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Tata Steel Chess 03: Anand leads the Masters, Vidit the challengers!

16/01/2018 -

Round three of the Tata Steel Masters was a rather bland affair with five of the seven games ending peacefully. However, Fabiano Caruana sparked some fireworks in a Petroff Defence against Vishy Anand with a novel piece sacrifice. The Madras tiger was surely taken aback by this but reacted extremely well. Soon, the boot was on the other foot as Caruana lost the thread and was beaten convincingly. In the Challengers, Vidit Gujrathi convincingly outplayed Amin Bassem while Erwin L'ami succeeded in confusing Harika into a draw with his dubious variation of the Alekhine. Round 3 report. 

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Delhi 2018 Round 9: Akash Iyer and Nubairshah Shaikh score GM norms

16/01/2018 -

GM norms at an event show the chess culture of a country. At the Delhi International 2018 Akash PC Iyer and Nubairshah Shaikh both scored 9 round GM norms. The former drew very quickly against Arkadij Naiditsch, while the latter beat P. Karthikeyan. Both the players made their maiden GM norm. Fighting against international grandmasters, it just goes to show how our youngsters have improved as players. Going into last round Arkadij Naiditsch maintains his half point lead with 8.0/9. Ziaur Rahman is in the sole second position with 7.5/9 and eight players follow him with 7.0/9. Penultimate round report from Delhi.

Tata Steel Chess 02: Adhiban crumbles against Magnus

15/01/2018 -

Adhiban Baskaran was pitted against Magnus Carlsen in the second round of the Tata Steel Masters. With the white pieces, the Chennai lad went all out for a draw opting for the most tepid variations in a Four Knights Scotch. However, Carlsen showed his class once again and managed to pump life into the bland position he was faced with. Adhiban wasn't able to last long in the ensuing complications. Meanwhile, Vishy Anand comfortably held Sergey Karjakin to a draw. In the Challengers, Vidit Gujrathi played a wild Sicilian to outclass Michal Krasenkow. With this win, he has pushed himself up to the joint first place. An illustrated report with annotated games by the World U-12 Girls Champion, Divya Deshmukh. 

Delhi 2018 Round 8: Arkadij Naiditsch's victory is almost certain!

15/01/2018 -

Arkadij Naiditsch made quick work of Karthikeyan Murali's Berlin Wall. He played strong and logical chess and moved to 7.5/8. He is now one point ahead of the entire field. It was also a day of upsets - Andrey Deviatkin beat Farrukh Amonatov, Ziaur Rahman got the better of Ivan Rozum, Akash Iyer beat Vitaly Sivuk and Sammed Shete was able to defeat Timur Gareyev. The tournament seems to be running Naiditsch's way as he faces the unheralded Akash Iyer in the ninth round. Will the Tamil Nadu boy be able to stop the Azeri super-power? We will know today! For now, here's the round eight report. 

Tata Steel Chess 01: Anand off to a flying start

14/01/2018 -

Indians were happy campers on day one of Tata Steel Chess. While Anand went off to a flying start, winning his round one game against Maxim Matlakov, Baskaran Adhiban daringly lunged his kingside pawns forward from the black side of a Caro-Kann to hold Peter Svidler to a draw. In the Challengers' section, Harika Dronavalli almost effortlessly held the tournament's second seed, Amin Bassem to a draw. And believe it or not, this came with the black pieces against one of Bassem's most favourite openings! An illustrated report with games and analysis.

Delhi 2018 Round 07: Naiditsch and Karthikeyan!

14/01/2018 -

The seventh round of the Delhi International 2018 began with three leaders Arkadij Naiditsch, Karthikeyan Murali and Ziaur Rahman. We are now down to two leaders - Arkadij Naiditsch and Karthikeyan Murali. Both of them will face off against each other in the eighth round of the Delhi International 2018. The Delhi Open is turning into a hotbed for Indian players to show their skills against International opponents. Local talents like Arjun Tiwari, Nubairshah Shaikh, Aditya Mittal, Ankit Gajwa, and many others are doing exceedingly well. We have the full round seven report.

How Praggnanandhaa trapped Magesh's rook!

14/01/2018 -

Magesh Panchanathan is an experienced grandmaster, well known for his positional skills. Praggnanandhaa R. is a 12-year-old chess prodigy. You would have expected Pragg to beat Magesh in a complicated game where the young boy comes out on top with his superior calculating abilities. Quite the opposite! Pragg was able to fool Magesh in a positional endgame, by incarcerating his opponent's rook on the side of the board. We break down this game step by step to show you what happened. Pragg is now on 2.0/4 and needs 4.5/5 to make his second GM norm. Report from the CCCSA GM norm invitational.

