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Grand Swiss R6: Sasikiran joins the five-way lead

02/11/2021 -

Krishnan Sasikiran once again played sublime chess as he beat Alexandr Predke (RUS) in the sixth round to join the lead in FIDE chess.com Grand Swiss 2021. The remaining four players in the lead are - Alireza Firouzja (FRA), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), Alexei Shirov (ESP) and Evgeniy Najer (RUS). Sasikiran will face MVL in the seventh round. Raunak Sadhwani was the only other victor among the Indians, as he defeated a fellow countryman, D Gukesh. Nihal had good chances against the Czech Republic no.1 David Navara, much to his chagrin, he was unable to capitalize and Navara managed to create a fortress. Today is a rest day. Round 7 starts tomorrow, Wednesday 3rd November at 5:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Anna Shtourman/FIDE

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Aryan Joshi and Darpan Inani win Individual Bronze at IBCA Olympiad 2021

01/11/2021 -

Aryan Joshi and Darpan Inani have secured individual Bronze medal on Board no.1 and Board no.3 respectively at 16th IBCA Chess Olympiad for the Blind and Visually Impaired 2021. Darpan scored the highest for Team India as he made 6.5/9. Aryan was the second-highest scorer for the team 4.5/9. K Marimuthu and Milind Samant scored 2.5/8 and 2.5/4 each respectively. Soundarya Pradhan had a tough event as he scored only 1.5/6. India secured eight place. Russia won the Gold by winning all their matches 18.0/18, Poland and Serbia scored 14.0/18 each. They secured Silver and Bronze respectively according to the tie-breaks. Photo: Chess in Greece 

Grand Swiss R5: Sasikiran beats Fedoseev

01/11/2021 -

Krishnan Sasikiran scored a fantastic victory over Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS) which can be called a positional Masterclass in French Defense in the fifth round of FIDE chess.com Grand Swiss 2021. It was a good day for the Indian players as Praggnanandhaa, Raunak Sadhwani, Arjun Erigaisi, Surya Sekhar Ganguly, B Adhiban and Divya Deshmukh scored a victory each. Nihal drew with Manuel Petrosyan. Harikrishna showed his true grit as he survived by the skin of his teeth in a completely lost endgame against Darius Swiercz (USA). The endgame specialist believed in himself when others would have given up in a similar situation. Round 6 starts today at 5:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

Grand Swiss R4: Harikrishna and Vaishali score a win

31/10/2021 -

Harikrishna scored his second consecutive win of the event to move to 2.5/4 at the conclusion of the fourth round of FIDE chess.com Grand Swiss 2021. Nihal, Gukesh and Sasikiran drew their respective games against three strong Russians, Ponkratov, Fedoseev and Artemiev. WGM Jiner held Harika to a draw. Padmini missed a completely winning opportunity against Kashlinskaya. Divya escaped a loss against Sophie. Vaishali scored a comfortable victory. Vantika, Raunak and Sethuraman drew with Anna Sargsyan, Maxim Matlakov and Boris Gelfand respectively. Round 5 starts today at 5:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

A chess themed Durga Puja at Panchanantala, West Bengal

30/10/2021 -

Chess is everywhere. A chess player sees chess everywhere from the moment he wakes up to the moment he goes to sleep. Some even dream about chess games and positions. How far would a chess player go for chess? All chess player and enthusiasts know the answer, to anywhere and everywhere. Arindam Mukherjee, an IM-norm holder and with a wealth of chess experience of over four decades, travelled 80 km in a day to witness an artistic creation of a chess-themed Durga Puja pandal on 15th October 2021, at Panchanantala in Hooghly district of West Bengal. A pictorial report of his experience. Photo: Anirban Chattopadhyay

Grand Swiss R3: Harika squeezes water from stone

30/10/2021 -

Harika grinded an equal endgame against Stefanova until the latter made a grave mistake which cost her the game in the third round of FIDE chess.com Women's Grand Swiss 2021. She is now one of the leader among nine players at 2.5/3. Padmini and Vantika beat compatriots, Vaishali and Divya respectively to move to 2.0/3. Nihal Sarin scored an academic victory against Temur Kuybokarov (AUS). He is among the six players who are just a half point behind the sole leader of the tournament, Alireza Firouzja 3.0/3. Nihal will face Pavel Ponkratov in Round 4 which starts today at 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

Peter Anand clinches Gold at FIDE World Amateur u-2000

29/10/2021 -

20-year-old Peter Anand A scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 to win Gold in FIDE World Amateur Championship in Under-2000 category. This is his biggest achievement in his nascent chess career so far. He won €1000, a trophy and a Gold medal. He also qualified for the next FIDE World Amateur Championship as long as he doesn't touch 2300 or cross it. Furthermore, he will also get a free accommodation and full board by the organizing committee. Peter's previous best performance was a second place finish at Velammal Blitz Rating in February 2019 where he beat WGM Meenakshi, then FM Rathanvel, GM Laxman and drew with GM Aravindh Chithambaram.

