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Pavel Ponkratov wins 1st Guwahati GM Open, Nitin S third

21/03/2022 -

Top seed of the tournament GM Pavel Ponkratov won the 1st Guwahati International GM Open 2022. Both Ponkratov and GM Fawzy Adham (EGY) scored 8.5/10, however the former edged passed the latter on tie-breaks. IM Nitin S is the best Indian performer of the event. He scored 8.0/10 and secured third place on tie-breaks. FM Aradhya Garg delivered a phenomenal performance to score 8.0/10, earn his final IM-norm and secure fourth place. A last round loss gave IM C R G Krishna a sixth place finish. IM P Shyam Nikhil, GM Visakh N R and GM Iniyan P secured eighth, ninth and tenth place finish scoring 7.5/10 each. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

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Charity Cup R1-4: Vidit makes an unbeaten start 8.0/12

20/03/2022 -

Vidit Gujrathi made a strong start at Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Charity Cup 2022. He defeated Richard Rapport and Lei Tingjie, drew with David Navara and Praggnanandhaa. Thus, he remained undefeated on the first day of the Prelims. Two wins and two draws means, his score is now 8.0/8. Liem Le Quang and Hans Niemann emerged as the early coleaders 10.0/12. They both scored an identical three wins and a draw each. They are followed by Ding Liren at 9.0/12. The China no.1 spoiled the world champion's day as he beat him in the fourth round. Carlsen is at 7.0/12, Praggnanandhaa 5.0/12 and Harikrishna 2.0/12. Round 5 starts tonight at 10:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Amruta Mokal

1st Guwahati GM Open R9: C R G Krishna in a four-way race to the finish

20/03/2022 -

IM C R G Krishna drew his game quickly in just 17 moves against GM Neuris Delgado Ramirez (PAR) in Round 9 of 1st Guwahati International GM Open 2022. They are joined by GM Fawzy Adham (EGY) and GM Pavel Ponkratov who registered victories over IM Sayantan Das and GM Azer Mirzoev (AZE) respectively. To win the tournament, Krishna must win the last round and hope the remaining leaders draw their game. If all four leaders draw their games, there is a possibility of as many as seven players finishing with 8.0/10. It would mean the tie-breaks will decide the winner. Final Round 10 games start today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Priyanka Nutakki earns WGM title, 3rd in National Women and National Junior Girls champion in 11 days

19/03/2022 -

Priyanka Nutakki became India's 23rd Woman Grandmaster and secured third place at MPL 47th National Women Chess Championship on 2nd March 2022. Exactly a week later, she started as the top seed at MPL 35th National Junior Girls Chess Championship 2022. It was her final attempt. Just like all three previous National age group titles, she won this one also in her final appearance. It is considered final attempt as she becomes ineligible for the following edition as per the age group criteria. How did the 19-year-old girl from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh achieve them all in just a span of eleven tournament days? We find out in this article.

Judit Polgar vs The World

19/03/2022 -

Hungarian Pavilion of Dubai Expo 2020 in collaboration with Judit Polgar brings to you a unique event where you get an opportunity to challenge Judit in a simul alongside your favourite chess streamers and influencers. The simul will take place virtually on 20th March 2022 at 17:00 GST (18:30 IST). There are 11 boards in total in the simul, out of which 10 boards will be played by the influencers and their teams and the remaining 1 board will be against the world (registered viewers). Judit will play everyone virtually from the Hungarian Pavilion’s Dome. Photo: Judit Polgar's twitter

1st Guwahati GM Open R7-8: C R G Krishna joins the three-way lead

19/03/2022 -

IM C R G Krishna overcame a completely lost position and beat GM Deepan Chakkravarthy in the eighth round of 1st Guwahati International GM Open 2022. He joined IM Sayantan Das and GM Neuris Delgado Ramirez (PAR) in the lead. They drew their game against each other. IM Sidhant Mohapatra who beat GM Iniyan P in a brilliant manner in the seventh round, lost to GM Azer Mirzoev (AZE) in Round 8. GM Saptarshi Roy completed his hat-trick by beating IM Ortik Nigmatov in a picturesque finish. He is in the chase along with Azer, Pavel Ponkratov and Fawzy Adham. Round 9 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Vidit, Harikrishna and Praggnanandhaa to face Carlsen and world's best at Charity Cup

18/03/2022 -

The second event of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2022 season will be Charity Cup. It is a fundraiser tournament for UNICEF. All players are encouraged to donate their earnings. The tournament is dedicated to the victims of the war in Ukraine. India will be represented heavily in this event by Vidit Gujrathi, Harikrishna Pentala and Praggnanandhaa. They will be joined by Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren, Liem Quang Le, Hans Niemann, Eric Hansen along with the debutants - Richard Rapport, David Navara and Lei Tingjie and also the returning Gawain Jones, Jorden van Foreest, David Anton Guijarro and World Women's Champion Ju Wenjun. Jan-Krzysztof Duda will be replacing his fellow countryman Radoslaw Wojtaszek. Charity Cup Round 1 starts tomorrow at 10:30 p.m. IST. Photo: chess24

