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Berlin GP R5: Aronian storms into the Semifinals, Nakamura blazes Grischuk

10/02/2022 -

Levon Aronian is in a great form at Berlin GP. He beat Vincent Keymer with some fantastic play in Round 5. The two-time FIDE World Cup winner is now USA no.1 and World no.4 in the live ratings. Hikaru Nakamura also scored a brilliant victory over Alexander Grischuk. The Speed King decided to not play in the Title Tuesday tournament on his rest day to save his energy for the GP which matters more in greater scale of things as mentioned by him in the post-match interview. He will face Esipenko today to decide who secures a place in Semifinal from Pool A. Vidit drew with Dubov and Harikrishna lost his game against Leinier. Both of them are no longer in contention for a Semifinal spot. Round 6 starts today at 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: World Chess

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Austria no.1 Markus Ragger teaches Grunfeld Defence

09/02/2022 -

There are plenty of openings to choose from and learn. Which one to prepare and where to begin? We are here to solve that dilemma. Austria no.1 and FIDE Trainer Markus Ragger explained the basics of the Grunfeld Defence. He even included his most recent games in this two volume ChessBase DVD. The opening course has been created with thorough research and utmost care because he himself plays it in his career. Check out the 100+ minutes long interactive session with IM Sagar Shah where Markus Ragger shows and explains a lot of lines of the popular opening and answers audience questions too. Photo: ChessBase India

Berlin GP R4: Vidit and Harikrishna still in the hunt

08/02/2022 -

Both Vidit Gujrathi and Pentala Harikrishna drew their respective games against Levon Aronian and Alexei Shirov in Round 4 of FIDE Berlin GP 2022. They are now at 2.0/4 each. Aronian and So lead Pool C and D 3.0/4 each. Shirov arrived 14 minutes late to his game as he mistook it to be a rest day. A minute late would have cost him the game instead of €500 from his prize money as mentioned in the tournament regulations. Nakamura and Fedoseev lead Pool A and B respectively with a score of 2.5/4 each. Today is a rest day. Round 5 starts tomorrow Wednesday 9th February at 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: World Chess

Praggnanandhaa on his debut at Tata Steel Chess 2022 Masters

08/02/2022 -

16-year-old R Praggnanandhaa won the Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour in October last year. It earned him a regular spot at the second season of Meltwater Champions Chess Tour which starts from 19th February. Before that, Praggnanandhaa had a stellar debut at the FIDE World Cup 2021 back in July. He eliminated Gabriel Sargissian and Michal Krasenkow in Round 2 and 3 respectively, before getting eliminated by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in Round 4. MVL went on to become World Blitz champion later in 2021. All these performances helped Praggnanandhaa earn a spot at the Tata Steel Chess 2022 Masters, three years after he made his debut in the Challengers section. Photo: ChessBase India

Berlin GP R3: Vidit Gujrathi decimates Daniil Dubov

07/02/2022 -

Vidit Gujrathi beat Daniil Dubov in Round 3 of FIDE Berlin GP 2022. This is Vidit's second consecutive win against Dubov and third over-the-board victory against the former world rapid champion. In fact, Vidit has won all three otb tournament encounters against him. Aronian's win against Keymer made things more challenging for Vidit. He must beat Aronian to keep his Semifinal hopes alive, while a loss against him today will virtually put an end to it. Harikrishna drew his third consecutive game 1.5/3. It was against Leinier, who is sharing the lead with So 2.0/3. Round 4 of Pool stage starts today at 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: World Chess

Suyog Wagh wins Orbis 2 IM Round Robin and scores his maiden IM-norm

07/02/2022 -

We often read about young players scoring norms, achieving titles, creating and breaking records. It is also true that one can do well and achieve their goals step by step even after becoming an adult. 21-year-old FM Suyog Wagh scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 to win IM Round Robin "Orbis-2 2022", finish 1.5 points ahead of the competition to earn his maiden IM-norm at Paracin, Serbia. The Ahmednagar, Maharashtra lad is a former Commonwealth Under-20 Gold medalist, Maharashtra State Rapid and Blitz 2019 champion. After barely missing out on two consecutive previous occasion, the reigning Maharashtra State Amateur champion has finally found his breakthrough.

Berlin GP R2: Nakamura, Rapport and Leinier score a win

06/02/2022 -

Vidit Gujrathi and Pentala Harikrishna drew their second round games against Vincent Keymer and Wesley So respectively. Leinier Dominguez Perez arguably scored the most exciting win of the round against Alexei Shirov. Hikaru Nakamura defeated Andrey Esipenko in his own typical style. Richard Rapport bounced back from his first round defeat to win against Vladimir Fedoseev by tapping on to his creative side. Harikrishna drew with So. Vidit will face Dubov in the next round and Harikrishna will be up against Leinier. Round 4 of Pool stage starts today at 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: World Chess

MPL National Senior Open and Women to start on 25th February 2022

05/02/2022 -

Due to the unprecedented situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of National and International events were canceled as announced by AICF on their site yesterday. However, AICF felt that conducting National Senior Open and Women, Sub-Junior and Junior championships are the top priority. Owing to the pandemic situation, this year the Nationals are being held with slight modification. There will be 11 and 9 rounds in Open and Women championship respectively instead of the usual of 13 and 11 rounds. Total prize fund is ₹30 lacs in Open and ₹25 lacs in Women. Check out the eligibility criteria, schedule, prizes and  all other details in this article. Photo: AICF.

