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ONGC wins 31st PSPB Chess Inter-Unit Championships 2022

14/03/2022 -

Some of the best chess players of our country had gathered at the Acres Club in Mumbai for the 31st PSPB Inter-Unit Chess Championships 2022. It had all gone down to the wire as team IOCL was going to meet team ONGC in the final round. A 2-2 draw was fine for the IOCL team, but ONGC had to win at all costs. There were some mouth watering encounters for the chess fans, the main one being Humpy (ONGC) vs Adhiban (IOCL). The match went right upto the wire. IM Sagar Shah who was present at the venue, brings you all the updates of what transpired. 

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Neelash Saha and Priyanka Nutakki clinch MPL National Junior Open and Girls Chess Championships 2022

14/03/2022 -

IM Neelash Saha (WB) won an exciting final round game against Aryan Arora to win MPL 50th National Junior Chess Championship 2022 Open. He finished a half point ahead 8.0/9, of the competition Utsab Chatterjee (WB) and FM Rohith Krishna S (TN) 7.5/9. They secured second and third place respectively according to tie-breaks. WGM Priyanka Nutakki (AP) drew her final round game against Sajitha B (TN) to score 7.5/9. WFM Bhagyashree Patil (MAH) also scored the same, however, India's latest WGM edged past her due to better tie-breaks. Femil Chelladurai (TN) secured the third place 7.0/9. Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Bangladesh Premier League 2022 R4: Aditya Mittal stuns Sankalp Gupta

14/03/2022 -

Bangladesh Police and Bangladesh Biman scored an identical 3-1 victory over Bangladesh Navy and Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society in Round 4 to share the lead at Golden Jubilee of Independence Premier Division Chess League 2021-22. They are the only two teams at 8.0/8. IM Aditya Mittal (SCC) scored a crushing win over GM Sankalp Gupta (RBKP) who had a great difficulty finding place for his pieces. FM Harshad S (JBOWS) held GM Mitrabha Guha (BB) to a draw. SAIF Sporting Club is at sole third position with a score 6.0/8. Round 5 starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Richard Rapport wins FIDE Belgrade GP 2022, now World no.7

14/03/2022 -

Richard Rapport defeated Dmitry Andreikin in the second game of the Finals to win FIDE Belgrade GP 2022. He now leads the GP standings with 20 points and has very good chances to secure his place in the FIDE Candidates 2022. After a draw in the first game, the Hungary no.1 made an interesting exchange sacrifice which required some precise calculations by his opponent to secure a draw by perpetual. Unfortunately for the FIDE World Cup 2013 runner-up, he was unable to find it and the creative genius Rapport won the game. This win elevated Rapport to World no.7 in the live ratings as he moved to his career high rating 2776.4. Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

A chess bet with Aamir Khan

14/03/2022 -

It's no secret that Aamir Khan loves chess. But with the kind of busy schedule that he has it is very rare for him to find time for the sport. A few days ago, he was drawn to a game of chess by P. Prachura - a strong former chess player with an Elo of 2125 and a current entrepreneur. But this game of chess had a twist attached to it. If Aamir won or lasted for 35 moves, he could ask Prachura to do one thing for him, and that could be anything! If Prachura won, he would secure Aamir's presence at his wedding, whenever that would be. It was a high stakes chess game and Prachura played it blindfolded! Check out what happened and who came out on top!

New: ChessBase Magazine #206

13/03/2022 -

Tata Steel 2022: analysis from Duda, Giri, Grandelius, Mamedyarov, Praggnanandhaa, Shankland, Erigaisi and Vogel. Peter Heine Nielsen and Dorian Rogozenco (video) take a close look at two Catalan wins by the World Champion and tournament winner. With CBM experts you see more: videos by King, Knaak, Marin, Müller, Reeh, Ris, Rogozenco and Werle - total playing time over 5 hours! Plus eleven opening articles with recommendations for your repertoire, e.g. "Steamrolling the Reti" (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 g5!?), "A versatile Ruy Lopez" (1. e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 Part I) or "London queen sortie" (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Qb6 6.dxc5 Qxb2). Last but not least: The "Special" on Levon Aronian with 19 annotated games as well as Marin's article "Aronian's strategic universe". Photo: ChessBase

Neelash, Utsab and Rohith vie for MPL 50th National Junior Chess Championship 2022

13/03/2022 -

IM Neelash Saha (WB), Utsab Chatterjee (WB) and FM Rohith Krishna S (TN) are the three players in the race to win MPL 50th National Junior Chess Championship 2022 Open. Neelash and Utsab beat FM Ayush Sharma (MP) and IM Koustav Chatterjee (WB) in Round 7. Then they drew against each other in the penultimate round. Each of them would want to win the final round to win the tournament. Top seed WGM Priyanka Nutakki (AP) regained her sole lead by beating the other leader WFM Bhagyashree Patil (MAH) and then she drew with Samriddhaa Ghosh (WB). A draw in the final round by Priyanka will leave things up to the result of Samriddhaa vs Bhagyashree and how their tie-breaks turn out. Final round starts today at 9:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Gukesh set to star at 55th Biel Chess Festival GMT 2022