Delhi 2018 Round 5+6: Indian, Azerbaijani and Bangladeshi GM lead!

13/01/2018 -

The Delhi International 2018 is poised for a super finish! After six rounds we have three leaders - one Azeri, one Bangladeshi and one Indian! Arkadij Naiditsch, Ziaur Rahman and Karthikeyan Murali are on 5.5/6. In this report we look at both the games of these three players. We analyze them to understand how were they able to outplay their strong opponents. We also have a detailed coverage of the B-section which ended today. It was won by Subhra Saha of Kolkata and he took back Rs.2,51,000. He plans to buy a Royal Enfield! Report with excellent photography by Niklesh Jain.

Delhi 2018 R04: Ziaur Rahman is the sole leader

12/01/2018 -

GM Ziaur Rahman is an experienced guy. He has his own opening systems and a very unique style of play. Even in his forties he a feared opponent. He proved it, by beating the young Vietnamese opponent Tran Tuan Minh with the white pieces. In the other upset of the day GM Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury seems to have found his form for this event as he beat GM Hoa Nguyen. We bring you the round four report along with the details of what happened in the Timur Gareyev walkover incident in round two.

Delhi 2018 Round 2+3: Grandmasters are not Gods!

11/01/2018 -

Three rounds have been completed at the 16th Delhi International 2018. We now have 11 players on 100% score with many grandmasters having to concede the draw or bite the dust. Top seed 2701 rated Arkadij Naiditsch was held to a draw by K. Ratnakaran. Second seed Farrukh Amonatov was also held to a draw. Abhijeet Gupta now takes the top board as players like Rozum and Gareyev suffered defeats. The latter lost a full point thanks to arriving three minutes to the round. All this action and much more in our round two and three report from the capital of India.

Free one hour online training with a Grandmaster!

11/01/2018 -

Have you ever had a coaching session from a grandmaster? If not, this is your chance. And that too for absolutely no cost! Swedish GM Pontus Carlsson in association with ChessBase India is holding a free webinar for one hour for all the players of India on Sunday, 14th of January 2018. All that you have to do is send an email and confirm your participation. This is a unique opportunity to learn from a GM and the topic of the session is how to improve your tactics. Because this is a webinar you can also interact with Pontus and ask him questions that will help you to become a stronger player. All the details in the article below.

Can Praggnanandhaa become the youngest GM in the world?

10/01/2018 -

Sergey Karjakin became the youngest GM in the world in 2002 at the age of 12 years and 7 months. Many players have come close to beating the record but none have been able to. Even after nearly 16 years, the record still stands. But, the little boy from Chennai R. Praggnanandhaa has a chance of eclipsing this and he is two GM norms away. Pragg has exactly 59 days left to become the youngest GM in the world. His next tournament begins from tomorrow in USA and after that he will be playing at the Gibraltar Open 2018. We bring you this article that brings you up to speed with all that is happening in Pragg's life right now!

Delhi 2018 R01: India's biggest event begins, Next year Prize fund Rs.1 crore announced!

10/01/2018 -

There are a lot of firsts happening at the 16th edition of the Delhi International Grandmaster Open 2018. It is for the first time that a tournament has a total prize fund of Rs. 77,77,777 (All three categories combined). It is also for the first time that a 2700+ player is competing in an Indian grandmaster event - Arkadij Naiditsch (2701). It is also a record that nearly 2300 players from all over the world will be competing at the Indira Gandhi Stadium when all the entries of groups A, B and C are combined. We bring you the round one report and also the great news that next year's prize fund will be 1 crore Indian rupees.

Live Games from the Delhi Open 2018

09/01/2018 -

The Delhi International 2018 is one of the biggest tournaments in India. 264 players are playing in A section. Arkadij Naidtisch (2701) is the top seed, followed by some world class players like Farrukh Amonatov, Abhijeet Gupta, Timur Gareyev and many others. There are in all 27 grandmasters, 24 International Masters and players from 24 countries. On this page, you can not only find not only live games from the event, but also live commentary by masters and some of the top players from the event.

Malaysia welcomes you to fight for your IM norm!

09/01/2018 -

The third edition of the First Friday events is here. It will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from the 2nd to the 7th of February 2018. A lot of Indian players participated in the first and the second edition of the First Friday events. All of them went with the hopes of making an IM norm, but only one has succeeded so far - the young Indian talent D.Gukesh. It's an extremely challenging tournament where usually a score of 7.0/9 is what it takes to make an IM norm. You need to be on top of your game. If you think you are up for it, you should surely sign up for this exciting event.

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