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Pranav Venkatesh dominates 8th Salamanca Chess Festival 2025 Cradle of Modern Chess

26/10/2025 -

The reigning World Junior 2025 champion, GM Pranav Venkatesh won 8th Salamanca Chess Festival 2025 with a round to spare. Former World Champion, GM Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) was the only one who had chances of stopping his momentum. However, in their rematch, he could not seize his advantage, allowing Pranav once again to get the upper hand and win the game. Pranav won the next two games to become the champion 9.5/10, finishing a whopping 1.5 points ahead of the runner-up, Ponomariov. WGM Nadya Toncheva (BUL) scored an impressive 5/10 to finish third. Pranav had an eight-game winning streak at this event. Photo: Universidad de Salamanca. Comunicación Alumni - USAL

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SuperChess clinches 40th European Club Cup with a perfect score, Alkaloid second and Novy Bor third

26/10/2025 -

SuperChess won 40th European Club Cup 2025 Open with a perfect score 14/14. Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai Sakk Klub lost to the eventual winner by 2.5-3.5. Alkaloid defeated Rishon Le Zion #1 by 4.5-2.5 to finish second for the second consecutive year. The defending champion, Novy Bor won against Vugar Gashimov by 1.5-4.5 to finish third. Cercle d'échecs de Monte-Carlo won 29th European Club Cup Women by splitting the point with Turkish Airlines sports club. They scored 13/14. Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica lost to SuperChess 1.5-2.5, still they secured second place. The reigning champion, Tajfun SK Ljubljana drew against CE Gambit Bonnevoie to finish third. World Champion - GM D Gukesh, GM Nihal Sarin, GM Abhimanyu Puranik and FIDE Women's World Cup 2025 winner - GM Divya Deshmukh won individual Gold on their respective boards. GM Aravindh Chithambaram won individual Bronze on his board. Photo: European Chess Union

How does ADHD shape thinking, focus and strategy?

25/10/2025 -

Chess is a mental playground where focus, memory, creativity and decision making come alive. Every move is a reflection of a unique thought. But what happens when the way our brains are wired changes how we play? Falak, a 17-year-old international chess player, is exploring this very question. She is working on research about how ADHD, genetics, and environment influence the way chess players think, focus, and perform. You can be part of this exciting study! By completing a short survey, your experience could help bridge the gap between real-life chess performance and the science of the brain. Read the article to know more. Photo: Shutterstock

P Saravana Krishnan dominates 1st Eight Square Chess Academy Rating Open 2025

25/10/2025 -

IM P Saravana Krishnan scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 1st Eight Square Chess Academy Rating Open 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. IM Md. Imran scored sole 8/9 to secure second place. Four players - Kavin E, Dhanush Ragav N S, Barath L and Logesh Kumar R scored 7.5/9 each. They secured third to sixth place respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund was ₹500001. The top three prizes were ₹50001, ₹35000 and ₹25000 along with a trophy each. The five-day nine round Rating Open tournament was organized by Eight Square Chess Academy at Hall of Chess, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu from 8th to 12th October 2025. This is Saravana's first tournament of the year. Photo: IA Sivaranjani S / Eight Square Chess Academy

8th Salamanca Chess Festival 2025 R5-7: Pranav and Ponomariov keep winning

25/10/2025 -

The reigning World Junior 2025 champion, GM Pranav Venkatesh increased his winning streak to five games at 8th Salamanca Chess Festival 2025. Pranav defeated GM Julio E Granda Zuniga (PER), IM Sara Khadem (ESP) and the only player whom he was yet to beat at this event - IM Sabrina Vega Gutierrez (ESP). His sole pursuer - former World Champion, GM Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) also won all three of his games. Pranav is currently at 6.5/7, followed by Ponomariov at 6/7. They will clash in the eighth round. The last three rounds will be played today. Round 8 starts at 4 p.m. local time, 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Universidad de Salamanca. Comunicación Alumni - USAL

European Club Cup 2025 R6: World Champion Gukesh beats Arjun Erigaisi, powers SuperChess to sole lead

