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Tata Steel Chess: Vidit crushes Vladimir Kramnik in merely 29 moves!

24/01/2019 -

The tenth round of Tata Steel Chess turned out to be a spectacle. As many as five out of the seven games in the Masters' leg were decisive. In the top matchup of the round, Magnus Carlsen managed to eke out a win in a drawn endgame against Vishy Anand to take the sole lead as Nepomniachtchi, the third co-leader, surprisingly lost to Jorden van Foreest. Vidit Gujrathi, in the meanwhile, crushed Vladimir Kramnik and became the second Indian after Anand to achieve the feat! In what was tactically the most fascinating game of the round, Richard Rapport brought down Jan Krzysztof Duda with a spectacular rook sac. In the Challengers, Maksim Chigaev also came up with a brilliant rook sacrifice to get the better of R Praggnanandhaa.

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Free training camp from GM Saptarshi Roy on the Art of Attack

24/01/2019 -

Saptarshi Roy became the 51st GM of India in January 2018. If you ask any of his contemporaries or anyone who has played him or seen him play in a tournament, as to what is his style, you will get a unanimous reply - Saptarshi Roy loves to attack. The GM from West Bengal has now settled down in Mumbai and is training some talented youngsters in the city. On 27th of January, he will be giving a four hour free workshop on the Art of Attack to all the players who have registered and paid their entry fee for the Universal Chess Below 1800 one day rapid. In this article you get to know more about Saptarshi's wild attacking style of play as he crushes the author in just 25 moves! We also tell you about how you can enroll for this workshop and become a stronger attacking player. 

Chennai Open 2019 Round 8: Lugovskoy maintains sole lead, untitled Pranesh shocks Nitin

23/01/2019 -

GM Maxim Lugovskoy maintained his half-point lead when he defeated GM Stupak Kirill and took his score to 7.5/8 at the conclusion of round 8 in 11th Chennai Open 2019. Kirill blundered in a seemingly equal Rook and minor piece endgame. Recently concluded Delhi Open 2019 winner GM Levan Pantsulaia sacrificed a piece early in the middle game for an initiative against GM Karthik Venkataraman. He endured a turmoil to convert it into a win. Levan is the only player trailing behind the leader by a half-point. 13-year old untitled Pranesh M claimed his second IM victim of the tournament when he defeated Nitin S. Pranesh still has chances of scoring his maiden IM norm. Photo: Amruta Mokal

Tata Steel Chess: Nepo joins Anand and Carlsen at the top

23/01/2019 -

The fourth round of Tata Steel Chess (Masters) saw Ian Nepomniachtchi seize his opportunity to join Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand in the lead as the two were held to modest draws. In a Petroff Defence game, Nepomniachtchi made the most of his extra space and managed to bring down the ultra-solid Vidit Gujrathi. In another fascinating endgame, Vladimir Fedoseev outsmarted Teimur Radjabov to pocked the full point after an 84 move marathon. In the Challengers', Maksim Chigaev kept his half point lead over the field with a draw against Andrey Esipenko. R Praggnanandhaa, in the meanwhile, managed to hold ground against the top seed of the tournament, GM Anton Korobov.  

ChessBase India turns three years old

22/01/2019 -

On 18th of January 2016 ChessBase India came into existence. Yesterday, on 18th of January 2019 it turned three years old. ChessBase India is a group of people dedicated towards the game of chess with the aim of making it one of the most popular sports in India. Each and every person who works in the organization is motivated to make a difference. In this article we tell you about the work done by the ChessBase India team in the last year and at the same time acquaint you with the members of the team. We also tell you about the "Why I love ChessBase India contest". We were going to give three t-shirts as prizes, but at the end of the contest, we received such wonderful feedback from our users that we had in 7 t-shirt winners and 20 one month ChessBase Premium Account winners!

Chennai Open 2019 Round 7: Maxim Lugovskoy is in the sole lead

22/01/2019 -

GM Maxim Lugovskoy maintained his overnight lead by a half-point when he drew with GM Luka Paichadze of Georgia in round 7 in 11th Chennai Open 2019. Delhi Open 2019 winner GM Levan Pantsulaia scored a fine win over GM Aleksej Aleksandrov. The biggest upset was caused by three IM-norm holder Saurabh Anand as he defeated GM Manik Mikulas in a game where Saurabh dominated the major part of it. Maxim is now chased by a pack of five grandmasters Luka Paichadze, Karthik Venkataraman, Stupak Kirill, Levan Pantsulaia and Alexandr Predke. All of them are at 6.0/8. In this report we bring you games and photos from round 7. Photo: R R Vasudevan

Kishan Gangolli wins his sixth consecutive blind national title

22/01/2019 -

He started his streak in 2012 and has won all the national A championships that have been held until 2019. Kishan Gangolli won the National A 2019 in Nagpur and became the blind national champion sixth time in a row. But this time things were much closer than usual. He had Subhendu Patra on his toes throughout the event. Finally Subhendu settled for second spot, Aryan was third and Krishna Udupa fourth. These four will represent India at the World Individual Championships in Cagliari, Italy in April 2019. Another excellent development for blind chess was the hosting of a Round Robin Women's National A for the first time in history. Himanshi Rathi from Gujarat dominated the field and won the title. In-depth report from the venue by chief arbiter Manjunatha Murthy. 

