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Surya and Arya's triumph in the 20th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2022

02/11/2022 -

Surya Ganguly's peak rating has been as high as 2676. Currently his Elo has slid down to 2589. But as they say form is temporary and class is permanent. The experienced GM from West Bengal won the 20th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2022 with a score of 7.5/9 ahead of strong players like Aryan Tari, Hrant Melkumyan, Nigel Short and many more! IM Sagar Shah conducted an interview with the Bengal tiger, where they talk about Surya's whole experience in the tournament, the beautiful moments with her daughter Arya, and his passion for Wildlife. They also have an in-depth discussion about Surya's must-win final round game against young and talented Australian Grandmaster Bobby Cheng. Photo: Surya Sekhar Ganguly's Facebook page.

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New: Sicilian Dragon: The Real Deal! Part 2 and 3 by Chris Ward

02/11/2022 -

Following on from ‘Part 1: Understanding The Dragon’ where important themes and concepts were explained, now it’s time to delve into the theory that has shaped this exciting opening over the years. From reasons why once popular variations are no more (but with revival suggestions!) to coverage of the more modern systems currently deployed by the World’s elite, this two-parter has it all! If you have grabbed the first part which was released two years ago, it is time to increase your knowledge in the Sicilian Dragon by getting the second and third part of the opening. Learn from GM Chris Ward and enrich your knowledge. Photo: ChessBase

Asian Continental 2022 R7: Praggnanandhaa grinds a 137-move marathon over six hours

02/11/2022 -

When someone plays against the world champion and beats him multiple times, something is bound to rub off him. R Praggnanandhaa has assimilated Carlsen's style of grinding in the endgame. Having a tiny spec of practical chances meant Pragg will push. That's what he did and eventually his opponent, GM Karthikeyan Murali crumbled after fatigue set in due to the course of over six hours of play and 137 moves long mentally and physically exhausting battle. GM Aravindh Chithambaram tried too hard to score a win against IM Koustav Chatterjee and it cost him dearly. Harsha, Praggnanandhaa, Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB) and Koustav are the four leaders 5.5/7. Among Women, Nandhidhaa maintains her sole lead 6/7, Priyanka Nutakki is close behind 5.5/7. Round 8 starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

MPL 35th National U-11 Round 4-6: Nivedita takes a full point lead

01/11/2022 -

After 6 rounds of play, Nivedita VC is leading the National U-11 girls championship with a perfect 6/6, a full point ahead of the competition. Below her, there are 6 players tied on 5/6. The situation in the top has not yet clarified in the Open section - after Round 6, as many as 7 players are leading the event with the same score. In this article, we bring you a complete report of Round 4-6 of the National U-11 Open and Girls Championships, held in Gurugram, Haryana. Photo: International Arbiter Rathinam Anantharam.

Sasikiran wins 8th Liffre Open 2022, Sayantan Das third

01/11/2022 -

GM Krishnan Sasikiran won his second Classical tournament of the year at 8th Liffre Open 2022. He scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 and finished a half point ahead of the field. GM Momchil Nikolov (BUL) scored sole 7/9 to finish second. IM Sayantan Das scored 6.5/9 to secure third place without the need of tie-breaks. The total prize fund was €5070 combining both categories. The top three prizes were €1000 and a trophy, €800 and €600 each respectively. Sanket Mehta Nehan and Aaditya Anand scored 7/9 each to finish at second and third place in Category B (<1600) according to tie-breaks. Photo: Kristine Leduc

Asian Continental 2022 R6: Nandhidhaa gains sole lead, Harsha remains the frontrunner

01/11/2022 -

GM Harsha Bharathakoti drew with the top seed GM R Praggnanandhaa to maintain his sole lead 5/6. He is followed by eleven players at 4.5/6. GM S L Narayanan, GM Aravindh Chithambaram, IM Saparmyrat Atabayev (TKM) and IM Koustav Chatterjee won their respective games to reduce the gap. In the Women's event, WGM Nandhidhaa P V defeated her coleader WGM Priyanka Nutakki to gain sole lead 5.5/6. Nandhidhaa is now full point ahead of Priyanka and IM Padmini Rout. Narayanan - Harsha and Nandhidhaa - Padmini are the top board matches in Round 7. It starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

V4 Chess presents 1st Bishan Singh Ji Memorial All India Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament

31/10/2022 -

3 Chess Academies have come together under the banner of V4chess - Deccan chess Academy, Maestro Chess Academy, and Chess Mavericks. They are organizing 2 events - the 1st Bishan Singh Ji Memorial All India Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament, and the 1st V4 Chess All India will be held from 10th-14th January, 2023. The event will be held in the KVBR Indoor Stadium, Yousufguda, Hyderabad, Telangana. The 1st prize is Rs. 1,00,000! Find out all the details about this mega chess event through this article. Photo: Tournament Brochure. 

