Indian chess community comes together to fight the Corona virus, raises Rs.1,68,000 in 72 hours

by Sagar Shah - 08/04/2020

We still have close to 24 hours to go for the "Let's Fight Corona Together" online blitz. Three days after the tournament was announced we have managed to raise over Rs.1,25,000 thanks to the benevolence of several Indian grandmasters, International Masters and strong players. All the amount will be donated to the PM CARES fund to fight this disaster. The online blitz tournament will be held on 9th of April 2020 and you too can be a part of the same. This endeavour shows how powerful the chess community is when it comes together. Gens Una Sumus - we are one family!

On 5th of April 2020 we announced the "Let's fight Corona together" online blitz tournament to raise funds for India's fight against the Covid19. The tournament will be held on 9th of April 2020 at 8 p.m. IST and all the proceeds will be donated to the PM CARES fund. It gives us immense pleasure to say that we have been able to raise over 1 lakh rupees in less than 72 hours! Here are some of the grandmasters who have not just inspired us with their over the board play, but also with their benevolence and contribution towards the good cause.

India no.2 GM Vidit Gujrathi confirmed that he will not only play at the event, but also stream his games LIVE so that people can follow him and learn from the way he thinks! Whatever money he raises through playing and commenting will be contributed to the donation pool. | Photo: Prague Chess Festival

GM Arjun Erigaisi once again made the biggest contribution by making a donation of ₹25000 | Photo: IA Gopakumar Sudhakaran

The Wall of Indian chess - Sasikiran was the first one to contribute a sum of Rs.20,000. Sasikiran will not be playing the event but has generously contributed towards the fund.| Photo: Niki Riga

Kolkata GMs have come forward in a big way to support the cause - GM Neelotpal Das will be playing the event and has contributed Rs.20,000 | Photo: Amruta Mokal

So has India's 2nd GM - Dibyendu Barua. He has contributed Rs.20,000 | Photo: Amruta Mokal

GM Nihal Sarin donated ₹7000 | Photo: Alina L'Ami

India's strongest Chess couple IM S Vijayalakshmi and GM Sriram Jha along with WGM S Meenakshi has generously contributed ₹7000

GM Srinath Naryaanan has contributed Rs.5,000 | Photo: N. Srinath

From USA, the co-founder of Chess Kings and Queens GM Magesh Panchanathan donated ₹5000 | Photo: Lennart Ootes

18th GM of India Arun Prasad Subramanian has donated ₹5000 | Photo: ChessBase India archives

GM Ankit Rajpara donated ₹5000 | Photo: Lennart Ootes

GM Thej Kumar MS donated ₹5000 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

IM Tania Sachdev donated ₹5000 | Photo: IA Gopakumar Sudhakaran

GM Laxman R R donated ₹4500 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Diptayan Ghosh donated ₹3000 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Reigning National Triple Crown Champion GM Aravindh Chithambaram donated ₹2000 | Photo: Amruta Mokal

The year 2018 held great relevance for Nisha, who thought it was a wonderful period. She has befittingly contributed ₹2018 !

IM Nisha Mohota's post on Facebook

Reigning National Triple Crown Champion GM Aravindh Chithambaram donated ₹2000 | Photo: Amruta Mokal

GM Stany GA donated ₹2000 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

GM S L Narayanan donated ₹1000

GM Deep Sengupta donated ₹1000 | Photo: Amruta Mokal

One of the finest trainers of the country GM Vishnu Prasanna donated ₹1000 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Arghyadip Das donated ₹1000 | Photo: IA Gopakumar Sudhakaran

IM Aditya Mittal contributed ₹1000 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

IM Sayantan Das donated ₹1000 | Photo: IA Gopakumar Sudhakaran

IM Neelash Saha donated ₹1000 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

GM Gukesh D donated ₹500 | Photo: Niki Riga

GM Sundararajan Kidambi donated ₹500 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

One of the latest IMs of the country IM Pranesh M donated ₹201 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Confirmed Titled players

