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Vishy Anand to record training lectures for Run Adam platform

08/04/2018 -

Every chess student has a dream - the dream is to learn chess from the finest chess players in the world. Let's say some like Vishy Anand. But the problem is that these players are just very busy and even if they get time they are too expensive to learn from. However Run Adam, a sports management company, has made the dream of every chess player come true. They will be recording twelve videos of Vishy Anand, where the five-time World Champion speaks about his 12 most memorable games of chess, and this six hours of content will be absolutely free for chess players all over the world.

ChessBase 18 and Mega 2025 are here

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Miro chooses Mumbai for his two day camp on 11th and 12th of April

08/04/2018 -

A day ago we wrote about GM Evgenvy Miroshnichenko. The Ukrainian GM is in India for a "secret training session" with two highly talented youngsters from the 1st to the 10th of April 2018 in Kolkata. On 11th and 12th Miro will be in Mumbai at the Chess Guru Academy in Bhandup, Mumbai. It's a training camp where you can learn from a former 2700+ rated grandmaster and the fees are also pretty affordable (Rs.7200 for 12 hours). The topics that will be covered are types of mistakes, organizing the calculation process, finding unsual moves, endgame and opening training and more. 

Grenke Chess Classic R6: A big upset for Anand

07/04/2018 -

Round 6 of the Grenke Chess Classic brought an unfortunate defeat for the former five-time world champion, Viswanathan Anand. Playing against Matthias Bluebaum, Anand played some strange moves in the opening and then again miscalculated in the middlegame to give away the full point to his German opponent. The only other decisive game of the round also ended because of a blunder. Georg Meier, who was playing against Arkadij Naiditsch had been under some pressure all through the game but after the position seemed to have equalised, he threw it all away. All the other games of the round were drawn. Vitiugov, Caruana and MVL still remain the joint leaders. Report with game analysis by WIM Angela Franko Valencia.

Live Games: Vidit takes on China!

07/04/2018 -

A very unique rapid Scheveningen match is currently in progress in Liaocheng China - World vs China. Five strong Chinese players Ding Liren, Bu Xiangzhi, Yu Yangyi, Wei Yi and Li Chao take on five players from the major countries in the world. The World Team consists of Vidit Gujrathi from India, Krzysztof Duda from Poland, Etienne Bacrot from France, Samuel Shankland from USA and Daniil Dubov from Russia. It will be a double Scheveningen system Rapid format of ten rounds with the time control being 10 minutes + 10 second increment. Follow the live games as Vidit looks to conquer China!

ChessBase India Live coaching - Amruta Mokal continues her series on the Sicilian Kan

06/04/2018 -

"My aim is to offer a black repertoire for players all over the world against 1.e4," says Amruta Mokal. All her life she has played the Sicilian Kan and gathered some great experience in the line. She has employed it against some strong grandmasters and has many intricacies to share. The first part, which was an introduction to the opening, was a big success as more than 100 people tuned in at the same time on Youtube to learn this sharp opening. The second lecture in the series will be held on 7th of April at 6 p.m. IST. Amruta will cover the 5.Bd3 lines. In this article you get to know more about what exactly transpired in the first live coaching session. 

Grenke Chess Classic: Carlsen finds a narrow escape

06/04/2018 -

Round 5 of the Grenke Chess Classic found world champion Magnus Carlsen on tightropes against German GM Georg Meier. Had it not been for the time trouble, Carlsen's downfall was certain. But as they say, "there are no heroes under time trouble". Meier failed to find the finishing blow just one move before the first time control and the game fizzled out into a draw just four moves later. Anand's game against Caruana also created some early rippled but the ensuing mass exchanges only led to the players shaking hands to sign peace. Arkadij Naiditsch was another player to blow the bugle and launch an all-out attack from the word 'go' in his game against Matthias Bluebaum. Naiditsch came very close to victory in the game but some extremely resourceful defence saved Bluebaum half a point. We have a report with game analysis by WIM Angela Franko Valencia.

Would you like to learn the Beasty Botvinnik with Erwin l'Ami?

06/04/2018 -

Erwin l'Ami, a strong grandmaster, our good friend and the author of many ChessBase DVDs turned 33 yesterday! Erwin is one of the most colourful personalities in the world of chess and the number of roles he performs is quite mind-boggling. He is a well accomplished chess player with an highest Elo of 2651, second of Anish Giri, husband of IM Alina l'Ami and author of a number of best selling ChessBase DVDs. In this article we interview Erwin about his latest DVD - The Beasty Botvinnik in the Slav. Towards the end of the article we also provide you with a repertoire against 1.d4 for Black with 6 best DVD recommendations at a super discount. 

