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Live Games from Women's World Championship 2018, Khanty Mansiysk

09/11/2018 -

The FIDE Women's World Championship 2018 is being held from the 3rd to the 25th of November 2018 in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia. The top seed and the defending World Champion is Ju Wenjun from China. India has a strong representation in the form of Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Padmini Rout and Bhakti Kulkarni. It is a 64-player knock out event. The one to win this tournament will become the FIDE Women's World Champion. In 2017 Harika won the Bronze medal. Can she better her performance? Can Humpy, who is the second seed, show her mettle and become the World Champion - a title that is missing in her list of achievements. Follow the games live with commentary on this page. All games begin at 15.30 hours IST.

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The opening ceremony of the first super tournament on Indian soil

09/11/2018 -

And we are off! The opening ceremony of the first super tournament on Indian soil was held in the evening of 8th of November 2018. For chess fans across the country this was a big moment. At one place we had the absolute best chess players of the world which included our very own Vishy Anand, the man in form Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Sergey Karjakin, Levon Aronian, Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So. This will be a great exposure for players like Harikrishna, Vidit Gujrathi, Surya Sekhar Ganguly, Nihal Sarin (rapid) and Praggnanandhaa (blitz). The short time control of 25'+10'' in rapid and 5'+3'' in blitz makes this an event to look forward to. It starts on the same day as the World Championship between Carlsen and Caruana. ChessBase India brings you pictures from the opening ceremony by Amruta Mokal and video interviews by Sagar Shah and Shahid Ahmed.

WWCh 2018 Round 2 TB: Harika advances to Pre-Quarter Finals

09/11/2018 -

Harika defeated Bela Khotenashvili of Georgia 2.5-1.5 in round 2 to advance to the pre-quarter finals of the FIDE Women's World Championship. She got an early advantage in round 2.3 after Bela was unable to find a good square for her light squared bishop and eventually lost some more tempi. Despite getting a winning endgame, Harika was not willing to take any risks and settled for a draw after 75 moves. In the second tie-break, Bela blundered a bishop on the 31st move and never got a chance to make a comeback in the game. Harika will face former Women's World Champion, Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk in round 3. This report contains selected best games, photos and videos. Photo: Official site 

WWCh 2018 Round 2.2: Humpy gets humbled by Jolanta Zawadska

08/11/2018 -

Humpy made a shocking exit from FIDE Women's World Championship after suffering a loss against Jolanta Zawadzka of Poland in round 2.2. Humpy made a quick draw in round 2.1 with the black pieces. In the second game in the endgame she arrived at an inferior position, lost a pawn and eventually the battle. Harika made a quick draw against Bela Khotenashvili of Georgia in just 20 moves. Harika is the last Indian hope alive at the tournament. She will have to play tie-breaker matches against Bela in Rapid time control and Blitz too if required. In the report you will also find the key results of other players apart from the Indians. Photo: Official site

WWCh 2018 Round 2.1: Humpy and Harika draw their games with black pieces

07/11/2018 -

Both Humpy and Harika started round 2.1 with a draw. However Humpy's game was a tepid draw in Petroff's Defence in just 26 moves, while Harika kept fighting until the end. The Indian GM tried to force her opponent Bela Khotenashvili to commit a mistake, but the Georgian had no intentions to budge. After a 64-move long battle, a threefold repetition resulted in a draw. Humpy and Harika both had black pieces, so a draw is definitely a result they will be happy with as tomorrow in round 2.2 they are going to have white pieces where they will not hold any punches back. We bring you games, photos and videos from Khanty-Mansiysk. Photo: Official site

Tran Tuan Minh wins the 1st Pattaya Open 2018 in Thailand

07/11/2018 -

Vietnamese GM Tran Tuan Minh is the winner of the first edition of the Thailand Pattaya Open Chess Championship which took place from 20th to 31st of October 2018. A total number of 105 players from 24 different countries took part in the open section of the event. Tran scored an unbeaten solid 8.0/9 points, a one point lead from the 1st runner-up to become the champion of the tournament. The field included 6 GM, 3 IM, 1WGM, 10 FM/WFM and 8CM/WCM. In the first part we read about the winners in different categories and also the interview with the organizer and now in this 2nd and final part of the coverage Peter Long shares with us a detailed pictorial report of the event and also announces the dates for the 2nd edition.

The Aagaard challenge from Quality Chess Academy camp in Greece

06/11/2018 -

The first Quality Chess Academy Camp is being held in Lyttos Resort near Heraklion, Greece from the 4th to the 10th of November 2018. This camp is open only for players above the rating of 2300. A lot of strong players have taken part in the camp, including one of India's top GMs. The trainers for the camp are GM Jacob Aagaard and GM Boris Gelfand. In this article we show you the serene environment in which the camp is taking place and also present you a Jacob Aagaard challenge. Jacob shows us a position from the game of his student Sam Shankland and asks you to find the best move! Are you up for the challenge? If yes, check out the article for the position.