It is a great honour to have GM Sethuraman S P playing at the event | Photo: Puneet Jaiswal

The best Indian performer at the Gibraltar Masters Aryan Chopra will be seen in action! | Photo: Puneet Jaiswal

IM Padmini Rout has already contributed to the PM CARES fund, she will be playing the event and devoting her time | Photo: IA Gopakumar Sudhakaran

IM Soumya Swaminathan has already contributed to the PM CARES fund, she will be playing the event and devoting her time | Photo: Rupali Mullick

India's future in women's chess WIM Divya Deshmukh will be seen in action | Photo: John Saunders

It's wonderful to have Japan's strongest chess player IM Shinya Kojima also take part in the event

Details of the tournament:

Date: Thursday 9th April 2020

Time: 8:00 p.m. IST

Time control: 3 mins + 0 second increment

Number of rounds: 9

Venue: Vishy Anand Arena in Playchess

The real prize for all of us is coming together, playing chess and raising funds for a good cause. But we would love that the winner gets something special that he can keep as a memory. The first place winner gets Magnus Carlsen's DVD signed by the World Champion himself.

Although no amount is big or small, we would like to send Vishy Anand's My Career Vol.1+2 signed by the Indian legend himself to the person who makes the biggest contribution.

P.S. The prizes will be sent once the normal courier services resume.

Donate to the cause:

There is no entry fee for the event. But you have to donate an amount to take part in it. The minimum donation required is Rs.100. There is no upper limit to the amount you would like to donate. Even if you are unable to play at the event, you can still donate towards this good cause. Each one of us can definitely afford ₹100. As already mentioned, the entire amount will be donated to the PM CARES fund. REGISTRATION IS CLOSED, however donations are still being accepted.

If the above button doesn't work, you can contribute from here.

People who live outside India and would like to contribute, can do so directly to the PM CARES Fund:

Name of the Account PM CARES

Account Number 2121PM20202

IFSC Code SBIN0000691

SWIFT Code SBININBB104 4

Name of Bank and Branch State Bank of India, New Delhi Main Branch

UPI ID pmcares@sbi

How to play the tournament:

Please ensure that you have a valid Playchess id. You can create one here.

Contact:

For registration queries contact:

Mr. Shahid Ahmed (Tournament director) - 9038139510

Email - teamchessbaseindia@gmail.com

• We request all players to check their internet connection before the tournament. Minimum requirement should be at least 2 mbps. No phone calls/messages will be entertained once the tournament starts from 8 p.m. IST onwards. All queries must be resolved before the tournament.

List of players:

