The tournament is heating up but the first place is becoming distant for most of the players. Because Ukrainian GM Adam Tukhaev has galloped ahead to a perfect score! Indian challenge is led by GM Sahaj Grover, who after a couple of questionable games in Delhi Open, has begun to play with his usual flair. Nitin Pai brings us an illustrated report.
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The 1st Queen's Gambit rapid chess was held on the 14th and 15th of January 2017 in Kolkata. It was a strong tournament with the first prize of Rs.15,000 and the participation of two IMs and one WGM. IM Arghyadip Das of Railways emerged victorious followed by IM Suvrajit Saha. The most impressive part about the tournament was the organization - no spot entries, beginning the games on time and ending them before the schedule. Tournament organizer Shahid Ahmed sends us an illustrated report.
The Tata Steel Masters is turning out to be a riveting book of mystery. Every passing page (round) makes the plot all the more interesting. India's B. Adhiban proved that his win over Sergey Karjakin was no fluke as he defeated Radoslaw Wojtaszek. There were many misses, but none so drastic as Magnus missing a mate in three against Giri. We have pictures by Alina L'Ami, analysis and videos.
The 92nd edition of the Hastings Chess Congress was held at the Horntyte Park Sports Complex between December 28, 2016 and January 5, 2017. The 100 player field included 12 Grandmasters and 14 international Masters from 23 countries. Beating that stiff a competition, after 9 rounds of play, India's GM Deep Sengupta emerged victorious with a score of 7.0/9. In the following interview, Deep talks about his shaky start at the event, when and how he began playing chess, his forthcoming marriage and a lot more.
The fourth round of Chennai Open 2017 was scheduled to be held on 20 January 2017. Things were on course when news arrived that Chennai is enforcing a 12-hour shutdown on itself in protest against the Supreme Court ruling on Jallikattu, a popular Tamil ethnic sport. The organizers were forced to abandon the idea of playing a round amidst this protest and postponed it to the next day. The games finally began an hour back. Niklesh Jain reports from Chennai.
The sixth round of the Tata Steel Masters 2017 was extremely exciting. Adhiban played the King's Gambit against Wesley So and managed to outprepare him. In the end the game was drawn. Harikrishna botched up an excellent position against Wojtaszek. Rapport versus Wei Yi was a slugfest, while Giri managed to win a game after fourteen consecutive draws. A detailed report with pictures, analysis and much more.
How does it feel to beat the World Champion in Defence by showing some excellent defensive skills? Ask B. Adhiban! The Indian grandmaster played the French Defence for the first time in his life and beat the World Championship Challenger Sergey Karjakin. Harikrishna slumped to a defeat against Wesley So. So is now the leader after Aronian beat Eljanov. The fifth round was held in the Feyenoord Football stadium and we have pictures, detailed analysis and videos.
Demonstrating a serious experience of conducting 49 editions of monthly chess tournament so far by Hubli Chess Academy (HCA), we will have a chance to participate in big 50th edition in April-2017, lace up your shoes and get ready! This tournament is expected to bring all the chess fraternity together in Hubli and across its nearby districts.
Pavel Eljanov beat B. Adhiban in the fourth round of the Tata Steel Masters 2017. Before the first rest day, he leads the tournament with 3.5/4. Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So are right behind him on 3.0/4. Harikrishna drew his game against Sergey Karjakin and is on +1 after four rounds. On the rest day Loek van Wely challenged Magnus Carlsen to a football match. The World Champion's team was ruthless as they won with a score of 6:2.
Chennai is the city where chess began its ascent as a sport in India. It is widely known to be the seat of learning for Indian players. Every street corner has a nursery of chess academies producing champions across all categories in chess. The Indian circuit of grandmaster tournaments comes to an end traditionally with the GM Open in this city. We bring you a curtain-raiser along with a brief investigation of the upsets and other questions.
Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan is a great chess aficionado, and we all know it very well. But did you know that Aamir loves to play with the black pieces and has a liking towards learning opening variations and traps in chess? WIM Dhyani Dave is one of the very few people who has played chess with Aamir on multiple occasions. She tells us about those meets, qualities of Aamir Khan, the movie Dangal and last but not the least why Aamir is the perfect actor to make a biopic on the life of the five-time World Chess Champion Vishy Anand.
The biggest Open in India, probably the world, came to an end with Tajik GM Farrukh Amonatov taking first place with a quick draw in the final round. GM Diptayan Ghosh finished second as Indians took five of the top ten positions. Niranjan Navalgund scored his first grandmaster norm in the ninth round itself but two more norms were scored. Illustrated report.
Studying and learning from Bobby Fischer's games is an arduous and laborious affair. Although Fischer quit playing chess when he was just 29 years old, the number of high quality games that he had played was already quite high. The Master Class Vol.1 on the life of Bobby Fischer is a boon for players who would like to delve deeper into the life of the eleventh World Champion. Three grandmasters and one International Master dissect the play of one of the greatest players that the game of chess has ever seen. It's been nine years since Fischer died on 17th January 2008. A review by Aditya Pai.
It was a day of two draws for the Indian players, but not uneventful ones. Adhiban's London System was quite hard for Levon Aronian to crack, while Harikrishna gave Eljanov some anxious moments before the game ended in a draw. Two youngsters Wei Yi and Richard Rapport played some excellent chess but had contrasting results. Wei Yi was rewarded with a full point, while Richard lost a better position to Wesley So. The report is full of interesting stuff, just like our thumbnail image of Loek with his son Nicholas!
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, better known as Sara Khadem, is a 19-year-old International Master from Iran. Women in Iran are traditionally banned from attending many sporting events. On the streets, women need to cover their heads. On the playing field, it is the same. Al Jazeera, a Qatar-based news network had a chat with Khadem, in which she discussed chess in Iran. And, also FIDE made an announcement. Read more.