One of the better events in the Catalan Grand Prix XVIII is the Sant Martí International tournament taking place in Barcelona, Spain. GM Shyam Sundar M. took an important step forward in the tourney when he defeated Argentine GM Fernando Peralta (2588) in the sixth round. He now leads the event with 5.5/6. An illustrated report.
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The 2016 Lake Sevan International Tournament began in Martuni, Armenia. The tourney is a 10-player round-robin with an average rating of 2629 and a prize fund of $9200, that is, approximately Rs. 6,18,000. The Indian challenge is led by GM Vidit Gujrathi, who was off to a flying start with a victory defending the black pieces, and is among the early leaders at 1.5/2. An illustrated report. LIVE games at 16:30 IST.
After an early loss, Harikrishna did a splendid job of solidifying his position and reaching fifty percent at the end of six rounds. It was important that he keep the momentum going. He did just that with a timely win over the leader Nepomniachtchi. He finished with two draws against the Chinese to take the second place in the super-tournament. An illustrated report.
Aditya Savalkar is a talented chess player from Kolhapur. With his father being a peon at the Shivaji University in Kolhapur and his mother sewing clothes to make ends meet, the family has a hard time to pursue their son's passion for the game of chess. But giving up is not an option. Most recently I2V chess centre in Mumbai came to Aditya's aid as they helped him enroll for the under-11 nationals that took place a fortnight ago in Chattisgarh. The Savalkars' dreams are slowly but surely coming true. Where there is a will there is a way!
He is the second of World Champion Magnus Carlsen and the former second of Ex-champion Vishy Anand. He is considered one of the greatest opening experts of our time. On this new ChessBase DVD, GM Peter Heine Nielsen invites club and tournament players to try one of the richest opening systems in modern chess: the Semi-Slav. It is an opening that has fascinated countless top players. Peter Heine guides you through the often dauntingly complex systems and offers detailed analyses of the critical lines. Don't miss it!
The National Challengers Championship 2016 opened at the Amity University in Noida, Delhi, as a non-rated event, for the first time in its 54-year-history. The tournament was expected to attract the stronger players into the tournament, now that there is no possibility for them to lose rating. But there was no change in the trend. A handful of the higher seeds is having a tough time at the 2016 edition of the Challengers. The tournament has been full of surprise results. IM Ravi Teja leads the tourney with 7.5/11. An illustrated report.
The Chengdu Grand Prix was hosted by China from 1-14th July 2016. Harika and Humpy left the remaining field a whole point behind, both of them scoring 7.0/11. While Harika hit and ducked to perfection, winning three and not losing a single round, Humpy lost two but won five games. The tie-break favoured Harika and she took first place while Humpy settled for the second spot. An illustrated report with interview.
At the end of six rounds in the seventh Hainan Danzhou super tournament Harikrishna is on 50% score with 3.0/6 and in the fifth position. After his win against Ding Liren in the third round, the Indian player has shown some very solid chess and drew next three rounds against Yu Yangyi, Wang Yue and Peter Leko. Ian Nepomniachtchi is the leader with 4.5/6 as we go into the rest day. We have some pictures for you and game analysis to learn from.
Strong grandmasters often say that you must analyze your own games. While there is no doubt that this is a very useful advice in order to become a better player, very few people actually tell you how to analyze your game. If you are one of those players who are struggling to figure out what is the best way to analyze your own games, do not worry! Help is at hand. Himanshu Sharma is one of the strongest International Masters in India. He became a GM elect, with a career high rating of 2471, without any formal training. He is a self made chess player. There was one thing that Himanshu knew better than his peers - the art of analysis. In this article he shares his secret recipe with you with the help of a beautifully annotated game. We also take this opportunity to introduce the new PGN replayer to you.
A total of 97 players are participating in the XXXIX Open Internacional de Barberà del Vallès "A" tournament and 31 of them are Indians! The Indian challenge was led by GM Shyam Sundar M. and GM Murali Karthikeyan, followed by an array of international masters and under-rated Indians. In the end, after nine rounds of play, GM Murali Karthikeyan tied for the first place with Chilean IM Cristobal Henriquez and was second on the tiebreak. And Tamil Nadu youngster P. Iniyan scored his maiden International Master norm. A briefly illustrated report.
The Chengdu Grand Prix is being hosted by China from 1-15th July 2016. In a range of stars, two Indians are in the fray, and not surprisingly, both of them have always been there for the nation in the Grand Prix cycle for quite some years now. Harika was pitted against Humpy in the seventh round and we witnessed a full-blown battle that Harika won with good play. Harika has retaken the lead and is on 5.5/8, while Humpy follows closely on 5.0/8. An illustrated report.
The National Challengers Championship 2016 opened at the Amity University in Noida, Delhi, as a non-rated event, for the first time in its 54-year-history. The tournament was expected to attract the stronger players into the tournament, now that there is no possibility for them to lose rating. But there was no change in the trend. The top two seeds had it easy, but some higher rateds did not survive their talented opponents. An illustrated report.
Ding Liren is China's strongest grandmaster till date. In fact his preparation is so fierce that Magnus Carlsen himself invited the Chinese to a training camp to work with him. But in the third round of the Hainan Danzhou super tournament India's Harikrishna Pentala showed no such fear or respect for his opponent and boldly went into the highly theoretical line of the Open Ruy Lopez! The game was balanced on knife's edge and any mistake would have been fatal. Ding Liren was the first one to err and Harikrishna chalked up another victory over a World top ten player. We have in depth analysis of this crucial game.
It's chess bonanza time for Indian fans! While Harikrishna fights it out at the 7th Danzhou GM Tournament, Humpy and Harika are vying for crucial Grand Prix points in Chengdu. Cheer for the Indian challenge in China! On this page you can follow the games live of Harikrishna as well as Humpy and Harika with powerful tools like Livebook, Let's Check, engine analysis, evaluation bar and PGN downloads. Danzhou and Chengdu both begin at 12:00 IST.
A total of 97 players are participating in the XXXIX Open Internacional de Barberà del Vallès "A" tournament and 31 of them are Indians! The Indian challenge was led by GM Shyam Sundar M. and GM Murali Karthikeyan, followed by an array of international masters and under-rated Indians. Himanshu Sharma is performing admirably. He scored a GM norm in the previous event and is tied for the second place with 4.0/5. A briefly illustrated report.