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London 08: Yes, I pay him well!

18/12/2016 -

Vishy Anand pays his second Grzegorz Gajewski well. How do we know that? Because after reeling out one novelty after another in this tournament, Vishy was asked this question by Maurice Ashley. And why shouldn't he. Thanks to these novelties he is able to take his opponent's in uncharted territory and beat them convincingly. This is what he did to Veselin Topalov. Wesley So drew his game and won the Grand Chess Tour 2016. Pictures and analysis from the penultimate round.

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London 07: Nakamura Nf5s MVL's Najdorf

17/12/2016 -

Hikaru Nakamura blew Maxime Vachier Lagrave off the board with a thematic Nf5 sacrifice in the same line with which he had lost to Fabiano Caruana in the previous round. Vishy Anand had no issues whatsoever against Levon Aronian as the Armenian failed to create any pressure. All other games could only end in draws. Illustrated report.

A Master Class on the "Human Machine"

17/12/2016 -

Jose Raul Capablanca was called the human machine. His games were filled with simplicity and beauty that can be understood quite easily, but extremely difficult to emulate in practice. In the fourth volume of the Master Class series Huschenbeth, Marin, Reeh and Mueller delve deeply into the various facets of the Cuban's play. Aditya Pai, the author of this article, after watching the DVD writes, "Since it covers all aspects of Capa’s play, it helps the viewers comprehensively improve their chess understanding. A review.

World Schools 2016: Two Individual Golds + Team Silver for India

17/12/2016 -

The Indian team had a happy finish at the World Schools 2016. A. Harshini and Dhyana Patel won the gold in the under-15 and under-11 sections respectively. Kush Bhagat brought back a gold under-7 blitz and the team overall won the silver medal. Niklesh Jain, the head of Indian delegate at the World schools 2016, brings us pictures of all the prize winners.

London 06: "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse"

16/12/2016 -

That was what the Godfather, Don Vito Corleone, famously said to Johnny Fontaine. And that is also precisely what the new-age Italian American did in the sixth round. Anand played a game that left even his opponent Giri scratching his head. Topalov simply collapsed like a building whose very foundation had been shaken. Aronian overpressed and lost to MVL. Adams held Kramnik. Illustrated Report.

LCC Open 05-07: Aravindh defeats Smirin to keep sole lead

15/12/2016 -

Seven rounds of play have come to close at the London Chess Classic FIDE Open 2016. India's 17-year-old Aravindh Chithambaram has surprised many with his smooth 6.5/7. He leads the event comfortably. But now, he must maintain the crown on his head to become the winner. As we know, often, it is more difficult than winning the crown. We have an illustrated report.

Impacting lives through the lessons learnt from chess!

15/12/2016 -

In the early 2000s, Ishan Nadkarni was one of the most talented chess players in Mumbai. He reached a peak Elo of 2145, which was quite impressive for a young boy back then. Later he quit chess, joined IIT, and became a successful engineer. Now he has started his own Entrepreneurial enterprise called ImpactRun. In this article, Ishan tells us how chess taught him lessons that were totally invaluable and how he is trying to bring a positive change in the society.

London 05: The seniors have a ball!

14/12/2016 -

It's usually the youngsters who are well prepared. It's these young guns who have huge amounts of stamina to trick their opponents in the endgame. They are the ones who always have a new idea up their sleeve in the openings. However, in the fifth round of the London Chess Classic, we witnessed something completely different. It was Anand who came out with a stunning novelty against So and drew the game. Kramnik showed tremendous defensive skills and drew a tough endgame against Nakamura, and Adams beat Topalov with fine attacking play. An illustrated report. 

Shyaamnikil wins 2nd RWF International in Bangalore

13/12/2016 -

It was a tournament with organization par excellence. The playing hall was mammoth and it hosted 801 participants from all over India. The 2nd RWF tournament was a huge success. The event that had 16 titled players and was won by P. Shyaamnikil from Tamil Nadu. He went back home with a prize of Rs.70,000. Halsagar Chincholimath, who organized a ChessBase workshop at the venue, sends us a beautiful pictorial report.

London 04: Deep calculation, London System and the Caro Kann Gambit!

13/12/2016 -

There were three extremely interesting things that happened in the fourth round of the London Chess Classic. Vishy Anand made an impressive and deep calculation against Michael Adams, but couldn't assess the position correctly. Wesley So played a very interesting idea against the very popular London System and Hikaru Nakamura brought the 3...c5 gambit in the Caro Kann back into action. These games contain some great learning material and IM Sagar Shah makes sure that you absorb maximum value out of them. 

London 03: The Naka effect!

12/12/2016 -

After a scintillating win in round two against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vishy Anand was completely off colour against Hikaru Nakamura. The American made quite a few errors and Anand had the chance to take over the advantage, however, it was not to be. Anand made some huge mistakes and Nakamura took the full point. This was the only decisive game of the day, but surely not the most exciting one. It was Aronian versus So that caught the eyeballs of our 10-year-old annotator Aditya Mittal and he brings to you some high quality analysis.

LCC Open 02-04: Aravindh among the early leaders

12/12/2016 -

Four rounds of play have been completed at the London Chess Classic FIDE Open 2016. Three leaders, all rated below 2600, have emerged and one of them is India's Aravindh Chithambaram. In the British Knock-Out, Nigel Short and David Howell have begun their final six-game match to determine the British KO Champion. We have an illustrated report with critical moments from the games. More...

The Making of Viswanathan Anand - 1

11/12/2016 -

Think of an F1 race with the world's best drivers driving their mean machines — Ferraris, Renaults, Mercedes, etc. Imagine they are all standing ready to start the race and in the corner, there is a young bespectacled lad sitting on his... Maruti Suzuki! What chance does the Maruti have of winning against the bigger machines? Almost zero, right? Well, the amazing thing about this story is that the lad in the Maruti won. He was Viswanathan Anand. Let us celebrate his birthday by looking at where it all started and understand his mother's role in Vishy's development.

London 02: Anand crushes the Najdorf, So enters 2800+ league!

11/12/2016 -

Maxime Vachier Lagrave is famed for his Najdorf Defence. The Frenchman essayed it against Vishy Anand in the second round and found that the Indian had done his homework to perfection. Vishy played a powerful game and registered a win. Wesley So entered the 2800+ league by squeezing the life out of Michael Adams. Caruana swindled Topalov in a position that was extremely complicated. Anand's brilliant win is annotated in depth by Sagar, while for Caruana's heroics we have the 10-year-old Aditya Mittal explaining the intricacies!

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11/12/2016 -

The second edition of the IIFL Wealth Mumbai International is coming soon and the biggest headache for many players is the accommodation. Not anymore as IIFLW has partnered with OYO Rooms to give the players fantastic accommodation at 25% discount plus a generous cashback! Check out how to avail this offer here.

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