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Chessable Sunway Sitges Open R6-7: Aravindh defeats Esipenko

20/12/2022 -

GM Aravindh Chithambaram defeated GM Andrey Esipenko to move to 6/7 at Chessable Sunway Sitges Open 2022 Group A. He is now at shared second position with GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI). They are at a full point behind the sole leader, GM Kirill Alekseenko 7/7. Aravindh outplayed Esipenko in queen, rook and knight vs queen, rook and bishop endgame. GM Karthikeyan Murali, GM Abhimanyu Puranik and GM Adhiban B are at 5.5/7 each. IM Aditya S Samant drew with Bulgaria no.2 GM Ivan Cheparinov to cross 2500 in the live ratings, 2502.3 to be exact. The teenager is now final GM-norm away from becoming India's next Grandmaster. Round 8 starts tonight at 9 p.m. IST. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

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Sambit Panda becomes the latest International Master of India

19/12/2022 -

18-year-old Sambit Panda became the latest International Master of India on the second week of December 2022. The teenager from Bhubaneswar crossed 2400 in the live ratings, just a week after India got its latest IM in the form of Jubin Jimmy. He fulfilled the rating criteria at Torino International Open - Master in Torino, Italy, nine months after scoring his first IM-norm at MPL 58th National Senior Championship. The second IM-norm was earned at 22nd Dubai Open in September first week. A little less than two months later, he secured his final IM-norm at Asian Continental Chess Championship 2022. He is now the ninth IM from Odisha. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

New: Mihail Marin: Tactic Toolbox Italian Game

19/12/2022 -

The highly popular Italian game (traditionally known as Giuoco Piano, meaning the quiet game in Italian) is mainly a positional opening. This is even more obvious in the systems with d2-d3 (Giuoco Pianissimo, the quietest game), in which White refrains from an early fight for the centre. With all the pieces and pawns on board, there are many latent tactical possibilities for both sides. If you have gotten Mihail Marin's new DVD - A Repertoire against the Italian Game, then this Tactic Toolbox will certainly be a nice addition to increase and strengthen your opening arsenal. Photo: ChessBase

8th Gashimov Memorial 2022 Rapid R1-3: Gukesh beats Rapport

19/12/2022 -

D Gukesh won his first round game against Richard Rapport (ROU) at 8th Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2022 Rapid. It was exciting batttle against the creative genius Rapport whose king was vulnerable when he made the final mistake.Then he lost his next two games against Rauf Mamedov (AZE) and Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP). Rauf outplayed Gukesh positionally. In the game against the Spain no.1, Gukesh got a couple of opportunities to save the game in the rook endgame. However, he missed them all. Gukesh will face three Azeris today - Aydin Suleymanli. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Abdulla Gadimbayli. Round 4 starts from 3:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Gashimov Chess Memorial live stream

Aronyak Ghosh wins Tata Steel Chess Festival 2022 Blitz Open

18/12/2022 -

IM Aronyak Ghosh, Subhayan Kundu and FM Aditya Vikram paul scored 7.5/9 at the Tata Steel Chess Festival 2022 All India Blitz Open. They secured first, second and third place respectively according to tie-breaks. Only Aronyak remained undefeated among them. He also won his third consecutive Tata Steel Chess Festival event. Rapid Open and Rapid Rating in 2019 and 2021 respectively and now Blitz Open. A total of 155 players including 5 IMs and two WIMs took part in this nine-round tournament with a time control of 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment each. The total prize fund was ₹39000. Top three prizes were ₹10000 + trophy, ₹6000 and ₹4000 each respectively. Photo: Lennart Ootes

Gukesh to star in 8th Gashimov Memorial 2022

18/12/2022 -

GM D Gukesh will participate in his second consecutive super tournament of the year. After a shared third place finish at the Tata Steel Chess India 2022 Rapid, he had a forgettable Blitz event. He would certainly like to do better in his first tournament in Azerbaijan. The remaining nine players in the field are - Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), Richard Rapport (ROU), Aydin Suleymanli (AZE), Rauf Mamedov (AZE), Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB), Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP), Abdulla Gadimbayli (AZE), Sam Shankland (USA) and Hao Wang (CHN). Three rounds of Rapid games will be played today, starting from 3:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Official site

New: Mihail Marin: A Repertoire against the Italian Game

18/12/2022 -

Given White‘s difficulty in proving an advantage in a series of Ruy Lopez systems, the Italian game (also known as Giuoco Piano), has become increasingly popular. In the systems based on an early d2-d3 (Giuoco Pianissimo), White aims at submitting their opponent to the same kind of positional pressure as “The Spanish torture”, a term used by Tartakower for describing the strategic fight in the Ruy Lopez. To be prepared for all the future battles in the Italian opening, grab this DVD and enrich your knowledge by adding another theoretical knowledge to your repertoire. Photo: ChessBase

Gukesh gets signed by FairPlay Sports

17/12/2022 -

The life of a 2700+ chess player is very busy. Opening preparation becomes a major need, your ideas need to be more and more exclusive. You have to form a team of seconds, pick and choose the best tournaments for you, and get coaching from world-class trainers. This whole process is very expensive, so it is very important for these players like Gukesh D to get Sponsorships. That's why it is a great news that FairPlay Sports has signed Gukesh D! Read more about how this signing came to fruition, as we talk with Gukesh's coach Vishnu Prasanna, and Bandana Chhetri, the founder of FairPlay Sports.

