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IM Harikrishnan A Ra wins Sivakasi Chess Club Rapid Rating Open

14/12/2021 -

IM Harikrishnan A Ra of Airport Authority of India, scored an unbeaten 8.0/9 to win Sivakasi Chess Club & Sri Kaliswari College Rapid Rating Open. Three more players - CM Lakshmi Narayanan M V, Subramanian R M and P Rajasekaran also finished with the same score. They were placed second to fourth according to the tie-breaks. Harikrishnan won a trophy and ₹10000 cash, Lakshmi received a trophy and ₹7000 and Subramanian got ₹6000 as their prizes. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹50000. Entry fee was only ₹250. This was the first rating tournament in Tamil Nadu after a gap of 20 months. Photo: IA R Anantharam/Sivakasi Chess Club

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8th Sunway Sitges Open R1: Priyanka Nutakki and Sharan Rao score big upsets

14/12/2021 -

WIM Priyanka Nutakki and Sharan Rao were the only two Indian players to beat GMs Iniyan P and Arjun Kalyan respectively in the first round of 8th Sunway Sitges Open 2021 Group A. FM Alessio De Santis (ITA) also stunned GM Susanto Megaranto (INA) after the latter made tactical error, much like how Priyanka got the better of Iniyan. Nihal, Karthikeyan Murali, Arjun Erigaisi, Sethuraman, Abhimanyu Puranik, Vaishali, Mary, Soumya, Padmini and Nandhidhaa made a winning start among the top Indian men and women in the field. Round 2 starts tonight at 9 p.m. IST. Photo: Rupali Mullick

Nihal Sarin to lead the Indian charge at 8th Sunway Sitges Open starting today

13/12/2021 -

Sunway Sitges Chess Festival is one of the most anticipated events in Spain in the month of December. Apart from fantastic organization, beautiful location, plethora of events for everyone and huge prize fund of €27155, a strong line-up attracts players from all over the world, making it a must-play event for all. A total of 281 players including 35 GMs, 50 IMs, 8 WGMs and 13 WIMs are slated to take part from a staggering 45 countries across the world in Group A. Group B is slated to witness the participation of 113 players from 17 countries for players rated below 2000. ChessBase India Hindi head, FI Niklesh Jain will be present at the venue who will bring you beautiful photos. Photo: Lennart Ootes

IM Srijit Paul wins Benidorm Open 2021 in a close finish

13/12/2021 -

IM Srijit Paul won the must-win last round game against Ludy Koling (NED) to win Benidorm Open A (U2400). Things worked out in his favor as FM Manu David Suthandram who led the better part of the tournament, had to lose the final round game for Srijit to win the tournament. Vignesh B won the B (U2000) section with an unbeaten 8.0/9. Both Srijit and Vignesh won €3000 each as their prize. Harsh Suresh and IM Srinath Rao S V won the Super Blitz Tuesday and Friday by scoring 9.0/11 and 8.0/9 each respectively. They both won €200 each for their efforts. The tournament had a total prize fund of €40500. Photo: Ismael Nieto/Benidorm Chess Open

Magnus Carlsen becomes the World Champion for the 5th time

12/12/2021 -

On move no.49 Ian Nepomniachtchi extended his hand in resignation and Magnus Carlsen had become the World Champion for the fifth time. The match was over and the score stood at 7.5-3.5 in just 11 games. It ended 3 games before the scheduled end. In this report we bring to you all the happenings on the final day of the event, along with the videos, expert opinions, press conference and much more. We also have an interview with the head coach of Team Magnus Carlsen, Peter Heine Nielsen at the end of the article. Final report from Dubai by Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal.

New: Elisabeth Pähtz - Attacking with the Jobava London System

12/12/2021 -

The Jobava London System, named after the top Georgian player Baadur Jobava, is a side form of the London System, which differs in principle in only one small detail - the white knight is established early on c3. This brings two major advantages. On the one hand, it is possible to castle longside more quickly, and on the other hand, tactical motifs sometimes arise on the queenside. Since the system is still relatively new, there is no need to learn tons of theory. Learn all about the Jobava London System from Germany's top player IM Elisabeth Paehtz and improve your opening knowledge. Photo: ChessBase

Neelash Saha and Debashis Das win 2nd G H Raisoni Memorial Rapid and Blitz Rating Open 2021

11/12/2021 -

Starting out as the 20th seed, IM Neelash Saha scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 2nd G H Raisoni Memorial Rapid Rating Open. Eight straight victories put him in a good position to win the tournament. IM Ameya Audi, CM Kushagra Mohan and IM Ravi Teja S - all three scored 8.0/9. They were placed second to fourth according to the tie-breaks. GM Debashis Das won the Blitz Rating Open with an identical performance as Neelash, scored 8.5/9 and remained undefeated. The tournament had the total prize fund of ₹200000 with the first prize being ₹50000 cash and a trophy. It took place on 4th and 5th December at G H Raisoni Institute of Engineering & Technology in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Photo: Bhushan Shriwas

