Astana GP Round 4: Vaishali splits the point with Tan Zhongyi

IM Vaishali R made a solid draw against GM Tan Zhongyi (CHN). The India no.3 woman drew her game as she had very less time on the clock against the former women's world champion. GM Alexandra Kosteniuk suffered her second loss out of four games at FIDE Astana GP. This time she lost to WGM Dinara Wagner (GER). WGM Zhu Jiner (CHN) defeated IM Polina Shuvalova to become coleader with GM Aleksandra Goryachkina at 3/4 each. IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ) and GM Kateryan Lagno trailing them by a half point at 2.5/4. Vaishali is now at 1.5/4. She will battle against WGM Dinara in the fifth round which starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman

1st Bikaner Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2022

One of the biggest ever tournaments in Rajasthan, the 1st Bikaner Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2022 is all set to start on the 1st of October, 2022, with a total prize fund is RS. 30,00,000.

The tournament will be organized in two categories - The Masters (Above 2000) with a prize fund of Rs. 20 lakhs and the Challengers (Below 2000) with a prize fund of Rs. 10 lakhs.

A total of 14 GMs, 19 IMs, 3 WGMs, and 9 WIMs with a total of 55 titled players have already confirmed their participation. A total of 10 rounds will be played and the tournament will conclude on the 8th of October.

Generation Cup R9-12: Carlsen regains his sole lead, Arjun Erigaisi firm second

Magnus Carlsen dominated the third day of Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Julius Baer Generation Cup to reclaim the pole position. He is back at the top 25/36 after beating Ivan Saric, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Boris Gelfand. His sole draw of the day was against the evergreen maestro Vasyl Ivanchuk. The world champion was winning in that game too. However, his miss allowed the former World Rapid champion to build a fortress, something the world no.1 has little belief in. Arjun Erigaisi is in sole second position, breathing down Carlsen's neck at 24/36. Praggnannadhaa is tied at fourth place 19/36 along with Keymer and Duda. The final day of Prelims, Round 9 starts tonight at 9:30 p.m. IST. Photo: ChessBase India live stream

Chhattisgarh CM Trophy GM Masters R2: Arjun Tiwari is on a roll

Arjun Tiwari defeated the second consecutive IM he faced at Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Trophy GM Masters 2022. He certainly possesses an IM-like strength. His peak rating has been 2354. Thus, these two win is no surprise at all. Double IM-norm holder, FM Aaryan Varshney drew with Mongolia no.3 GM Tsegmed Batchuluun. WIM Mahalakshmi M held IM Nubairshah to a draw. 21 players are at 2/2. 44th Olympiad individual Bronze medalist, WGM Divya Deshmukh is the sole female player to have made a perfect start. Round 3 starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

Astana GP Round 3: Vaishali draws with Assaubayeva

IM Vaishali R had an interesting draw with IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ) in the third round of FIDE Astana Grand Prix 2022. The former sacrificed her knight for the reigning World Blitz Women 2021 champion's pawn. Soon the game ended in a draw as the position did not yield a substantial advantage to either player. GM Aleksandra Goryachkina emerged as sole leader after she won a 97-move long battle against IM Alina Kashlinskaya (POL). Vaishali will face the former Women's World champion, GM Tan Zhongyi in round 4 which starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman

Generation Cup R5-8: Praggnanandhaa sets the board ablaze with Carlsen, Arjun Erigaisi grabs sole lead

The latest chapter of the Niemann-Carlsen drama is on everyone's mind after the second day of Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Julius Baer Generation Cup. However, let's focus on actual chess and some fantastic games which were played. Praggnanandhaa had a barn burner of a game against Magnus Carlsen in the eighth round. The recently turned 17-year-old had some winning chances in the endgame, yet his humane chess earned him a draw, an applause from the world champion and a thumbs up. Actions certainly speak louder than words! Arjun Erigaisi-Levon Aronian saga continued with the former picking up an excellent win. He is now the sole leader 17/24. Round 9 starts tonight at 9:30 p.m. IST. Photo: ChessBase India live stream

Chhattisgarh CM Trophy GM Masters R1: Angela stuns Ratnakaran

ChessBase India Hindi's head, Niklesh Jain's better half WIM Franco Valencia Angela scored the biggest upset of the first round of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Trophy GM Open 2022. She defeated IM Ratnakaran in a very sharp battle. IM Anup Deshmukh, recently crowned WIM Srishti Pandey and Chhattisgarh's very own CM Ravi Kumar, all three got themselves very close to beating their Grandmaster opponents. Yet, the seasoned GMs managed to escape with a draw. The tournament witnesses the participation of 127 players including 15 GMs, 23 IMs, 3 WGMs and 11 WIMs from 14 countries across the world including India in the Masters section. The total prize fund of the tournament is ₹3500000, ₹2300000 in Masters and ₹1200000 in Challengers section. Round 2 starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photo: Niklesh Jain

Astana GP Round 2: Four decisive games

The second round of FIDE Astana GP 2022 had four decisive games. IM Polina Shuvalova, WGM Zhu Jiner (CHN), IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ), IM Alina Kashlinskaya (POL) scored wins over IM Elisabeth Paehtz (GER), WGM Dinara Wagner (GER), GM Alexandra Kosteniuk and IM Vaishali R. Vaishali had a complex game against the Poland no.1 woman. She need to take some chances before going on full defense mode. Eventually her defense succumbed to her opponent's onslaught. She will face the reigning World Blitz 2021 Women champion, IM Bibisara Assaubayeva in Round 3. It starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman

