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Batumi Chess Olympiad - Will India bring home its first gold?

04/09/2018 -

Although the World Chess Olympiad saw its inception in 1924 in Paris, it wasn't until its 1927 edition in London that the event got an official status. 16 teams participated in this first 'official' Olympiad and was won by Hungary. India's first appearance in the Olympiad was in 1978 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Here, amid 31 other participating federations, India finished 15th. From 1978 till today, India's best result has been at the 2014 Chess Olympiad held in the northern Norwegian city of Tromso where the team had won the bronze medal. At the previous Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan, India came very close to a podium finish but had to settle for the fourth place in the end. This year, India is considered to be one of the strongest contenders for the title among the 184 participating federations. Can the team powered by Anand bring home its first gold? 

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From one in 1987 to 55 in 2018!

04/09/2018 -

He travelled the path which no one else had. He became the first grandmaster of India on 3rd of September 1987 scoring his final GM norm at the Sakthi Finance tournament in Coimbatore. Vishy Anand is one of the greatest chess players that the world has ever seen, going on to become a five-time World Champion. Today, in 2018, India has 55 grandmasters and in the last two and a half years since ChessBase India began, the number of GMs has grown from 39 to 55! But back in 1987 we had none. Vishy Anand started it all and this article is a dedication to our great hero. It has the names and the photos of all fifty five GMs of India.

Soundarya Pradhan creates history by winning Silver at World Juniors 2018

02/09/2018 -

The Indian blind and visually impaired chess is on the rise. Odisha's Soundarya Kumar Pradhan won the silver medal at the World Juniors for the blind 2018 that was held at Solec Zdroj from 14th to the 23rd of August 2018. The boy from Odisha created history in Indian blind chess by finishing second. From a small village in Boden, Soundarya has come a long way to become one of the strongest visually impaired juniors in the world. Aryan Joshi had a fine event and scored 5.5/9 to finish sixth. In this article, Sagar Shah, the coach of the team, tells you the success story. Read on and be inspired.

Interview with 16-year-old IM Soham Das

02/09/2018 -

16-year old Soham Das became the latest IM of India when he secured his final IM norm at Šahovska Akademija Šampiona 2018 GM Tournament in Serbia. In this in-depth interview we talk about the rise of Soham, what challenge he faced on his path to success and how he overcame them and many more things. It also contains few of his best games annotated by him. Soham talks about how much important is to be both physically and mentally fit to do well in chess. This is the story of an underdog who was unable to perform well in tournaments due to his bad physical condition, he overcame all odds and triumphed. Photo: Soham Das

Make chess an Olympic sport say the top players of Indian chess

01/09/2018 -

To commemorate the birthday of legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand Singh who has brought three olympic medals for our country, National Sports Day is celebrated in India on 29th August every year. Dhyan Singh was known to practice and hone his skills for hockey under the moonlight. Hence, he was named Dhyan Chand. We chess players, aficionados and chess fans know that chess is a sport. But many argue otherwise because of the lack of physical activity involved. We asked several top players of India, as to why do they consider chess as a sport. Along with the explanation for the same Vidit, Adhiban, Sethuraman, Ganguly, Sandipan Chanda and Neelotpal Das, all grandmasters, have the same plea - make chess an Olympic sport.

Vila de Sitges 2018: Anuj Shrivatri finishes joint third!

31/08/2018 -

The Sitges International "Vila De Sitges" Chess Open is believed to be one of the most beautiful stops of the Catalan Chess Circuit. This year, the talk of the event was the performance of Anuj Shrivatri, a 14-year-old boy from Madhya Pradesh, India. Scoring 6.5/9, Anuj not only ascended his rating past the 2350 mark but also finished with a rating performance of 2481 and earned his first International Master norm! What's more, he also finished joint second in the tournament. After tiebreaks were applied, Anuj had taken the third spot on the leaderboard. Another Indian who impressed with his performance in Sitges was Abhishek Das. Abhishek also scored 6.5/9 and finished 6th in the final standings after the application of tiebreaks. The champion's trophy was lifted yet again by Azerbaijani GM Gadir Guseinov. With a score of 7.5/9, Guseinov remained a full point ahead of his nearest rival to complete his 'hat-trick' of title prizes at the Catalan circuit. Gifted with immense natural beauty, the town of Sitges made a perfect setting for the event and every participant enjoyed the tournament to the fullest.

Shashini Puvi - the best under-5 girl in India

31/08/2018 -

She was born on 24th of April 2013. Barely five years old Shashini Puvi has already achieved two national titles! She has been the under-5 national schools champion at Bhubaneshwar in February 2018 and the national under-5 champion at Tumkur in July 2018. At an age where people learn the game of chess, this youngster has already taken massive steps in the direction of becoming a strong player. Shashini's favourite player is Vishy Anand and her dream is to meet the five-time World Champion some day! Well, we presume that this is going to happen very soon. Judging from the speed at which she is winning her national titles, we won't be surprised if she becomes one of the strongest junior players of Indian chess in a few years from now! 

