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Le Quang Liem dominates Superbet Blitz

10/11/2019 -

While Anton Korobov clinched the Superbet Rapid title unbeaten, the blitz section of the tournament is now being dominated by another wild card, namely Le Quang Liem. The 28-year-old Vietnamese managed to beat the five-time World Champion Vishy Anand in the final rapid round of the event and emboldened by that victory went on to rampage through the first day of blitz rounds finishing a stunning 1.5 points ahead of the field. Levon Aronian and Sergey Karjakin were the next best performers of the day who finished with 5.5/9 and 5.0/9 points respectively. The Madras Tiger Vishy Anand and Anton Korobov too didn't disappoint and pulled off a decent 4.5/9 points each. In this report we bring you the details of first nine blitz rounds of the event.

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Aradhya Garg and Srishti Pandey are the National Junior 2019 champions

10/11/2019 -

Aradhya Garg of Delhi scored six consecutive victories in the last six rounds to win 49th National Junior open with a score of 9.0/11, beating three IMs in the last three rounds. Despite starting with a score of 3.0/5, Aradhya pulled off almost an unimaginable feat. In the girls section, Srishti Pandey of Maharashtra made a short draw in the final round win 34th National Junior girls with a score of 9.0/11, finishing a full point ahead of nine girls who finished at 8.0/11. Srishti lost her fourth round game and then scored an unbeaten 6.0/7 in the last seven games. Mitrabha Guha and Koustav Chatterjee finished at second and third position respectively in the open, Arpita Mukherjee and Aakanksha Hagawane finished at second and third in girls respectively. Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Anton Korobov is the unbeaten champion of Superbet Rapid

09/11/2019 -

Anton Korobov has convincingly won the rapid section of Superbet Rapid and Blitz by finishing two points ahead of the rest of the field with a score of 12 out of possible 18 points. The Ukrainian Grandmaster, who entered as a wild card participant, managed to remain unbeaten through all the nine rapid rounds. In the third day of the event he drew his games against Levon Aronian, Anish Giri, and Fabiano Caruana and that proved just enough to secure his finish on the top of the leaderboard. Vishy Anand made a promising start by beating Caruana in round seven but lost to Sergey Karjakin and Le Quang Liem subsequently to slip down the rank list. We bring a detailed report from Bucharest with photos, analyses, and more.

Abhimanyu Mishra breaks Praggnanandhaa's record, becomes the youngest IM in the world

09/11/2019 -

A lot of young talents like Praggnanandhaa, Sindarov, Nodirbek, Gukesh etc. have tried their best to break Sergey Karjakin's record of becoming the youngest GM in the world at the age of 12 years and 7 months. But they all missed it by a small margin. Who has the best chance to break this record now? Well, it's a 10-year-old American boy of Indian origin who lives in New Jersey. Meet Abhimanyu Mishra, the youngest IM in the world. The youngster achieved this feat on the 8th of November 2019 at the age of 10 years 9 months and 3 days, thereby eclipsing Praggnanandhaa's record of the youngest IM by 17 days. Know more about the youngster through this article and have a glimpse of his chess skills through the annotated game that he has sent us!

Koustav and Srishti take sole lead heading into the final round

09/11/2019 -

Aradhya Garg brought Mitrabha's momentum to screeching halt. Koustav Chatterjee scored a win over Saurabh Anand with ease after the latter kept giving away his pawns for no compensation. Aaryan Varshney made third consecutive short draw, this time against Soham Kamotra. Srijit Paul beat Kumar Gaurav quite comfortably, aiming for a strong finish. In the girls section, Srishti Pandey scored an emphatic victory against Aakanksha Hagawane and took a full point sole lead heading into the final round. Srishti will require only a draw in the final round to win the championship. Akshaya and Priyanka K made a draw in a topsy-turvy game. Arpita made a short work of Priyanka Nutakki who played some strange chess. Photo: Jitendra Choudhary

Korobov leads, Vishy fights back

08/11/2019 -

The second day of Superbet Rapid and Blitz produced quite a few exciting results. The strong Grandmaster Anton Korobov from Ukraine rampaged through the field to take sole lead after day two of the event. Vishy Anand started with a loss but showed some tremendous psychological resilience and high class endgame technique in the very next round to make a strong comeback. The 21-year-old Russian wunderkind Vladislav Artemiev recovered well after first day's dismal performance to stun Anish Giri and Fabiano Caruana back-to-back in rounds five and six. Things are definitely starting to heat up at the Romania Grand Chess Tour 2019, in this detailed report we bring you the glimpses of the latest action through photos, games, and more.

Ambarish Sharma wins 1st BDCA-DSA Open Rating 2019

08/11/2019 -

Ambarish Sharma scored an unbeaten 7.0/9 to win his maiden open rating tournament by becoming a champion in 1st BDCA-DSA Open 2019 at Durgapur, West Bengal. Suvankar Maity and Abhirup Das also finished at the same score, however they were placed second and third according to their tie-break score and Ambarish clinched the championship. Total 222 players participated from various states across the country as well as from the neighboring country Bangladesh. Total ₹150000 prize fund was distributed among the prize winners. Tournament Director Dr. Himadri Roy sends us a detailed report with games and many photos from the event. Photo: Antarip Roy

Clarification on the match with the Indonesian national team

08/11/2019 -

A friendly match between ChessBase India against the Indonesian national team was held from the 28th-31st of October 2019 in Chennai. The aim was to provide ten Indian players a chance to fight it out against high quality opposition. After all the Indonesian team had a hefty rating average of 2373.6. The ChessBase India team consisted of some extremely talented Indian youngsters like Karthikeyan Murali, Arjun Kalyan, Sreeshwan Maralakshikari, Leon Mendonca, Bharath Subramaniyam, Rathanvel, Rohit S., Suyog Wagh, Varshini V., Raghavi N. Times of India published an article which brought about an issue. In this article we would like to clarify the situation and put up the facts clearly.  