25/10/2025 -

SuperChess defeated their coleader, Alkaloid to emerge sole leader at 40th European Club Cup 2025 Open. World Champion, D Gukesh scored the key victory over the World no.4, Arjun Erigaisi to ensure his team wins the match 3.5-2.5. SuperChess has taken sole lead 12/12. Turkish Airlines sports club lost to Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai Sakk Klub by 2.5-3.5. The latter has moved up to sole second position 11/12. They will inevitably clash with each other in the final round. The defending champion, Novy Bor bounced back with a win over Beer Sheva 5-1. In the Women's event, SuperChess lost to Cercle d'échecs de Monte-Carlo 1.5-2.5. They just need a draw in the final round to become the champion. Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica is the only team two points behind them at 10/12. Round 7 starts today at 2 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: European Chess Union

Mandar Pradip Lad scores a hat-trick of winning Late Shri Chandrakant Naik Memorial Rapid Rating Open

24/10/2025 -

The reigning Goa State Under-19 Open champion, Mandar Pradip Lad scored a perfect 9/9 to win 8th Late Shri Chandrakant Naik Memorial Rapid Rating Open 2025. This is the third consecutive year he has won this event with a 100% score. In 2023, he scored 8/8 and in 2024 he did 9/9. He finished a whopping 1.5 points ahead of the rest. Five players - Ravindra Nikam, Saras Summer Powar, Aarav Chopdekar, Sagar G Shenoy and Rishikesh Parab scored 7.5/9 each. They secured second to sixth place respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹100000. The top three prizes were ₹20000, ₹12000 and ₹8000 along with a trophy each. This is Mandar's tenth overall tournament triumph of the year. He won eight of them with a perfect score. Photo: Shekhar Sirsat

8th Salamanca Chess Festival 2025 R4: Pranav Venkatesh maintains his sole lead

24/10/2025 -

The reigning World Junior 2025 champion, GM Pranav Venkatesh won a back and forth battle in the fourth round of 8th Salamanca Chess Festival 2025. Pranav got a substantial advantage in the middlegame. However, his opponent, WGM Nadya Toncheva (BUL) kept fighting and getting herself back in the game. Eventually, she made the final mistake and lost. The Latin America legend, GM Julio Granda (PER) scored his first win of the event against IM Sabrina Vega Gutierrez (ESP). Former World Champion, GM Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) defeated IM Sara Khadem (ESP) to stay a half point behind the sole leader at 3/4. Three rounds of Rapid games will be played today. Round 5 starts at 4 p.m. local time, 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Universidad de Salamanca. Comunicación Alumni - USAL

European Club Cup 2025 R5: Vincent Keymer's exchange sac goes haywire against Arjun Erigaisi

24/10/2025 -

SuperChess and Alkaloid have maintained perfect score at 40th European Chess Club Cup 2025 Open. Alkaloid defeated their coleaders and the defending champion, Novy Bor by 4-2. GM Arjun Erigaisi and GM Yangyi Yu scored the crucial victories for Alkaloid. Arjun ended GM Vincent Keymer's winning streak as the latter's bold exchange sacrifice did not go his way. GM Parham Maghsoodloo and GM Daniel Dardha scored important victories to ensure Superchess wins against Bayegan Pendik chess sports club 4-2. The coleaders Superchess and Alkaloid will inevitably clash in the penultimate round. Cercle d'échecs de Monte-Carlo maintains their sole lead in the Women. They defeated Crvena Zvezda 2.5-1.5 to maintain their perfect score 10/10. Round 6 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Dr. Mark Livshitz / European Chess Club Cup 2025

How the Chess World reacted to Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky's death

23/10/2025 -

In an incredibly sad and shocking turn of events, the Charlotte Chess Club made an official announcement on 20th October, stating that Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has passed away at the age of 29. Known to millions of Chess fans worldwide, Daniel was an exceptionally strong speed chess player, an amazing chess coach, a very popular chess content creator, and a world-renowned chess commentator. It was a Black day for the Chess World, and all of the chess community was very emotional upon receiving the news of his passing. In this article, we show you how the Chess World reacted to this very sad news. This is a developing article, and we will keep updating the information. Photo: Charlotte Chess Center

