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India no.2 Vidit Gujrathi makes a big announcement

01/04/2022 -

2020-2022 has been quite a confusing period for Vidit Gujrathi. The current India no.2 was the captain of the Indian team that won the Online Olympiad Gold in 2020. He also reached the quarter finals of the FIDE World Cup 2021. Apart from that he reached a career high live rating of 2740. All of these seem like good achievements, don't they? Well, there were many downs as well - Vidit didn't perform up to the mark at all the events of Champions Chess Tour. Tata Steel Chess India was a debacle and he fell short in both FIDE Grand Swiss and Grand Prix. Based on all these factors Vidit has made a huge announcement, and in this article we bring it in front of you. 

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MPL Indian Chess Tour 2022 leg 1 R1-4: Leon Luke Mendonca grabs sole lead 10.0/12

01/04/2022 -

Leon Luke Mendonca has emerged as the early sole leader 10.0/12 after Round 4 of MPL Indian Chess Tour leg 1. Despite starting the day with a draw against Abhimanyu Puranik, he managed to win the next three games against Sankalp Gupta, tournament's top seed Arjun Erigaisi and Adhiban. The only other player to score a hat-trick was Raunak Sadhwani. After having a 2900 performance at Bundesliga, Raunak bounced back well from a first round loss against Gukesh. He went on to defeat Sethuraman, Abhijeet Gupta and Iniyan. He is now at sole second place 9.0/12, closely followed by Surya Sekhar Ganguly 8.0/12 and D Gukesh 7.0/12. Round 5 starts today at 3:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Amruta Mokal

3rd Gujarat GM Open R1: Akshit Kacha swindles IM Shahil Dey

01/04/2022 -

1367-rated Akshit Kacha completely turned his fate and beat IM Shahil Dey in the first round of 3rd Gujarat International GM Open 2022. The untitled teenager chose a sideline in the French Tarrasch and was losing for the better part of the game. However, in the endgame, Shahil miscalculated his chances with a passed pawn and lost material. The 3rd edition of Gujarat's strongest and most important tournament witnesses the participation of 374 players including 14 GMs, 30 IMs and 3 WIM from 14 countries across the world including India. The total prize fund of the tournament is ₹15,00,000. Round 2 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Arghyadip Das wins 16th BRDCA All India Rapid Rating Open 2022

31/03/2022 -

IM Arghyadip Das scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 and finished a half point ahead of the competition to win 16th BRDCA All India Rapid Rating Open 2022. His only draw was against Sanjeev Mishra in the seventh round. Three players scored 8.0/9 - Balkishan A, Prasanna S and FM Sharan Rao. They were placed second to fourth according to the tie-breaks. Arghyadip won ₹25000 cash and a trophy, Runner-up Balkishan earned ₹18000 and a trophy, and Prasanna received ₹15000 cash as their respective prize. Total prize fund of the tournament was ₹200000. 18-year-old Dhanush Raghav N S won 11th BRDCA Blitz Open. Total prize fund for Blitz event was ₹40000.

MPL Indian Chess Tour 2022 starts today

31/03/2022 -

18-year-old newly-crowned MPL 58th National Senior champion, India no.4 Arjun Erigaisi will be the top seed in the $100,000 MPL Indian Chess Tour. The new online Tour features four 16-player tournaments, with the winner of each event qualifying to the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. The four winners and four next highest scoring players of the Tour also qualify for a knockout Tour final with a $10,000 top prize. The participants of the first leg are - Arjun Erigaisi, S L Narayanan, Adhiban, Abhijeet Gupta, Karthikeyan Murali, Sethuraman, Abhimanyu Puranik, Raunak, Gukesh, Surya, Aryan, Lalit, Sankalp, Leon, Harika and Iniyan. Round 1 starts today at 3:30 p.m. IST. Photo: chess24

Hikaru Nakamura and Richard Rapport in the Candidates 2022

30/03/2022 -

Hikaru Nakamura beat Andrey Esipenko in the sixth round of the third leg of FIDE Grand Prix this past Monday at Berlin, Germany. He topped Pool A and advanced to the Semifinals. The Speed King secured at least 20 points which is also secured by Richard Rapport after he won the FIDE Belgrade GP earlier this month. There is no mathematical way for any other GP participants to gain more points than them, thus Nakamura and Rapport have secured their place in the FIDE Candidates 2022. Nakamura and Rapport joins Nepomniachtchi, Radjabov, Duda, Firouzja and Caruana at the Candidates which will start on 17th June at Madrid, Spain. Ding Liren is trying to earn the final spot. Photo: Lennart Ootes and Niki Riga

Indefatigable Arjun Erigaisi scores a hat-trick by winning 19th Delhi GM Open 2022

30/03/2022 -

GM Arjun Erigaisi clinched his third individual and fourth overall tournament of the year 2022. He started the year by winning Tata Steel Challengers, then he conquered MPL 58th National Senior Open. He was instrumental in Bangladesh Police's hat-trick triumph at Bangladesh Premier League. Nine days later, Arjun clinched the 19th Delhi International GM Open 2022. GM D Gukesh and GM Harsha Bharathakoti also scored the same 8.5/10. They were placed second and third according to the tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹25,00,000. Top three earned ₹400,000, ₹350,000 and ₹300,000 each respectively along with a trophy each. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

India clinches double Gold at Asian Nations Cup Online U-14 Open and Girls Team 2022

