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Aravindh Chithambaram and Karthikeyan Murali are leading the National Premier 2016 with one round to go. The tournament report will soon follow. In this article Sagar Shah shows you a beautiful endgame played by Aravindh. It was the eleventh round victory over GM Tejas Bakre. The richness of the variations is astonishing and I invite you to be critical about my analysis. Let us together try to reach the truth in the position.
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Mark Taimanov passed away in St. Petersburg aged 90. For decades he was one of Russia's leading grandmaster, internationally best known for his unfortunate match against Bobby Fischer. But has led a full life — as a child actor, concert pianist, World Championship Candidate, and a proud father. We have a detailed article with Mark's life story narrated by Mark himself!
The spectators were let down in the twelfth game of the World Championship Match when Carlsen and Karjakin agreed to a quick draw in the symmetrical variation of the Berlin. The good news is that the match will now move to shorter time control. Four rapid games followed by blitz chess. Magnus Carlsen seems to be the slight favourite, but Karjakin is no pushover. In this report we have the pictures of the twelfth round and the analysis done by ten-year-old Aditya Mittal.
The famous astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, a tireless promoter of science, and considered by many as the spiritual successor of Carl Sagan, opened Game Eight of the World Championship Match. He accepted to sit down with a few journalists for a casual conversation where he talked about his connection with chess and what he finds interesting about chess and chessplayers. A revealing piece...
20-year-old Russian GM Urii Eliseev died after he jumped off his apartment balcony while attempting a stunt on the 12th floor of a building in Moscow. With a rating of 2614, he was ranked 212 in the world and 42 in Russia. He was the 2016 Moscow Open champion. We have a brief report.
The eleventh game of the 2016 World Championship ended in a draw. Magnus Carlsen gave up the Arkhangelsk. Karjakin played the d3 Ruy Lopez. At the first critical moment, Karjakin mixed up his plans as Peter Svidler pointed out. Karjakin created a luft for his king, a move that was criticized by some but ended up saving the game for him when Carlsen blasted the center. An illustrated report with critical moments and analysis by Nihal Sarin.
The final leg of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix is in progress at Khanty-Mansiysk in Ugra, Russia. Twelve players, including India's GM Dronavalli Harika, are competing for top honors. After six rounds of play, Georgian GM Nino Batsiashvili leads the tournament with 4.5/6. Four players follow her a point behind. GM Dronavali Harika is on 3.0/6 with a win and a loss apiece. We have an illustrated report with analysis.
The Iranian Chess Federation (IRCF) organized the Asian Amateur Championship 2016 in Isfahan, Iran. Naderi M Sadegh of Iran won the open section and Liu Hongyan of China won in the women's section. India's G. Sandhya brought home a bronze medal. A brief report.
What a World Championship Match this is! Karjakin leads with a point's advantage until game nine. Now Magnus fights back and equalizes the score with a victory in the tenth game! With just two classical encounters left, it could be anyone's Match. Wesley So has annotated the game for the readers of ChessBase. His analyses are so deep and insightful that we have not only published them here, but we have also made sure to give you diagrams of the key positions along with Wesley's explanations so that you know what a fellow super GM thinks about the positions.
As fellow chess fans, we always welcome a new chess magazine in which to indulge in our passion, but rarely does one appear with the amount of Wow factor that can be seen in the new American Chess Magazine. The large, beautifully produced magazine not only brings a slew of articles on events with deeply commented games but comes also with columns by names such as Baadur Jobava and Vassily Ivanchuk. Although the first edition celebrates the historic US win at the Olympiad, there is also a report on India by Pentala Harikrishna.
Karjakin came to the ninth game with a full point lead. Magnus was raring to play aggressive chess even with the black pieces and went for the Arkhangelsk system in the Ruy Lopez. In the resulting position Carlsen had some kingside weaknesses to play against while Sergey had an extra pawn and the bishop pair. The Challenger's advantage proved to be superior as the World Champion had to be ultra resourceful in order to save the half point. Full analysis, key positions and vivid images from the ninth game.
Since two players withdrew, two other competitors practically had a free day. Murali Karthikeyan won a fine game against Sriram Jha, while R.R. Laxman outwitted S. Nitin. The top two seeds B. Adhiban and Vidit Gujrathi won in characteristic fashion. We bring you games, cool positions, and pictures in our report.
The Delhi Chess Association is hosting the National Sub-junior Championship 2016 at the Indra Gandhi Indoor Stadium from 28th to 28th November 2016. Three players share the lead in the boys' section while two girls lead in the other section. We bring you an illustrated report.
New York City 1995, Tehran 2000, Mexico City 2007, Bonn 2008, Sofia 2010, Moscow 2012, Chennai 2013, Sochi 2014 — these are the World Chess Championships that Viswanathan Anand has fought in his career. But it was only in 2007 that the world witnessed the coming of the Anand era. He has played in every title clash since he won the title in Mexico, except the ongoing match. But Anand had been busy of late winning the Champions Showdown multi-format tourney ahead of Caruana, Nakamura, and Topalov. Albert Silver brings us this exclusive interview with the champ where he talks about the future of chess and expresses his feelings on the ongoing world championship!
17-year-old Aravindh Chithambaram is in scintillating form at the National Premier 2016. He is currently on 4.0/5 with wins over Murali Karthikeyan and B. Adhiban. The fourth round is yet to be completed due to the controversies that had arisen. But in the games that were played Aravindh had won against Sriram Jha. So, the lad is currently sitting pretty on top with 5.0/6. Two players have withdrawn from the event. At this National Premier there has been action both on and off the board, but this time we focus on the former.