Donors who will play the tournament

Sl.no.	Name	Playchess ID	Donation	Rating
1	GM Arjun Erigaisi	Indian-Lion	25000	2559
2	GM Neelotpal Das	Mandrake	20000	2425
3	GM Dibyendu Barua	Dibyendu Barua	20000	2393
4	GM Nihal Sarin	Nihalsarin	7500	2620
5	GM Srinath Narayanan	NSRINATH	5000	2540
6	GM Magesh Panchanathan	gmmagesh	5000	2508
7	GM Ankit Rajpara	twentyseven	5000	2452
8	IM Tania Sachdev	Tania Sachdev	5000	2392
9	GM Laxman R R	LAXMAN	4500	2411
10	GM Diptayan Ghosh	Diptayan	3000	2541
11	Shiv Shome	kingofall	2500	2237
12	Sonia Singhania	Sonia19861	2100	0
13	IM Nisha Mohota	Nisha Mohota	2018	2106
14	GM Aravindh Chithambaram	hitter1999	2000	2641
15	GM Stany G A	Stany G A	2000	2522
16	Pushkar Dere	sjhs	1001	2254
17	GM Vishnu Prasanna	Fidodido	1000	2476
18	IM Arghyadip Das	arghyadip	1000	2453
19	IM Aditya Mittal	Vinniethepooh	1000	2438
20	IM Sayantan Das	Ambitious	1000	2431
21	IM Neelash Saha	gamechanger	1000	2413
22	Chandrasish Majumdar	chandrasish96	1000	2106
23	Harish Kumar	harish_chess	1000	1567
24	Velavaa Ragavesh	Ragavesh	1000	1416
25	Dinesh	shauryaoman	1000	1316
26	Vivaan Verma	Vivaanverma	1000	1123
27	Haresh Kashyap	kashyapharesh	1000	1105
28	Haresh Jayanth	Haresh Jayanth	1000	1077
29	Srivishva Barath Ragavesh	Srivishva	1000	1003
30	Rahul Anil Bhagwat	MRAA	1000	0
31	Shaurya Divecha	Shaurya Divecha	600	0
32	E Agam Aditya	aagam aditya e	501	1707
33	Vivaan Vijay Saraogi	chess_cheiro	501	1519
34	Shikhar Karn	shikhar karn	501	0
35	GM Gukesh D	gk06	500	2563
36	GM Sundararajan Kidambi	Kidambi	500	2389
37	CM Shahil Dey	ShahilDey	500	2376
38	IM Moksh Doshi	Mokshu16	500	2332
39	FM Ajay Karthikeyan	skkeyan	500	2315
40	Aradhya Garg	Aradhya	500	2198
41	FM C J Arvind	JUNOSOURCE	500	2123
42	Swayangsu Satyakam	FUTGEN	500	2093
43	G Dinesh Kumar	gdbow	500	2046
44	Atul Dahale	incredible	500	2037
45	Ilamparthi A R	Ilamparthi	500	1989
46	Vansh Aggarwal	twobrothers	500	1922
47	Mahi Doshi	chess1311	500	1502
48	Jahnavi Sri Lalita Mareddy	mvsr12345	500	1387
49	Krishna RV	Krishna RV	500	1295
50	Agastya Dey	Agastya Dey	500	0
51	Rishila Banerjee	Rishila	500	0
52	L R Srihari	lsr	300	2414
53	Sai Manivannan N.R.	Saimanivannan	300	1926
54	Devarsh Borkhetariya M	Lightning McQueen	300	1482
55	Allen Jones	allenjones	300	1351
56	Virle Kimaya	KIMAYA_VIRLE#24	300	1349
57	Saparya Ghosh	dancingpawn	300	1196
58	Ashok Turkia	phe32	300	1176
59	Nidhish Govekar	Nidhish02	300	1069
60	Swayham P Das	swayham	251	1675
61	IM Pranesh M	pranimastermuni	201	2437
62	Arjun Gupta	Arjun Gupta	201	1932
63	Ankit Ray	shinchan2009	201	1661
64	Aditya Prasad	chessmonster	201	1620
65	CM Prraneeth Vuppala	Smart123	200	2253
66	Namitbir Singh Walia	Namitbir Singh	200	2093
67	Santu Mondal	dada1987	200	2081
68	Vinay R Jumani	Vinay12345	200	1754
69	Soumyajit Das	apply11	200	1683
70	Prakhar Bajaj	gaurav306	200	1663
71	WCM Shriyana S Mallya	sadhika	200	1277
72	Anmay V Chavan		200	1215
73	Sharadhi Shastry	chesschinnu	200	1123
74	Ajay Kumar	ajay022015	200	0
75	Jayant Rao Valluri	jayant23	200	0
76	K Chandra Sekhar	Chesslearner500	200	0
77	Thirumalaivasan K	VASU06	200	0
78	Samriddhaa Ghosh	Katoptris	150	1910
79	Amit Mishra	amitm55	150	0
80	Advait Ratnakar Vibhute	advait30	111	1472
81	Arnav Khandelwal	rockboss	110	1159
82	Naga Ram	Nagaram	102	0
83	FM Dushyant Sharma	Dushu2930	101	2270
84	Garv Gaur	garvgaur1008	101	2083
85	Kumar Gaurav	kumar2017	101	2036
86	Dinesh Rajan M	dinchamp	101	1912
87	Suryaraghava Inagandla	srchess29	101	1543
88	Vishal Kamat	ijarvish	101	1451
89	Jadav Alpesh Hasmukhlal	AlpeshJadav	101	1417
90	Swapneel Gupta	Masterblaster10	101	1337
91	Harsh Pandit	HarshPandit	101	1171
92	Shiva Gautam	dr_attack_6385	101	1142
93	Setu Minocha	setuminocha	101	1036
94	Karan Daryani	beardedking21	101	0
95	Kshitij Dutta	KDROCKS	101	0
