Rilton Cup is Sweden's premier open chess tournament and is heating up after six rounds of play. Six players—Gata Kamsky, Krishnan Sasikiran, Swapnil Dhopade, Ivan Sokolov, Erik Blomqvist, and Sergey Volkov—lead the tournament with 5.0/6. A host of Indian talents are having a ball in Hotel Clarion. Illustrated report with pictures by the fantastic Lars OA Hedlund.
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Sport can be cruel sometimes. In fact, where there is a winner, there is a loser. There is someone in the dark corner crying his/her heart out because of that loss. The final round of the IIFL Wealth Junior Championship is in progress but we already have a winner. But it was not at all clear until a few minutes ago, if the winner would indeed win. Find out what happened.
M. S. Thejkumar celebrates his 36th birthday on 2nd of January 2017. He is one of strongest IMs in the country. It's been nearly seven years since Thej has achieved all his three GM norms. He definitely has it in him to be a GM, and he proved it recently by winning the Liffre Open 2016 in France with a dominating performance of 8.0/9. Through this article and a few annotated games we show you why Thej can be called a great positional player, also known as the Indian Smyslov!
After seven rounds of play at the 2nd IIFL Wealth Mumbai International Open, four players are in the lead—two are Indians, and two Ukrainians. GM Diptayan Ghosh played an interesting game against his old rival IM Sayantan Das and annotated the game for ChessBase India readers. Also, find interesting pictures in our illustrated report.
The World Rapid and Blitz Championship 2016 was a cornucopia of some of the finest chess players that our generation has seen. Irfan Mothi Memon, a chess enthusiast, from India, who works in Doha, decided to pay a visit to the tournament hall. At the end of the day he managed to take pictures with three World Champions! Irfan speaks about his experience of meeting these stars and also has some tips that will prove invaluable when meeting Vishy, Magnus, Sergey of Chucky!
There are tournaments which are organized just for the sake of making money and there are the ones which are set up to ensure that the players get the best possible conditions and treatment. The IIFLW International definitely falls into the second category. Sagar Shah went to the Mount Litera school and tells us about the different innovations and ideas that have been implemented. It's not just a tournament, it's a festival!
Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin were locked in an epic race at the World Blitz Championship 2016. None of them was ready to let the other escape with the lead. While it was Magnus who lead the event for most of the duration, it was Karjakin who won the all important last round against Jobava and became the World Blitz Champion. Carlsen had to settle for the silver while Dubov won the bronze. In women's section it was Anna Muzychuk who scored a double by winning the gold in both the events. A detailed report with round by round analysis.
GM Sriram Jha won the 4th Bhopal Open 2016 held from the 20th-25th of December 2016. He scored 8.5/10 and emerged ahead of Srinath Rao thanks to a better tiebreak. His last round win against Anup Deshmukh was a perfect demonstration of what Sriram is so good at. Simple, purposeful and logical play. We have the game annotated for you, as well as impression, stories and videos from the event. Do not miss the end of the article for a discussion on the most number of wins tiebreak.
ChessBase 14 is one of the most important tools to help a player improve at chess. As the year 2016 comes to an end, you can buy the latest version of ChessBase software at a 10% discount from our online shop. But what you could also do is gift it to your loved ones with a personalized message. It's your chance to become someone's Santa Claus and help them take their game to the next level. Step by step of how to avail of this offer.
The 2nd IIFL Wealth Mumbai International Juniors (Under-13) Tournament has witnessed five rounds of play. Maharashtra's Sankarsha Shelke is leading the tournament with a perfect score. A bunch of talented kids follow him half-a-point behind. We have a pictorial report.
When Vassily Ivanchuk won the World Rapid Championships 2016, photographer Amruta Mokal felt really happy. Although she wanted Vishy to win, it's not often that you see a 47-year-old beating young guys and finishing ahead of them in rapid chess. Amruta sent us some of the pictures that she had taken of the Ukrainian grandmaster at the Qatar Masters 2015. According to her,"These images will help you understand better the eccentric genius called Vassily Ivanchuk."
The World Blitz Championships is a 21 round event with a time control of 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment. The day started excellently for almost all of the Indian players as they defeated one higher rated player after another. However, soon they were out of steam and pushed back. Harika was the best performer in the women's section. Anand with 7.5/12 lead the Indian pack in open followed by Ganguly and Lalith. We also teach you a very potent system against the King's Indian Defence. Check out the illustrated report.
47-year-old Vassily Ivanchuk won the World Rapid title by scoring 11.0/15. Somewhere in the same playing hall a boy not even half his age was winning hearts. 22-year-old Vidit Gujrathi won a lot of hearts at the event by beating world class opponents like Jobava, Wojtaszek, MVL, and Radjabov. We have analysis of Vidit's nerve-wracking encounter with Magnus Carlsen and also entertaining pictures, and complete results of Indian participants.
The biggest prize money tournament of Telangana "Hyderabad Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament" was an event worth playing. It was lavish, grand, glittery with hundreds of prizes, gala inauguration and PD functions. Cash prize of 8 lakhs each, was divided into two tournaments, open and below 1500. There were around 250 participants in Open category and massive 750 players in below 1500 making it the highest number of participants in the history of Telangana. Our man on the scene, 11-year-old Avathanshu Bhat reports.
Three rounds have come to close at the 2nd IIFL Wealth Mumbai International Open 2016-17 with a host of minor upsets. The third round even saw some grandmasters take a beating against Indian youngsters. But it is not just about the youngsters. Players of all ages are competing and enjoying the chess infrastructure that is par excellence with the best in the world. Illustrated report with lots of pictures and videos.