Aakanksha and Srishti are the joint leaders at 34th National Junior 2019

08/11/2019 -

Mitrabha Guha maintained his lead by scoring a win against Grahesh in a prolonged Knight ending where the leader showed that he is not ready to settle for anything less than a win. Koustav Chatterjee is at the sole second spot with 7.5 points followed by five other players at 7.0 points each. In the girls section, Aakanksha Hagawane beat the overnight sole leader Bommini Mounika Akshaya by showing domination on the board. Srishti Pandey came to the board with a strong determination and she defeated Nityata Jain comfortably in just 31 moves. Three girls are trailing behind by a half point at 7.0 points a piece. With two rounds to go, the tournament is still open for anyone to win. Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Stranded in the Italian

08/11/2019 -

Harikrishna has been having a hard time with the Italian (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5) lately. This was the opening which led to his elimination from the FIDE World Cup 2019 and now this same opening played a role in Hari being knocked out from the FIDE Grand Prix leg in Hamburg. Hari had two different opponents in the event - Alekseenko at the World Cup 2019 and Svilder at the FIDE Grand Prix, but it was Alekseenko who played a role in the Grand Prix as well helping Svidler with a new idea in the Italian. In this article we analyze this game in depth and tell you where the Indian GM could have improved. Hari has now been ousted from both the FIDE Grand Prix legs (Riga and Hamburg) in the first round. He will now play in his last event in the series in Jerusalem in December.

Tata Steel Chess Rapid and Blitz 2019 Press Conference

07/11/2019 -

Tata Steel has brought one of the most significant tournament in India last year, thanks Gameplan Sports Director Jeet Banerjee for taking the initiative. This year they took it the next level by making it part of the Grand Chess Tour and having the World Champion Magnus Carlsen participate in this event too. When things go in the right direction, everything goes well, now two reigning World Champion will play this event as the newly crowned Fischer Random Official World Champion Wesley So will also be seen in action for the first time in the same tournament as Carlsen after winning the title in Norway a few days ago. A custom made trophy was unveiled at the Press Conference | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Anish Giri takes lead, Vishy gets a head start

07/11/2019 -

Anish Giri pulled ahead of the rest of the field at the end of the first day of Superbet Rapid and Blitz here in Bucharest, Romania. The Dutch Grandmaster registered victories against Wesley So and Sergey Karjakin in rounds one and three respectively, and drew Fabiano Caruana in the second round to emerge as the sole leader with 5.0/6 points. Five-time World Champion Vishy Anand also started his campaign on an emphatic note by beating the Russian phenom Vladislav Artemiev with black pieces in the first round of the event and is now, along with Levon Aronian and Anton Korobov, just a point behind Giri. In this illustrated article we bring you glimpses of all the exciting moments from day one of the tournament through photos, analyses, and more.  

Mitrabha and Akshaya are sole leaders at National Junior 2019

06/11/2019 -

Overnight leader Mitrabha Guha made a quick draw with Koustav Chatterjee to maintain his half-point lead over the rest of the field at the conclusion of round 8 of 49th National Junior 2019. Rajdeep Sarkar also made a short draw with Aaryan Varshney in just 29 moves. Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi shocked Srijit Paul when the latter blundered a pawn and exchange in the opening. In the girls section, Bommini Mounika Akshaya defeated Arpita Mukherjee to claim sole lead, after the latter made a few inaccuracies in critical moment. Priyanka K missed plenty of opportunities and eventually drew with Srishti Pandey. Nityata Jain scored a big win against Saina Salonika. Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Live games of Superbet Rapid and Blitz 2019

06/11/2019 -

The Superbet Rapid and Blitz is taking place from the 6th to the 10th of November 2019. It is Europe's latest addition to the Grand Chess Tour this year and is featuring the seven full tour participants along with three wildcard entries who will compete over nine rounds of rapid and eighteen rounds of blitz chess for an impressive prize fund of 150,000 US Dollars. Sponsored by the Fundatia Superbet, the event is being hosted in the prestigious Stejarii Country Club in Bucharest, Romania. In this page you will find all the information regarding this tournament at a glance and will be able to follow the games live with timely updates.

Raahil Mullick becomes an IM at the age of 12 years and 5 months

06/11/2019 -

A lot of chess prodigies are being created in India. Talents like Nihal Sarin, Praggnanandhaa, Gukesh and others have already graduated into stable grandmasters. The next set of Indian super talents are already on their way. Recently, we reported about Bharat Subramaniyam, a Chennai lad who became an IM at the age of 11 years and 8 months. Born in the same year 2007 - we now have another youngster who has made the country proud by becoming an IM at the age of 12 years and 5 months. That's Raahil Mullick from Mumbai. In this article you get to know about this young talent and what makes him special. We also have a game annotated by Raahil which showcases his style of play.

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