FIDE reforms the qualifications paths to the Candidates Tournament

17/12/2022 -

The FIDE Council has made a major reform on 16th December 2022. It is towards the paths to the Candidates Tournament, the event that determines the Challenger for the World Championship match. The main innovation behind this is to create new qualifying paths through a variety of FIDE rated tournments. Grand Prix is abolished for now as a path which used to give spots for the Candidates tournament. Apart from GP, Wild Card system has been removed too. Thus, every spot in the Candidates can only be earned by merit. Do you like the reformation? Let us know your thoughts in the comments about this innovation. Photo: FIDE

Aswath and Tejaswini win MPL National Sub Junior Open and Girls Chess Championships 2022 convincingly

17/12/2022 -

Tamil Nadu's Aswath S and Tejaswini G scored an unbeaten 9.5/11 each to win MPL 47th National Sub-Junior Under-15 Open and 38th National Sub-Junior Girls Chess Championship 2022. Both of them finished a half point ahead of the field. Aswath drew with both remaining podium finishers - runner-up Arjun Adireddy (TEL) 9/11 and second runner-up FM Harsh Suresh (TN) 8.5/11. Tejaswini drew with the eventual runner-up WCM Kheerthi Ganta (TEL) 9/11 and defeated the second runner-up Shubhi Gupta (UP) 8.5/11. In both sections, the top two finishers did not require tie-breaks. Since the previous edition champions, IM Pranesh M and Tanisha Boramanikar crossed the eligibility criteria, they could not defend their titles. Photo: IA Mrityunjay Singh

Chessable Sunway Sitges Open R5: Alekseenko and Karthikeyan Murali share the lead

17/12/2022 -

GM Kirill Alekseenko and GM Karthikeyan Murali are the coleaders after the fifth round of Chessable Sunway Sitges Open 2022 Group A. While Alekseenko defeated GM Abhimanyu Puranik, Karthikeyan halted IM Aditya S Samant's fantastic momentum. Abhimanyu had to find a difficult resource to save his kingside from crumbling. Aditya needed to use his knight more in the endgame before it became a liability. The tournament leaders will inevitably face each other in the sixth round. GM Aravindh Chithambaram and GM Sankalp Gupta drew with GM Jorden van Foreest (NED) and GM Anton Korobov (UKR). Round 6 starts tonight at 9 p.m. IST. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Velammal Nexus felicitates Gukesh

16/12/2022 -

Velammal School in Chennai, a part of the Velammal Nexus group is a landmark in Indian chess history by all counts. The number of top-level Grandmasters who have come from the Chennai school is huge! One of their brightest students is Gukesh D, the 16-year-old phenomenon who won an Individual Gold medal in Board 1 at the Chennai Chess Olympiad 2022. The World's third-youngest Grandmaster recently became the youngest player to defeat the World Champion Magnus Carlsen! Gukesh was felicitated recently by the Velammal Nexus School, in the presence of 5-time World Champion and FIDE Deputy President, Viswanathan Anand.

India wins 43 medals at Asian Schools Chess Championships 2022

16/12/2022 -

India has won a massive 43 medals including 20 individual (10 Gold, 6 Silver and 4 Bronze) medals, 23 team (8 Gold, 10 Silver and 5 Bronze) medals at Asian Schools Chess Championships 2022. Sharvaanica A S is the only Indian who has won a Gold medal in all three formats - Classical, Rapid and Blitz in Under-9 Girls category. She won Gold with a perfect score of 9/9, 7/7 and 7/7 respectively. Sidhant Rana won two Gold and a Silver medal, Vedika won a Gold and two Silver. IM Raahil Mullick won a Gold and a Bronze medal. 11 Indians have won at least one medal in this event. Photo: Prashant Mullick

Chessable Sunway Sitges Open R4: Aditya Samant sensational against Adhiban

16/12/2022 -

Six players are at a 100% score after the fourth round of Chessable Sunway Sitges Open 2022 Group A. GM Abhimanyu Puranik, IM Aditya S Samant and GM Karthikeyan Murali are the three Indians among them. Aditya scored a fantastic victory over GM B Adhiban. He is currently the sole IM among the pack. The 16-yeara-old will face fellow countryman Karthikeyan in the fifth round. Abhimanyu will be going against GM Kirill Alekseenko. India's sole National Triple Crown champion, GM Aravindh Chithambaram held top seed of the tournament and China no.2 Yangyi Yu to a draw. Round 5 starts tonight at 9 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Neelash Saha wins Tata Steel Chess Festival 2022 Rapid Rating Open

15/12/2022 -

Five players scored 7/8 at the Tata Steel Chess Festival 2022 All India Rapid Rating Open. They are - IM Neelash Saha, Subhayan Kundu, IM Aronyak Ghosh, Kaustuv Kundu and Swapan Mitra. Neelash, Subhayan and Aronyak secured first, second and third place respectively according to tie-breaks. Top three remained undefeated. A total of 174 players including 3 IMs and two WIMs took part in this eight-round Rapid Rating tournament with a time control of 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment each. The total prize fund was ₹100000. Top three prizes were ₹20000 + trophy, ₹15000 and ₹10000 each respectively. Check out some interesting moments from the tournament. Photo: Lennart Ootes

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