Books, Boards, Clocks & More

At ChessBase India Shop

Visit now!

new books banner

India starts as the top seed in Group B at World Teams 2022 starting today

20/11/2022 -

Three months after winning the Bronze medal at the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022, Indian men's team will start their FIDE World Team Championship campaign on Sunday 20th November at Jerusalem, Israel. The tournament format is same as last year's World Women Team Championship 2021. The top four teams from each group will advance to the Quarterfinals. India finished at fourth place in the previous edition in 2019, they would definitely like to better that finish this time. Team India consists of Vidit Gujrathi, Nihal Sarin, S L Narayanan, Sethuraman S P, K Sasikiran and Abhijeet Gupta. Round 1 starts today at 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

NEW LAUNCH

CHESSBASE '26 + MEGA DATABASE '26

The industry standard new combo is here to help you uplift your Chess!

ChessBase '26 + MEGA DATABASE '26 Shop Now

Commonwealth 2022 R5-6: Mitrabha regains his sole lead

20/11/2022 -

GM Mitrabha Guha regained his sole lead by defeating GM Venkatesh M R in the sixth round of Commonwealth Chess Championships 2022. He moved to 5.5/6. Currently GM Aravindh Chithambaram and IM P Shyam Nikhil are the only two players trailing by a half point at 5/6 each. Both Shyam and Aravindh halted GM-elect IM Pranesh M and CM Gaurang Bagwe's phenomenal run by defeating them respectively. WGM-elect WIM Sakshi Chitlange lost to GM Visakh N R after scoring a win against GM Neelotpal Das in the fourth round. WIM Bhagyashree Thipsay and Sakshi are currently top female scorer at 4/6 each. Round 7 in the Open section starts today at 4 p.m. local time and IST. Photo: Chess Federation of Sri Lanka

Carlsen and Nakamura chime on Messi and Ronaldo posing for Louis Vuitton before FIFA World Cup 2022

20/11/2022 -

A little less than 24 hours before the start of the first match of FIFA World Cup 2022, world-famous fashion brand Louis Vuitton shared an image of football icons Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo posing with a chess board. The first thing that chess enthusiasts do when seeing someone set up a position is to find whether the position ever occurred in a tournament game. It turns out that it actually does. Have you figured it out yet? Let us take a look at the position and what the world's best had to say about it. Don't forget to share your thoughts about the photo and who do you think will win a chess game between Messi and Ronaldo. Photo: Annie Leibovitz/Louis Vuitton

Magnus Carlsen wins MCCT Finals 2022 with a round to spare

20/11/2022 -

Magnus Carlsen defeated R Praggnanandhhaa 2.5-0.5 to win the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals 2022 with one round to spare. Praggnanandhaa might have lost two games and the matches but he is being forged in the battlefield. This learning experience is certainly helping him to become stronger. He has already shown traits of the world champion in this event and at Asian Continental Championship 2022 too. So one should not take these losses to their hearts because Praggnanandhaa will bounce back stronger and roar louder in the days to come. Arjun Erigaisi made a short work of Liem Quang Le scoring a 2.5-0.5 win. It was once again a minimal day as all four matches needed only three games to produce an outcome. Praggnanandhaa will face Arjun in the final round 7 which starts tonight, 21st November at 1:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Champions Chess Tour

Shinya Kojima wins Japan Open 2022

19/11/2022 -

The last couple of years saw the pandemic take its toll on Over-the-board events. This year has been far better. Travel has again become possible worldwide, with Japan also reopening to tourists from October. Sheldon Donaldson shares his thoughts with us again. Yet, the more things changed, the more they seem to have remained the same. IM Shinya Kojima pulled off yet another win at the Japan Open 2022. He won the previous edition early this year in January. Once again he remained undefeated. Check out the tournament report by Mayur Gondhalekar and his good friend Sheldon Donaldson who also took part in this event. Photo: National Chess Society of Japan

