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While many people had written off Vishy Anand (as usual), the tiger of Madras once again growled back, "not so soon!" Anand played some sublime chess and simply mated both his opponents on the first day of the Zurich Chess Challenge. While Levon Aronian slumped in 20 moves, Anish Giri lasted for 45 moves before he threw in the towel. The games were high class and worth having a look at!
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It's chess bonanza time for Indian fans! While Vishy Anand fights it out at the Zurich Chess Challenge, Humpy and Harika are vying for crucial Grand Prix points in Tehran. On this page you can follow the games live of Anand as well as Humpy and Harika with powerful tools like Livebook, Let's Check, engine analysis, evaluation bar and PGN downloads. Zurich begins at 19.30 IST and Tehran at 17.00 hours.
Returning from a poor performance at the Gibraltar Masters, all that Anand needed was a boost in confidence before the main event of Zurich Chess Challenge which begins on the 13th of February. The Blitz tournament did exactly that. Anand scored 3.0/5 and essayed convincing victories over Anish Giri and the eventual winner Hikaru Nakamura. He, thus, finished second and will have three whites in the main event which begins from today at 7.30 p.m IST.
The second leg of FIDE women Grand Prix 2015-16 is being held in Tehran, Iran. India's top two players Humpy Koneru and Harika Dronavalli are out there looking to win some crucial Grand Prix points. Alina l'Ami who is the press officer has analyzed some key moments from the games of the players for the official website which we now reproduce here. We also have the format of the FIDE Grand Prix and what exactly is at stake at this event.
Railways-A and Airport Authority of Inda lead the Open section, with AAI ahead on game-points. In the women's section, PSPB managed to outwit Air India to seal their victory. Nevertheless, it was a double-round day that was full of drama and excitement. ChessBase India brings you an illustrated report.
For quite some time now PSPB has maintained a hegemony at the top, comfortably winning the National Teams title by sending a super-strong team. The 36th edition hasn't attracted the very top members of the PSPB squadron, and they face a tough task now as the Railways-A team is steaming ahead at breakneck speed! In the fourth round, Railways-A hijacked Air India to oblivion. ChessBase India brings you games and more in this pictorial report.
Aamir Khan is one of the most popular actors in Bollywood. A chance of just meeting him is a dream for just about every chess player. The reason? - Aamir loves the game of chess and doesn't pass over an opportunity to match his wits against a strong opponent. Sahil Batra, a 21-year-old, 1732 rated player from Ludhiana got a chance to play a game of chess against Aamir Khan. Sahil has not only sent us the game, but also an exciting recount of how things panned out on the day he got to play against Mr. Perfectionist of Indian cinema.
The National Team Chess Championship 2016 witnessed some drama (!) on the second day of play as Air India managed to pull off a blunder by messing up their board order. The mistake did not cost much as the team waltzed into the lead anyway. ChessBase India brings you an illustrated report from the tournament.
The National Teams Championship kicked off here at Bhubaneshwar with top organisations like PSPB and Railways sending strong teams in order to win this thirty-sixth edition. There are two sections -- Open and Women. The Open has eleven grandmasters and seventeen International Masters, meanwhile the Women's section has four International Masters and three Women Grand Masters and is being conducted at the KIIT law College in Bhubaneshwar, Orissa. We bring you an illustrated report.
A strong prize fund, a fabulous venue and a dedicated set of officials always mean a great chess tournament, which is precisely what IIFL Wealth Mumbai International tournament turned out to be! Raunak Sadhwani became the IIFL Wealth Mumbai International Junior Chess Champion 2016 while GM Swapnil Dhopade won the Open tournament by a half-point margin. We bring you a pictorial report with games and video-interview of the winners!
When a top grandmaster was asked why he didn't write a book on chess, he replied, "It's a lot of hardwork!" Surely writing a chess book takes a lot of time, efforts and research. But quality work helps many people become better at the game. WFM Rucha Pujari spent months going over thousands of games and combinations and has finally come out with an ebook - "Beautiful Puzzles". In this article she describes the process of writing the book and also what you can expect to find in it.
Aditya Mittal flew into the sole lead with a crushing victory over Sankarsha Shelke. Something similar happened in the Open as well, where Swapnil cleaned up Himal Gusain to become the sole leader. We bring you a pictorial report in black and white with analysis by Swapnil and Stany.
Hikaru Nakamura won the Gibraltar Masters 2016 in great style. For Indians it was a highly successful event as 16 out of the 21 players, we had out there, increased their rating. Sethuraman was the best performer finishing fourth, while Harikrishna settled for fifth. We will soon bring you a final detailed report with games, moments and much more from Gibraltar, as of now enjoy a quickie.
Chess, entertainment, happiness -- the players and parents of the juniors at the IIFL Wealth Mumbai International and Junior Tournament are having a gala time as the event approaches its final leg. The Junior tournament has a handful of leaders, with no clarity on how the tournament will end while the Open saw G.A. Stany taking the lead by beating Shardul Gagare, but then losing to Swapnil Dhopade to allow him and Himal Gusain to share the lead with 6.5/7. An illustrated report.
Harikrishna played the London System against Vidit Gujrathi and was able to subdue him with some nice attacking moves. With this win, Hari moves into the leaders pack with 6.5/8. Sethuraman and Abhijeet Gupta follow him on six points. The reason why today can be a big day for chess in India is that Harikrishna has a chance to overtake Anand on the live Elo rating list. This and much more in our today's article from Gibraltar.