Sant Marti Open 2018: Mitrabha Guha earns his maiden GM norm!

31/08/2018 -

In the third leg of the Catalan circuit, the 20th Sant Marti International Chess Open, the top seed of the tournament, Gadir Guseinov from Azerbaijan clinched the title with a score of 7.5/9. This was his second straight title in the Catalan circuit after the Barbera Open and nobody seems to be in a place to challenge his dominance in the circuit as of now. 19-year-old Peruvian GM Alcantara Martinez took second place with a score of 7.0/9. IM Luiz Lazaro from Cuba had scored the same as Martinez but was placed third due to an inferior tiebreak. In the fourth place was India's Mitrabha Guha who scored 6.5 points and also made his maiden Grandmaster norm. Among other Indians in the fray, Nilesh Saha scored an International Master norm and, with a score of 6.0/9, was placed 11th in the final standings. With another strong performance, the Indian contingent kept up their stronghold in Spain.

IM Sagar Shah on Endgame Magic Show with Karsten Mueller

31/08/2018 -

Joining Karsten Mueller for a look some recent endgames from tournament practice today is IM Sagar Shah, the CEO and co-founder of ChessBase India. Sagar and Amruta are in Hamburg at the ChessBase Office and on 31st of August at 2.30 p.m. IST (11.00 a.m. CET) they will be discussing some of the most recent endgames along with a couple of endgames from Sagar's own games. The show can be viewed live by everyone and the links to watch the show live are given in the article below.

IX World Children's Games: Cancer survivor kids from India shine

30/08/2018 -

IX World Children's Games took place in Moscow, Russia from 3rd to 5th August. What makes the event so special? Well, it is the participants! All the participants have won their life battles against cancer; all of them are cancer survivors. This year, in addition to 32 teams from Russian regions, 14 foreign delegations came to the Russian capital, including the first time entrants from Kyrgyzstan. Amid all of these brave hearts, Team India proved their mettle yet again, winning several medals in various categories. SNA Kedar P. Palsule has sent us a pictorial report on this exciting event.

14-year-old Nihal Sarin raises Rs.1,74,463 through ChessBase India show for Kerala

30/08/2018 -

Age doesn't matter, it is the willingness that counts. 14-year-old GM Nihal Sarin, the third grandmaster from the state of Kerala raised funds for the victims of the devastating flood that took place in the state a few days ago through a show with IM Sagar Shah that was held on the ChessBase India Youtube Channel. Vishy Anand was the first person to contribute towards the show, and India number one Koneru Humpy came forward with a mammoth contribution of Rs.25,000. The total amount collected and donated to Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund was Rs. 1,74,463. We thank the entire chess community for their generosity. In this article we tell you about the donors, but also about the one hour 40 minute show that left us all proud of Nihal's kindness as well as chess acumen. 

Chess Festival at Hyderabad

29/08/2018 -

A one day chess festival was organised in Hyderabad by Simply Chess Foundation where Arjuna Awardee IM D.V. Prasad gave simultaneous and blindfold exhibition matches. The event took place on 4th August 2018 at Hotel Amanthran, Hyderabad, and was completely free of cost for all players. Below is a report on all the happenings of the day, sent to us by Ravi Kandi.

Caruana beats So in GCT Playoffs

29/08/2018 -

Since both Caruana and So ended the GCT regular season in a dead-heat tie with 26 points each and shared fourth place, a playoff was called to decide the final spot to London. Holding So in the first game with black pieces and winning against him with White, Caruana sealed his place in the London Chess Classic 2018. IM V. Saravanan send us a final exciting report from St. Louis!

Sinquefield Cup: Caruana, Aronian & Carlsen share first

28/08/2018 -

The last round of the Sinquefield Cup was one of the tensest in recent memory. Aronian, Caruana, Mamedyarov, Wesley So, Grischuk, Vachier-Lagrave, Karjakin were all fighting to make the top 4 to get into the Grand Chess Tour final. Carlsen was fighting for the title. Nakamura wasn’t fighting for anything but he was scheduled to play Carlsen with black! Find out below in the excellent report of IM V. Saravanan what happened in the last round of the Sinquefield Cup 2018 and game annotations of Anand-Mamedyarov by Tanmay Srinath.

Indrajeet becomes Maharashtra U-25 State Champion

28/08/2018 -

Maharashtra State Selection U-25 Youth FIDE Rating Championship 2018 was organized by Amateur Chess Association Nasik (ACAN) from 9th to 13th Aug 2018. Altogether 185 players participated in the event which was won by the top seed Indrajeet Mahindrakar of Aurangabad. Indrajeet scored a solid 8.0/9 and remained half-a-point ahead of the field to take the title. Chief Arbiter of the event, FA Vivek Suhas Sohani send us a report.

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