96	Shreyan Mukherjee	shreyan2013	101	0
97	WFM Savitha Shri B	savithashri	100	2261
98	Sahil Tickoo	Thehope	100	2245
99	Rohit S	rohit2007	100	2189
100	Girish B Chandanani		100	2169
101	CM Bhavesh Mahajan	bhavesh1810	100	2047
102	Soham Bhattacharyya	ostad	100	2004
103	Praloy Sahoo	kingofblitz	100	1984
104	Aditya Bikram Paul	adityabikram	100	1964
105	Aditya Ramanathan	darkknight0405	100	1950
106	Alekhya Mukhopadhyay	GMAlekhya2007	100	1944
107	Sankalan Shah	Dragon_1234	100	1903
108	Ganeshbabu Gnanagurusamy	Adi2005	100	1896
109	Tejes S	T-Rex777	100	1893
110	Hari Surya Bharadwaj	Alekhine1	100	1882
111	Siddhant Gawai	DarkJoker	100	1840
112	Ansh Dhanvij	Dark Shadow	100	1773
113	Khush Wairagade	Roman Reigns	100	1720
114	Mansoor Taj Mohammed	Mansoortaj	100	1718
115	Ashwin Sairam	Ashwin23	100	1670
116	Gautam De	Edmatuag	100	1665
117	Satya Sekhar Mitra	Little Champs	100	1659
118	Shankhodip De	Young_Bronstein1573	100	1573
119	Sawyan Baran De	Mithun_1977	100	1523
120	Suhaas A	suhaas	100	1522
121	Shreshtha Surai	raisurai	100	1497
122	Adithya Vishveshwaran	Adithya Vish	100	1485
123	Abhinav Bhatt	Abhinav Bhatt	100	1483
124	Shresth Mahapatra	rise_like_messi	100	1481
125	Prathamesh Divekar	prathameshdivekar	100	1464
126	Kiran Vasishta TS	Kiran Vasishta	100	1427
127	Neev Patel	neevptl	100	1416
128	Amit Bhattrai	amitbhattrai	100	1398
129	Phadnis Pranav	Pranav1316	100	1386
130	Viraj Gogte	virgog	100	1337
131	Raja Sree Virinchi Vadali	virinchi	100	1331
132	Ramteke Sumedh	SR1211	100	1328
133	Anubhav Singhal	Parul1978	100	1319
134	Harinandha L	hari	100	1298
135	Padmaesh M K	Padmaesh M K	100	1293
136	Harshini A	Harshinianand	100	1265
137	Rudra Jaiswara	Mumma	100	1241
138	Pradeep Bajpai	Martian_Champ	100	1238
139	Ojash Jain	OJASHJAIN	100	1233
140	Devansh Chaudhury	dev11	100	1231
141	Shubham Sahasrabudhe	shubham001	100	1197
142	Sidharth Sreekumar	SidharthS	100	1194
143	Amogh Bisht	AmoghB	100	1193
144	Preet Mhatre	Magnus Carlsen	100	1175
145	Karthikeyan Panchapakesan	karthi37373	100	1172
146	Pradyumna Kanukollu	pradyumna_k	100	1138
147	Anoushka Bhatt	Anoushka Bhatt	100	1130
148	Alan K Thomas	Alan K Thomas	100	1120
149	Aditi P Iyer	Aditi Iyer	100	1098
150	Archit Saigal	architsaigal	100	1093
151	Shristi Chede	shristi chede	100	1084
152	Sanjay Pradnesh G	sragvidhanvi	100	1078
153	Sree Hari Nathan K S	sreeharia11	100	1069
154	Alind Khare	Alind	100	1061
155	Brij Nandan Singh	BRIJ1975	100	1054
156	Mohamed Rayhan S	smorayhan	100	1053
157	Venkatesh S	Quality_959	100	1036
158	Armaan Haider	ays020209	100	1027
159	Aarav Patel	patelaarav	100	0
160	Adipto Nath	Adipto Nath	100	0
161	Aneesh Adiga	Aneesh009	100	0
162	Arun Pratap Singh	Arun pratap singh	100	0
163	Dhandapani Kuppusamy	Dhandapanikuppusamy	100	0
164	Dushyant Singh	fauji_doctor	100	0
165	Harshit Vikram SB	Harshit2009	100	0
166	Indrajeet Tomar	Indrajeet4ever	100	0
167	Kadhir Suresh	BKGSUR	100	0
168	Kemee	Scientist_2025	100	0
169	Mayur Krishna Hazarika	partha sulabh hazarika	100	0
170	Namratha Rao	Namratha Rao	100	0
171	Narendra Singh		100	0
172	Neelam Kumari	scientific_outlook	100	0
173	Parth Goyal	Parthchesswinner	100	0
174	Pratham Aditya		100	0
175	Sadasiva Reddy Chirra	CSREDDY	100	0
176	Saksham Chede	saksham chede	100	0
177	Sansar Rana	scientific_attitude	100	0
178	Shaurya Pratap Singh	shash	100	0
179	Shivansh Bhatt	srbchess12	100	0
180	GM Vidit Gujrathi	evilgenius		2726
181	GM Sethuraman S P	Piscean		2644
182	GM Aryan Chopra	Aryan Chopra		2585
183	GM Gukesh D	Gk06		2563
184	IM Shinya Kojima	imsknkgg		2392
185	GM Villamayor Bong	BongVillamayor		2375
186	IM Padmini Rout	Padmini		2370
187	IM Soumya Swaminathan	travellingknight		2351
188	WIM Divya Deshmukh	chessylife		2305
189	Chia Yu Zhe Ashton	AntiSocial		1812