Berlin GP R1: Aronian beats Vidit, Harikrishna draws

05/02/2022 -

Vidit Gujrathi got outplayed by Levon Aronian in the endgame. Pentala Harikrishna drew with Alexey Shirov in Round 1 of FIDE Berlin GP 2022. Vladimir Fedoseev and Radoslaw Wojtaszek are the remaining two victors of the round. They defeated Grigoriy Oparin and Richard Rapport respectively. Hikaru Nakamura opted for Berlin in his first Classical game since November 2019. Alexander Grischuk had a good chance against Andrey Esipenko. Pool stage still has five more rounds to go as it is played in double round-robin format. Round 2 of Pool stage starts today at 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: World Chess

Shreya Hipparagi, the 12-year-old talent, gets the November fund of ChessBase India YouTube membership

04/02/2022 -

12-year-old Shreya Hipparagi is one of the brightest young talents of the country. She has won several medals at the state, national and international level. Hailing from a small village of Sankh on the border of Maharashtra and Karnataka, Shreya can go on to become a top chess player for the country. However, due to financial reasons, she is unable to pursue her chess career with vigour. That's the reason why we have decided to award the November 2021 YouTube membership fund of Rs.60,625 to Shreya for her chess improvement. Read the article and know more about this talented youngster. 

Vidit and Harikrishna will be in action at FIDE Berlin GP 2022 starting today

04/02/2022 -

Vidit Gujrathi and Pentala Harikrishna will start their road to Candidates 2022 today at the Berlin GP. Vidit is in Pool C along with Aronian, Dubov and Keymer. Harikrishna will compete in Pool D with So, Leinier and Shirov. The Pool stage will be a double Round-Robin event of six games. The winner of each pool will advance to the Semi-finals which will also be a battle of two Classical games. World no.3 Ding Liren and FIDE World Cup 2013 runner-up Dmitry Andreikin will miss this event. The chances of Ding Liren qualifying to the Candidates 2022 seems to be almost slim to none. Round 1 of Pool stage starts today at 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE

Dushyant Sharma creates history by becoming the first International Master from Punjab

03/02/2022 -

18-year-old Dushyant Sharma is the answer to a long-awaited question. He became the first International Master from Punjab on 1st February 2022. He defeated IM Artem Sadovsky (RUS) to cross the 2400 barrier in the live ratings to earn the coveted title. He had already earned all three of his IM-norms by October 2021. The land of five rivers has witnessed Arvinder Preet Singh become the world champion at World Amateur Under-2300 in 2018 and Ashwani Tiwari became the first FM in 2006. This coveted IM-title has finally made a breakthrough in Punjab chess. Dushyant's journey towards GM-title continues as he is now 4.5/5 at IM Mix Hotel Putnik 20 in Novi Sad, Serbia. We hope this inspires a lot of players in Punjab to take up chess and do well. Photo: Rupali Mullick

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov's words of ultimate praise for Magnus Carlsen

02/02/2022 -

When your opponent praises you publicly for a game that you have played and beaten him, this is the highest praise that a chess player can receive. Magnus Carlsen received words of great warmth and congratulations from Shakhriyar Mamedyarov after the World Champion managed to beat him in the 9th round of the Tata Steel Masters 2022. What was so special about the game? In this article, IM Sagar Shah analyzes the game carefully and tells you why a world class GM like Mamedyarov was so impressed. Take a look at the encounter and let us know your thoughts about the game!

The Calm Warrior - Arjun Erigaisi on his Tata Steel Challengers 2022 triumph

02/02/2022 -

18-year-old Arjun Erigaisi became the youngest Indian ever to win Tata Steel Chess Challengers 2022. Harikrishna was the first Indian to win it in 2012 at the age of 26 years. Then Adhiban and Vidit won it in 2016 and 2018 respectively at the same age of 24 years each respectively. Arjun has a set new bar not only in terms of age but also won the event with the biggest margin ever since Challengers started in 2003. Harikrishna, Adhiban and Vidit won with a score of 9.0/13 each. It was bettered by Arjun 10.5/13 which was also his personal aim. IM Sagar Shah conducted a detailed over two-hour long with the boy wonder whose era started last year with Tata Steel Chess India 2021 Rapid triumph. Photo: ChessBase India

Chess Classics You Must Know Episode #28 - The Dragon without Fire

01/02/2022 -

IM Sagar Shah begins with a series where he shows you some of the most well-known games of chess that you should know - "The Classics" as they say! The format of the show is simple. Sagar begins with a game and explains it to you along with ten test questions. Your job is to answer those ten questions well. On episode no. 28, Sagar explains the classic between Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi, a game played in the second round of Candidates 1974. Check out the article to know the questions and test your knowledge. Find out the answers and explanations mentioned by Sagar himself. Photo: ChessBase India

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