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Old Boys' Chess Association of Dharmasoka College invites you to 10th Dhamso International Chess Festival

07/05/2023 -

The Old Boys' Chess Association of Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda invites you to 10th Dhamso International Chess Festival 2023. The festival includes Classical and Blitz rating tournaments along with various side events for parents, coaches and accompanying persons. The total prize fund of the festival is LKR 1.4 Million. The top three prizes in the Classical event are LKR 150000 + trophy, 100000 and 70000 along with a medal each respectively. Last date of registration is 18th May. Entry is free for the following titled players - GM, IM, WGM, WIM, FM and WFM, and also players rated above 2000. Check out the article to find out the conditions and travel grant offered by the organizers. All photos are from tournament circular.

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Superbet Classic 2023 R1: So subdues Firouzja

07/05/2023 -

The first round of Superbet Chess Classic 2023 witnessed only one decisive game. The first official World Fischer Random champion, Wesley So defeated the current world no.4 Alireza Firouzja. He played his first rated game in almost eight months. The latter made some inaccuracy in the queen, rook and knight endgame and paid a heavy price for it. The new world champion, Ding Liren drew his first game comfortably after winning the crown against the former world blitz champion, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. The other anticipated game between Nepomniachtchi and Rapport also ended in a draw. Round 2 starts today from 3 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Baku Open 2023 R3: Prraneeth Vuppala beats Vahap Sanal

07/05/2023 -

IM Prraneeth Vuppala continues his good form as he defeated the Turkey no.2 GM Vahap Sanal. Currently GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO) and GM Aleksandr Predke (SRB) are the only two players at 3/3 at the conclusion of the third round of Baku Open 2023. IM Aditya S Samant held Serbia no.2 GM Aleksandar Indjic to a short draw. 20 players including six Indians are at 2.5/3 each. They are - GM Sandipan Chanda, Prraneeth, GM Sethuraman S P, GM Harsha Bharathakoti, GM Leon Luke Mendonca and IM Aditya. The tournament leaders Levan and Predke will inevitably clash against each other on the top board in Round 4 which starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FA Lana Afandiyeva

Tepe Sigeman & Co 2023 R3: Svidler and Mishra join Gukesh in the lead

07/05/2023 -

Sweden no.1 Nils Grandelius halted D Gukesh's winning streak at 28th TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2023. Gukesh opted for the Berlin in Ruy Lopez. The three-time winner of this event made a Greek-gift sacrifice. However, it was not as venomous as he wanted it to be. A draw via perpetual check became the obvious result of it. Arjun Erigaisi suffered his second consecutive loss of the event. Svidler was repeating the same line he played against Caruana in a Blitz game. Arjun's exchange sacrifice did not earn him any compensation and eventually he lost. Jorden van Foreest got the better of Gelfand in the endgame. Vincent Keymer blundered in a winning position and lost to Abhimanyu Mishra. It will be Arjun vs Gukesh in Round 4 starting today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: David Llada/TePe Sigeman & Co Tournament 2023

Deepan Chakkravarthy wins 1st Queenstar Rating Open 2023, Raahul V S third

06/05/2023 -

GM Deepan Chakkravarthy, GM Azer Mirzoev (AZE), IM Raahul V S and CM Isara Banidu Dahanayake (SRI) scored an unbeaten 8/9 each. Deepan won the 1st Queenstar Rating Open 2023 due to better tie-breaks. The remaining three were placed second to fourth respectively. Deepan drew with both remaining podium finishers. The total prize fund was LKR 2.2 Million. The top three prizes were LKR 200000, 125000 and 75000 along with a trophy and medal each respectively. Deepan won ₹51080 approximately. This is Deepan's first tournament victory since October 2019 when he won a rating tournament in Karnataka. Photo: Anil Madusampath/Queenstar International Chess Coaching Academy

Ding Liren set to battle against Nepomniachtchi, Rapport and co. at Superbet Chess Classic 2023

06/05/2023 -

Grand Chess Tour is back with some elite level action. The new world champion Ding Liren will face the former world championship challenger, Ian Nepomniachtchi. The 17th world champion's second Richard Rapport will also be seen battling against him. They will be joined by six of the world top ten players. They are - world no.4 Alireza Firouzja, world no.6 Anish Giri, world no.7 Fabiano Caruana, world no.8 Wesley So, World Blitz 2021 winner Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, FIDE World Cup 2021 winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Romania no.2 Bogdan-Daniel Deac. The 13th world champion Garry Kasparov was present at the opening ceremony. Round 1 starts today from 3 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Baku Open 2023 R2: Ilamparthi stuns Bharath Subramaniyam

06/05/2023 -

World Under-14 Gold medalist, IM Ilamparthi A R scored a big victory over GM Bharath Subramaniyam H. He is now among the 14 players who are at 2/2. Six of them are Indians. The remaining five are - GM Leon Luke Mendonca, GM Harsha Bharathakoti, GM Aditya Mittal, GM Sandipan Chanda and IM Aditya S Samant. GM-elect IM Prraneeth Vuppala held Azerbaijan no.6 GM Nijat Abasov to a draw. He had a good opportunity to make things difficult. However, the teenager opted for a safer option. FM Mohamed Anees M held GM Rauf Mamedov (AZE) to a draw. IM Dushyant Sharma once again had an 88-move draw, this time against GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (UKR). Round 3 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FA Lana Afandiyeva

