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How Sandip Upadhyay is creating chess champions in rural Gujarat

06/10/2025 -

Sandip Upadhyay, a teacher at Ratusinh na Muvada Government School in Mahisagar District, Gujarat, has taught chess to over a hundred students and created six rated chess players, all through his own effort and resources. Yet, very few know his story. His idea was simple: teach his students chess because he knew it. But that simple thought sparked something extraordinary. Today, it has transformed the entire school. His students dominate nearly every tournament they enter, and six of his students are now supported by the state government. After seeing their dedication, we organized a chess camp at their school on 9th–10th September to help them improve and give them an extra push. Check out this article to see what we experienced at this truly unique chess school in Gujarat. Photo: Neeraj Dwivedi

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Darshan Choudhury wins City of Dublin Major Rating 2025

06/10/2025 -

Darshan Choudhury and Advaith Nichenametla V (IRL) scored an unbeaten 4.5/5 each at City of Dublin Major (1600-1950) Rating 2025. Darshan became champion due to better tie-break scores, Advaith had to settle for second place. Anastasiya Kelbas (UKR), Pierre Rerot (IRL) and Lorcan Heron (IRL) scored 4/5 each. They were placed third, fourth and fifth respectively. The total prize fund was €3000. The top three prizes were €575, €400 and €300 in Masters, for Major they were €350, €250 and €150. The three-day five round Major (1600-1950) Rating tournament was organized by Dave Grant and the Knights of Éanna Chess Club at Colaiste Eanna in Rathfarnaham, Ireland from 5th to 7th September 2025. This is Darshan's first rating tournament triumph of his career.

Kavin Mohan clear first at 20th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2025

06/10/2025 -

FM Kavin Mohan (MAS) scored an unbeaten 7/9 to win 20th Dato Arthur Tan Open, part of the 20th Malaysian Chess Festival 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. Seven players scored 6.5/9 each. Out of them, IM Chen Zou (CHN) and GM Van Huy Nguyen (VIE) secured second and third place respectively according to tie-breaks. The top three prizes were - US$ 3000, $2000 and $1000. Andrew Ooi (Gila Chess), blogger who covered all 20 editions of this festival, writes about this event along with the photographs shot by him.  Photo: Andrew Ooi

DreamHack Rapid & Blitz 2025: Play Rapid Chess for a ₹5,00,000 Prize Pool!

05/10/2025 -

Dreamhack Rapid and Blitz 2025 will take place from 31st Oct to 2nd Nov in Hyderabad, Telangana. Total ₹500000 prize fund is up for grabs, ₹300000 for Rapid and ₹200000 for Blitz. Entry is FREE for GM, IM, WGM and WIM. For everyone else, entry fee is ₹1391 for both events. This tournament is unlike any other as it takes place inside a gaming convention, which means loud music and noise will be there throughout the day. So if you haven't registered yet, do it right away. Whoever can block out the noise, focus on their game, will win big and become the champion.

FIDE World Cup 2025: Players list and pairings announced

05/10/2025 -

A total of 24 Indians, 14 more than the previous edition in 2023, are set to take part in the upcoming FIDE World Cup 2025. First game of the first round is on 1st November. Eight Indians got a Bye in the first round due to being in the top 50 seeds. The remaining 16 will have to play their first round matches. The players are - D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, R Praggnanandhaa, Vidit Gujrathi, Aravindh Chithambaram, Nihal Sarin, Pentala Harikrishna, Karthikeyan Murali, Pranav Venkatesh, Raunak Sadhwani, Pranesh M, Leon Luke Mendonca, S L Narayanan, Iniyan Pa, Karthik Venkataraman, Diptayan Ghosh, Surya Sekhar Ganguly, Raja Rithvik R, Aronyak Ghosh, Lalit Rohit, Divya Deshmukh, Himal Gusain, Harshavardhan G B and Neelash Saha. What are your predictions? Photo: FIDE

