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Gukesh gets signed by FairPlay Sports

17/12/2022 -

The life of a 2700+ chess player is very busy. Opening preparation becomes a major need, your ideas need to be more and more exclusive. You have to form a team of seconds, pick and choose the best tournaments for you, and get coaching from world-class trainers. This whole process is very expensive, so it is very important for these players like Gukesh D to get Sponsorships. That's why it is a great news that FairPlay Sports has signed Gukesh D! Read more about how this signing came to fruition, as we talk with Gukesh's coach Vishnu Prasanna, and Bandana Chhetri, the founder of FairPlay Sports.

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FIDE reforms the qualifications paths to the Candidates Tournament

17/12/2022 -

The FIDE Council has made a major reform on 16th December 2022. It is towards the paths to the Candidates Tournament, the event that determines the Challenger for the World Championship match. The main innovation behind this is to create new qualifying paths through a variety of FIDE rated tournments. Grand Prix is abolished for now as a path which used to give spots for the Candidates tournament. Apart from GP, Wild Card system has been removed too. Thus, every spot in the Candidates can only be earned by merit. Do you like the reformation? Let us know your thoughts in the comments about this innovation. Photo: FIDE

Aswath and Tejaswini win MPL National Sub Junior Open and Girls Chess Championships 2022 convincingly

17/12/2022 -

Tamil Nadu's Aswath S and Tejaswini G scored an unbeaten 9.5/11 each to win MPL 47th National Sub-Junior Under-15 Open and 38th National Sub-Junior Girls Chess Championship 2022. Both of them finished a half point ahead of the field. Aswath drew with both remaining podium finishers - runner-up Arjun Adireddy (TEL) 9/11 and second runner-up FM Harsh Suresh (TN) 8.5/11. Tejaswini drew with the eventual runner-up WCM Kheerthi Ganta (TEL) 9/11 and defeated the second runner-up Shubhi Gupta (UP) 8.5/11. In both sections, the top two finishers did not require tie-breaks. Since the previous edition champions, IM Pranesh M and Tanisha Boramanikar crossed the eligibility criteria, they could not defend their titles. Photo: IA Mrityunjay Singh

Chessable Sunway Sitges Open R5: Alekseenko and Karthikeyan Murali share the lead

17/12/2022 -

GM Kirill Alekseenko and GM Karthikeyan Murali are the coleaders after the fifth round of Chessable Sunway Sitges Open 2022 Group A. While Alekseenko defeated GM Abhimanyu Puranik, Karthikeyan halted IM Aditya S Samant's fantastic momentum. Abhimanyu had to find a difficult resource to save his kingside from crumbling. Aditya needed to use his knight more in the endgame before it became a liability. The tournament leaders will inevitably face each other in the sixth round. GM Aravindh Chithambaram and GM Sankalp Gupta drew with GM Jorden van Foreest (NED) and GM Anton Korobov (UKR). Round 6 starts tonight at 9 p.m. IST. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Velammal Nexus felicitates Gukesh

16/12/2022 -

Velammal School in Chennai, a part of the Velammal Nexus group is a landmark in Indian chess history by all counts. The number of top-level Grandmasters who have come from the Chennai school is huge! One of their brightest students is Gukesh D, the 16-year-old phenomenon who won an Individual Gold medal in Board 1 at the Chennai Chess Olympiad 2022. The World's third-youngest Grandmaster recently became the youngest player to defeat the World Champion Magnus Carlsen! Gukesh was felicitated recently by the Velammal Nexus School, in the presence of 5-time World Champion and FIDE Deputy President, Viswanathan Anand.

India wins 43 medals at Asian Schools Chess Championships 2022

16/12/2022 -

India has won a massive 43 medals including 20 individual (10 Gold, 6 Silver and 4 Bronze) medals, 23 team (8 Gold, 10 Silver and 5 Bronze) medals at Asian Schools Chess Championships 2022. Sharvaanica A S is the only Indian who has won a Gold medal in all three formats - Classical, Rapid and Blitz in Under-9 Girls category. She won Gold with a perfect score of 9/9, 7/7 and 7/7 respectively. Sidhant Rana won two Gold and a Silver medal, Vedika won a Gold and two Silver. IM Raahil Mullick won a Gold and a Bronze medal. 11 Indians have won at least one medal in this event. Photo: Prashant Mullick

Chessable Sunway Sitges Open R4: Aditya Samant sensational against Adhiban

16/12/2022 -

Six players are at a 100% score after the fourth round of Chessable Sunway Sitges Open 2022 Group A. GM Abhimanyu Puranik, IM Aditya S Samant and GM Karthikeyan Murali are the three Indians among them. Aditya scored a fantastic victory over GM B Adhiban. He is currently the sole IM among the pack. The 16-yeara-old will face fellow countryman Karthikeyan in the fifth round. Abhimanyu will be going against GM Kirill Alekseenko. India's sole National Triple Crown champion, GM Aravindh Chithambaram held top seed of the tournament and China no.2 Yangyi Yu to a draw. Round 5 starts tonight at 9 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Neelash Saha wins Tata Steel Chess Festival 2022 Rapid Rating Open