Suvrajit Saha wins 3rd CCPA Open 2018

22/01/2019 -

IM Suvrajit Saha of Indian Railways won 3rd CCPA Open FIDE Rated 2018 at Duliajan, Assam. Suvrajit remained unbeaten and finished with a score of 8.0/10, tied for the first position with IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam. However due to a better tie-break score, Suvrajit edged ahead and became the champion. This is his second championship run in 2018, as he won Kandy Open few months ago. IM Somak Palit scored 7.5/10 and secured third runner-up position out of a pack of six players finishing with the same score. This report contains an annotated game by the champion himself. Photo: Suvrajit Saha

12-year-old Aditya Mittal analyzes three exciting games from Tata Steel Chess 2019

21/01/2019 -

We recently reported about a talented Indian youngster - 12-year-old Aditya Mittal, who achieved two IM norms in back to back events and increased his rating by nearly 200 Elo points from 2250 to 2450+. How did this youngster from Mumbai manage to achieve this? How was he able to make two IM norms in back to back events and make such a phenomenal rating jump? Apart from regular work on his game, Aditya indulges in a training tool which helps him become a stronger player. When a super tournament is in progress, he very closely follows each and every top level game and analyzes it in depth. Currently the Tata Steel Masters 2019 is taking place in Wijk Aan Zee and Aditya has analyzed three games in great detail.

Tata Steel Chess: Carlsen and Anand lead after round 8

21/01/2019 -

Out of the five tournament leaders, only Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand retained their lead at the conclusion of the eighth round in the Masters' segment of Tata Steel Chess. Anand, as white, came up with a counter-intuitive opening novelty in the Caro-Kann Defence and went on to win a fine tactical game against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in only 29 moves! Carlsen, who was playing GM Richard Rapport with the white pieces, thoroughly outplayed his Hungarian opponent in a Sicilian Taimanov to reach 5.5/8. Maksim Chigaev continued his fine form in the Challengers and took sole lead in the tournament after his third straight win. Andrey Esipenko also climbed up to the second place on the leaderboard after defeating the Indian chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa.

Tata Steel Chess: Anand beats Kramnik and joins the lead!

20/01/2019 -

The seventh round of Tata Steel Chess saw a clash between two long-time friends and rivals: Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand. As White, Kramnik played some rash moves in the opening to give Anand an extra pawn but as Anand said after the game, "the position was easier to lose for black than for white". However, the Indian ace managed to find his way through and hop into the tournament lead scoring a win. Meanwhile, Vidit Gujrathi suffered his first loss of the tournament as Teimur Radjabov annihilated his king in a Queen's Gambit Ragozin. In the Challengers' R Praggnanandhaa showed some excellent home prep to beat Stefan Kuipers in merely 23 moves! Round 7 report.

Gukesh felicitated with Rs.1,00,000 from Microsense and Rs.30,000 from TNSCA

20/01/2019 -

After Gukesh achieved his GM title on the 15th of January 2019, Vishy Anand told the Times of India, "Gukesh should rest for a while". However, the 12-year-old seems to be in no mood to stop as he packed his bags and left for the Gibraltar Masters on the 19th of January. In the two days that he spent in between in Chennai, Gukesh gave plenty of interviews and was felicitated at the opening ceremony of the Chennai GM 2019. Microsense Networks offered Gukesh Rs.1,00,000 while Tamil Nadu State Chess Association (TNSCA) offered him Rs. 30,000. We bring you a pictorial report of this felicitation ceremony and tell you about Microsense Networks, a company that has been supporting chess in a big way. 

A norm seeker's paradise - Rilton Cup 2018-19 in Sweden

20/01/2019 -

We don't often get to see that the top seed of a strong tournament is also the winner of the same. The 48th edition of the Rilton Cup was won by the top seed Israeli GM Tamir Nabaty who scored a solid 8.0/9 points. Every year, this event attracts strong chess players from all around the world and this 48th edition was no different. A total number of 398 participants across all its various formats, setting a new record in its 48-year long history. Also ten norms were scored at the event, making it a huge success for the organizers. In this article Rupali Mullick, who was present at the venue, shares with us an in-depth pictorial report of the event and also lot of video interviews.

Tata Steel Chess: Carlsen, Giri join the leaders

19/01/2019 -

The sixth round of Tata Steel Chess saw two more players join tournament lead in the Masters' segment: Magnus Carlsen and Anish Giri. In his sixth game, Magnus defeated GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov after the latter messed up an equal endgame while Giri benefitted from an opening error of Jan Krzysztof  Duda and won his third black game. Meanwhile, both Vidit Gujrathi and Viswanathan Anand were held to short draws by Sam Shankland and Ian Nepomniachtchi. In the Challengers' group, Vladislav Kovalev took sole lead beating Dinara Saduakassova while R Praggnanandhaa split the point in his fifth straight game of the tournament against German IM Elizabeth Paehtz. Round 6 report.

Limited spots for two-day chess training workshop with Vishy Anand

19/01/2019 -

Chess training is quite expensive. If you wish to learn from a grandmaster, there are two issues. Number one - availability of the GM, number two - the fees of the GM. To surpass both these issues is not at all easy. However, the chess fraternity in Pune has gone a step ahead. Instead of just any grandmaster, they have roped in the five-time World Champion Vishy Anand for a 12-hour workshop at the PYC Gymkhana, Pune on the 16th and 17th of February 2019. And guess what, the fees are affordable! It is your unique chance to interact and learn from one of the greatest chess players that the chess world has ever seen. If you register before the 31st of January from ChessBase India then you also get a special gift from us! Know all about the camp in this article. 

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