Checkmate USA vs India, A Grand Spectacle starts in a few hours

04/10/2025 -

The wait is over. Checkmate USA vs India starts in a few hours at eSports Stadium in Arlington, Texas, USA. Five matches will be played separately starting with Fabiano Caruana vs Arjun Erigaisi. Second match is Taintoluwa Adewumi vs Ethan Vaz. Next is Carissa Yip vs Divya Deshmukh, followed by Levy Rozman vs Sagar Shah. The main event is Hikaru Nakamura vs D Gukesh. All matches must be played till completion, resigning is not an option. Watch the action live in-person at the arena. It will not be a usual chess event which is held in a quite place. It will be a spectacle where lights, camera and sound all will be there. You can also watch it live on our channel on 5th October starting from 5:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Impressive Iniyan clinches 62nd National Championship 2025, becomes a double champ

04/10/2025 -

The reigning National Rapid champion, GM Iniyan Pa (TN) drew his final round game against GM Abhijeet Gupta (PSPB) to become 62nd National Champion. The last player to win two or more National titles simultaneously was, GM Aravindh Chithambaram back in 2019. He was the first National Triple Crown champion. Iniyan is now a double champion as he won the National Rapid Championship 2025 a few months ago. 15-year-old IM Goutham Krishna (KER) defeated IM Viani Antonio Dcunha (KAR) to finish with the same score as Iniyan 9/11. Goutham secured second place according to tie-breaks. IM Ritviz Parab (Goa) lost to GM Sasikiran Krishnan (PSPB) and the latter finished third. Photos: Shahid Ahmed

Srihari L R wins 3rd SRM Rapid Rating Open 2025

04/10/2025 -

GM Srihari L R and IM Ravi Teja S scored 8.5/9 each at 3rd SRM Rapid Rating Open 2025. Srihari won the tournament due to better tie-break scores. Ravi secured second place. IM Harshavardhan G B scored sole 8/9 to claim third place. Srihari drew against the eventual runner-up, Ravi in the seventh round. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹250000. The top three prizes were ₹25000 + trophy, ₹20000 and ₹15000 each. The one-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by Golden Knights Chess Academy and Master Mind Chess Academy at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Vadapalani Campus in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on 13th September 2025. This is Srihari's fourth overall, second rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: SRM IST, Faculty of Science & Humanities, Vadapalani

Sharvaanica A S becomes World Cadet Under-10 Girls 2025 Champion, Bronze for Kiyanna and Sarbartho

03/10/2025 -

WCM Sharvaanica A S won Gold in Under-10 Girls category at World Cadet 2025. Despite starting with a loss, she won her next nine games in-a-row and finished the event with a loss too. She had a better tie-break than WCM Chinzorig Nandinjiguur (MGL) as Sharvaanica defeated her in the eighth round. Kiyanna Parihar scored 8.5/11 to win Bronze in the same category. After a brilliant start 6/6, Sarbartho Mani scored 2.5/5 in the last five rounds to score 8.5/11 and get a Bronze medal in Under-10 Open group. In total, India won three medals at this event - one Gold and two Bronze medals. Photo: Saji Matthew

Nihal Sarin reaches 2700

03/10/2025 -

Nihal Sarin finally reached the coveted 2700 rating in a published FIDE Rating list. He became the tenth Indian to achieve so. The 21-year-old from Kerala, gained 9.9 Elo rating points at FIDE Grand Swiss 2025. Arjun Erigaisi returned to World no.4, after adding 1.5 Elo rating points. R Praggnanandhaa slipped to World no.5. World Champion, D Gukesh moved out of World Top ten for the first time since May 2024. There are still six Indians in Top 30. Among the Women, four are in Top 20. FIDE Women's World Cup winner, GM Divya Deshmukh returned to World no.11 among Women after her stellar performance at the FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Open. GM R Vaishali gained 19.6 Elo rating points by winning FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Women for the second consecutive edition. Photo: FIDE / Michal Walusza

Manish Anto Cristiano marvels at 2nd Smart Chess Academy Karur Rapid Rating Open 2025

