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Sant Marti Open 2017: An event of glorious achievements and missed opportunities

03/08/2017 -

The third event of the Catalan Circuit concluded in Sant Marti, Spain on July 21, 2017. After nine gruelling rounds, the Peruvian IM Fernando Fernandez won the title prize with a score of 8.0/9. In the final round, he beat India's Himanshu Sharma and pushed the Haryanvi GM down to the sixth spot. Vantika Agrawal, on the other hand, became India's latest WIM while many other upcoming Indian talents also made their mark at the event. All of this happened amid the refreshing landscape of the Barcelonian mountains and a breathtaking sunset. Here's another article full of all the action within and the splendour without! Our very own Niklesh Jain reports.

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GM Lecture by Srinath Narayanan and Q/A GM Abhijeet Gupta

03/08/2017 -

Get a chance to ask chess questions to the four-time Commonwealth Champion GM Abhijeet Gupta and enrich your chess knowledge with 1 hour high quality lecture by three-time Asian Junior Champion GM Srinath Narayanan. Venue: ChessMine Tournament. 

Where there is a will, there's a way! - Namaganda on her visit to India

03/08/2017 -

Ugandan chess became popular after the movie Queen of Katwe was based on one of its top players Phiona Mutesi. In July Uganda’s WFM/FI/FA Christine Namaganda (rated 1565) played in Delhi at the Commonwealth Championship 2017. She was the only player from East Africa. The 30-year-old chess player, trainer and arbiter, who has represented Uganda twice at the World Chess Olympiad and several times in zonal and continental tournaments in Africa, spoke to Kenya’s IA Paras Gudka about her experience of playing in India.

This chess playing CEO of a huge agricultural company says no to corruption

02/08/2017 -

Chess teaches you a lot of life lessons. Learning chess can help you excel in other fields of life mainly because it teaches you analytical thinking, decision making, taking responsibility etc. We all have heard this, haven't we? How about seeing all of this pan out not just in theory, but real life! The CEO of India's fastest growing agricultural company Akshayakalpa is a FIDE rated chess player, and he is using his lessons derived from chess to fight corruption and empower the farmers of our country. An inspiring tale.

Curtain Raiser: Sinquefield Cup and Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2017

02/08/2017 -

Chess fans are in for some delightful chess in the next fortnight! The Sinquefield Cup and Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz will be held from the 2nd to 19th of August 2017. Vishy Anand will be taking part in both the events. While Magnus Carlsen is the favourite to win the Sinquefield Cup, everyone is waiting with a bated breath for the Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz to begin as Garry Kasparov has confirmed his participation! Saravanan Venkatachalam will be at the venue in USA to cover the event. Here's the curtain raiser.

Know India's brand new WIM, Vantika Agrawal: An Interview

01/08/2017 -

At the conclusion of the Group A tournament of the Sant Marti Open, Indian chess got richer by yet another Women International Master. This new brand new addition to the Indian league of titled players was the Delhi girl, Vantika Agrawal. Previously, Vantika had scored WIM norms at the IIFL Mumbai Open and Sharjah Open this year. She had also been issued a norm at the Dubai Open 2017, but due to its technical incorrectness, it was not awarded to her. Nevertheless, the 14-year-old fought on and bagged her final WIM norm in the Spanish city of Barcelona to complete all requirements for her title. ChessBase India's Hinduja Reddy interviewed her and her mother, Sangeeta Agrawal, to know more about this teenaged genius.

Harikrishna speaks about his win over Levon Aronian

01/08/2017 -

In the sixth round of the Geneva Grand Prix, India's Pentala Harikrishna was pitted against the in-form Levon Aronian. The Armenian had recently won the Norway Chess and had completely outplayed Magnus Carlsen. Hari also had the black pieces. But the Indian player was undeterred. He played some fantastic chess to outplay his 2800+ opponent. In this interview with Sagar Shah, Hari sheds light on this victory, what was going through his head before, during and after the game. You will also get to know about Hari's second and his future plans.

Let the fastest player win!

