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Live games and updates from Tata Steel Chess India 2019

25/11/2019 -

The Tata Steel Chess India is taking place from the 22nd to the 26th of November 2019 in Kolkata, India. It is the strongest tournament ever to be held on Indian soil. The participants of the event are Magnus Carlsen, Vishy Anand, Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anish Giri, Ding Liren, Vidit Gujrathi, and Harikrishna Pentala. The super-tournament is additionally the penultimate stop of the Grand Chess Tour and therefore is of even more significance as the players will fight out to make into the top four in terms of their cumulative tour scores and qualify for the finals scheduled to take place in London in the month of December this year. In this page you can follow the games from the event live, check out the completed games, keep abreast of all the latest happenings, and much more. 

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Praloy Sahoo wins a 'Dream Moment'

25/11/2019 -

Top seed of the tournament Praloy Sahoo scored an unbeaten 6.5/7, finished a half point ahead of the competition and won Tata Steel Chess Festival All Bengal under-16 Rapid. That's not all, he had a big moment which still feels like a 'dream' to him as he made the inaugural first move on the board of Anand-Carlsen match of Tata Steel Chess India 2019 Rapid round 7. Five other champions were crowned in under-8, 12 and 16 age group in both boys and girls category. Souhardo Basak, Rajoshnish Bhattacharjee, Debapriya Manna, Arhashirsha Biswas and Anwesha Sinha are the winners in various age group categories. Total 193 players from various parts across the state of West Bengal participated in this event. Chief Guest GM Neelotpal Das distributed the prizes. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Football, Cricket and Chess - Magnus impresses one and all at the day 2 of Tata Steel India Rapid 2019

24/11/2019 -

Magnus Carlsen does not cease to impress. This time it was not just on the chess board! He was called as the guest of honour along with Vishy Anand to open the day two of the cricket test match between India and Bangladesh. In between rounds four and five, he entertained one and all with his Football skills. Last but not the least, he was an absolute monster on the board as he completely outplayed Hikaru Nakamura and Anish Giri. His last game for the day was a draw against Vidit Gujrathi. Magnus now has a lead of three points with 10.0/12. He is followed by Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So. In this report we bring to you detailed analysis, pictures, videos from the National Library in Kolkata. 

Mayank Chakraborty and Anupam Sreekumar are the National Under-11 Champions

24/11/2019 -

Mayank Chakraborty of Assam scored 9.5/11 and finished a half point ahead of the runner-ups to clinch the championship. Both Ilamparthi A R of Tamil Nadu and Kshatriya Nitin Vekhande of Maharashtra scored 9.0/11 each and they were placed second and third respectively. Top seed Anupam M Sreekumar of Kerala dominated the girls section as she scored a mammoth 10.5/11 and finished two full points ahead of the competition. Mrittika Mallick of West Bengal, Arshiya Das of Tripura and Palak Mohapatra of Odisha, all three of them of scored 8.5/11 each. They were placed second, third and fourth respectively as per their tie-break scores. Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Magnus Carlsen dominates day one of Tata Steel Chess India 2019 Rapid

23/11/2019 -

The strongest ever tournament on Indian, in fact Asian soil, kicked off on the 22nd of November 2019. Three rounds of rapid chess were played on day one. Six years ago, on this very day Magnus Carlsen had become the World Champion by beating Anand in Chennai. Carlsen continued from where he left and now leads the tournament with 5.0/6. He is followed by Nakamura on 4.0/6. We bring to you the game analysis of all six decisive games of day one and also pictorial impressions and videos from the venue. Not to be missed is Anand's win against Wesley So, Vidit's Houdini like escape against Ding Liren and Nakamura's positional squeeze against Giri.

Somak Palit wins Tata Steel Chess Festival 2019 Open Blitz

23/11/2019 -

IM Somak Palit scored 6.5/7 to win Tata Steel Chess Festival All Bengal Open Blitz 2019. He received a huge beautiful trophy and ₹10000 cash as a prize for his efforts. In the penultimate round, Somak had a narrow escape against Debankan Dhara which the eventual champion survived using stalemate trick. IM Mitrabha Guha also finished at 6.5/7 but due to a lower tie-break score, he had to settle for second place. IM Sayantan Das scored 6.0/7 and he was placed third according to his tie-break score. Total 118 players including 7 IMs participated from all across the state of West Bengal, in this seven-round Blitz tournament with a time control of 3 mins + 2 seconds each. Tata Steel Chess India 2019 Tournament Director Jeroen van den Berg inaugurated the event. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Magnus Carlsen takes on the Vishy Anand best games quiz

22/11/2019 -

Chess is spread all over the city of Kolkata! Some players were at the Gariahat Chess Club, some at Alekhine Chess Club, some at DDDBCA, some at Tata Steel office! The opening ceremony took place in Taj Bengal and the photoshoot was done at the National Library! India's former top cricketer Sourav Ganguly was a part of the opening ceremony! Amidst all of this, we managed to do a small quiz with the World Champion Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, Vidit Gujrathi and Erwin l'Ami. The quiz dealt with the best games of Anand's chess career (because the players were in India and Vishy will 50 in a few days!) and the players had to guess Anand's best move and also the opponent in the game. Magnus Carlsen impressed one and all with his memory power! Check out how he and the others fared!

