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Asian Junior 2022 R1-7: Harshavardhan and Rakshitta in the lead

23/11/2022 -

IM Harshavardhan G B defeated IM Utsab Chatterjee to emerge sole leader at Asian Junior Chess Championship 2022 Open after round 7. WIM Rakshitta Ravi won against WFM Mitra Asgharzadeh (IRI) to join the lead with WIM Ngoc Thuy Duong Bach (VIE). Both are at 5.5/7 each. Three players are trailing Harshavardhan with a 5/7 score. WFM Bhagyashree Patil and IM Avinash Ramesh won Silver and Bronze medal in the Rapid event in Under-18 Girls and Open category respectively. Harshavardhan will face Eric Labog Jr. (PHI) and Rakshittta will face compatriot Femil Chelladurai in the penultimate round. Round 8 starts tomorrow at 9 a.m. local time, 11:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

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World Team 2022 R5: Vidit and S L Narayanan propel India to the Quarterfinals

23/11/2022 -

USA suffered a crushing defeat against India 1-3 in the fifth round of World Team Chess Championship 2022. Vidit Gujrathi and S L Narayanan scored emphatic victories over Hans Niemann and Varuzhan Akobian respectively. Both wins were scored with the black pieces. While Vidit launched a solid attack on the kingside, Narayanan showed his fantastic positional understanding. Nihal Sarin drew his game comfortably and Sethuraman S P escaped all difficulties to salvage a draw. India will face France in the Quarterfinals in a duel starting at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. IST today. Reigning World Blitz champion, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Vidit is probably going to be one of the most anticipated matches of the event. Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Mrittika Mallick gets the ChessBase India YouTube memberships for the month of February 2022

22/11/2022 -

Mrittika Mallick is one of the most talented youngsters of Indian chess. She became the national under-14 champion in 2022. This allowed her to participate at the Asian Championships 2022 where she won two medals for India and also finished 4th at the World Youth Championships under-14. It is quite clear that the girl is gifted. However, she hails from a family that has modest finiancial means. Her father's yearly income is less than Rs.3 lakh. In order that Mrittika can continue her journey into the world of chess confidently and become better we are giving her the February YouTube memberships of Rs.55,026. Along with it we have two donors who have contributed individually bringing the total amount to Rs.1,02,526. 

Ilamparthi A R wins Mrs. Meera Memorial Rapid Rating Open 2022

22/11/2022 -

Ilamparthi A R, IM Harikrishnan A Ra and Gugan G scored 8/9 each. The World Under-14 Open 2022 champion won Mrs. Meera Memorial Rapid Rating Open 2022 due to better tie-breaks. Harikrishnan and Gugan were placed second and third. Ilamparthi defeated the top seed and eventual runner-up in the sixth round. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹200000. The top three prizes were ₹25000 and a trophy, ₹20000 and ₹15000 each. A total of 340 players took part in this event. This was Ilamparthi's first Rapid Rating Open triumph in his career. He won this a fortnight after clinching Gold at Asian Under-18 Open Rapid 2022.

Commonwealth Chess Championships 2022 poised for an exciting finish

22/11/2022 -

GM Mitrabha Guha drew with GM M R Lalit Babu in the penultimate round of Commonwealth Chess Championships 2022. IM P Shyam Nikhil defeated Sri Lanka no.1 IM L M S T De Silva to join Mitrabha in the lead. It will be Aravindh vs Shyam and Mitrabha vs Visakh in the final round. One of these two games is highly likely to produce a champion. Vivaan Vishal Shah, Shubhi Gupta and Gaurang Bagwe secured a Gold medal each in Under-10 Boys, Under-12 Girls and Under-14 Boys category respectively. Both WIMs Sakshi Chitlange and Bhagyashree Thipsay are at 5/8 each. They are closely followed by WGM Priyanka Nutakki 4.5/8. Final Round 9 in the Open category starts today at 2 p.m. local time and IST. Photo: Chess Federation of Sri Lanka

World Team 2022 R3-4: A mixed day for India

22/11/2022 -

India defeated Azerbaijan in the third round of World Team Chess Championship 2022. Vidit Gujrathi's great turnaround against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov proved to be the key win which earned the team the first victory of the event. However, India suffered a crushing defeat against the 44th Olympiad Gold medalist team Uzbekistan. Even without the reigning World Rapid champion, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, the team is quite strong under the guidance of Ivan Sokolov. India must score against the USA in the fifth round today starting at 6:30 p.m. IST. A win guarantees a spot in the Knockout stage, whereas a draw will leave things into others' hands. Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Commonwealth 2022 R7: Pranesh clinches Gold in Under-16 Boys with two rounds to spare

21/11/2022 -

GM-elect IM Pranesh M secured the first Gold for India at the Commonwealth Chess Championships 2022. He scored 7/7 and left everyone far behind. The 15-year-old has also scored an impressive 5/7 in the Open event. GM Mitrabha Guha maintains his sole lead 6/7. He drew with IM P Shyam Nikhil in the seventh round. GM Aravindh, IM Shyam, GM Lalit and GM Visakh are in pursuit at 5.5/7. 13-year-old CM Gaurang Bagwe bounced back well by winning against IM Dushyant Sharma. He is the sole leader in both Under-14 and Under-20 Boys category and poised for a double Gold finish. Speaking of impressive, WIM Bhagyashree Thipsay won against National under-18 champion, CM Soham Kamotra. She is currently the top scorer among female participants 5/7. Round 8 in the Open section starts today at 4 p.m. local time and IST. Photo: Chess Federation of Sri Lanka

World Team 2022 R1-2: India starts with two draws

21/11/2022 -

India drew both of their matches against Israel and Poland on the first day of World Team Chess Championship 2022. In both games, Vidit missed some good winning chances. Sethuraman could not find a slightly difficult to spot winning continuation in the first game and lost the second one. S L Narayanan saved the day for the team as he scored an important and the sole victory of the day for India in the second round. India is currently at third place 2/4 in Group B. They will face the current top two teams Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan in the third and fourth round today starting at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

MCCT Finals R7: Praggnanandhaa beats Arjun Erigaisi, So finishes second

21/11/2022 -

Praggnanandhaa won against Arjun Erigaisi in the final round of Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals 2022. Both of them scored 9/21 each to finish fifth and sixth respectively. They also earned US$ 22500 each. The rematch between them will take place starting next week at Tata Steel Chess India 2022 Rapid and Blitz which begins on Tuesday 29th November 2022. Anish Giri defeated Wesley So to finally end his four-match losing streak. Still it did not help his overall standings as So finished second 13/21 and Giri last 6/21. Carlsen beat Duda to score a staggering 20/21. Liem won against Mamedyarov to secure third place 11/21. Photo: ChessBase India live stream

Magnus Carlsen applauds Indian chess talents and fans

20/11/2022 -

Magnus Carlsen is in scintillating form in San Francisco as he not only won the Champions Chess Tour Finals, but the entire 2022 event. In round 6 he played an excellent match against Praggnanandhaa to win 2.5-0.5. After the match ended, we were able to get Magnus on the livestream to discuss some of the critical moments from the match. The world champion also showed us a very interesting position that he had studied at a training camp recently. All of this happened at 4.30 a.m. Indian time! A very special interview that ended with Magnus praising the work that ChessBase India is doing and giving a big shout out to the Indian talents and fans!  

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

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

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