15/12/2022 -

Five players scored 7/8 at the Tata Steel Chess Festival 2022 All India Rapid Rating Open. They are - IM Neelash Saha, Subhayan Kundu, IM Aronyak Ghosh, Kaustuv Kundu and Swapan Mitra. Neelash, Subhayan and Aronyak secured first, second and third place respectively according to tie-breaks. Top three remained undefeated. A total of 174 players including 3 IMs and two WIMs took part in this eight-round Rapid Rating tournament with a time control of 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment each. The total prize fund was ₹100000. Top three prizes were ₹20000 + trophy, ₹15000 and ₹10000 each respectively. Check out some interesting moments from the tournament. Photo: Lennart Ootes

Chessable Sunway Sitges Open R1-3: 17-year-old Kushal makes a superb start

15/12/2022 -

19 players have made a perfect start of 3/3 at Chessable Sunway Sitges Open 2022 Group A. 17-year-old Kushal O is the sole untitled player is among them. He defeated FM Jana Schneider (GER, 2272), IM Thomas E Rendle (ENG, 2381) and IM Gerard Ayats Llobera (ESP, 2464). The Gran Hotel Bali Aficionados B winner, is already gaining 114 Elo rating points. His next round opponent GM Andrey Esipenko will be the first GM of the event he is going to face. GM Abhimanyu Puranik, IM Aditya S Samant, GM B Adhiban, GM Aravindh Chithambaram and GM Karthikeyan Murali are the remaining Indians at 3/3. Round 4 starts tonight at 9 p.m. IST. Photo: Tallulah Roberts

Kushal dominates 19th Gran Hotel Bali Aficionados B, Aditya Varun Gampa second in Group A and Blitz

14/12/2022 -

17-year-old Kushal O scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win 19th Gran Hotel Bali Aficionados B group. He finished a half point ahead of the field. Aditya Varun Gampa finished second in both Group A and Blitz Nocturno. He scored 7/9 and 7/8 in those two events respectively. CM Md. Imran won the Blitz event scoring 7/8. The top three prizes in the Aficionados B group were €3100, €1400 and €1200 each. For Group A the prizes were, €1300, €1100 and €1000 each. For Blitz, it was €90, €60 and €50. All podium winners won a trophy along with their respective cash prizes. This was Kushal's first overseas triumph of his career and first Blitz tournament victory of the year for Imran. Photo: Organizer

Praggnanandhaa wins Julius Baer Challenger Championship

14/12/2022 -

Praggnanandhaa started the day with a loss against Pranav Venkatesh in the third match. It took a game for Praggnanandhaa to adjust to the new time control as he mentioned in the post-match interview. He won the next two games convincingly to ensure he scores a minimum 2.5 points in three matches. Thus, he won the Julius Baer Challenger Championship. Pranav might have lost this match, however he still has the spot at the Champions Chess Tour 2023 which he earned by winning the Challengers Chess Championship 2022. Praggnanandhaa went on to do great things in the 2022 season including winning against Carlsen three times consecutively. Pranav would also like to level up and seize his opportunity. Photo: chess24

Bangalore chess club - Chess in Bangalore

14/12/2022 -

In this article, we will dive into the life of Tarun Mittal, the current lead at the Bangalore Chess Club and a perfect example of how perseverance, hard work, and a little bit of luck can take you places. Tarun was not afraid to ask or take chances, and that has helped the Bangalore Chess Club become one of the most successful chess clubs in India. Chess.com sponsors their prizes, and many reputed chess players came to his club. Want to know how it all panned out? Read the full article to find out all about this beautiful venture.

Arjun Erigaisi signs a Rs.12.4 crore (US$1.5 million) long term sponsorship deal with Quantbox

13/12/2022 -

Arjun Erigaisi has had an amazing year 2022 for his chess! He has won the Tata Steel Challengers, the National Championships, Delhi Open, Silver on board 3 at the Olympiad, Abu Dhabi Masters, Death Match 2.0, Tata Steel Chess India Blitz and much more! From an Elo of 2632 in classical chess he has pumped up his rating by almost 100 Elo points to reach the top 25 in the world. In spite of such powerpacked performances, one question that always lingered around was, why does Arjun not have a permanent sponsor yet? Well, as they say, all good things take time to happen. Arjun has landed a long term sponsorship deal with Quantbox research. This might well be the biggest ever sponsorship deal in the history of Indian chess!

Mihail Nikitenko conquers CFSL Golden Jubilee Open 2022, Thej Kumar second

13/12/2022 -

GM Mihail Nikitenko scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 and finished two points ahead of the field to win CFSL Golden Jubilee Open 2022. GM Thej Kumar M S scored sole 6.5/9 to secure second place. Four players scored 6/9 including Sri Lanka no.2 FM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage. Veteran GM Alexei Barsov (UZB) secured third place due to better tie-breaks. The total cash prize fund of the tournament was LKR 3,650,000 (US$ 10000). The top three prizes were $3000 and a trophy, $2000 and $1000 respectively along with a medal each. This was Thej's third podium finish of the year, first in a Classical Rating tournament. Photo: Chess Federation of Sri Lanka

Julius Baer Challenger Championship: Praggnanandhaa takes 2-0 lead

13/12/2022 -

Praggnanandhaa made a short work of Pranav Venkatesh in the second match at Julius Baer Challenger Championship. The Asian Continental 2022 champion won both games convincingly. In the first game, Pranav made an incorrect decision at a critical juncture. He was unable to make the most out of the white pieces in the second game as Praggnanandhaa equalized easily out of the opening. Pranav now must win the next two Blitz matches to keep his chances. The Blitz matches start today from 8:30 p.m. IST in Tel Aviv, Israel. Can Pranav bounce back or will Praggnanandhaa make a clean sweep? Photo: chess24 live stream

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