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.
ChessBase 18 is an all-new program that helps you manage all your databases as an ambitious player. Mega Database 2025 has 11 million games with over 113,000 games annotated by masters. The cost of ChessBase 18 is Rs.4499/- and the cost of Mega Database 2025 is Rs.6499/- However, if you go for the combo the total amount comes to Rs.8999 (instead of 10,998/-) helping you save Rs. 1999/-.
Harikrishna has a unique way of playing chess. His opening preparation is not the most ambitious in the world, but he likes to pose small problems to his opponents. He likes to get playable positions which he enjoys, it doesn't matter if the computers shout out =(0.00). This faith in his ability to outplay his opponents is what helped him to overpower Adhiban in the second round of the Tata Steel Masters 2017. In-depth analysis and explanations.
Diptayan Ghosh played a superb game to beat Saptarshi Roy in the ninth round. Farrukh Amonatov played it safe with the white pieces to draw against Swayams Mishra. Although Amonatov has a half point lead, Diptayan has the chance to inflict a defeat and win the championship! It's an exciting finale, but first the ninth round report. And yes, untitled Niranjan Navalgund made his maiden GM norm! Pictures, video internviews and analysis!
The first round of the Tata Steel Masters 2017 began on Saturday with some exciting chess. Adhiban had clear winning chances against Loek van Wely, but couldn't convert it into a full point. Harikrishna, on the other hand, had a pretty dull draw against Levon Aronian in the theoretical lines of the Marshall. On Sunday, Adhiban and Harikrishna will face off against each other. We have a detailed round one report with excellent pictures by Alina L'Ami.
With two rounds to go Farrukh Amonatov has cemented his position as the sole leader of the Delhi International 2017. He beat Vitaly Sivuk and now leads with a full point over the field. Seven players follow him on 6.5/8. Indians played excellently against International grandmasters as Swayams beat Niaz Murshed, Niranjan got the better of Adam Horvath and Saptarshi Roy defeated Attila Czebe. Pictures, games and analysis from round eight.
The 3rd ChessBase India "Vishy Anand" online blitz tournament will be held on 15th of January 2017 at 6 p.m. IST on the Playchess server. The quality of organization along with prizes keeps getting better. The winner will win 12 months of ChessBase premium account along with Vishy Anand's DVD Vol.1+2. The second and third places will win nine and six months CB Premium Account + CBM 175. There are even more lucky prizes! Check out the article for more details.
Nisha Mohota is an International Master and an experienced trainer. She was in Hamburg to record a DVD at the ChessBase studio. "Strengthen your chess foundation" contains important theoretical and practical knowledge on openings, middlegames and endgames. The DVD also focuses on one extremely important element in chess that is rarely spoken about - psychology. Six hours of high quality content and your chance to get a 10% discount!
The Delhi International 2017 is heating up and the seventh round turned to be a crucial one. Overnight leader Karthikeyan Murali, who was playing some phenomenal chess, lost to the top seed Farrukh Amonatov. This make Amonatov the sole leader with 6.5/7. Diptayan Ghosh and Vitaly Sivuk are right on his heels with 6.0/7. We have an illustrated report with on-site pictures that gives a better idea of how the event is organized and details about the FIDE arbiter's seminar.
Ju Wenjun won the tournament in Khanty Mansiysk and with it the overall women's Grand Prix as well. This gave her the right to challenge the World Championship winner in Tehran 2017. ChessBase India's Niklesh Jain got in touch with the women's world number two and asked her questions not only about her Grand Prix victory, but also about the hijab controversy, Hou Yifan's decision of pulling out and her personal ambitions in chess.
Murali Karthikeyan played some flawless chess on Thursday to power into sole lead with 6.0/6. He beat Lalith Babu and Andrei Deviatkin. The Indian GM is already gaining 16.7 Elo points and has an astronomical performance of 3164! He is followed on 5.5/6 by Farrukh Amonatov. They both play against each other today and you can follow the live game here. In the B group Sairaj Chittal of Mumbai emerged as the champion and went back with Rs.2,00,000.
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa learnt to play chess before he could even read and now wants to take the coveted record from Russian Sergey Karjakin. When little Pragga went to London to play in the London Chess Classic, correspondents from various British newspapers queued up to interview him. We reproduce the one that was published in the "Mirror". After the interview you can check out the game where Pragga swindled another GM at the Hastings Master.
Four rounds have finished at the Delhi International 2017 and three players are in joint lead: Karthikeyan Murali, Farrukh Amonatov and Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy. A whole pack of 19 players follow them with 3.5/4. Niranjan Navalgund, our thumbnail image of this article, has a fantastic 2642 performance already. This tournament is a boon for Indian players to make norms and it seems as if this year we are going to see plenty of them being made. An illustrated report.
When Adhiban won the Tata Steel Challengers in 2016, the entire country erupted with joy. Not only because he had won the strong event, but because he had qualified for the Tata Steel Masters 2017. And now the Wimbledon of chess is here! Along with Adhiban we have India number two Harikrishna as well. India and Russia are the only two countries that have more than one player at this event! This promises to be an exciting tournament as the field is well balanced with class acts like Carlsen, Karjakin, So and mavericks like Rapport and Wei Yi! A curtain raiser.
Davide Nastasio wanted to take his game to the next level. He bought ChessBase 14 along with Mega Database 2017 and started experimenting with it. He was amazed at the things he could do with these tools. After working for a few days, he realized that working with CB 14 and Mega 2017 allowed him to not only study master games, but also analyze them, learn from world class annotators and find out errors in his own game. He now shares his experience with you in this detailed review.
The National Schools 2017 was a grand event with over 800 participants gathering in Nagpur. Maharashtra state performed admirably winning 15 medals out of the total tally of 36. Syna International from Katni was adjudged as the best school. Only one player was able to finish with a 100% score. He won a special ChessBase prize! All this and much more in our final report from the National Schools 2017.