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World Rapid 11-15: Ivanchuk wins the title, Vidit wins hearts!

29/12/2016 -

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.

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G. Akash wins the grand Hyderabad affair

29/12/2016 -

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.

#iiflwchess 01-03 Open: "We want to make the royal game accessible to everyone"​

29/12/2016 -

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.

Express Report: Vassily Ivanchuk is the World Rapid Champion

29/12/2016 -

Vassily Ivanchuk is the new World Rapid Champion. He beat Hrant Melkumyan in the last round, scored 11.0/15 and won the title on a superior tiebreak. The silver went to Alexander Grischuk and the bronze to Magnus Carlsen. Vidit Gujrathi performed phenomenally and finished eighth. In the women's section the gold went to Anna Muzychuk, silver to Alexandra Kosteniuk and bronze to Nana Dzagnidze. Express Report.

Live video and games: World Rapid and Blitz 2016

28/12/2016 -

The World Rapid and Blitz Championship will take place from the 26th of December 2016 in Doha, Qatar. It is a five day event with three days dedicated to decide the World Rapid Champion and two days for the World Blitz. Vishy Anand is heading the Indian challenge with strong players like Vidit, Adhiban and Ganguly in the fray. Humpy and Harika will fight for top honours in the women's section. Live games begin each day at 17.30 IST (15.00 Qatar time) and you can follow them here. 

World Rapid 6-10: Endgame guru Vidit outfoxes Wojtaszek and MVL

28/12/2016 -

You know that a young talent is becoming a big boy when he starts beating the big boys! This is exactly whats happening with Vidit Gujrathi. After getting better of Jobava, Artemiev and Akopian on day one, he upped his game and beat Wojtaszek and Vachier-Lagrave! He is on 7.0/10 and so is Vishy Anand. Ivanchuk is leading in the open section with 8.0/10 and Anna Muzychuk is cruising ahead with 7.0/8. We have a detailed report with some excellent photography by Maria Emelianova.

Sauravh Kherdekar wins 2nd RBK International

28/12/2016 -

It was a cliff hanger as Sauravh Kherdekar and Rahul Sangma both won their games to race ahead with 7.5/8 at the 2nd RBK International 2016. In came Rakesh Kulkarni and beat Sangma, which cleared the path for Kherdekar. The experienced Sauravh maintained his calm and with an excellent performance won the event with 9.0/10. Rajababu Gajengi sends us an illustrated report of this well-organized event.

Raahul V S is the National Amateur Champion

28/12/2016 -

Raahul V S became the National Amateur Champion after he defeated Ameya Audi in the last round. YVK Chakravarthy drew his game against Omkar Kadav and the two had to be content with the second and third spots respectively. Smaraki Mohanty was the National Women's Amateur Champion. The tournament ended quite a while ago, but we found it important to ensure that the National Champions make it our newspage.

Live games from 2nd IIFL Weath International

27/12/2016 -

The 2nd edition of the IIFLW is in progress in Mount Litera School, Mumbai from the 26th December 2016 to 3rd January 2017. In the morning you have the IIFLW Juniors (u-13) which begins at 9.30 a.m. and in the evenings we have the Open section that kicks off at 4.00 p.m. Over here you can watch all the games live with features like livebook, engine analysis and much more.

World Rapid 1-5: Vidit on fire, Surya lets Magnus off the hook!

27/12/2016 -

What an exciting day at the World Rapid Championships 2016 in Doha. Surya Shekhar Ganguly missed a mate in three against World Champion Magnus Carlsen. Vishy Anand played solid chess and with two wins and three draws is on the 15th position. The performer of the day was surely Vidit with four wins against the likes of Jobava, Artemiev and Akopian. In the women's section Humpy is on 2.5/4, while Harika is on two. Full report with high class pictures and analysis.

The ChessBase workshop in Bhopal

25/12/2016 -

ChessBase has an excellent repertoire of products ideal to help you improve at chess. However, it's not so easy to know all the features of a particular resource. It is with an aim to educate and help people learn how to use technology in chess that IM Sagar Shah regularly conducts workshops at different events. At the Bhopal Open he was assisted by Niklesh Jain and together they revealed all the secrets related to the ChessBase Account.

Sunway International – the most scenic place to play chess!

24/12/2016 -

In recent years more and more tournaments are being held at picturesque locations. The beautiful environment is not only ideal for playing chess but also for a relaxing vacation. In case you are looking for such an event, Sunway International tops the list. Sushir Lohia was at Sitges with his two kids and wife, sent us this pictorial report with the words, "After all these years of traveling around the world for chess tournaments, would definitely rank this as one of the most scenic!"

Ken Rogoff on demonetisation in India

24/12/2016 -

It's the hottest topic in India. Be it an auto rickshaw driver or a vegetable vendor or a top company executive or a chess player, everyone is talking about demonetization. Ken Rogoff is not only a world renowned economist and a professor at Harvard, he is also a chess grandmaster. He is the author of the book Curse of Cash. With such credentials, Rogoff is the perfect person to speak about Modi's decision. Along with Rogoff's views we also have opinions by an economic analyst and a Chartered Accountant to give you a comprehensive round-up of the current scenario. 

Hainan Open 2016: Yu Yangyi dominates the Open

23/12/2016 -

A strong open tournament was held from 7 December to 16 December in the tourist Chinese town of Hainan Danzhou. While the tournament had two young 2700s as the top two seeds, the Indian contingent was spearheaded by Sandipan Chanda. We report on the most interesting chess moments with illustrations and more. Report.

Indians at the London Chess Classic 2016

23/12/2016 -

Strong Indian contingent made their presence felt in the open and the super rapidplay tournament. Faltering at crucial moments made the players miss out on a podium finish. Siddharth Gopakumar witnessed all the action live in London and sent us an illustrated report. It includes not only results and pictures, but also tales from the venue and video interviews with star players like Vishy Anand, Abhijeet Gupta, and others.

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