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Aravindh, Gukesh and Arjun are the top seeds in 5th Saturday Online Blitz Open 2020

17/04/2020 -

The 5th edition of Saturday Online Blitz Tournament Open will take place this Saturday 18th April 2020. This is the final edition of this Circuit. Currently GM Diptayan Ghosh leads the Circuit standings with 28 points followed by GM Arjun Erigaisi and GM Raunak Sadhwani at 20 and 19 points each respectively. Arjun won the 4th edition and this is his second triumph in the Circuit as he already won the 2nd edition. Although Diptayan still has an eight-point lead, if both Diptayan and Arjun finish with the same score at the conclusion of 5th and final edition of the Circuit, Arjun will be declared the Circuit Champion as he had two first-place finishes. Photo: Various sources

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/-.

ChessBase 18 + Mega 2025 Combo

Ask Gayatri: A live show with a world class sports psychologist

17/04/2020 -

Psychology plays an important part when it comes to sport. More so in chess, which is a complete mind game. The amount of time we spend honing our chess skills is huge, but the amount of time we spend in fine-tuning our mindset and our psychology is very low. That's the reason why players are often afraid of fighting it out against lower rated players, or go into a depressed state of mind after a bad event, or just cannot perform well in the last round must-win situation. In order to address these points and also to answer your questions ChessBase India has arranged a live show with well-known sports psychologist and former international badminton player Gayatri Vartak. It will be held on the ChessBase India YouTube Channel on 19th of April at 6 p.m. IST. More details in the article.

New: Daniel King: Power Play 27: The King's Gambit

16/04/2020 -

Glorious sacrifices, unexpected tactics and checkmating attacks. The King’s Gambit is one of the oldest and most romantic openings in the game of chess. White sacrifices a pawn to build a strong centre and to open lines for an immediate attack against the enemy king. No more boring Berlins - take the fight to your opponent from the off. This DVD contains all you need to know to tackle your opponent. We all know by now that Daniel King's Powerplay series is one of the best series out there and it is absolutely a must have for someone who wants to increase a sharp and element of surprise weapon in their arsenal. Photo: ChessBase

Lucena in Lockdown #4: IM Aditya Mittal

16/04/2020 -

We return in this fourth edition of Lucena in Lockdown with IM Aditya Mittal! He talks about the different ways a chess player can cope during this period of Corona virus inflicted surroundings, and what he is doing to keep himself motivated. Aditya also talks about the Coronavirus, and how he wishes for things to return to the way they were. He also discusses all the different ways one can enjoy themselves in this trying times. Take a look at two of his best games, with his analysis and notes. And lastly, find out what it is about Aditya Mittal that inspires each one who gets to know his story.

The 21-day training with IM Sagar Shah raises Rs.1,17,054 for the fight against Corona virus

16/04/2020 -

The 21-day training camp - "Improve your chess with IM Sagar Shah" began on the 25th of March and came to an end on 14th of April 2020. Each day over 300 participants would join in to the YouTube live session at 9 a.m. in the morning IST and Sagar would train them in the method of thinking using Jeremy Silman's concept of Imbalances in chess. The initiative was also raising funds for the PM CARES fund. IM Sagar Shah and Niklesh Jain's sessions in Hindi (in the evening) managed to raise Rs.1,17,054. In this article you get a glimpse of what was taught by Sagar on each of the days of the camp along with the video embeds of all of the days of the training. 

Indian-Lion GM Arjun Erigaisi Roars again

15/04/2020 -

Indian-Lion - GM Arjun Erigaisi scored 8.0/9 to win 4th Saturday Online Blitz Open. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. Three players finished at 7.5/9, they are GM Jakhongir Vakhidov of Uzbekistan, GM Raunak Sadhwani and Pranav V. They were placed second, third and fourth respectively according to their tie-break score. The third edition of the weekly tournament witnessed the participation of 196 players comprising of 12 GMs, 23 IMs, 3 WGMs and 5 WIMs from India, Algeria, Bangladesh, Colombia, England, France, Romania, Singapore, USA and Uzbekistan. Diptayan maintained his lead of the Circuit standings at 28 points. GM Arjun Erigaisi jumped to second spot with 20 points, this was also his second Saturday Online Open triumph. GM Raunak Sadhwani is at third place with 18 points. The 5th Saturday Online Blitz Open will take place this Saturday 18th April. Photo: Puneet Jaiswal

Vidit Gujrathi versus the comedians!

15/04/2020 -

Stand up comedy has become very popular in India recently. There are many artists who have millions of followers as they have their audience in splits with their wittiness and comic timing. But in the lockdown, they do not have many shows to be done. So how do they spend their time? Well turns out that the comedians have taken up chess and developed quite an interesting format. Samay Raina runs a YouTube channel and invites some of his friends to be on his team as they consult on the moves and play against well-known chess personalities. On 14th of April it was India no.2 Vidit Gujrathi who took them on. Read on to find out what happened! 