So, Ding, Nakamura, Giri and Hari take Kolkata by storm

21/11/2019 -

First Official Fischer Random World Champion Wesley So visited DDDBCA for a Q&A session and distribute a few prizes for Intra Academy tournament. Ding Liren and Hikaru Nakamura visited the Gariahat Chess Club to play a little bit of street chess. It is the only open air club in the world which is on 24x7, 365 days a year and it is open-for-all. 16-year-old IM Aronyak Ghosh held World #3 Ding Liren to a draw in a friendly blitz game. In a battle of Arjuna Awardees, Tania Sachdev beat Dibyendu Barua, in a warm-up friendly game for the audience. Anish Giri and Harikrishna Pentala appeared at one of the oldest chess clubs of the city Alekhine Chess Club for an interactive and photo op session | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Everything that you wanted to know about the Tata Steel Chess India 2019

21/11/2019 -

The strongest tournament on Indian soil - the Tata Steel India Rapid and Blitz which is part of the Grand Chess Tour will begin from the 22nd to the 26th November 2019. It will witness the participation of the current World Champion Magnus Carlsen. Our very own Vishy Anand will also be present and it will be exciting to see if he can defend his blitz title that he won last year. The event garners further significance as it is the penultimate event of the Grand Chess Tour. Top four players with the highest cumulative score in the tour qualify for the finals in London to be held in December 2019. In this article, you will find all the information you need to follow this super tournament including the schedule, venue, prize money and more.

Mrudul Dehankar wins AICF Gujarat WGM

20/11/2019 -

Mrudul Dehankar, the 15-year-old talent from Nagpur, played a sparkling game in the last round of AICF International Women Grandmaster Round Robin Tournament to wrest the lead from Aakanksha Hagawane and finish a full point ahead of the rest of the field with 8.0/11 points. After eleven rounds three players, namely Nguyen Thi Mai Hung, Olga Babiy, and Aakanksha scored 7.0/11 each and were placed second, third, and fourth respectively on the basis of tie-breaks. In this article we look into Mrudul's final round game in detail and also give you the results and standings of all the players.

Invitation to Bhopal International GM Tournament 2019

20/11/2019 -

Bhopal International GM Tournament steps into its third year and this time it is going to be much bigger. Although it is the eighth edition of this tournament because from 2012-2016, for five consecutive years international rating tournament was organized. From 21st-28th December 2019, many strong GMs will be seen in action from various parts of the world. The total prize fund has been increased to ₹1414000, which makes this the biggest tournament of central India. One of the biggest attraction of this year's edition is the Blitz tournament is now open to all players around the tournament. As of now, Nodirbek Yakubboev is slated to be the top seed of the tournament. So let's not delay any further, register yourself fast. The tournament is a good opportunity to score IM and GM-norms.

Two engineers raise Rs.4 crores in a month with unique chess technology!

19/11/2019 -

Two Indian engineers studying at the Somaiya college in Mumbai decided to create a chess board which could make moves on its own. This was back in 2016. Three years have passed and their company "Square Off" has had an amazing journey. They sold many chess boards of the Kingdom and Grand Kingdom set. The company got a funding of 1.1 million US dollars towards the end of 2018. Now they have come up with two new products - Square Off Neo and Square Off Swap. In this article we tell you about the journey of Square Off and its founders Bhavya Gohil and Aatur Mehta and also tell you about the Kickstarters project that was launched a month ago for Square off Neo and Swap. In 30 days, they have managed to raise a whopping Rs. 4 crore!

Daakshin and Anupam take sole lead at National under-11

19/11/2019 -

Daakshin Arun of Tamil Nadu and Anupam M Sreekumar of Kerala emerged as the sole leader in the Open and Girls section respectively at the conclusion of round 6 of National under-11. Daakshin defeated the other leader of the round Rohith S, while Anupam defeated former National under-9 girls champion Sneha Halder. Both Daakshin and Anupam scored their victory comfortably and they are well on their way to the championship. Total 434 players including 265 in Open and 169 in Girls are taking part from over 25 different states across the country in the nation's capital Delhi. The tournament is organized by Delhi Chess Association from 15th - 23rd November 2019 at Indira Gandhi Sports Complex. Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

534 kids take part in the Karnataka State Schools 2019

19/11/2019 -

When it came to GMs Karnataka had none until 2017. Now they have three. Recently they got their first WIM as well. Things are changing in Karnataka chess, but the biggest strength of the state lies in its youngsters. The number of students in schools who have taken up chess is huge! That's the reason why when the state schools championships was held in Bengaluru on the 16th of November 2019, a one-day event, you saw participation of as many as 534 youngsters! The National Schools held every year, boasts of around 1000 participants. Karnataka already has half the number in its own state! Read this article by Hinduja Reddy to know who were the winners at the event and also know more about the organizers and sponsors. This article also tells you why Karnataka chess is booming in a big way! 

Can you impress Vidit with your out of the box thinking?

18/11/2019 -

On 19th of November, India no. 3 Vidit Gujrathi will be spending a day at the ChessBase India office in Mumbai. He is travelling from Montenegro where his team won the silver medal at the European Club Cup 2019 and will be flying to Kolkata on 20th of November for the Grand Chess Tour. In between he has 24 hours in Mumbai. He could have spent it taking some rest for the important event. But Vidit wants to do something interesting in Mumbai? But what exactly? Well, that's the Vidit Gujrathi challenge! Vidit has called upon the readers of ChessBase India to put on their thinking hats and to suggest an interesting idea on which he can record a video. Of course the idea must contain a chess element, but it should definitely be something out of the box!

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