Srishti Pandey becomes the latest Woman International Master of India

Srishti Pandey crossed 2200 in the live ratings at 24th Citta di Trieste Chess Festival on 2nd September to become the latest Woman International Master. The National Junior 2019 Girls champion became the second WIM from Nagpur. Srishti earned her first WIM-norm at World Junior Girls 2019. After two years and a month later, she scored her final two WIM-norms in consecutive events at IM Third Saturday Mix 223 and Third Saturday Mix 225 Open in Novi Sad, Serbia. However, she had to wait for almost a year to fulfill the rating criteria to become India's latest Woman International Master. Check out her favorite games annotated by herself among recent events. Photo: Niklesh Jain

Generation Cup R1-4: Praggnanandhaa beats Ivanchuk, Duda and Gelfand

Praggnanandhaa started Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Julius Baer Generation Cup with a win over former World Rapid champion, Vasyl Ivanchuk. Then he beat FIDE World Cup 2021 Jan-Krzysztof Duda in hard-fought prolonged battle. He completed his hat-trick with a win over the legendary Boris Gelfand, before succumbing to Christopher Yoo in the final game of the day. Arjun Erigaisi lost to the world champion Magnus Carlsen in the first round. Then he beat B Adhiban, World Blitz 2013 champion Liem Quang Le and Czech Republic no.1 David Navara. The world no.1 has taken an early sole lead 10/12. He is closely followed by Ivanchuk, Praggnanandhaa, Hans and Arjun at 9/12 each. Round 5 starts tonight at 9:30 p.m. IST. Photo: chess24

Astana GP Round 1: Vaishali makes a solid start

IM Vaishali R made a solid start at Astana GP. She drew her first round game against the former World Rapid and Blitz Women champion, GM Kateryna Lagno. Former World Women's Championship Challenger GM Aleksandra Goryachkina and Germany no.1 woman, IM Elisabeth Paehtz scored the only two wins of the first round against IM Polina Shuvalova and WGM Dinara Wagner respectively. Reigning World Blitz Women's champion, IM Bibisara Assaubayeva had an interesting opportunity against compatriot, GM Zhansaya Abdumalik. Vaishali will face IM Alina Kashlinskaya in Round 2 which starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman

India's Got Chess Talent -The Finale

In life, we often plan something but life always has something else planned for us. That's the best way to describe the finale of the first edition of India's Got Chess Talent. Four teams battled it out to be the winners of the first edition of India's Got Chess Talent. Team Debashis Das was paired against Team Chess Delphinus and Team Chess Pathshala was up against Team Wings of Fire in the semi-finals. The winners went through to the finals to face each other for the championship. In this article, we give you a detailed report of this beautiful event.

Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi and Adhiban to duke it out with Carlsen and co. at Julius Baer Generation Cup

The fifth Regular event of Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2022 season is Julius Baer Generation Cup. Praggnanandhaa and Arjun Erigaisi will battle against Magnus Carlsen, Vasyl Ivanchuk and the world's best. The theme of the tournament is generation of chess. They will be joined by Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Liem Quang Le, Levon Aronian, Anish Giri, Vincent Keymer, David Navara, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Ivan Saric, Boris Gelfand, Hans Niemann and Christopher Yoo. The 16th player was supposed to be the winner of MPL Indian Chess Tour leg 3, GM S L Narayanan. He is unable to take part due to his prior commitments. He will be replaced by B Adhiban as per the players' list. Round 1 starts tonight at 9:30 p.m. IST. Photo: chess24

Ilamparthi A R and Pranav Anand are World Under-14 and Under-16 Open 2022 Champions

Pranav Anand added another accolade to his name after becoming India's 76th Grandmaster. He drew his final round game to clinch the Gold in World Youth Under-16 Open. That is not the only Gold medal India won at this event. Ilamparthi A R also won a Gold medal in the Under-14 Open category. He defeated Filip Magold (ROU) in the final round to finish with 9.5/11. He also won the Anish Giri Deathmatch scholarship worth ₹200000 which was announced yesterday after the boy claimed the Gold. The 12-year-old is also gaining 114.4 Elo rating points. 16/18 Indian participants are gaining rating. The highest gainer is Kanishka S. She is gaining a mammoth 282.4 Elo rating points. Photo: David Llada

Vaishali will make her FIDE Women's GP debut at Astana, Kazakhstan

The first leg of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2022-23 will start at Astana, Kazakhstan from Sunday 18th September 2022. IM Vaishali R will be the sole Indian participant in the fray. She will replace Koneru Humpy only in this particular leg. The 12-player round robin event will feature GM Aleksandra Goryachkina, GM Kateryna Lagno, IM Alina Kashlinskaya, IM Bibisara Assaubayeva, GM Tan Zhongyi, WGM Dinara Wagner, IM Elisabeth Paehtz, WGM Zhu Jiner, GM Zhansaya Abdumalik, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, IM Vaishali R and IM Polina Shuvalova. Only the top two finishers of FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2022-23 will qualify in the FIDE Women's Candidates 2023-24. Photo: FIDE