WWCh 2018 Round 1 TB: Harika survives a scare, Padmini knocked out

06/11/2018 -

Lady luck shined on Harika as she survived a massive scare in round 1.4 against Sopiko Khukhashvili. After drawing her first tie-breaker match, Harika was going to draw the second one too, but she gave an opportunity which Sopiko was not expecting. Khukhashvili not only missed it but she blundered in a drawn game, thus allowing Harika to advance it round 2. Padmini drew her first tie-break game with ease, however in the second game, her opponent's queen proved to be too strong and it snagged a lot of pawns which proved to be fatal. We bring you photos, games and videos from Khanty-Mansiysk. Photo: Official site

World Youth 2018: Divya Deshmukh and Sanskriti Goyal win bronze

06/11/2018 -

The World Youth Championships 2018 came to an end with two medals for the Indian team. Divya Deshmukh from Maharashtra won the bronze in the girls under-14 section, while Sanskriti Goyal from Uttar Pradesh took home the bronze medal in girls under-16. When the final two rounds began nine Indian players had a chance for the medal but finally only two of them were able to finish in the top three. Places four to six were also given medals and the Indians who finished in this bracket were Aashna Makhija (6th in under-16 girls), L. Jyothsna (5th in under-14 girls), Tejaswini Sagar (4th in girls under-18) and Arpita Mukherjee (6th in girls under-18). In this report we analyze two important games of Divya and Sanskriti's final round and also tell you about a cheating accusation.

Sammed Shete wins the Pursue your Chess scholarship of Rs.50,000

05/11/2018 -

A chess lover from Bangalore, who wishes to remain anonymous, instituted the Pursue your Chess Scholarship of Rs.50,000 for a deserving player who had made at least one of his/her norms (WIM/IM, GM/WGM). The winner of this scholarship is Sammed Shete from Kolhapur. Sammed is just 19 years old but has already seen great number of ups and downs in his life. His father passed away in November 2016 due to mouth cancer. The youngster lost a lot of money when his visa was recently rejected for an international trip. But Sammed has kept powering on and currently has an Elo of 2368 with one IM norm. This scholarship is sure to be useful for him in his chess career. In this article we tell you about the scholarship and also the story of Sammed's life until now.  

WWCh 2018 Round 1.2: Humpy advances, Bhakti gets eliminated

05/11/2018 -

Humpy advanced to round 2 with ease by winning her game against Hayat Toubal while Bhakti only managed to draw against Natalija Pogonina, resulting in her exit from the tournament. There is a reason this knockout format of Women's World Championship is being abolished. It is because of the unpredictable nature, where half the players are eliminated after every round. Harika drew her game against Sopiko Khukhashvili and Padmini also drew against Zhansaya Abdumalik. Both Harika and Padmini will have to play tie-break matches. We bring you photos, games and videos from Khanty Mansiysk. Photo: ugra2018.fide.com

Grandmaster Timur Gareyev flies high during Chess Life cover and video shoot

04/11/2018 -

When you think about popularizing the game of chess, a lot of ideas can cross your mind. But no idea can be crazier than what Timur Gareyev did in collaboration with US Chess Federation. The American GM is well-known to have tastes which are different and off-the-beaten-path. Recently, a video was published of Timur Gareyev sky-diving. This is nothing new for Timur who has close 150 solo jumps to his credit. This time, however, he dived with a chess board which had position from a 18th century classical romantic game! In this article we show you this amazing video and also IM Sagar Shah recounts his meet with Timur Gareyev. There's a lot each one of us can learn from the Blindfold King. 

WWCh 2018 Round 1.1: Humpy dominates, Bhakti loses to Pogonina

04/11/2018 -

FIDE Women's World Championship Round 1 Game 1 commenced on 3rd November at Khanty Mansiysk, Russia. Four Indian women have qualified to this prestigious knock-out World Championship. Humpy won her game 1 with ease, Harika and Padmini drew, Bhakti lost her first game. Humpy would require just a draw in game 2 to advance to Round 2, Harika and Padmini need a win to advance. However a draw means that they have to play tie-breakers. Bhakti is in a must-win situation. A draw or loss means that she has to head home. We bring you games and photos from Khanty-Mansiysk. Photo: ugra2018.fide.com

Celebrate this Diwali with ChessBase 15 and huge discounts!

03/11/2018 -

The festive season of Diwali is just a few days away! ChessBase India would like to brighten up your day with the big Diwali Sale. The big news is that you can now pre-order ChessBase 15 from the ChessBase India shop and make use of the Diwali discount offers. We also have the pre-order for Mega Database 2019. Both ChessBase 15 and Mega Database 2019 will be released on 13th of November 2018. Another important update: you can now buy ChessBase 15 in hard copy! This will be delivered to your doorstep in India via courier. The best part about the ChessBase India shop is that you can club ChessBase products with Quality Chess and other books and our tastefully designed accessories and enjoy huge discounts! This is something that you cannot do anywhere else! So dive in the Diwali Sale on 2nd and 3rd of November to become a stronger chess player! 

ACL Challengers League 2018: Five teams in lead after round 2

03/11/2018 -

Five teams are at 100% score at the conclusion of round 2 in ACL Challengers League 2018. Maestro Chess Academy Attackers, Maestro Chess Academy Strikers and City Chess Club Bhuj are leading in the Unrated category. Intermezzo and Royal Knight Chess Academy are leading in the Rated category. Only 3 rounds left in the Rated category to determine which top 4 team will move to the semi-final. Best game of round 2 winner's name is announced. In this report, we bring you photos and best games from round 2.

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