legends from the entire universe. Judit also discusses some of her best games, her biographical trilogy books, how she is spreading chess through Judit Polgar Chess Foundation and Global Chess Festival. It goes without saying that Judit's thoughts are something that you cannot afford to miss. Photo: Surya's youtube channel.

Armenia withdraws as India moves into Semi-finals of Online Olympiad 2020; will face Poland

28/08/2020 -

Team India advanced to the semi-finals of the FIDE Online Olympiad 2020 beating Armenia. But the way the match ended was quite unfortunate. India won the first match against Armenia with a score of 3.5-2.5. Pairings for the second match were made. It was at this point that Arrmenia made an appeal first to the arbiters, then to the appeals committee. Their appeal was turned down. At this point the Armenian team decided to withdraw from the tournament. India was given a win and we advance to the semi-finals. What exactly happened. What was the controversy, we bring you the entire story.

Shivananda on Chess Part 1 - Improvements in The Chess World

28/08/2020 -

BS Shivananda, respected and feared as a creative attacking player, has many facets to his personality. Strong player, coach, astute thinker,...the list goes on. After a motivational and heartwarming interview where he details his life in chess and outside it, we bring forth an illuminating 3-part series with Shivananda, this time about his views on chess. In Part 1, the Indian Fischer speaks about certain structural changes needed to make the chess world a better place, starting with measures to curb cheating in chess and going on to diverse topics like abolishing the K-40 rule, removing the FIDE Arena Titles, restructuring the World Championship, the importance of additional Random Chess events and much more.

Nakamura signs with premier esports team TSM

28/08/2020 -

Few months ago we reported about Nakamura making a cameo in award-winning and critically acclaimed series Billions. He did not stop there, he kept growing the game by involving more mainstream stars in chess. He even taught chess to World Strongest Man 2018 - Hafþór J Björnsson aka 'The Mountain' of Game of Thrones. Few days before his impressive performance at Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals, Nakamura crossed 500K followers on twitch which means his reach to the general audience through the sport chess definitely increased by that much. With that rapidly gaining momentum, few hours ago TSM tweeted about their signing with Nakamura. This is only going to be good for chess in every aspect one can fathom. Photo: Amruta Mokal, logo: Wiki

The Boris Gelfand Master Class

26/08/2020 -

It is always a wonderful opportunity to interact and learn from someone as great as Boris Gelfand. The 2012 World Championship challenger is doing a webinar with World Chess on 28th of August 2020 at 9.30 p.m. The Webinar will last for 1.30 hours and the topic of the session is "How to adjust preparation during a game." The show will be live and hosted by GM Evgeny Miroshnichenko. You will be able to ask questions to Boris and also get your doubts answered. In this article we tell you a few more things about Boris and his approach towards chess and give you relevant links so that you get to know more about this legend.

Getting the most out of ChessBase 15: a step-by-step guide

26/08/2020 -

ChessBase is a powerful program that helps you to enjoy your chess more and to play better. Still, for some even installing the ChessBase 15 can appear daunting at first glance, but it's actually an exceptionally simple process. If you are considering getting ChessBase 15 for yourself or gift someone who picked up chess lately, we bring you a pictorial tutorial to help you with the installation process so that you can just read this tutorial and do it yourself. Here Nick Murphy takes you step-by-step through the process. Tested and approved by his 6-year-old niece and 82-year-old father! Order ChessBase 15 for yourself or family, friend and loved ones right away.

Predictions for the Online Olympiad 2020

25/08/2020 -

A chess player likes to come to decisions based on calculation. But sometimes he also has to make use of his intuition as well! Today we are asking you to make some decisions (predictions) based on the data that you have at hand! Only 12 teams remain at the FIDE Online Olympiad 2020. 8 Teams will fight it out in the pre quarter finals and meet four teams that have already qualified in the quarter finals. We next will have the semis and then the finals. Our prediction is that India will go on to win the Gold, but before we arrive there, 10 other predictions have to go right! This is your chance to predict 11 right results and win a 1 year ChessBase Account Premium subscription from ChessBase India!

Online Olympiad Day 3: India beats China, tops Pool A and is through to the Quarter-Finals

24/08/2020 -

What a brilliant day it was for team India at the FIDE Online Olympiad 2020. We began trailing China with one point. Two Asian superpowers notched up one victory after another before they clashed against each other in the final round of the Group stage. A lot was at stake as the winner would get a direct berth in the Quarter finals and would save time and energy of playing in the pre quarter finals. The Chinese team with Ding Liren, Yu Yangyi, Hou Yifan and Ju Wenjun looked invincible, but the junior boards were the ones where their weakness lay. Praggnanandhaa and Divya rose up to the occasion to give India a resounding 4-2 victory over China and a direct berth in the Quarter-finals!

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