Invite a 2600+ GM to your town for a two-day coaching camp

06/04/2018 -

GM Miroshnichenko, or Miro, as he likes to be called, is currently in India training few of our country's most talented youngsters from the 1st to the 10th of April 2018. But after those ten days of training the Ukrainian grandmaster has kept two days - 11th and 12th of April to travel to any place in India which would be interested to have him and do a two-day camp. Miro's current Elo is 2606, but at one point he had a live rating of 2700+ and has drawn against Vishy Anand as well. Having a two-day camp with him is sure to help boost the chess level in your town/ academy!

Dubai 2018: Sundararajan Kidambi's Engine-fast

05/04/2018 -

The Dubai Open 2018 holds tremendous interest for Indian fans. Apart from the fact that we have three leaders on 3.0/3, we also have 73 participants out of 164 players! Truly mind boggling! Ganguly, Sethuraman and Narayanan S.L are on top with 100% score. But our attention was caught by the resurgent Chennai GM Sundararajan Kidambi. We call him resurgent because he has been able to show a string of fantastic performances off late. At the Dubai Open 2018 he beat his 2700 opponent Bassem Amin. How did Kidambi resurrect his chess career? We bring you the secret!

Grenke Chess Classic R4: Caruana pulls off à la Carlsen!

05/04/2018 -

All games looked like they were steered towards a draw in the fourth round of the Grenke Chess Classic. But just then, Fabiano Caruana's pieces began asserting their dominance over the board. It still didn't look like it could be enough but the Italian-American  GM pulled off à la Carlsen, drawing blood out of stone! Meanwhile, Vishy Anand played tournament co-leader Nikita Vitiugov and was held to a draw. We have a report with pictures and games. 

A chance to play chess in the laps of Himalaya!

05/04/2018 -

It's just one week away, but Nepal is not too far! Inspired by India's progress in chess, Nepal is organizing a pretty big FIDE rating event from the 12-17 of April with a total prize fund of Rs.10 lakh Nepalese rupees, which roughly translates to 6.2 lakh Indian rupees (10,000 USD). The best part about the event is that it is located in an extremely quiet resort which has greenery, fresh air and is the perfect destination to play chess. The tournament has already garnered 143 players with 12 GMs and 11 IMs from 15 different countries. Don't miss out this opportunity to play in a fine tournament, experience unadulterated beauty and fight against some super strong players.

ChessBase India Live coaching: How to play the Sicilian Kan

04/04/2018 -

Today, 4th of April 2018, at 6 p.m. we have a Live coaching session where Amruta Mokal shows you an opening repertoire for Black against 1.e4. Amruta has been a Sicilian aficionado since she was a very little girl. She has played the Sicilian Kan her entire life. Over the years, she has used this opening to win her national title, beat some of the strongest players, get her norms and has even lost many crucial games. All this accumulated experience makes her one of the finest experts to teach you this opening. In this article you will find the video embed of the live coaching session which will begin at 6 p.m. IST. 

Arjun, Sahithi, Gukesh, Mrudul, Saina, Arpita win gold at Asian Youth Rapid 2018

04/04/2018 -

The Asian Youth Championship 2018 is currently in progress in Chiang Mai, Thailand. A record breaking number of Indian players, 90 in total, have made their way to conquer the Asian titles. The event began with the rapid section where India won ten medals - gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze. The most encouraging part is that girl power is emerging in a big-way in Indian chess - Sahithi Varshini, Savitha Shree, Divya Deshmukh, Rakshitta Ravi, Saina Salonika, Mrudul Dehankar, Arpita Mukherjee, Aakanksha Hagawane and more. Not to forget that in the boys we have some big stars - IM D. Gukesh being one of them.  

Grenke Chess Classic R3: MVL joins Vitiugov in the lead

03/04/2018 -

Round three of the Grenke Chess Classic was the last round to be played in the current tournament venue in Karlsruhe. But before the tournament moved to its new venue in Baden Baden, there was an important change at the top of the leaderboard: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave joined Nikita Vitiugov as the tournament leader by beating Hou Yifan. Vitiugov in the meantime was held to a draw by Naiditsch. In another exciting game, Fabiano Caruana annihilated Georg Meier's king with a monstrous kingside attack. Magnus Carlsen also tried hard to win but Matthias Bluebaum defended stubbornly and allowed the world champion no chance. An illustrated report.

Rs.10 lakh! Biggest ever state championship in the history of Indian chess

03/04/2018 -

State tournaments in India are conducted usually because they are mandatory, and to select the qualifiers for the Nationals. No one ever thought of doing it in a tasteful manner. That was until Akshayakalpa, an agriculture based company in Karnataka decided that their state players deserved something better. This year the Karnataka State Championships will be held from the 14th-18th of April 2018. The prize fund is a mammoth Rs.10,00,000 - equivalent to National Premier 2017! Already 1100+ participants have enrolled for the event which is going to be the biggest ever chess bonanza that the country has ever seen.

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