Donors who will not play the tournament

Sl.no.	Name	Playchess ID	Donation	Rating
1	GM Sasikiran Krishnan	Sasikiran	20000	2647
2	Anonymous		10000
3	GM Sriram Jha, IM S Vijayalakshmi and WGM S Meenakshi	vimeba	7000
4	GM Arunprasad Subramanian	Dont Know	5000	2507
5	GM Thejkumar MS	msthej	5000	2433
6	GM Narayanan S L	Narayanansl	1000	2618
7	GM Deep Sengupta	Deep Sengupta	1000	2527
8	Abhinav Kumar	Abhinav31	100	1159

Total funds raised: Rs.238,742

This amount has been updated till 9:30 p.m. IST on 9th of April 2020.

How to play tournament?

1. Download the free Windows software of Playchess

Firstly you have to download the free native Windows software from here. If you have Mac OS or Mac Computer, then you have to use some VMWare to run it as Playchess Desktop Client has native support on Windows OS only.

Login or Create account

After you have installed the Client. You must login.

Enter your Playchess username and password if you have one. (Note, for all the ChessBase Account Premium members, your login credentials will work). If you do not have a Username, you must click on "Create New Player Name" and create a new account. Alternatively, you can also create it here. This is free of cost and gives you free access to Playchess for a few days.

The tournament will take place in the Vishy Anand Arena in the ChessBase India room. Registered players should be online and logged into Playchess at least 30 minutes before the start of the tournament to confirm your entries on 9th of April. 7.30 p.m. would be a good time.

Click on the ‘Players’ Tab and then click on ‘Join Event’. The Sysop (Tournament Director) will accept your entry. Only those who have donated the money will be allowed to play.

Note: The Playchess id, while donating the amount and playing the tournament should be the same.

About ChessBase India Foundation

ChessBase India Foundation has indulged in raising funds not only for the talents of Indian chess but also on issues of national importance by galvanizing the chess community together.