12/03/2022 -

India's youngest GM D Gukesh has participated in the Master Tournament of the historic Biel Chess Festival twice - 2019 and 2021. For the first time in his career, he will play in the Grandmaster Tournament (GMT) along with seven other stalwarts of the world. They are - Under-20 no.2 Andrey Esipenko, World Blitz 2013 champion Liem Le Quang, UAE no.1 Salem Saleh, 54th Biel GMT 2021 winner Gata Kamsky, Under-18 no.1 Vincent Keymer, World Rapid champion Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Azerbaijan no.5 Arkadij Naiditsch. As mentioned in the press release, Gukesh's name has been recommended by none other than the maestro Vishy Anand himself, who will also be present for a few days. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Bangladesh Premier League 2022 R2: Gukesh's positional prowess

12/03/2022 -

Bangladesh Police registered the biggest victory of the event so far as Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society lost to the defending champions 0.5-3.5 in Round 2 of Golden Jubilee of Independence Premier Division Chess League 2021-22. Sheikh Russel Chess Club registered the second biggest win of the round against Manha's Castle. The lone point for Manha's Castle was scored by GM Harsha Bharathakoti who defeated GM Shyam Sundar M. Bangladesh Biman, Leonine Chess Club and Rupali Bank Krira Parisad were the other victors. Bangladesh Navy had the sole draw of the round against Titas Club. Round 3 starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

MPL National Junior 2022 R5-6: Priyanka Nutakki and Bhagyashree Patil share the lead

12/03/2022 -

Utsab Chatterjee (WB), IM Neelash Saha (WB), IM Koustav Chatterjee (WB) and FM Ayush Sharma (MP) are the four leaders at MPL 50th National Junior Chess Championship 2022 Open. The sole leader after the fifth round, Utsab drew his sixth round game against IM Harshavardhan G B (TN). It allowed Koustav, Neelash and Ayush to catch up by winning their respective games. In the Girls event, top seed WGM Priyanka Nutakki (AP) beat WFM Lakshmi C (TN) in an exciting encounter in the sixth round to ascend to the top. She is now joined by WFM Bhagyashree Patil (MAH) in the lead. They will face each other in Round 7 which starts today at 9:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Belgrade GP SF TB: Andreikin eliminates Giri

12/03/2022 -

Anish Giri drew the first game with the black pieces against Dmitry Andreikin. In the second game of the Semifinal tie-breaks, Giri got himself a completely winning position but he squandered it. In a relatively equal position, he made a desperate sacrifice in an attempt to get something. The World Cup 2013 runner-up, did not miss his opportunity and won the game. Dmitry Andreikin will face Richard Rapport in the Finals. Giri has only the last leg, Berlin GP left to find his place in the FIDE Candidates 2022. Finals start today from 7:30 p.m. IST. Who is your pick to win Belgrade GP - Rapport or Andreikin? Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

Vishwa Vasnawala becomes the latest Woman International Master of India

11/03/2022 -

Vishwa Vasnawala scored her final WIM-norm at IM Ask 7 in Aranđelovac, Serbia on 5th March 2022. She scored 6.0/9, performed at 2351 to become India's latest Woman International Master. She scored her first WIM-norm at First Saturday IM May 2019. The second and third WIM-norms were scored in consecutive tournaments IM Ask 6 and 7 within a span of 13 days. Check out her games from the events where she made her norms along with a few best games annotated by her. After Dhyani Dave and Tejaswini Sagar, Vishwa became the third WIM of Gujarat. Her live rating 2314.6 also makes her the highest rated female chess player of her state.

Bangladesh Premier League 2022 R1: Harsha Bharathakoti slays the infallible Arjun Erigaisi

11/03/2022 -

Defending champion Bangladesh Police won their first match with a minimum margin 2.5-1.5 over Manha's Castle at Golden Jubilee of Independence Premier Division Chess League 2021-22. Harsha Bharathakoti answered the perennial question of who will beat Arjun Erigaisi for the first time in Classical chess in 2022. The new National Senior Open champion is riding high on his momentum since summer 2021. The last time Arjun lost a Classical game was against Abhimanyu Puranik at Sitges on 22nd December. Harsha ended his 24-game unbeaten streak in 2022. Round 2 starts today at 3:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

MPL National Junior 2022 R3-4: Top seeds become the prime target

11/03/2022 -

Top seeds in both MPL 50th National Junior Open and 35th National Sub-Junior Girls Chess Championships were held to draws in Round 3 and 4. Rohit S (TN) denied GM Iniyan P (TN) his fourth consecutive win. GM Arjun Kalyan (TN) drew both of his third and fourth round games. Five players - IM Pranesh M (TN), Hari Madhavan N B (TN), Utsab Chatterjee (WB), FM Rohith Krishna S (WB) and FM Ayush Sharma (MP) are at 4.0/4 each. WFM Tanishka Kotia (HAR) drew with the top seed WGM Priyanka Nutakki (AP) in Round 4. Tamil Nadu girls WFM Lakshmi C, Poorna Sri M K and Divyabharathi Masanam in a three-way lead 4.0/4. Round 5 starts today at 9:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Belgrade GP SF2: Richard Rapport advances to the Finals

11/03/2022 -

Richard Rapport drew with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the second game to advance to the finals of FIDE Belgrade Grand Prix 2022. Although at one point it seemed like MVL had a substantial advantage, as he in the post-match interview, there were a lot of lines to calculate and it was certainly not easy to find the correct way to convert it into a full point. The World Blitz champion now has only last GP event left to be able to qualify to the FIDE Candidates 2022. Dmitry Andreikin and Anish Giri drew their second game too. Thus, they will play Semifinal tie-breaks today from 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

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