World Rapid and Blitz 2021 will take place in Warsaw, Poland

11/12/2021 -

World Rapid and Blitz Championships which was announced to not take place at Kazakhstan a couple of days ago, FIDE found a new venue for the event - Warsaw, Poland. It will take place on the same dates 25th - 31st December 2021. Magnus Carlsen who is now the five-time world champion and also the reigning Rapid and Blitz world champion too, has plans on participating in the event as he mentioned during the post-match press conference yesterday. Since it is taking place in Poland, Duda vs Magnus rematch is highly likely to take place at some point. One of the most exciting event of the year is just a little over two weeks away. Photo: FIDE

Kartavya Anadkat scores a hat-trick of tournament triumphs in Classical, Rapid and Blitz

10/12/2021 -

National Amateur 2019 champion Kartavya Anadkat won Shri Harbans Singh and Smt. Ranjeet Kaur Memorial Rapid Rating Open on 28th November. Then he won the TCC Blitz tournament on 5th December and Tirth Chess Club FIDE Rating Open on the following day, 6th December. He scored 8.0/9, 9.0/9 and 8.5/9 respectively which means he scored 25.5/27 in the last three events he won and remained undefeated. This does not come as a surprise as he won National School Online U-17, Gujarat State Online Junior U-20 and State Senior Online consecutively in July. How did he manage to do that? Check out his games annotated by him from the events he won. Photo: Palak Patel/Tirth Chess Club

Salem Saleh wins Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Cup Blitz, Nihal third

10/12/2021 -

UAE no.1 Salem Saleh scored 8.5/11 to win Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Cup Blitz. Despite losing consecutive games in fifth and sixth round, the sharp tactician made a fantastic comeback by winning the next three games to get back at the top. In the end, he finished a half point ahead of the competition. Both Bassem Amin (EGY) and Nihal Sarin scored 8.0/11. They were placed second and third according to tie-breaks. Salem won US$ 2000, Bassem US$ 1800 and Nihal US$ 1600. Nihal's biggest victory of the event was to win against the eventual champion of the event, Salem Saleh in the fifth round. Zhansaya Abdumalik (KAZ) won the Best woman prize. Photo: Amruta Mokal

FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships will not be held in Kazakhstan in December

09/12/2021 -

Arguably one of the most exciting event of the year - FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships which was announced last month, to take place at the usual last week of December, now stands not to take place at that time. The reason behind is the COVID restrictions being enforced by the government of Kazakhstan. Since this event witnesses the participation of over 300 players from various countries across the globe, it seems to be a big challenge for FIDE to find a new place where it can host so many players with fewer restrictions and keeping safety in mind, so that maximum players can play. FIDE has mentioned publishing an update later this week. Photo: Lennart Ootes/FIDE

Nodirbek Abdusattorov wins 2nd elllobregat Open in Playoffs, Karthikeyan Murali finishes second

09/12/2021 -

Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) drew his final round game against Jaime Santos Latasa (ESP). Since Karthikeyan Murali and IM Pere Garriga Cazorla (ESP) won their respective games, Playoff was enforced. Karthikeyan prevailed the home-country player in the Semifinals, however he lost the Finals of the Playoff against Abdusattorov. Thus the top seed won the tournament, Karthikeyan secured second place and Pere was placed third. They won €10000, €5000 and €2000 cash and a trophy each respectively. IM Aditya Mittal and FM Aditya S Samant secured their second GM and IM-norm respectively. Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

Carlsen vs Nepo World Championship 2021 Game 10: 1 point away from 5th World Championship title

09/12/2021 -

After losing two consecutive games, Ian had the uneviable task of fighting for a win with the black pieces. However, he took the pragmatic decision of playing the Petroff and going into the safe mode with the black pieces. Magnus was more than happy with a draw as he is now just one point away from becoming the World Champion for a record 5th time. The score is now 6.5-3.5 in the favour of the World Champion. We bring you all the action from the venue in Dubai in the form of pictures, videos, analysis, interviews and more.

Nandhidhaa P V makes a historic shared first place finish at 47th La Roda International Open 2021

09/12/2021 -

WGM Nandhidhaa P V makes a historic shared first place finish at 47th La Roda International Open 2021. In 46 editions of the tournament, no woman had ever shared first place or finished in top three of the event. That changed yesterday when Nandhidhaa, GM Boris Chatalbashev (DEN) and Karen Grigoryan H (ARM) scored 7.5/9 each. Boris won the tournament, Karen secured second place and Nandhidhaa was adjudged third according to the tie-breaks. They won €2500, €1500 and €1000 cash and a trophy each respectively as their prize. The total prize fund of the tournament was €12500. Photo: La Roda Open

Carlsen vs Nepo World Championship 2021 Game 9: What's wrong with Nepo?

08/12/2021 -

The World Championship Match might end well ahead of schedule as Ian Nepomniachtchi has lost his 3rd game in the match. The score now stands at 6-3 in the favour of World Champion Magnus Carlsen. If Game 8 saw a simple blunder of a pawn by Nepo, Game 9 witnessed an entire piece being dropped by the Challenger. Why is this happening to Ian? Is it lapse in concentration? Is it too much of pressure? We bring you the game 9 report with analysis, pictures, videos, quotes, anecdotes and much more! Carlsen now needs only 1.5 more points in the remaining 5 games to retain his World Championship title for the 5th time.

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