₹174463 was raised for the floods that took place in Kerala

A ChessBase Online tournament was held for the matryrs of Pulwama and an amount of ₹101973 was raised

Chess players raised ₹33121 through Let's Rebuild Odisha ChessBase Online tournament

Rs.1,27,003 was raised in the memory of Indian chess legend Rafiq Khan and donated to his wife Zahida Khan

IM Sagar Shah and Niklesh Jain have already raised above Rs.45,000 to be donated to the PM CARES fund through their online training and the details of these funds can be seen here.

You can also make a direct donation to the bank account of ChessBase India Foundation which will be added to the amount of donation for the cause:

Name :- ChessBase India Foundation
A/C. No. :- 50200031999591
Bank Name: HDFC Bank.
Type of Account: Current Account
Branch Name :- GHATKOPAR EAST-TILAK ROAD
Branch Address :- 001 / 002,Samyak Darshan,Junction Of Tilak Road& Vallabh Baug Lane,Mumbai,
IFSC CODE :- HDFC0000118

All the contributors will be mentioned in a separate article which will be published when the tournament ends and the donation is made.

Know more about ChessBase India Foundation here.

About online tournaments on Playchess by ChessBase India:

ChessBase India has organized innumerable online events successfully. Here is some feedback about the quality of the events:

GM Vaibhav Suri, winner of 2nd ChessBase Online Blitz tournament

The tournament was conducted quite smoothly and a quite "fun Sunday" event. The participation of Adhiban & Sethuraman definitely added the spark to the event. I guess an Online Blitz Festival would be the next way to go (with different formats - Chess960, Bughouse, Bullet etc). Overall really happy with such events. Way to go!!

GM R R Laxman, multi-time National Blitz Champion

I thank the Chessbase India team once more for their strenous and tireless endeavour to popularise blitz events in India. Considering the fact that the present day time control even in classical format ( unlike the yesteryears) demands quick reflexes and blitz skills , I feel that the entire Chessbase India team is doing an exemplary and praiseworthy job. A boon for Indian chess !!!. Though my performance this time was not satisfactory ,I hope to excel and cherish more pleasant memories from my side in the forthcoming editions of Chessbase India blitz events.

IM Ravi Teja S, former National Challengers Champion

We (Ravi Teja&Anusha NLV) thoroughly enjoyed the tournament.it was exciting!

Tushar Bohra, father of Kanishk Bohra

Thanks for enrolling Kanishk for the event. He had a great time playing the games. And a great overall experience.

D Gukesh

I am extremely happy to have participated in my first online blitz tmt conducted by ChessBase India and loved the experience and thrill. from the start to the finish its professionally conducted and got the rare opportunity to play several high-class players in a single event and looking forward for its next event

Priti Mahendru, mother of Jaiveer Mahendru

This was our second chessbase online blitz event. My son is 8 years and it was an absolute thrill for him to be playing against titled players ! Thanks a lot for organizing this. We look forward to more such events !

Kushagra Mohan

I was happy the way the tournament was conducted. No problems at all. You just keep increasing the prize money and that is a big improvement.Cannot hope for more.

Shahid Ahmed (left) will be the tournament director and has been instrumental in the organization of the event

