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Super Juniors Cup: Srihari and Aronyak are the 'Giant Killers'

06/12/2020 -

Super Juniors Cup had an explosive start as two GMs already got eliminated on Day 1. IM Aronyak Ghosh gave himself a perfect birthday gift by eliminating GM Prithu Gupta and FM Srihari L R played some fantastic and practical chess to eliminate GM Harsha Bharathakoti from the tournament respectively. WFM Savitha Shri B managed to survive a completely lost position against the top seed of the event GM Nihal Sarin. IM Aditya Mittal, IM Raja Rithvik R, GM D Gukesh, IM Harikirshnan Ra and GM Abhimanyu Puranik are the other six players who won their respective matches to advance to Round 2. Photo: ChessBase India

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Meet the 32 Gladiators of the Super Juniors Cup 2020!

06/12/2020 -

The Super Juniors Cup is an initiative by the ChessBase India Foundation to bring the best juniors of Indian chess (born on and after 2000) together to fight it out for a big prize! The players are incredibly powerful in their own right, and have hence been given nicknames to better associate them with their personality! From tactical masters and queen sacrifices, to calculated positional maneuvers and crushing defeats, these champions have it all. 16 players will play on 6th of December, and the remaining 16 the next day on the 7th. Watch the live matches at the ChessBase India YouTube Channel!

Samay Raina's Ambani OP members contribute Rs 2,00,000 to the Super Juniors Cup 2020

05/12/2020 -

A massive contribution of Rs.2,00,000 by Samay Raina and his Ambani OP members and Rs.20,000 by Tania Sachdev has made the Super Juniors Cup 2020 even more exciting. From Rs.3,02,000, we now have a prize fund of Rs.5,20,000. It's been around 8 months since Samay started streaming chess on his YouTube channel. Since then he has built up a chess loving community who have put their foot forward for some amazing initiatives. Recently turned YouTube streamer Tania Sachdev decided support girl players as she donated all the superchats of her 2nd stream. With these massive contributions, the tournament is one that is eagerly awaited by one and all! The next Indian World Champion(s) is among these 32 talents!

Winners of the 500,000 Subscribers T-Shirt Giveaway announced

05/12/2020 -

The ChessBase India YouTube channel hit the 500k mark on 4th November 2020. The milestone was possible thanks to you, the constant support you have shown towards the content. To express this gratitude, ChessBase India announced a special giveaway, where the goal was to pinpoint your favorite video, and the reason for why that is the case. We received over 400 heartfelt, sincere and grateful mails. We have included some of the best mails in this article, and indicated the winners respectively. We also have added a PDF link towards the end of the article from where you can download all the emails sent to us. Instead of 5, we have selected 8 winners! Winners, send us a mail, and we will have your custom T-Shirts sent to you!

Customs Duty for FIDE Online Olympiad Gold?

05/12/2020 -

Team India won a historic Gold in the FIDE Online Olympiad on 30th August 2020. Little did anyone could have fathomed that Team India's quest for Gold would not end on the very same day. Receiving and sending the medals to all players was a challenge the Vice-Captain of the Indian team, GM Srinath Narayanan was up for. He had endured electricity, internet connectivity, team management and various other stuff so this one also he handled very nicely. Srinath kept mentioning that receiving the Gold medals as soon as possible and dispatching it to the players to make sure they receive them quickly was always the priority. Find out how the 'Wise-Captain' tackled a Gold challenge even after the conclusion of the event. Photo: ChessBase India

India's Beth Harmon would need to be brave

04/12/2020 -

The Netflix mini-series The Queen's Gambit has taken the world by storm since the day it was released on 23rd October 2020. It has broken many records and improved the statistics in the favor one of the oldest sport in the history of mankind. Entire chess universe, general audience and critics have acclaimed the series on many fronts. The involvement of Garry Kasparov and Bruce Pandolfini definitely played a key role in the success of this, not to forget the involvement of the founder of Chess Boxing Late Iepe Rubingh too. WFM and FI Tarini Goyal takes a look at what it would take to be India's Beth Harmon in this article. Photo: Shutterstock

Mega cool: The games update of Mega Database 2021

03/12/2020 -

What distinguishes the Mega Database from other databases? For one, it does not become obsolete and remains "up to date" with just a few clicks! Because the delivery of the Mega Database 2021 includes not only more than 8 million games but also the weekly mega update service. Every week we provide you with a database of around 5,000 new games. At the same time the search booster of the reference database is updated, which allows you to continue your work immediately and without losing time. With a few clicks in ChessBase 16, your Mega Database will always be up to date. A "mega help" for every tournament player. Here's how...