Kidambi remembers Cuban genius Capablanca

14/04/2020 -

Every chess player has their own unique style of preparing, some like to study classics, some follow latest updates, while most of us these rely heavily on engine. However, there is one common thread between most of the top elite level players of the world - they have all studied the classics. You can pick any World Champion you want and chances are you won't go wrong. Kidambi decided to decode Capablanca's brilliance and showcased it with few structural and positional decisions at a critical juncture in middlegame as well as endgame. He posed an important question - if the best of the best learned and got inspired by the studying the classics, why can't we do the same? Photo: klimbim2014 wordpress

The best games of Garry Kasparov's chess career

13/04/2020 -

On 13th of April 2020 Garry Kasparov celebrated his 57th birthday. We found it to be an appropriate day to get you acquainted in a more intimate manner with one of the greatest champions that chess has ever seen. A chess player is known by the games he plays and hence in this article IM Sagar Shah along with the readers of ChessBase India dig into the games of Garry Kasparov. After looking at the 17 games that have been shared here, you are bound to become a bigger fan of the Beast from Baku. From his win against Elmar Magerramov in 1977 to Veselin Topalov in 1999, Kasparov's chess career is over two decades of pure chess excellence.

Review - Mind Master Winning Lessons from a Champion's Life

12/04/2020 -

Mind Master - Winning Lessons from a Champion's Life was one of the most awaited autobiographies both in chess and sports universe. Obviously it didn't disappoint anyone. In fact, it only went above and beyond the expectations of most of the people. The maestro did not hold back on sharing some of the most private, candid, personal moments of his life. This is one of those books which you do not want to finish early, you want to savour every essence of it and then reminisce the pleasant as well as some unpleasant memories to treasure all the highs and lows the seven-time World Champion Vishy Anand went through in his life. A spoiler-free review of the book. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Daniel King writes a book on India's first great chess player - Sultan Khan

12/04/2020 -

Who is the first great chess player that India has seen? Is it Vishy Anand? Well, he is definitely the greatest ever, but he wasn't the first one to cross swords against the best in the world. Was it the first IM of India Manuel Aaron, or the first official national champion of India R.B. Sapre. Turns out these players come much later in time. In 1905 was born a soft spoken, unassuming Sultan Khan in Punjab. 23 years later he became the national champion of India. He went on to win the British Championships three times and scored wins over great players like Capablanca, Tartakower, Flohr and many others. He is not just the first great chess player to come out of India, but entire Asia. GM Daniel King has written a 384 page book on this genius and in this article we ask Daniel about the book, his impressions of Sultan Khan and more.

Lucena in Lockdown #3: IM Raahil Mullick

11/04/2020 -

12-year-old IM Raahil Mullick has mostly been on a uniformly positive rating change, and keeps improving by every tournament that finishes. Now, as lockdown approached, you may have expected a break, but Raahil continues to strive every day, giving it his all and pushing through it all! A very serious dedication and determination to keep going and improve at the game has kept Raahil preoccupied over the last month. The routine he follows is fascinating, and in this edition of Lucena in Lockdown, we take a look at an ideal daily routine - for chess players! Also, stick around for some wise words by Rupali, Raahil's mother, on what a chess player needs a lot of these days.

Test your calculation with Nihal Sarin

11/04/2020 -

Some time ago Nihal Sarin had shared a very interesting position on his social media handles. He was playing a practice blitz game against an unknown opponent. This time it was not an online blitz, but an over the board encounter. After the game ended, he brought back the position to a critical moment and asked his opponent, did you see the complications after Qg6+? What do you think is happening? Nihal and his opponent analyzed the position for quite some time and were naturally enamoured with the variations. Was the move winning? Or was it losing? Or was it just a draw? Well, we will leave it up to you to work out the details.

Aravindh, Narayanan and Gukesh are the top seeds in 4th Saturday Online Blitz Open 2020

10/04/2020 -

The 4th edition of Saturday Online Blitz Tournament Open will take place this Saturday 11th April 2020. So far we have 12 GMs, 22 IMs, 3 WGMs and 5 WIMs confirming their participation among 242 registered players from India, Bangladesh, Colombia, England, France, Romania, Singapore, USA and Uzbekistan. Currently GM Diptayan Ghosh leads the Circuit standings with 28 points after a hat-trick of second place finish, he finally won the 3rd Saturday Online Blitz Open. Praggnanandhaa is trailing behind by 12 points at second place with 16 points followed by IM Aronyak Ghosh at 15 points. Photo: Various sources

New: Opening Encyclopaedia 2020

10/04/2020 -

The new Opening Encyclopaedia 2020 is ideal for your opening training. Whether you want to build a solid opening repertoire or whether you are looking for new ideas for your repertoire: A huge pool of opening ideas and high-quality analyses is waiting for you. The Opening Encyclopadia 2020 includes all (!) opening overviews of the ChessBase Magazines from previous years, as well as more than 6,800 opening surveys with more than 38,000 illustrative games. Plus 40 videos with a total runtime of 14 hours. So what are you waiting for? It's time to increase your opening knowledge. Photo: ChessBase

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