Tepe Sigeman & Co 2023 R2: Gukesh crushes Keymer, now World no.15

06/05/2023 -

D Gukesh made a fantastic start at 28th TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2023. He destroyed the Germany no.1 Vincent Keymer when the latter overlooked a bishop sacrifice. It wrecked the kingside and Gukesh had no trouble seizing his advantage. This win made Gukesh's live rating at his career highest 2741 and now he is World no.15. Meanwhile, Arjun Erigaisi dropped the ball on his position when he himself stopped the momentum by making a strange retreat. Later, a desperate rook sacrifice did not work and the Sweden no.1 Nils Grandelius had no trouble wrapping things up. Round 3 will see Svidler vs Arjun and Grandelius vs Gukesh clash starting today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: David Llada/TePe Sigeman & Co Tournament 2023

Raahul V S wins 1st Queenstar Blitz Rating Open 2023

05/05/2023 -

Both IM Raahul V S and FM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan scored 8.5/9 at 1st Queenstar Blitz Rating Open 2023. Their penultimate round encounter against each other ended in a draw. The first three tie-break scores were exactly the same. Raahul won the tournament based on their fourth tie-break score, Liyanage was placed second. Sri Lanka no.1 IM L M S T De Silva edged past Shrayan Majumder on tie-breaks to secure third place. They both scored 8/9 each. The top three prizes were LKR 50000, 25000 and 15000 along with a trophy and medal each respectively. Raahul won ₹12770 approximately. This is Raahul's first tournament victory since December 2021 when he won Gold at Asian Junior Open in Sri Lanka.

Baku Open 2023 R1: Dushyant Sharma holds Rauf Mamedov to a draw

05/05/2023 -

IM Dushyant Sharma held Azerbaijan no.5, GM Rauf Mamedov to a draw in the first round of Baku Open 2023. Dushyant played solid throughout the game and ensured no mistakes were made. The majority of the game was a rook endgame which lasted for 56 moves out of 88 in total. FM Mohamed Anees M missed a great opportunity to win against GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (UKR). The former initially found the correct way to liquidate into a favorable knight vs bishop endgame. However, he misplayed and let his opportunity slip. FM Nikhil Dixit scored a beautiful win against IM Manish Anto Cristiano F when the latter blundered immediately after declining a guaranteed draw by perpetual check. Round 2 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FA Lana Afandiyeva

Tepe Sigeman & Co 2023 R1: Arjun Erigaisi and Gukesh make a winning start

05/05/2023 -

Arjun Erigaisi got the better of the legendary Boris Gelfand in the first round of 28th TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2023. The FIDE World Cup 2009 winner and former World Championship Challenger blundered a piece in the middlegame. Gelfand opted for the Open Catalan, something Arjun is quite well-prepared. D Gukesh scored his first win against 2021 edition winner, Jorden van Foreest. The Netherlands no.2 erred in the queen and minor piece endgame, from which there was no possibility of saving the game. Arjun and Gukesh scored the only wins of the round. It will be Arjun vs Grandelius and Gukesh vs Keymer in Round 2 which starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: David Llada/TePe Sigeman & Co Tournament 2023

A new avenue for chess improvement with GM Swapnil Dhopade

05/05/2023 -

Chess in India has been on the rise and one of the main reasons for this is the fact that the country has strong grandmasters who have decided to dedicate all of their time to chess coaching and training. One such GM is Swapnil Dhopade. Swapnil has several achievements under his belt as a player and a trainer. Recently he has decided to launch online group classes at his academy - Chess Pathshala. This means that players all across the world can now access his coaching at an affordable price. Check out the article to know more.

Chakravarthi Reddy dominates 5th Holi Cup Rating Open 2023

04/05/2023 -

IM Chakravarthi Reddy M scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 5th Holi Cup Rating Open 2023. He finished a full point ahead of the competition. Six players - IM Rajesh Vav, FM FT Matta Vinaykumar, Kumar Gaurav, Narayan Iyengar, Harshvardhan Swami and Sham R scored 7.5/9. They were placed second to seventh according to tie-breaks. Third seeded Chakravarthi drew with Rajesh and defeated Matta en route his championship. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹1501000. The top three prizes were ₹111000, ₹71000 and ₹41000 along with a trophy each respectively. This was Chakravarthi's third consecutive podium finish in the month of April. The five-day nine-round Swiss league rating tournament was organized by Chess in Lakecity. Photo: Chess in Lakecity

A prelude on LBHM 30 lacs prize money chess festival

04/05/2023 -

The month of May is going to witness a lot of rating chess tournaments. Among them, the fourth edition of Late Bharatbai Halkude Memorial Chess Festival is offering a combined prize fund of over 30 lacs across three tournaments - Classical, Below 1600 and Rapid. The festival will take place from 13th to 21st May in Pune. There are a dozen prizes which are over ₹100000 each combining Open and Below 1600 event. So far two GMs and seven IMs have already registered in the Classical and Rapid events. So hurry up and register now if you haven't yet. Check out the details and preview of the tournament written by the Chief Arbiter of the event - IA R Anantharam. Photo: Tournament Circular

Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi set to face Gelfand, Svidler and world's best at 28th TePe Sigeman & Co 2023

04/05/2023 -

The Limhamn Chess Club is organizing the 28th edition of one of the most prestigious events of the world, TePe Sigeman & Co Tournament 2023. This year also the organizers have put together a great mix legendary players along with the present generation of world-class talents. This year two Indians - D Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi will battle against a very exciting line up of - Vincent Keymer (GER), Jorden van Foreest (NED), Peter Svidler, Boris Gelfand (ISR), Nils Grandelius (SWE) and Abhimanyu Mishra (USA). The only other time two Indians took part in this tournament was in 2019. K Sasikiran and Vidit Gujrathi are the only two Indians to have ever won this event. Will we see another Indian winning this event? Round 1 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: David Llada

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