MCCT Finals R5: Praggnanandhaa wins a thriller against Duda

19/11/2022 -

R Praggnanandhaa had his best match of MCCT Finals so far against Jan-Krzysztof Duda. They had six decisive games and White won in them all. They were trading wins and the 17-year-old won a must-win fourth game to force tie-breaks. The teenager started the tie-breaks with a win which put Duda in a must-win situation and he won that. Praggnanandhaa drew the Armageddon with black pieces. Thus, he won the match. Arjun Erigaisi made a short work of Anish Giri in just three games. Former World Blitz champion, Liem Quang Le stretched Magnus Carlsen to his limit and the World no.1 had to win the Armageddon to clinch the match. Carlsen vs Praggnanandhaa and Liem vs Arjun is set for Round 6 which starts tonight, 20th November at 1:30 a.m. IST. Photo: ChessBase India live stream

Subhayan Kundu dominates 3rd DD-DBCA Rating Open 2022

18/11/2022 -

Top seed of the tournament, Subhayan Kundu scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 3rd DD-DBCA Rating Open 2022. He finished a full point ahead of the competition. Kunal Chatterjee, Anurag Jaiswal and Ritabrata Chakraborty scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed second, third and fourth according to tie-breaks. Fifth place finisher Vivek Sharma was the only one to extract a half point from the eventual champion, Subhayan. The total cash prize fund of the tournament was ₹300000. The top three prizes were ₹40000 and a trophy, ₹30000 and ₹20000 each. Check out the champion's favorite game from the tournament analyzed by himself. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Commonwealth 2022 R1-4: Mitrabha outwits Aravindh, gains sole lead

18/11/2022 -

India's 72nd GM Mitrabha Guha scored a big victory over the top seed of the tournament, GM Aravindh Chithambaram. Their rivalry started over nine years ago and so far they have had only one draw in their nine encounters. Mitrabha won an exciting battle to gain sole lead 4/4. GM-elect IM Pranesh M is one of the six players at 3.5/4. He defeated a former Commonwealth Gold medalist, GM Deep Sengupta in the fourth round. The teenager is also leading the Under-14 Open with a perfect 4/4. WGM-elect Sakshi Chitlange and veteran WIM Bhagyashree Thipsay are currently the top female scorers at 3/4 each. Round 5 in the Open section starts today at 4 p.m. local time and IST. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

MCCT Finals R4: Arjun Erigaisi beats Mamedyarov, ends his win drought

18/11/2022 -

Arjun Erigaisi scored his first point in the fourth round of Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals. After missing a win in the first game, the teenager ensured that he does not let another opportunity slip by. He won the second one by seizing his material advantage in the endgame. In the third game, he missed a slightly difficult tactic. However, in the fourth game he made a beautiful finish to win the match 1-3 in his favor. Praggnanandhaa drew three games and lost one against So to lose the match 1.5-2.5. He just needed to be unafraid in the third game to avoid a loss. Carlsen and Liem were the other two victors of the round against Giri and Duda respectively. It's Arjun vs Giri and Praggnanandhaa vs Duda in the fifth round, starting tonight, 19th November at 1:30 a.m. IST. Photo: ChessBase India live stream

Kaustuv Kundu conquers 3rd TTCA Rating Open 2022

17/11/2022 -

Kaustuv Kundu scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win 3rd TTCA Rating Open 2022. He finished a half point ahead of the field. S Prasanna and Arpan Das made 7.5/9 each. They were placed second and third according to tie-breaks. Kaustuv defeated the eventual runner-up in the seventh round. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹360000. The top three prizes were ₹55000, ₹40000 and ₹25000 along with a trophy each. A total of 238 players took part in this event. The organizer Tiswadi Taluka Chess Association took the initiative to popularize chess across the state of Goa by organizing tournaments like these. Photo: IA Arvind Mhamal