Apoorv Kamble dominates Sakthi Group 31st Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed Circuit 2025, Nandish third

23/10/2025 -

FM Apoorv Kamble scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 to win 31st Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament 2025. He finished a staggering 1.5 points ahead of the competition and also scored an IM-norm. IM Wilson Guillermo Palencia Morales (COL) scored sole 6/9 to secure second place. FM V S Nandish scored 5.5/9 to finish third. Apoorv drew against both runners-up in the last two rounds. The seven-day ten-player round-robin tournament was organized by Tamil Nadu State Chess Association at Hotel Chennai Le Palace in Chennai, Tamil Nadu from 5th to 11th October 2025. Tournament Coordinator and Chief Arbiter - IA V Vijayaraghavan writes the tournament report. Photo: IA V Vijayaraghavan

8th Salamanca Chess Festival 2025 R1-3: Pranav V beats Ponomariov to gain early sole lead

23/10/2025 -

The reigning World Junior 2025 champion, GM Pranav Venkatesh made a great start at 8th Salamanca Chess Festival 2025. He scored 2.5/3 and finished the day with a victory over the youngest World Champion, GM Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR). Pranav was in a bit of trouble. However, his opponent, instead of seizing his advantage, allowed Pranav to get back in the game. During time trouble, he blundered and Pranav won the game. Before that, Pranav defeated IM Sara Khadem (ESP) and drew against top Spanish woman, IM Sabrina Vega Gutierrez. Only one round will be played today as Simultaneous exhibition games will take place. Round 4 starts at 12:30 p.m. local time, 4 p.m. IST. Photo: Universidad de Salamanca. Comunicación Alumni - USAL

European Club Cup 2025 R4: Aravindh Chithambaram plays awesome chess

23/10/2025 -

Alkaloid, SuperChess and Novy Bor are the three teams with a perfect score 8/8 at 40th European Chess Club Cup 2025 Open. The top seed, Bayegan Pendik chess sports club was held to a draw by Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai Sakk Klub 3-3. Vugar Gashimov and Kfar Saba lost to Alkaloid and SuperChess by 2-4 each. The defending champion, Novy Bor defeated Rishon Le Zion #1 by 4.5-1.5. GM Aravindh Chithambaram quite possibly played the best game of the tournament so far when he defeated GM Ahmad Ahmadzada. In the Women's event, Cercle d'échecs de Monte-Carlo won against their coleader Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica by 0.5-3.5 to gain sole lead. Round 5 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST. Photo: European Chess Union

Pranav Venkatesh set to take on World's Top players at 8th Salamanca Chess Festival 2025

22/10/2025 -

The reigning World Junior 2025 champion, GM Pranav Venkatesh will be seen in action today 8th Salamanca Chess Festival 2025 in Salamanca, Spain. Salamanca is known as the 'cradle of modern chess'. The tournament is unlike any other super tournaments because it features the equal number of men and women participants in the same tournament. Pranav will be battling against the youngest World Chess Champion, GM Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR), Latin America legend - GM Julio Granda Zuniga (PER), IM Sabrina Vega (ESP), IM Sara Khadem (ESP) and WGM Nadya Toncheva (BUL). Three rounds of Rapid games will be played today. Round 1 starts today at 4 p.m. local time, 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Universidad de Salamanca. Comunicación Alumni - USAL

Rajendra Kumar Sahu clinches SR All Odisha Rating Open 2025, in memory of Bhagyashree

22/10/2025 -

Rajendra Kumar Sahu scored an unbeaten 7.5/8 to win SR All Odisha Rating Open 2025, in memory of Bhagyashree. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. Five players - Omm Aditya Khadanga, Shrihan Sabat, Sourav Mohapatra, Majhi Khetrabar and Sai Shakti Panda scored 7/8 each. They secured second to sixth place respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund was ₹200100. The top three prizes were ₹30000, ₹20000 and ₹15000 along with a trophy each. The four-day eight round Rating Open tournament was organized by SR Chess Centre, Odisha at The Amrapali Resort in Cuttack, Odisha from 27th to 30th September 2025. This is Rajendra's third tournament of the year and he won it convincingly. Photo: GM Debashis Das

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