31/07/2017 -

GM Deep Sengupta & GM R R Laxman will be the top seed in National Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2017 respectively. The Championship will take place from 1st – 4th August 2017 in Bhawanipur Education Society College, Kolkata, West Bengal. The Total Cash Prize for National Rapid is ₹175000 and for National Blitz ₹75000. What is very interesting is that the tournament has a zero tolerance rule, in a city that is known for its traffic and the round begins at 9 a.m. You have to be fast off the board as well!

World Team dominates the Match of Millennials

31/07/2017 -

It was a great effort by the Rex Sinquefield, and the Saint Louis Chess Club to organize such a novel match and spend US $30,000 for world's most talented youngsters. It ended in a thumping win for the world team as they beat their USA counterparts by a score of 31.5-17.5. However, what was more important was the learning experience involved in the process. Both the Indian youngsters Praggnanandhaa and Aryan Chopra performed well and contributed towards the victory of the world team. We have a detailed report along with pictures of Vishy Anand visiting the match.

Bhakti Kulkarni is the 44th National Women Challengers Champion!

30/07/2017 -

9.5 points in the last ten rounds! That's what Bhakti managed to achieve and with it become the champion of the 44th National Challengers 2017! The second place was taken by Mary Ann Gomes and Soumya Swaminathan finished third. Top eight players qualify for National Premier. Apart from top three, they include Nandhidhaa P.V., Bala Kannamma, Kiran Manisha Mohanty, Parnali Dharia and S. Meenakshi. We have analysis of top three games of the final round and also explanation of who the twelve participants at the National Premier 2017 will be.

Women Challengers 2017 Round 10: Huge games, huge results!

29/07/2017 -

A pawn was hanging on a5. It looked very juicy, but was poisonous. Soumya couldn't hold herself back and went to grab it, only to realize that it was a trap set up by her opponent Bhakti Kulkarni. The queen was trapped and Bhakti leads the tournament with 8.5/10. With the final round to go, the contest for the eight qualifying spots at the tournament has become intense. While Bhakti and Mary indulge in the title fight, the rest of the girls have to ensure a good final round result to qualify for the national premier. Penultimate report from Mysore.

Women Challengers 2017 Round 9: Soumya and Bhakti set up title clash

28/07/2017 -

C. Lakshmi's dream run at the 44th National Challengers 2017 was brought to a halt by WGM Bhakti Kulkarni ater the latter scored a marathon victory with the black pieces. On the second board Soumya Swaminathan beat P.V. Nandhidhaa. This meant that Bhakti and Soumya now jointly lead the tournament with 7.5/9. You can say that the tenth round clash between the two is the most important game of the entire tournament. The winner most certainly has great chances of becoming the champion. Mary Ann Gomes is the only player on 7 points, followed by ten participants on 6.5.

Enjoy comfortable stay and delicious food at National Challengers

28/07/2017 -

National Challengers at Ahmedabad is a fortnight away now. ChessBase India accommodations portal brings you five options of accommodation along with delicious home made food. It is the best way to forget any worries that you might have related to lodging and boarding at the event and focus on only winning your games and qualifying to the national premier. And did we mention, there's a Rs.500 voucher waiting for you. We also have accommodation packages for National Under-7 and Fomentos Rating tournament in Goa. Give us a call or write to us and help us to serve you better!

Aryan Chopra and Praggnanandhaa at the Match of the Millennials

28/07/2017 -

Yet another interesting new event put on by the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, the Match of the Millennials sees eight young American players face off against some of the best juniors from around the world. World Junior Champion Jeffery Xiong leads the USA squad, and Haik Martirosyan from Armenia heads the World team. It's great pride for Indian fans that two of our players Aryan Chopra and R. Praggnanandhaa were selected for this event to represent the world team. We bring you the report for day one.

"This is the best thing that has happened to us after Aaryan was born!"

27/07/2017 -

Swati Ghate is an inspiration. At the age 37 years, with a family to take care off and a job in LIC, she became the Commonwealth Champion 2017. Right from her humble beginnings from the Sangli as the under-12 National Champion to becoming the National Women's Champion in 2006 and representing India on multiple occasions, hard work has been her motto. In this interview with Atul Dahale, Swati speaks not only about her Commonwealth title, but also how she is striving each moment of her life to become better at the game that she loves so much. 

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