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Hage Lasa Nado wins 1st Garo Hills Rating Tournament 2022

24/10/2022 -

Hage Lasa Nado scored 8/9 to win 1st Garo Hills Rating Tournament 2022. Despite losing his second round game, Hage registered seven consecutive victories, including an important win over the top seed Dupit Tabu in the final round to become the champion. Dupit scored sole 7.5/9 to finish second. Five players scored 7/9. Barbith M Sangma was placed third according to the tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹177000. The top three prizes were ₹30000, ₹20000 and ₹15000 along with a trophy each. This was the first-ever Rating tournament in Meghalaya for the players of Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh players only. Photo: Francis A Sangma

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You are your own enemy

24/10/2022 -

It is believed that the hardest battle one can have is with their own self. We often doubt ourselves, question our decisions, judgments, wonder if we could have done something differently. Once we are past the battle with ourselves, we are ready to conquer whatever we put our mind to. The things we know to be as correct, can sometimes prove to be not. Automatic decisions and moves can prove to have quite the opposite of our desired result. GM Sundararajan Kidambi explains the beautiful concept of using your opponent's piece to your advantage instead of always being bent on recapturing a piece, pawn in this particular case. Check out the detailed analysis by Kidambi and enrich your knowledge. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Robert Hovhannisyan wins Hoogeveen Open 2022, Bharath Subramaniyam third

24/10/2022 -

GM Robert Hovhanniyan (ARM) defeated IM Nico Zwirs (NED) in the Finals to win Hoogeveen Open 2022. GM Bharath Subramaniyam H won the 3rd-4th place match against GM Evgeny Romanov (NOR) to finish third. Bharath drew their Classical encounter and then won both Blitz tie-breaks against Romanov. Earlier Bharath had defeated the eventual champion Hovhannisyan in the sixth round before the final four played their Semifinal matches. The total prize fund of the tournament was €9500. The top three prizes were €2500, €1500 and €1000 each respectively. Photo: Hoogeveen Chess

Chakravarthy Reddy clinches Sushruta Reddy's 1st Rating Open 2022

23/10/2022 -

Top seed of the tournament, IM Chakravarthi Reddy scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win Sushruta Reddy's 1st Rating Open 2022. Dhanush Ragav N S and Arpan Das also scored 8/9 each. However, they were placed second and third according to tie-breaks. Third to fifth seed finished in the same order. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹600000. The top three prizes were ₹50000 and a trophy, ₹40000 and ₹30000 each respectively. A total of 247 players took part from various parts of the country, Australia, Mongolia, Scotland and USA. The five-day nine-round Swiss League Rating tournament was organized by Innovators Chess Academy from 1st to 5th October at Virginia Mall, Whitefield in Bangalore, Karnataka. Photo: FI NA Sushruta Reddy

1st Indian Chess Club tournament in Bahrain

22/10/2022 -

The 1st Indian Club Rapid Chess Tournament 2022 was held at the Indian Club, Manama Kingdom of Bahrain on 14th of October 2022. There were a total of 140 participants from 11 countries. The event had a total prize fund of $1500. Mero Aghiad from Syria won the event scoring 6.5/7. Vismay Sachar was the best-performing Indian player - he scored 5.5/7 and finished in 11th position, also getting the 1st prize in the Under-14 age category. A lot of the Indian players won category prizes, which were distributed by Shaikh Abdulrahman Bin Rashid Al Khalifa. Photo: Arjun Kakkadath.

FM Nikhil Dixit wins the 5th TMCA Rapid

22/10/2022 -

FM Nikhil Dixit won the Open section of the 5th TMCA One Day Rapid Chess Tournament, held in Chinchwade Lawns, Pune. Both Nikhil Dixit and Aniruddha Potawad scored 6.5/7, but Nikhil clinched the 1st place due to better tiebreaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was Rs.49000, and there were a total of 49 trophies awarded. There were a total of 4 categories - Open, Under 8, Under 10 and Under 14. The most number of participants trophy was won by host of the event - Tactical Moves Chess Academy (TMCA). Photo: Shri Madhav Mulay.

India wins 46 medals at Asian Youth Chess Championships 2022

22/10/2022 -

India has won a mammoth 46 medals including 27 individual (13 Gold, 6 Silver and 8 Bronze) medals, 19 team (8 Gold, 4 Silver and 7 Bronze) medals at Asian Youth Chess Championships 2022. 27 out of 108 individual medals were won by Indian players. Madhvendra Pratap Sharma is the only Indian who has won a Gold medal in all three formats - Classical, Rapid and Blitz in Under-10 Open category. He also remained undefeated in all 23 games. Charvi A, Ethan Vaz, Saparya Ghosh and WFM Bhagyashree Patil won two Gold medal each in their respective categories. India finished second overall with 10 medals, Vietnam first bagging 11 medals in the Classical format. Photo: IM FT FA Neeraj Kumar Mishra

Jan-Krzysztof Duda defies Mamedyarov's inspired comeback, clinches Aimchess Rapid 2022