Astounding Pranav Venkatesh wins Challengers Final Four and Challengers Chess Tour 2022

31/10/2022 -

GM Pranav Venkatesh is quite familiar with balancing two events simultaneously having different formats. He won an individual Gold medal on Board no.1 for India at World Youth Under-16 Olympiad earlier this month. He also won the Magnus Academy Challenge at the same time. The 15-year-old boy is curently playing at the Asian Continental Championship 2022. However, he also managed to win the Challengers Final Four beating Andrey Esipenko 2.5-1.5 in the Semifinals and Raunak Sadhwani 3-0 in the Finals to win the entire Challengers Chess Tour 2022. He will face Praggnanandhaa in Tel Aviv, Israel this December. Photo: chess24

Women's Candidates 2022-23 Pool A QF: Anna Muzychuk advances to the Semifinals

31/10/2022 -

Anna Muzychuk (UKR) defeated Koneru Humpy to advance to the Semifinals of Women's Candidates 2022-23 Pool A. After a draw in the first two games, Anna had decisive advantage in the third tie-break, first Blitz game. She missed her opportunity and Humpy forced a draw by perpetual check. In the fourth game, the India no.1 and World no.3 made a simple one move blunder which cost her the game. Anna will face Lei Tingjei (CHN) in the Semifinals. The former got the white pieces in the first game. Today is a rest day. Semifinals start on Tuesday, 1st November at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

Speed King Hikaru Nakamura becomes World Fischer Random Champion

31/10/2022 -

The Speed King has finally done it. He earned the ever-alluring World title. If anyone in the current day top player who has not a won world title yet, deserves one, Hikaru Nakamura's name will be the first one in the list. The man who had to prove himself by qualifying through hours of grueling battle on lichess, defeated the hand-picked Wildcard Ian Nepomniachtchi in the Finals. He won the Armageddon to become the World Fischer Random champion. 50 years later after the Fischer-Spassky match, history repeated as an American defeated a Russian to become a World Champion for the very first time at the same place - Reykjavik, Iceland. Photo: Lennart Ootes

MPL 35th National U-11 Round 1-3: Swaraj and Sagnik score big upsets

31/10/2022 -

The MPL 35th National Under-11 Open and Girls Championship is taking place in Gurugram, Haryana. A total of 25 players have scored a perfect 3/3 so far in the Open section, and 8 players in the Girls section. The top seed in the Open section is FM Rosh Jain (2333), and in the girls section it is Prishita Gupta (1556). The World Cadets 2022 U-8 Girls Champion Charvi A is the only female player who is playing in the Open section! Photo: North-Eastern States Championship 2019.

Asian Continental 2022 R5: Harsha Bharathakoti races ahead

31/10/2022 -

GM Harsha Bharathakoti defeated IM Koustav Chatterjee convincingly to gain sole lead 4.5/5. Seven GMs are trailing him by a half point. He surprised his opponent with Scotch opening in the fifth round of Asian Continental Chess Championship 2022. The 24th HZ University Open winner will face the top seed, GM Praggnanandhaa in the sixth round. In the Women's event, both WGM Nandhidhaa P V and WGM Priyanka Nutakki scored emphatic victories over WGM Thi Kim Phung Vo (VIE) and IM Soumya Swaminathan respectively to become coleaders 4.5/5. They will inevitably clash in round 6 which starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

ChessBase India hits 1 million subscribers on YouTube! + winners of giveaway announced

30/10/2022 -

The ChessBase India YouTube Channel reached 1 million subscribers on 28th of August 2022. Celebrating the occasion, we announced a very special giveaway. In this article we bring you the 120 comments of each of the winners. They are heartfelt and we felt very special reading them. It's amazing to see how ChessBase India has become an integral part of so many people's lives! We also bring you the messages sent to us by the top players of Indian chess. This is a very special article for the entire ChessBase India team.

The Chess Houseboat event returns!

30/10/2022 -

The much anticipated Chess Houseboat event returns to the tourist-friendly exotic south Indian state of Kerala again, after the inaugural event in 2020. The second edition of the event has been scheduled to be held between 22nd to 28th Jan 2023, with a total cash prize fund of 2300 Euros with a first prize of 500 Euros, and a further 1700 Euros worth of material prizes and trophies. It will include a nine round Rapid chess tournament spread across five days with a time control of G20+5 and a single day Blitz tournament. 

Format of Death Match 2.0 and COTB revealed

30/10/2022 -

The death match 2.0 between Gukesh and Arjun is something that everyone is looking forward to with great excitement. Both the youngsters are very well matched. What is the format for the death match? In this article you get to know not only the format of the ChessBase India Originals Death Match 2.0, but also the format of COTB. You also get updates of the DreamHack Rapid and Blitz happening at the same venue. There are already 4 GMs and 8 IMs who have confirmed their participation for the event. Only 100 entries left. Do consider being a part of this massive chess festival taking place in Hyderabad.

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