MCCT Finals R3: Praggnanandhaa squashes Liem 3-0

17/11/2022 -

Praggnanandhaa scored his first match victory in the third round of Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals. He defeated the former World Blitz champion, Liem Quang Le in three consecutive games. In all three games, the 17-year-old showed a fantastic positional understanding, punctuated by his sharp tactical awareness. This 3-0 win propelled him to the fourth spot on the points table, sharing the same score 4/9 with Giri and Liem. Arjun Erigaisi's tough form continues as he suffered another loss in just three games. This time against the former World Fischer Random champion, Wesley So. Carlsen defeated Mamedyarov 3-0 and Duda defeated Giri 2.5-0.5. Round 4 pairings are, Praggnanandhaa vs So and Mamedyarov vs Arjun Erigaisi, starting tonight 18th November at 1:30 a.m. IST. Photo: ChessBase India live stream

54-year-old P D S Girinath triumphs at 1st BongCloud Rapid Rating Open 2022

16/11/2022 -

Generally, we almost always see a young player creating/breaking new record quite often. It's time to rejoice for adults and veterans as IM P D S Girinath scored eight straight victories at 1st BongCloud Rapid Rating Open 2022. A last round loss did not affect his first place position. Three more players - FM R Ashwath, IM Kushagra Mohan and top seed GM Thej Kumar M S scored 8/9 each. They were placed second to fourth according to tie-breaks. Thej was the only one to beat the eventual champion. Girinath showed that age is just a number. His knowledge, skills and understanding of the game is timeless. The total cash prize fund of the tournament was ₹200000. The top three prizes were ₹40000, ₹25000 and ₹15000 along with a trophy each. Photo: Amit Shriwas/BongCloud Chess Club

Vignesh N R clinches 34th All India Railway Chess Championship 2022

16/11/2022 -

IM Vignesh N R of Southern Railway scored an unbeaten 6/7 to win 34th All India Inter Railways Individual Chess Championship 2022. Vignesh has also won the previous edition which took place early this year. He finished second in his debut year 2019. Thus, Vignesh's three performance at All India Railways have been a second place finish and two as champion which is certainly outstanding. Four players scored 5.5/7 each. GM Swapnil Dhopade of Central Railway and GM Karthikeyan P of ICF were adjudged second and third respectively according to tie-breaks. Southern Railway claimed the first place in both Team and Individual events. Photo: IA R Anantharam

MCCT Finals R2: Giri makes a comeback against Praggnanandhaa

16/11/2022 -

Praggnanandhaa made a fantastic start by winning the first two games of Round 2. However, Giri bounced back by winning the next two and forced tie-breaks. The World no.7 won the first Blitz tie-break and drew the second to win the match. Arjun Erigaisi should have drawn his first game against Magnus Carlsen in the queen endgame. An incorrect queen trade offer cost him the game. He drew the next and lost the third one which allowed the World no.1 to win the second round encounter. Liem also took only three games to win his match against So. Duda defeated Mamedyarov without conceding a single loss. It will be Praggnanandhaa vs Liem and So vs Arjun in Round 3 which starts tonight 17th November at 1:30 a.m. IST. Photo: ChessBase India live stream

The Mega Diwali Sale 2022 with the launch of ChessBase 17

15/11/2022 -

"Oh wow! ChessBase India has a sale! That's so wonderful," a chess lover exclaims. "But how do I navigate the over 800 products available in the shop?" This is a very valid worry for any person who is new to the ChessBase India's online-shop. We have so many useful chess products, but it is quite possible to get lost in the sheer quantum. At the core we deal in three types of chess products - 1. ChessBase softwares and fritztrainers 2. Chess Books 3. Accessories which include t-shirts, hoodies, chess sets, notebooks, pens and much more. From the 14th to the 16th of November is the Mega Diwali Sale across the entire ChessBase India store. We hope that with this article you will be able to navigate the ChessBase India shop like a boss and get the most appropriate product for yourself. Don't forget, ChessBase 17 and Mega Database 2023 are now out for pre-order!

Contact Us