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The 36th Zalakaros Open had concluded last week. In the second half, GM Shyam Sundar and GM Abhijeet Gupta couldn't muster up points against their opponents. The tournament ended with Ukraine's Alexander Zubov taking the first place. India's Hemant Sharma completed his IM title rating requirements. Illustrated report.
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The Mumbai Mayor's Cup 2017 with 15 GMs and 12 IMs out of the 201 participants is a super strong tournament. The top seed is rated 2635 and there are 50 players above 2200. It shouldn't come as a surprise that you can see some really high quality chess being played at this event. This live games page helps you to follow the battles as well as download all the previous games that have been played until now. Follow your favourite players here!
The ChessBase Magazine has established itself as one of the best resources for chess training and information. It is published every two months and has analysis by top grandmasters, videos by the likes of Daniel King and Simon Williams, and in general a lot of training material. Usually on the cover you have a picture of either Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura. When one says that an Indian is on the cover of the magazine you might imagine that it is Vishy Anand or Pentala Harikrishna! No! It's a 12-year-old prodigy and his name is Nihal Sarin!
Chess fans in Bhubaneshwar, India and all over the world waited in anticipation for the top board clash between the local boy Debashis Das and leader Hoa Duc Nguyen to begin. The Vietnamese GM, however, had everything under control as he played the Exchange Slav and drew the game in 25 moves, thus winning the title. Second place went to Debashis Das and Diptayan Ghosh finished third. We have a detailed final round report along with pictures from the closing ceremony.
Imagine playing chess on an island. Wouldn't that be amazing? The twenty-sixth edition of the National U-25 Chess Championship is being held in Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The cherry on the cake: the AICF is giving the players return air tickets to the land of kaala paani.
Nguyen Duc Hoa lost to Vikramjit Singh in the third round. Since then there has been no stopping him as he scored six consecutive victories! With 8.0/9, he is the sole leader in the tournament. Debashis Das, the local boy, beat Farrukh Amonatov in the ninth round, moved to 7.5/9, and has the task of stopping the Vietnamese GM in the final round. While a draw will seal the deal for Nguyen, Debashis will want to play for the win due to his poor tiebreak. Eight players are on 7.0/9. It promises to be an exciting final round! Round nine report from Bhubaneshwar.
What is an unusual idea for us may not be unusual for guys like Anand, Carlsen, Karjakin and these super GMs. The reason is that they have trained themselves to looks for unusual resources right from a very young age! Hence, what looks brilliant to an untrained eye might be quite normal to a trained one! Today we bring to you a study that it is simple but not easy! The answer might come as a surprise today, but if you keep solving such problems then one fine day the unusual will become usual!
The great thing about the KIIT International Open 2017 is the number of fighting games on the top boards. Out of the top 10 boards, we had 8 decisive encounters. And this meant that the number of leaders was now down to just two. S.Nitin from India and Nguyen Duc Hoa from Vietnam now lead the tournament with 7.0/8. They will face off against each other in the penultimate round. Five players follow them with 6.5/8. Illustrated round 8 report from Bhubaneshwar with excellent pictures by Amruta Mokal.
The latest and greatest chess engine is here, Komodo 11, helping chess players analyze and understand games and positions with ever greater skill and knowledge. That said, while there is no question the engine is an essential part of the equation, when you buy Komodo 11 at Chessbase, you get a series of other benefits such as a 6-month Premium subscription to ChessBase Account. Learn what’s new in Komodo 11 and why you should not delay in adding it to your stable.
"All rook endgames are drawn!", said Tarrasch. 18-year-old Sidhant Mohapatra learnt it the hard way in the seventh round of the KIIT International 2017 against GM Adam Tukhaev. Being two pawns up, the game ended in a draw. We analyze this endgame in great depth, showing you some brilliant resources. We have five leaders now on 6.0/7 - S.Nitin, Niranjan Navalgund, Vikramjit Singh, Ziaur Rahman and Nguyen Duc Hoa. Sagar Shah bring you analysis, pictures, anecdotes and videos from Bhubaneshwar.
On 29th May 2016, R. Praggnanandhaa won his ninth round game at the KIIT International Open, Bhubaneshwar against Al Muthaiah. This win secured him his third IM norm and as he had already surpassed 2400 on the rating list, he became the youngest International Master in the World at the age of ten years and ten months. We cannot believe that it is already one year since this feat. Sagar Shah talks about an incident with Pragga at the Aeroflot Open and the reason why he thinks the boy will become one of the best in the world. We also have a very nice Tamil interview of Pragga by Tarun Kanth with an English transcript.
Chess like music, like love has the power to make man happy! And the chess that was on show at rounds five and six of the KIIT International Open 2017 in Bhubaneshwar was simply delightful. Of course, there were many excellent games played, but two combinations that stood out, were the ones executed by a 42-year-old experienced Bangladeshi grandmaster, and other by a 10-year-old talent from Mumbai. Well, what can we say, Caissa doesn't really care for the age, only good moves!
Until three rounds top seed Farrukh Amonatov looked unbeatable. He was playing some great chess. However, in the fourth round he found his match in CRG Krishna. The Indian IM played a superb game, without any errors to hand the Tajik GM his first defeat in India after a long time! We have the annotated game along with video interviews with not only Krishna but also Diptayan Ghosh. Five players now lead with 100% score. Illustrated report.
The KIIT International Open 2017 with 17 GMs and 21 IMs out of the 251 participants is a super strong tournament. The top seed is rated 2628 and there are 62 players above 2200. It shouldn't come as a surprise that you can see some really high quality chess being played at this event. This live games page helps you to follow the battles as well as download all the previous games that have been played until now. Follow your favourite players here!
Three rounds have been completed at the 10th KIIT International 2017. Out of the 251 players that are in action, only ten are on a perfect score with 3.0/3. In this report we analyze a nice win by the top seed Farrukh Amonatov, and we also see Diptayan Ghosh's endgame magic. Also worth noting is the crazy game between Utkal Ranjan Sahoo and Debashis Das. All in all it's a report loaded with chess analysis and lots of pictures!