Grand Swiss R2: Tenacious Nihal survives the Caruana challenge

29/10/2021 -

Nihal Sarin managed to survive against the former world championship challenger, Fabiano Caruana in their first-ever Classical encounter in the second round of FIDE chess.com Grand Swiss 2021. The 17-year-old persevered where many would have crumbled under sheer pressure of playing against the world no.2. Arjun Erigaisi also showed the world that his win against Dubov four months ago at Goldmoney Asian Rapid was not a fluke, as he put up a very good fight in the Classical game to make a draw. Praggnanandhaa played the role of 'The Beastmaster' as he beat Adhiban in his own game. Round 3 starts today at 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

57-year-old Michal Krasenkow wins Sheikh Russel GM 2021

28/10/2021 -

The legendary Polish GM Michal Krasenkow beat GM Vugar Rasulov (AZE) in the final round to win Sheikh Russel International GM 2021. He scored 7.0/9, finished a half point ahead of the competition at the age of 57 years. Six players finished at 6.5/9. GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (UKR), GM Srinath Narayanan, IM Mitrabha Guha, GM Shyam Sundar M, IM Seyed Khalil Mousavi (IRI) and GM Vugar Rasulov were placed second to seventh respectively according to the tie-breaks. Three IMs finished in top ten, and they all scored a GM-norm each. They are - Mitrabha, Mousavi and Koustav Chatterjee. Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Grand Swiss R1: Arjun Erigaisi splits the point with Andrey Esipenko

28/10/2021 -

Arjun Erigaisi faced the strongest opponent among the Indian players in the first round of FIDE chess.com Grand Swiss 2021. He managed to hold his own against Andrey Esipenko, who is known to have caused trouble for the world champion Magnus Carlsen twice in this year. Nihal Sarin, D Gukesh and Vaishali are the only three Indian players who scored a win each. The youngsters - Praggnanandhaa, Raunak, Vantika and Divya managed to hold their relatively stronger opponents Gabriel, Cheparinov, Munguntuul and Zawadzka to a draw each respectively. Nihal will face Caruana in the second round, which starts today at 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

What should you buy this Diwali from the ChessBase India shop?

27/10/2021 -

The ChessBase India Mega Diwali Sale is in progress from the 26-28th of October 2021. Over 800 products in the ChessBase India store ranging from softwares to books to t-shirts to chocolates to chess sets and accessories are all up for grabs at a discounted price. With so many products it can often get quite confusing. Hence, IM Sagar Shah has given you some suggestions with regards to the newly launched as well as best selling products in the shop. At the end of the article you will also find the list of all the products in the shop with clickable links which will help you with easy navigation.

FIDE chess.com Grand Swiss 2021 starts today

27/10/2021 -

15 Indian players will be seen in action at FIDE chess.com Grand Swiss and Women's Grand Swiss 2021, starting at Riga, Latvia today. Harikrishna, Adhiban and Harika are the players who qualified by average rating criteria between July 2020 and June 2021. Sasikiran, Sethuraman and Vaishali made it from the reserve players list. The remaining nine players are Wild Card entrants - Nihal, Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, Praggnanandhaa, Raunak, Padmini, Vantika and Divya. 107 GMs and an IM from 36 countries with an average rating 2639 are taking part in the Open. The Women's event witnesses 15 GMs, 20 IMs and 9 WGMs from 23 countries across the world with an average rating of 2405 should give you an idea about the strength and importance of the event. Round 1 starts today at 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

Sheikh Russel GM R8: Rasulov ends Srinath's unbeaten run

27/10/2021 -

GM Vugar Rasulov (AZE) handed GM Srinath Narayanan his first loss of the event in the penultimate round of Sheikh Russel International GM 2021. Thus, Rasulov has emerged as the sole leader 6.5/8, heading into the final round. He must win the last round to ensure his triumph as a draw could mean his fate will be decided by other players' results. Six players are at a half point behind him. They are GMs Vitaliy Bernadskiy (UKR), Srinath Narayanan, Masoud Mosadeghpour (IRI), Shyam Sundar M, Michal Krasenkow and IM Mitrabha Guha. The tournament is definitely heading for an exciting finish. Round 9 starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Praggnanandhaa will fight against Carlsen, Caruana & Co. at the Tata Steel Masters 2022

27/10/2021 -

The Tata Steel Masters will move into its 84th edition in 2022. Although the World Championship will end in mid-December 2021, the World Champion Magnus Carlsen has confirmed his presence. The tournament that is held in the Dutch town of Wijk Aan Zee will see many other stalwarts taking part - world no.2 Fabiano Caruana, Dutch no.1 Anish Giri, World Cup winner Duda, creative genius Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Minister of Defence Sergey Karjakin, Daniil Dubov, Andrey Esipenko among others. In this world class tournament, little Pragg has got a chance to cross swords with the best! What a phenomenal opportunity for him to play the best in a Classical Over-The-Board tournament.

Can you find the insane defensive idea here?

27/10/2021 -

Analyzing your games is a good idea and everyone says so. But very few people do it. IM Sagar Shah woke up on 27th of October and played a few games online. In one of them, he decided to dig a little deeper and found some amazing tactics in the analysis. So in this article we present you with the position and your job is to find the best move for Black. Mind you, it is not easy and will also stretch a top GM. But if you clear your mind and think slowly, you will be able to spot the key idea. All the best!

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