1st Guwahati GM Open R6: The GM Slayers - Kaustuv Kundu and Aradhya Garg

18/03/2022 -

IM Sayantan Das had a great opportunity to win against IM Ratnakaran K in the sixth round of 1st Guwahati International GM Open 2022. The Indian Tal managed to make a great escape and salvage a draw from a completely lost endgame. Iniyan and Ponkratov drew their game. Neuris Delgado Ramirez (PAR) and Cristhian Camilo Rios (COL) defeated Azer Mirzoev (AZE) and Stany G A to join the four-way lead 5.5/6. Kaustuv Kundu and FM Aradhya Garg registered big victories against GM Visakh N R and GM Karthik Venkataraman respectively. A dozen players in pursuit at 5.0/6 each. Round 7 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Prraneeth Vuppala becomes the latest International Master of India

17/03/2022 -

15-year-old Prraneeth Vuppala became the latest International Master of India on 15th March 2022. The Telangana boy scored his final IM-norm and maiden GM-norm at the same event First Saturday GM March 2022. He scored his first IM-norm at the age of 11 years back in October 2018. He crossed 2400 and secured his second IM-norm at Vergani Cup January 2022. His live rating is now 2430.4. He is two GM-norms and 69.6 Elo rating points away from becoming India's next GM. The boy's quest for Grandmaster title continues at Vezerkepzo GM March 2022 which starts today. Photo: Rupali Mullick

1st Guwahati GM Open R4-5: The Wrath of Ratnakaran

17/03/2022 -

IM Ratnakaran K and IM Sayantan Das emerged as the coleaders after Round 5 of 1st Guwahati International GM Open 2022. Ratnakaran won both games with a brilliant display of attack against GM Karthik Venkataraman and GM Fawzy Adham (EGY). Sayantan scored victories against Kumar Gaurav and IM Sai Agni Jeevitesh. It is well-known that both leaders have GM-level strength. Six players are trailing by a half point 4.5/5 each. They are all GMs - Neuris Delgado Ramirez (PAR), Azer Mirzoev (AZE), Iniyan P, Pavel Ponkratov, Cristhian Rios Camilo (COL) and Stany G A. Round 6 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

How did India get the Chess Olympiad 2022 + player reactions on this news

17/03/2022 -

After Russia invaded Ukraine in February it became clear that Moscow would not be able to host the Chess Olympiad 2022. FIDE was in a difficult situation to find a new host. The AICF sprung into action and put together a powerful bid within 10 days with the support of the Tamil Nadu Government. On 15th of March, FIDE awarded the Chess Olympiad 2022 to India. The mega event that will bring together 2000+ players from over 170 countries will be held on the East Coast Road near Chennai. We bring you the entire story of how the Chess Olympiad was awarded to India, who are the people who made it possible and how do the top players of the country view this development.

Play chess for free at Bangalore Chess Club

16/03/2022 -

Are you tired of playing chess online and looking for a way to play friendly games in person over-the-board? If you are in the 'Silicon City of India', you just have to visit Bangalore Chess Club. It is a club open for all, absolutely free to play, there is no membership or registration fees to play. Manish Simon started the club back in 2015 and today it is 1300 members strong on meetup group and have almost 600 followers on instagram. Now that we are almost coming to the end of the pandemic and slowly getting back to normalcy, this will be a good opportunity to try your hand at over-the-board chess before playing tournaments in a city where there is always a plethora of rating events taking place. Tarun Mittal writes on the resurgence of the club.

1st Guwahati GM Open R2-3: Anabil Goswami's magic number 1111

16/03/2022 -

15-year-old Anabil Goswami scored the biggest upset in Round 2 of 1st Guwahati International GM Open 2022. The 1334-rated boy from Tripura defeated IM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB). Earlier he drew with IM Rahul Sangma in the first round. In the third round, Kumar Gaurav won against IM Arash Tahbaz (IRI). The 20-year-old persevered a tough position and waited for the right moment to strike against his opponent. 13-year-old Abhash Roimya Saikia drew with two GMs he faced on the same day - P Karthikeyan and Saptarshi Roy. Vaibhav Jayant Raut held GM Deepan Chakkravarthy to a draw. Round 4 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Sanan Sjugirov wins Belgrade GM Tournament 2022, Nihal Sarin second

15/03/2022 -

Nihal Sarin scored 5.5/9 to secure second place at Belgrade GM Tournament 2022. Sanan Sjugirov scored 6.5/9 and finished a full point ahead of the field to win the tournament. He won €5000 cash prize. Velimir Ivic and World Rapid 2021 champion, Nodirbek Abdusattorov scored 5.5/9 each. Since Nihal beat both of them, he was placed second. Ivic and Abdusattorov secured third and fourth place respectively. Nihal earned €3500 cash prize, Ivic got €2500. The tournament ten top GMs across the world including Czech Republic no.1 David Navara. The average rating of the tournament was 2651. Photo: serbiachess.org

1st Guwahati GM Open R1: 1336-rated Darsh Shetty upsets WGM Divya Deshmukh

15/03/2022 -

13-year-old Darsh Shetty scored the biggest upset in the first round of 1st Guwahati International GM Open 2022. The 1336-rated boy beat the newly crowned National Women champion, WGM Divya Deshmukh. She is rated 965 points higher than him but that did not stop the boy to play the endgame beautifully, seizing his opportunity. 11-year-old Arshiya Das (1407) got herself very close to winning against IM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB, 2445). However, the experienced IM managed to escape with a draw. All other top seeds managed to win their respective games with ease. Round 2 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

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