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Leon Luke Mendonca conquers 27th Hit Open 2023 scoring 8/8 and one round to spare

23/03/2023 -

GM Leon Luke Mendonca has won 27th Hit Open 2023 with a perfect score 8/8. He became champion with one round left to be played. In the penultimate round, the teenager made a short work of GM Nigel Davies in just 19 movies. The veteran grandmaster from England neglected the safety of his king and paid a heavy price for it. Leon etched his name in the history by becoming the first Indian to win the tournament in its 27 editions. Leon will face Slovenia's very own FM Domen Tisaj in the final round. The game might be a formality, however, Leon might want to go for 9/9 and set a record which can never be broken but only tied. Round 9 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

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Missed wins in Osaka

23/03/2023 -

Mayur Gondhalekar and his good friend, Sheldon Donaldson keeps us updated about the Japan chess scene. This time Sheldon writes a blog about Osaka Chess Championship 2023 in which he also participated. The Canadian origin, currently residing in Japan, was making an attempt to qualify for the Japan Chess Championship which is slated to take place later this year. Since the number of participants are less and few players have already qualified, a score of 2.5/4 would be enough to secure a spot. Will Sheldon be able to qualify and return to Tokyo? Check out his experience of playing at Osaka held on 5th March. He also talks about his games with analysis and shared photos of the tournament. All photos in this article: Sheldon Donaldson

Sethuraman is the top seed at 20th Delhi GM Open 2023

23/03/2023 -

20th Delhi GM Open starts today at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi. Former Asian Continental champion and last month's 9th Cappelle la Grande Open 2023 winner, GM Sethuraman S P will be the top seed of the event. The reigning National Rapid and Blitz champion, GM Aravindh Chithambaram will be the second seed. They will be followed by Georgian GM Levan Pantsulaia who won the 17th edition back in 2019. The total prize fund is ₹4500000. The top three prizes are ₹600000, ₹500000 and ₹400000 each. A total of 1050+ players including 19 GMs and 10 IMs are slated to take part from 15 countries across the world. Round 1 starts today at 2 p.m. IST. Who do you think will win the 20th edition? Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

27th Hit Open 2023 R1-7: Leon Luke Mendonca is in perfect harmony 7/7

22/03/2023 -

GM Leon Luke Mendonca made a stellar start at 27th Hit Open 2023. He has won seven games in a row and his current performance is 3202. He is already gaining 21.1 Elo rating points so far and it seems like he wants to storm into 2600. The recently turned 17-year-old has defeated GM Marko Tratar (SLO), GM Ognjen Cvitan (CRO), GM Aleksa Strikovic (SRB), IM Matthew J Wadsworth (ENG) and GM Sabino Brunello (ITA) among the seven victories. He is now a staggering two points ahead of the field which means he needs a minimum two draws in the last two rounds to win the tournament. We wouldn't be surprised if Leon wants to go for a rare feat of 9/9 to finish first. The ninth round will be GM Nigel Davies (ENG). Round 8 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 9:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Chess Club Nova Gorica

NC World Masters with world-class field of participants in Dortmund

22/03/2023 -

The historic Sparkassen Chess Trophy will celebrate its golden jubilee edition this year. The 50th Dortmund Chess Days will take place from 24th June to 2nd July 2023 at Westfalenhallen/kongresszentrum/Goldsaal in Dortmund, Germany. There will be two groups of Open events. NC World Masters will feature the 14th world champion - Vladimir Kramnik, former world championship challenger - Fabiano Caruana, defending NC World Masters champion - Dmitrij Kollars and the winner of 48th and 49th International Dortmund Chess Days - Pavel Eljanov. The total prize fund for Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2023 is €25000 with the first prize being €5000. Registration is on. Photo: Official site

FIDE Grand Swiss Open and Women 2023 to take place at Isle of Man from 24th October to 5th November

21/03/2023 -

FIDE Grand Swiss and Women's Grand Swiss will take place in Douglas, Isle of Man from 24th October to 5th November 2023. Both events are part of the next World Championship Cycle. The winner and runner-up of each section will secure their spots in their respective Candidates 2024. It will be an 11-round Swiss event having a Dutch pairing system. The main changes in this edition are - qualification system, increased prize fund, travel and accommodation conditions. The combined prize fund for both events is US$ 600000, an increase of US$ 50000 from the previous edition, $460000 in the Open and $140000 for the Women. The first prize in Open and Women is $80000 and $25000 each respectively. Check out the official announcement for more details. Photo: FIDE

Endgame Magic #232 with Ilamparthi A R: Endgame highlights from the WR Chess Masters in Düsseldorf

21/03/2023 -

Ilamparthi A R (born in 2009) is one of the most promising talents from India, a country with a lot of amazing talents. He is the reigning World Under-14 Champion, India's latest International Master and has just won the Under-14 Boys and Blitz tournament at the WR Masters in Düsseldorf. When Ilamparthi visited the ChessBase headquarters in Hamburg, he and Karsten had fun analysing some tricky endgames together. You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. Ilamparthi joins the long list of various chess players from all over the globe attending this iconic show focused on endgames which is running for over a decade. Watch the latest episode and enrich your knowledge in the endgame. Photo: Endgame Magic #232 / ChessBase

Facing 21 players with 1 hour on the clock : The Gukesh Simul

20/03/2023 -

16-year-old Dommaraju Gukesh is one of the brightest talents of India and World Chess. At such a young age, the WestBridge-Anand Chess Academy mentee has reached a FIDE Rating of 2730! The current India no.2 graced the ChessBase India Chess Club with his presence on Saturday, 18th March 2023. There was a big challenge in front of him - he was giving a simultaneous exhibition to 21 players, with the top five seeds have a FIDE rating of 2000+ and 4 titled players in the mix! Check out the article below to know about the wonderful simul held at the Phoenix Marketcity Mall, Mumbai and how Gukesh fared.