29/03/2022 -

India dominated Asian Nations Cup Online Under-14 Team Chess Championship 2022 in both Open and Girls events. India also won a Bronze medal in the Open. That's not all. Among Board prizes, India won four Golds, five Silver and one Bronze combining both. Rosh Jain 8.0/9, CM Mrithyunjay Mahadevan 7.0/8 and CM Jaivardhan Raj 5.0/7 are the top performer for the Gold medal winning India B team in the Open. Sneha Halder 9.0/9, Mrittika Mallick 8.0/9 and Anupam M Sreekumar 6.0/8 anchored India A for a Gold in the Girls event. Apart from a trophy and medal, each member of the winning team will also get a DGT clock. Photo: Shahid Ahmed, Niklesh Jain, IA Jitendra Choudhary and AICF

19th Delhi GM Open R9: Abhijeet and Sethuraman in the title fray

29/03/2022 -

19th Delhi International GM Open 2022 is certainly heading for an exciting finish. Five players are in the lead 7.5/9 heading into the final round. They are - Arjun Erigaisi, Sethuraman, Gukesh, Harsha Bharathakoti and Abhijeet Gupta. While Arjun has the best tie-break among the lot, a final round draw will allow any of the remaining to clinch the championship. He must beat Karthik Venkataraman in the final round to increase his odds. Abhijeet will face Gukesh and Sethuraman against Harsha in the final round, where everyone will go for full point to increase their chances to win the tournament. Round 10 starts today at 10:00 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

New: Understanding Middlegame Strategies Vol. 3 + Vol. 4 by Ivan Sokolov

28/03/2022 -

Ivan Sokolov is well-known for his stunning attacking games. Most of them originate from middlegames, so no wonder he wrote various books about this topic. Now he continues his video series at ChessBase and presents further tools for a better chess understanding with the hedgehog and dynamic pawn structures. Not only as a player, but also through his work as a trainer of various top players, Sokolov knows how to make complex topics understandable through instructive examples. Start improving your understanding of the middlegames now! Vol. 1 Dynamic Pawns and Vol.2 Practical Play released last year, now you can get Vol. 3 The Hedgehog and Vol.4 Dynamic Pawn Structures - Part 1. Photo: ChessBase

19th Delhi GM Open R8: Arjun Erigaisi, Harsha and Gukesh in a three-way race

28/03/2022 -

The competition is getting tough and things are heating up fast as the top six boards had only decisive results in the eighth round of 19th Delhi International GM Open 2022. Four out of top five boards ended in 30 moves or less. Arjun Erigaisi, Harsha Bharathakoti and D Gukesh are in the lead 7.0/8. They are closely followed by GM Sethuraman, FM Seyed Kian Poormosavi, IM Neelash Saha and the defending champion GM Abhijeet Gupta. The penultimate round will witness an interesting rematch from the National Senior Championships with the same colors between Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi. Round 9 starts today at 10:00 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Magnus Carlsen wins Charity Cup in a thrilling Final

27/03/2022 -

Jan-Krzysztof Duda made an excellent comeback in the second set of Finals. Despite being in a must-win situation, he started the day with a loss. Then he won the next two games. The third game can easily be called a masterpiece by Duda, although he missed an earlier win. The fourth game was drawn which meant Duda won the second set 1.5-2.5. However, Magnus Carlsen showed why he is the world champion by winning both tie-break Blitz games without giving any opportunity to his opponent. Carlsen won the Charity Cup, his second consecutive Meltwater Champions Chess Tour event of the 2022 season. The next event of the tour will be a Major which starts on 20th April. Photo: chess24

19th Delhi GM Open R7: Arjun Erigaisi and Gukesh ascend to the top

27/03/2022 -

Top seed GM Arjun Erigaisi, GM Pavel Ponkratov, GM D Gukesh, GM Harsha Bharathakoti and IM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB) scored a victory each to join the seven-way lead at 19th Delhi International GM Open 2022. The remaining two are previous round leaders GM Lalit Rohit and GM Karthik Venkataraman who drew their game against each other. Gukesh arguably played the most exciting game of the round. 14 players are in the chase at 5.5/7. Current National Women champion WGM Divya Deshmukh defeated National Under-13 Girls 2019 champion, Sarayu Velpula. Round 8 starts today at 10:00 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

The first ever ChessBase India Chess Club session

26/03/2022 -

ChessBase India launched its first ever chess club at the Phoenix Market City in Mumbai. Located in Kurla, Phoenix Market City is one of Mumbai's finest and biggest malls. 50 chess sets were placed for chess enthusiasts from all across the city to come and play over the board! We had close to 300 people visiting the venue making the event a grand success! The idea of the chess club is to create a hub in the city of Mumbai where people can come, learn, enjoy and play a game of chess! Doing it in a mall helps in popularizing the game as well.

Magnus Carlsen on the verge of winning the Charity Cup

26/03/2022 -

Magnus Carlsen needed only three games to win the first set of the Finals of Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Charity Cup. The first game was a well-fought draw. However, Jan-Krysztof Duda faltered in the next two games which means the world champion won the set 2.5-0.5. The Poland no.1 now must-win the second set to force tie-breaks. He has already mentioned of trying hard to hide his Candidates preparation, early in the tournament. Will he able to bounce back and force tie-breaks? Or will Carlsen shows his superiority and win second straight tournament of the season? Second set of the Finals start tonight at 10:30 p.m. IST. Photo: chess24 live stream

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