22/10/2022 -

Poland no.1 Jan-Krzysztof Duda defeated Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the finals to win Aimchess Rapid 2022. It was certainly not an easy second set. Duda topped the Prelims then eliminated Vidit and Carlsen in the Quarterfinal and Semifinal matches without the need of tie-breaks. Mamedyarov had no plans of going down in two straight sets. He brought 'Shakh attack' and smashed Duda in the first two games. Duda made a prophylactic draw in the third to save energy and play Blitz tie-breaks. He won both Blitz games to win the Final and his second Meltwater Champions Chess Tour event of the season. Photo: Champions Chess Tour

Hans Niemann: "The lawsuit speaks for itself"

21/10/2022 -

The drama in the chess world has reached new heights. After cheating accusations in online and OTB chess from multiple sources including the World Champion Magnus Carlsen, Grandmaster Hans Niemann has filed a lawsuit! He has filed a 100 million USD lawsuit against Magnus Carlsen, Chess.com, Play Magnus, Hikaru Nakamura and IM Daniel Rensch (CEO of chesscom). What are the accusations he is bringing forward? In this article, we discuss the salient points of the 44-page lawsuit document which Hans put forward on twitter. Photo: Lawsuit PDF from Hans Niemann's tweet.

Queens in the castle: the 8th Global Chess Festival

21/10/2022 -

The 8th Edition of the Global Chess Festival 2022 started from 8th October 2022. It brought together participants from 15 countries in Budapest. More than 3000 people attended the festival and tens of thousands followed the events online. News of the festival spread overseas, with all of New York watching on the giant screens in Times Square as the greatest female player of all time made her winning move in an iconic game against the current world champion. This year, the organizers aimed to raise awareness about the importance of the role of girls in various scientific fields.

8x8 Blunders wins Japan Team Chess Championship 2022 with a perfect score

21/10/2022 -

Every year Japan’s Chess calendar features one event specially as a competition between various teams. This year’s event definitely had shades of inspiration by the 44th Chess Olympiad held in India in July-August 2022. The Japan Team Chess Championship is a good opportunity for the various chess clubs in the country to cobble up a few teams and show who is the best in business. The event is not limited to existing chess clubs. Four or five players can get together, register a team and participate. Check out a pictorial report of the event written by Mayur Gondhalekar. Photo: Flipi Poggenpoel

The first ever Giant Chess Rapid Championship

21/10/2022 -

Sarath City Mall Hyderabad, in association with ChessBase India, invites chess lovers in Hyderabad to be a part of the first-ever Giant Rapid Chess Tournament. The event has a total prize fund of Rs. 27,000. The first prize is Rs.10,000 + Chess at DreamHack Pass of Rs.1299. The event is organized by Sarath City mall and there are no entry fees. All sixteen participants, who will be selected, will go back home with prizes ranging from Rs.500 to Rs.10,000. The two finalists will be awarded a free pass for Chess at Dreamhack for 3 days. Read the article to know all the details.

Aimchess Rapid Finals: Jan-Krzysztof Duda wins the first set

21/10/2022 -

The FIDE World Cup 2021 winner, Jan-Krzysztof Duda defeated Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the first set of Aimchess Rapid 2022 Finals. Duda started the day with a draw, then he won the next game. The third game was an exciting draw. The Poland no.1 once again won the fourth game. Both wins were scored convincingly where the World no.19's precise play induced mistakes by the World no.13. Mamedyarov still has a chance to fight back in the second set of finals. Who will win the Aimchess Rapid - Duda or Mamedyarov? The winner will be decided tonight as the Finals continue from 9:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Champions Chess Tour

Kunal clinches Hatsun - Idhayam 6th SCS Rating Open 2022

20/10/2022 -

Third seeded M Kunal scored an unbeaten 7.5/8 to win Hatsun - Idhayam 6th SCS Rating Open 2022. He finished a half point ahead of the field. Despite being held to a draw in the second round, Kunal registered six consecutive victories between round three and eight to become the champion. Dinesh Rajan M, R Shadhursshaan and Manigandan S S scored 7/8 each. They were placed second to fourth according to tie-breaks. This was Kunal's third tournament victory in-a-row. He won UDC Cup 2nd Rapid Rating Open and 1st SRM Rapid Rating Open in consecutive months. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹500000. The top three prizes were ₹70000, ₹50000 and ₹35000 along with a trophy each. Photo: IA R Anantharam

New: Andrew Martin : The Closed Sicilian

20/10/2022 -

Do you have a fantastic memory and a liking for sharp positions, the evaluations of which can change with a few taps of a computer button? If so, then the main lines of the Open Sicilian are for you. But if you are one of the 99% of chess players who do NOT fall into this category, and open 1 e4, then the Closed Sicilian is a worthwhile option. The Closed Sicilian offers White a set of easy-to-understand plans, the chance of a kingside attack and little danger of being outgunned by tactics in the opening. So grab this DVD and enrich your knowledge by adding another opening to your repertoire. Photo: ChessBase

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