Praggnanandhaa wins the 32nd PSPB Inter Petroleum Unit Individual Rapid

20/03/2023 -

The PSPB Individual Championships are one of the strongest events in India. The rating average is very high - almost all titled players participate in the event! Facing a very strong field, the youngest participant of the tournament shone the most. Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa won the event with an amazing 7.5/9! GM Karthikeyan Murali came in 2nd with a score of 7/9, and Adhiban Baskaran stood 3rd also scoring 7/9. A very special simultaneous exhibition was arranged at the end of the tournament for the young talents of Pune Chess! Photo: Sagar Shah

Capablanca Chess Festival is coming with a huge prize fund of Rs. 25 Lakh

19/03/2023 -

Capablanca Chess School celebrates its Annual day with a week-long chess events termed CCS Chess Festival! The first Edition of this event started in 2017 as a state level event of 3 days Classical, 2 Days Rapid and 1 Day Blitz chess. This time, there's a huge prize fund across all 3 formats - Classical, Rapid and Blitz! In 2023, Capablanca Chess school celebrates its 7th Anniversary Day by leveraging the CCS Chess Festival 2023 to newer heights as The biggest prize money event of Kerala with a prize fund of Rs.25 Lakhs. Read more about this wonderful chess festival held at Trivandrum, Kerala.

Kishan Gangolli clinches his seventh AICFB National title

19/03/2023 -

Kishan Gangolli drew his final round game against Ashvin K Makwana to win Onward Technologies AICFB 16th National Chess Championship for the Visually Challenged 2023. This is his seventh National title. Previously he has won it in 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. The only time he lost a game en route a National title was back in the fifth round of 12th National A on 6th March 2017. After that he won four National championships and remained undefeated in all his triumphs. The unbeaten streak since then in all his National triumphs is 43. If you count last year's runner-up finish, it would be 52. Aryan Joshi and Soundarya Kumar Pradhan defeated Somender B L and Swapanil Shah respectively to finish with a score of 7/9. They secured second and third place according to the tie-breaks. Photo: AICFB

Sayantan Das wins Chessemy Open 2023

18/03/2023 -

GM Sayantan Das and IM Nikolas Lubbe scored 7/9 each and remained undefeated. However, India's latest GM Sayantan Das won Chessemy Open 2023 A due to better tie-break score. The fourth round encounter between them ended in a well contested draw. Nikolas scored his final GM-norm at this event to become Germany's latest Grandmaster. Four players - GM Vladimir Baklan, GM Diptayan Ghosh, FM Jasper Holtel and GM Ilja Zaragatski scored 6.5/9 each. They were placed third to sixth according to tie-breaks. IM Arghyadip Das and WGM Priyanka Nutakki scored 6/9 each. They secured eighth and ninth places. Priyanka was the top female performer and only woman to finish in top 30. The total prize fund was €6650. Top three prizes were €1200, €800 and €600 each respectively. Photo: IM FI Jonathan Carlstedt/Chessemy

Onward Technologies 16th AICFB National R7-8: Kishan inches closer to his seventh reign

18/03/2023 -

Kishan Gangolli defeated Hariharan Gandhi in Round 7 to gain sole lead 6.5/7. Soundarya Kumar Pradhan drew with Somender B L to stay a half point behind 6/7. In the penultimate round, Kishan drew with Milind Samant while Soundarya lost to Aryan Joshi. Thus, Kishan gained a full point lead heading into the final round 7/8 where he will face Ashvin K Makvana. A win or a draw will make Kishan a clear champion, however a loss would leave things into others hands. Four players - Somender, Aryan, Soundarya and Ashvin are at 6/8 each. Will Kishan win the National title for the seventh time? Round 9 starts today at 9 a.m. IST.

Get ready for Buldana Urban Maharashtra State Under 17 Open and Girls Selection Chess Championship 2023

17/03/2023 -

The Maharashtra State Under 17 Championships 2023 will be held at Buldana this year, from 14th-16th April 2023! This will be a FIDE Rated classical swiss event with 8 rounds. This is also the state selection tournament for the National Under-17 Championships to be held later this year! The tournament is sponsored by Buldana Urban Co-operative Credit Society. One of the most interesting and attractive features of this event is: The organizers are providing free accomodation for everyone! Read more about this event below.

Bhakti Kulkarni dominates Pilsen Open B 2023

17/03/2023 -

It is not every day one get to witness a woman winning an Open event. IM Bhakti Kulkarni ended her rough patch on 11th March 2023 when she won the Pilsen Open 2023 B. The Arjuna Awardee scored an unbeaten 8/9 and finished 1.5 points ahead of the competition to become the champion. It is difficult to recollect the last time a female player won a Swiss league Open event. IM Vaishali R won an Open event last May, however it was a Round-Robin tournament. The top three prizes were CZK 8000 + trophy, 6000 and 4000. FM Ashwath R finished third scoring 5.5/7 in the C Rapid Open event. He won CZK 500. Photo: Official site

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