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	Abdusattorov wins Letsup MCA GP Blitz again @ 22/06/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Vaibhav Suri leads Letsup MCA GP, Blitz 4 on 24th June @ 18/06/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Nodirbek Abdusattorov triumphs in Letsup presents MCA GP Blitz 2 @ 15/06/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Late Shailesh Nerlikar Memorial Online Blitz Open on 27th June @ 11/06/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	28 GMs, 30 IMs will be seen in action in Letsup MCA GP Blitz 3 @ 11/06/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Vugar Rasulov wins Letsup presents MCA GP Blitz 1 @ 08/06/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	29 GMs, 26 IMs have confirmed for Letsup MCA GP Blitz 2 @ 04/06/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Mitrabha Guha wins Buddhibal Kreeda Trust Fischer Random Online Blitz Open @ 28/05/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Maharashtra Chess Association organizes Letsup presents Blitz GP 2020 @ 28/05/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Rs.35,000 Fischer Random event by Buddhibal Kreeda Trust on 23rd of May 2020 @ 17/05/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Andrew Tang wins Sultan Khan Cup @ 13/05/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Checkmate Covid-19 Online Blitz Open raises ₹451650 @ 07/05/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Have you registered for the biggest online ChessBase India event on 9th of May 2020? @ 06/05/2020 by Sagar Shah (en)
	Checkmate Covid-19 Fundraiser Online Blitz by Chess Kerala on 2nd May 2020 @ 24/04/2020 by V Saravanan (en)
	Biggest ever online blitz on ChessBase India: Sultan Khan Cup 2020 with a prize fund of Rs.101,000 @ 23/04/2020 by ChessBase India (en)
	Praggnanandhaa wins 5th Saturday Online Blitz Open 2020 @ 22/04/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Indian-Lion GM Arjun Erigaisi Roars again @ 15/04/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Aravindh, Gukesh and Arjun are the top seeds in 5th Saturday Online Blitz Open 2020 @ 12/04/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Rs. 2,43,243 raised at the "Let's fight Corona Together" online blitz @ 10/04/2020 by Sagar Shah (en)
	Announcing the Buddhibal Kreeda Trust online blitz on 14th of April 2020 @ 08/04/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Diptayan dominates 3rd Saturday Online Blitz Open 2020 @ 07/04/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Aravindh, Narayanan and Gukesh are the top seeds in 4th Saturday Online Blitz Open 2020 @ 05/04/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	"Let's fight Corona together" fundraiser online blitz on 9th of April 2020 @ 04/04/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan wins March Masters Online Blitz 2020 @ 02/04/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	ChessBase for classroom chess instruction @ 02/04/2020 by Alexey Root (en)
	The Indian-Lion tames all in 2nd Saturday Online Blitz Open 2020 @ 01/04/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Organize your online events with the ChessBase India team on Playchess @ 31/03/2020 by Sagar Shah (en)
	How to start a training broadcast on Playchess.com @ 30/03/2020 by ChessBase (en)
	Adhiban, Jumbayev and Aravindh are the top seeds in 3rd Saturday Online Blitz 2020 @ 30/03/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Guseinov, Aravindh and Pragg star in strong 2nd Saturday Blitz Tournament 2020 @ 27/03/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Pragg stands on top of “Chessworld” @ 24/03/2020 by Elshan Moradiabadi (en)
	Donchenko, Sethuraman, Aravind and more in action in March Masters Online Blitz 2020 @ 24/03/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Guseinov, Pragg, Gukesh and more will fight in 2nd Saturday Online Blitz 2020 @ 22/03/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Nihal, Pragg and Andriasian headline the 1st Saturday Online Blitz tournament @ 20/03/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Wanna battle with Gukesh, Visakh, Laxman and others in ChessBase Online Blitz Tournament? @ 16/03/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	ChessBase India presents five Saturday online Blitz events starting from 21st of March @ 15/03/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	How to improve your online chess strength @ 10/03/2020 by GM Avetik Grigoryan (en)
	Indian chess players raise Rs.33121 in 'Let's Rebuild Odisha' fundraiser tournament @ 16/05/2019 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	92 Indian Chess players raise Rs.1,01,973 for Pulwama terror attack Martyrs @ 25/02/2019 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Diptayan, Aravindh and Rathnakaran are the winners of Vishy Anand 49 Online Blitz 2018 @ 07/01/2019 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Your last chance to play with the best in Indian chess! @ 25/12/2018 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	An explosive line-up for Vishy Anand 49 online blitz 2018 @ 23/12/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
	Online blitz tournament to celebrate Vishy Anand's 49th birthday @ 12/12/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
	Amonatov, Martirosyan, Idani, Nihal, Pragg! What a mouth watering blitz event! @ 24/11/2018 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Diptayan Ghosh wins Gujarat-Goa Online Blitz 2018 @ 05/09/2018 by Shahid Ahmed (en)