02/10/2025 -

IM Manish Anto Cristiano F scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 2nd Smart Chess Academy Karur Rapid Rating Open 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the field. GM Laxman R R, IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam and Tarun V scored 8/9 each. They secured second, third and fourth place respectively according to tie-breaks. Manish defeated the eventual runner-up, Laxman in the seventh round. The total prize fund was ₹240000. The top three prizes were ₹20000, ₹17500 and ₹15000 along with a trophy each. The one-day nine round Rapid Rating tournament was organized by Smart Chess Academy, Karur at Arasu College of Arts & Science for Women in Karur, Tamil Nadu on 7th September 2025. This is Manish's first rating tournament triumph of the year.

New: ChessBase Magazine 227

01/10/2025 -

Over 7 hours of video playing time with Felix Blohberger, Luis Engel Jan Markos, Mihail Marin, Dr. Karsten Müller, Michael Prusikin, Oliver Reeh, Robert Ris, Dorian Rogozenco and Ivan Sokolov - Biel 2025: analyses by Aravindh, Dardha, Ma Qun, Hakobyan, Jumabayev, Navara, Theodorou and Wojtaszek - Perfect attacking play: Dorian Rogozenco shows the "modern classic" Kasparov vs. Kramnik (Novgorod 1994), in which the world champion used a new concept with 15.Qd2 and long castling in the Sveshnikov Variation - Aggressive Sicilian: Yago Santiago acts with 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Bc5!? on the black squares - Opening trends in the video: Sicilian Dragon Variation, Slav Defence and Sicilian Najdorf Variation - Endgame Basics Queen + Pawn vs Queen: A material constellation that requires the most precise technique, explained in detail by Karsten Müller and much more. Photo: ChessBase

Mitrabha Guha dominates 3rd KTBS Rapid Rating Open 2025

01/10/2025 -

GM Mitrabha Guha scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 3rd KTBS Rapid Rating Open 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. IM Srijit Paul scored sole 8/9 to secure second place. He also remained undefeated. Half a dozen players scored 7.5/9 each. Out of them, Pushkar Dere was placed third according to the tie-break scores. The total prize fund was ₹300000. The top three prizes were ₹50000, ₹25000 and ₹20000 along with a trophy each. The one-day nine round Rapid Rating tournament was organized by Kalyan Taluka Buddhibal Sanstha at Metro Junction Mall in Kalyan, Maharashtra on 7th September 2025. This is Mitrabha's twelfth overall, eleventh rating tournament triumph of the year.

Iniyan stuns Sasikiran, on the verge of winning 62nd National Championship

30/09/2025 -

The reigning National Rapid champion, GM Iniyan Pa (TN) answered the perennial question. He defeated GM Sasikiran Krishnan (PSPB) to gain sole lead 8.5/10, heading into the final round of 62nd National Championship. He has the opportunity to become a double champion if he manages to win the tournament tomorrow. IM Goutham Krishna H (KER) drew his game against IM Vignesh Advaith Vemula (TEL) to stay in the race. GM Abhijeet Gupta (PSPB), IM Ayush Sharma (RSPB) and IM Viani Antonio Dcunha (KAR) are also in the fray. They won their respective games to move to 8/10. It goes without saying that we are headed towards an exciting finish. Round 11 starts tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photos: Shahid Ahmed

Narayani Marathe secures Vijay Ranade e4 Scholarship of Rs. 20,000 every month

30/09/2025 -

Former National U-7 Girls Champion and Asian Youth U-8 Girls Champion (Classical & Rapid) Narayani Marathe comes from a small town in Maharashtra, called Nandurbar. But her talent has taken her dreams far beyond its borders. Her achievements stand out even more when you realize the challenges her family faced in supporting her chess journey. Sachin Ranade, a New York-based finance professional, has been financially supporting her since September 2024 through consistent monthly contributions. He even gifted his personal laptop to Narayani this year. With his generous help, Narayani has been able to attend coaching camps, play more tournaments, and focus on her growth. For Sachin, this support represents the most fulfilling chapter of his own chess story. Check out the article to know more.

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