Leon Mendonca wins Kumánia Championship

02/12/2020 -

IM Leon Mendonca won his second tournament in Hungary in two weeks as he scored an unbeaten 9.0/11 to win Kumánia Championship. Two weeks ago Leon won First Saturday GM November. The tournament was only an IM-norm event, so Leon's search for the final GM-norm to become India's 67th GM is still on. We hope he becomes one before the year concludes. He is also the brand ambassador of Geno and Microsense for a reason. He continues his quest with his determination and shows everyone that one should not get distracted from their goals even in the face of adversity. Photo: Lyndon Mendonca

Wesley So wins Champions Chess Tour Skilling Open

01/12/2020 -

Last year on 2nd November So beat Carlsen to become the first ever Fischer Random Official World Champion. This year on 30th November, So beat Carlsen again and this time win the first tournament of Champions Chess Tour - Skilling Open by beating the World Champion in the Finals and advancing to the Finals of the Tour. Despite starting the day with a loss, So immediately struck back by winning the following Rapid game. He drew the next two Rapid games, won the first Blitz game and drew the second to clinch the championship. Fun fact: So beat Carlsen three times in the Finals with white pieces and all those victories were in endgames. Photo: chess24

Can Carlsen win Skilling Open on his 30th birthday?

30/11/2020 -

For the first time in Skilling Open knockout stage, all four games had a decisive result. Both Carlsen and So played in a humane way, full of blunders and errors. Although it was the world champion who made more errors and he really needs to get his form back if he wants to win the tournament on his 30th birthday. The Fischer Random Official world champion made less blunders and more of positional mistakes. It will definitely be an interesting battle on the final day of Skilling Open. Catch all the action LIVE tonight from 10:30 p.m. IST on ChessBase India youtube channel with commentary by IM Sagar Shah, Amruta Mokal and IM Soumya Swaminathan. Photo: ChessBase India live stream

Mitrabha Guha dominates 16th Maheshwaranand Saraswati Memorial Online Blitz Open

29/11/2020 -

IM Mitrabha Guha won his second tournament organized by Buddhibal Kreeda Trust within six months when he remained undefeated by scoring 8.5/9 to win 16th Maheshwaranand Saraswati Memorial Online Blitz Open. He received a shining trophy and ₹15000 cash for his efforts. FM Pranav Anand and GM Jakhongir Vakhidov finished with 7.5/9. They were placed second and third respectively according to their tie-break scores. They won ₹10000 and ₹7000 cash respectively. For the first time in Playchess, we made it mandatory for all players to be on video call throughout the event, screen sharing and pairings being displayed on chess-results.

Skilling Open SF Day 2: So sets up a clash with Carlsen in the Finals

29/11/2020 -

Nepomniachtchi and Nakamura couldn't replicate their Quarter-Final comebacks and crashed out of the Champions Chess Tour Skilling Open. Although Nepomniachtchi started the day with a win over Carlsen, he couldn't continue the momentum as he lost the second game immediately. Meanwhile, Nakamura was completely lost in the first two games and somehow managed to salvage a draw in both of them. Carlsen and So had no trouble in making a draw in their last two games. Carlsen and So will face each other in the finals for the first time since they faced each other at Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz Online 2020 where they became co-champions over two months ago. Photo: chess24 live stream

Top 32 talents of Indian chess will fight it out in the Super Juniors Cup 2020

28/11/2020 -

ChessBase India's tagline is "Powering Chess in India". This has always been our aim. When we raised over Rupees 5 lakh for Indian chess on the improving chess episode 57, on 25th of July, IM Sagar Shah, immediately pledged that this amount will be used for the betterment of Indian chess, for the talented juniors of the country. The immense faith of people in entrusting us with their money is heartwarming. We carefully planned for over three months and it gives us immense pleasure to launch the Super Juniors Cup from the 6th to 10th of December 2020, sponsored by the subscribers of ChessBase India. It is a very exciting event with the 32 of the top most rated Indian juniors taking part. Nihal Sarin and Praggnanandhaa are the top two seeds and the entire tournament will be broadcast on the ChessBase India YouTube channel! Read on to know all the details.

FIDE Online Olympiad for PWD R7: India 2 finishes ahead of India 1

28/11/2020 -

India 1's campaign came to an end after they suffered a loss by narrow margin against Russia 2 in the seventh and final round of the Swiss league stage in FIDE Online Olympiad for People with Disabilities. India 1 finished 18th, thus their Semi-final hopes dashed. India 2 finished ahead of India 1 at 13th position by beating Romania 1 with a score of 2.5-1.5. India 3 beat Mali by 3-1 and India 4 lost to Russia 3 by 1-3. However 16-year-old Kanishri played fantastic in her only second game of the event and avoided her team getting whitewashed in the final round of the event. Photo: Amruta Mokal

Skilling Open SF Day 1: Advantage Carlsen and So

28/11/2020 -

Nepomniachtchi and Nakamura have the mammoth task of winning the day 2 of the Semi-final in Champions Chess Tour Skilling Open. They have already done it in the Quarter-Finals and they have to do it again to keep their chances alive to advance to the Finals. Carlsen won the first game but in the next two games, he seemed to be out of his element, so much so that Nepomniachtchi was winning against him in both of those in the endgame. Nakamura needs to play more true to his style, because we witnessed what So can do if you give him leeway to attack and take control. Can Nepomniachtchi and Nakamura bounce back today and force a tie-break? Tune in to ChessBase India youtube channel tonight at 10:30 p.m. IST to watch the live commentary by IM Sagar Shah, Amruta Mokal and IM Soumya Swaminathan. Photo: ChessBase India live stream

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