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Anand finishes fourth in rapid

19/06/2016 -

After a rocking day one at the Leuven rapids Anand led the tournament with a score of 7.0/10. He followed it up with an excellent win over Anish Giri on the next day. Just when things were looking perfect for the Indian he suffered two back to back losses against Kramnik and Carlsen. The first one against Kramnik is a mind boggling rook endgame and the loss to Carlsen was thanks to a reckless king move. A final round draw against Wesley So gave Anand the fourth spot. We have the detailed report along with some beautiful pictures sent to us by our Dutch friend.

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The piece drop incident at MCL 2016

18/06/2016 -

A few days ago at the MCL 2016 we had a piece drop incident in a blitz game. Abhijeet Gupta who was completely winning the game dropped his queen and pressed the clock. Sethuraman, his opponent, was alert and claimed a win. While Gupta accepted the defeat graciously, things started to heat up when people on the social media began to attack Sethuraman. ACP President Emil Sutovsky wrote about the incident, which led Sethu to write a long post in his defence. We bring you the events in the order that they transpired along with some very interesting blitz videos.

Anand leads in Leuven after five rounds

18/06/2016 -

Fresh from his exploits in Leon, Vishy Anand took very little time to get adjusted to the Belgian weather. He came out all guns blazing in the first five rounds of the Your Next Move GCT. After the first day he leads the event with 7.0/10. A spectacular combination against MVL, tenacious defence against Caruana and common sense chess against Topalov were the highlights of the day. We have pictures, videos and in-depth analysis.

Vishy Anand on cloud "nine" in Leon

17/06/2016 -

It was dubbed as a match between the ex and the future World Champion. The fast and furious talent from China Wei Yi took on the Madras Tiger Vishy Anand. It was one of those cases where the adage of old is gold was 100% true. Anand played some solid chess and with some luck emerged as the winner. We have pictures, analysis and videos from Ciudad de Leon - an event which Vishy has now won for the record ninth time!

Interview with Asian 2016 champion: S.P. Sethuraman

16/06/2016 -

At the recently concluded Asian Continental 2016 S.P. Sethuraman and Bhakti Kulkarni won the gold medal in the open and the women's section respectively. In this article we get in touch with S.P. Sethuraman who staged a phenomenal comeback scoring 3.0/3 at the end of the event and crowning it by beating Wei Yi with the black pieces. Sethu speaks about the event, how he prepared, calculated, relaxed and how he aims to break into the 2700 league. 

MCL Eliminators: Jalgaon Battlers vs. Pune Sangli Navigators!

15/06/2016 -

In highly entertaining encounters, Jalgaon Battlers and Pune Sangli Navigators stormed into the finals of the Persistent 4th Maharashtra Chess League which is in the concluding stages at PYC Hindu Gymkhana. The Jalgaon Battlers, thus, qualified straightaway to the finals by winning the first qualifier via an armageddon, while the Eliminator also witnessed an armageddon, Pune Sangli navigators lived to fight another day, on the last day! An illustrated report.

MCL 2016: LIVE Games!

15/06/2016 -

The fourth edition of the Maharashtra Chess League (MCL), the only professional league in India, is being held from June 11 -15, 2016 at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana, Pune. The six-team event with six players a side will be a rapid tournament (25mins + 10 sec increment) where the teams initially play a round-robin followed by a knockout between four teams to decide the winners. ChessBase India brings you LIVE games!

MCL 2016 04+05: Checkers and Combatants eliminated

14/06/2016 -

The fourth season of the Maharashtra Chess league 2016 is coming to a scintillating end. Full of interesting games in rapid time controls, this fourth season saw the demise of the 2015 edition finalists Thane Combatants and Ahmednagar Checkers. As you may imagine, a lot was at stake in the fourth and the fifth rounds. Yet another heavily illustrated report.

MCL 2016 03: Combatants hold Navigators

13/06/2016 -

At the end of two rounds, Pune Sangli Nok-99 Navigators had literally pummelled their opposition to submission, plundering nine of the twelve points up for grabs for each team on the double-round first day. The second day of the 2016 Maharashtra Chess League saw a single round on a calm Sunday evening. We bring you an illustrated report of the proceedings of the third round.

MCL 2016 02: Navigators navigate it best!

12/06/2016 -

The fourth season of the Maharashtra Chess league 2016 was off to a rocking start as a bucket full of opportunities were grabbed and left behind. Full of interesting games in rapid time controls, this fourth season already saw a leader at the end of the very first round and the leaders do know how to navigate the tournament best — they dominated the second round! Yet another heavily illustrated report.

 

Live from Leon: Vishy Anand vs Wei Yi

12/06/2016 -

Vishy Anand defeated Anton Guijarro and Wei Yi got the better of Santosa Latasa. The Indian champion now faces the Chinese prodigy in the Leon finals. It will be a match of four rapid games with a time control of 20 minutes + 10 second increment. The game begins live at 8 p.m. IST. (4.30 p.m. Leon time) on 12th of June. Do not miss this unique match between the ex and the future World Champion!

Anand beats Guijarro to enter Leon finals

12/06/2016 -

Vishy Anand is in Spain and is taking part in a three day rapid event in Leon. Local boys Anton Guijarro and Santosa Latasa took on Vishy Anand and Wei Yi respectively. Both the favourites won their match which brings us to the mouth watering finals clash between Vishy Anand and Wei Yi that will take place on Sunday. As of now we have the analysis of the four rapid games in which Anand was able to overcome his young Spanish opponent.

MCL 2016 01: beginning with a bang!

11/06/2016 -

The fourth season of the Maharashtra Chess league 2016 was off to a rocking start as a bucket full of opportunities were grabbed and left behind. Full of interesting games in rapid time controls, this fourth season already saw a leader at the end of the very first round. A heavily illustrated report.

MCL 2016: Let the games begin!

11/06/2016 -

The fourth edition of the Maharashtra Chess League (MCL), the only professional league of India, is being held from June 11 -15, 2016 at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana, Pune. The six-team event with six players a side will be a rapid tournament (25mins + 10 sec increment) where the teams initially play a round-robin followed by a knockout between four teams to decide the winners. Vibrant, unsaturated and youthful, Pune is the future of Maharashtra, and the chess circle here is already booming. An illustrated introduction to the MCL 2016.

Chess on the streets of Mumbai

09/06/2016 -

India is a cricket crazy nation. You can see people playing cricket just about everywhere. However, the game of chess is fast catching up. The suburb of Bandra, near the western coast of Mumbai is taking some extra-ordinary steps to bring the 64 squared game to the masses. A visit to the Carter Road will give you the unparalleled experience of playing chess on marble chess boards while enjoying the beautiful view of the Arabian Sea! A pictorial by Prashant Mullick.

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