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Belgrade GP R4: Vachier-Lagrave wins to take sole lead in Pool D

05/03/2022 -

Both Vidit Gujrathi and Pentala Harikrishna drew their games against Alexei Shirov and Nikita Vitiugov respectively. Vidit still shares the lead with Richard Rapport at 2.5/4 in Pool C. Anish Giri drew with Tabatabaei to maintain his full point lead 3.0/4 in Pool B. Harikrishna's score is now 1.5/4. Sam Shankland and Dmitry Andreikin shares the top spot in Pool A at 2.5/4 each. Meanwhile, the newly crowned World Blitz champion, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave scored the only win of Round 4 against Alexandr Predke to gain sole lead 2.5/4. Today is a rest day. Round 5 of Pool stage starts tomorrow, Sunday 6th March at 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

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MPL National Sub-Junior 2022 R1: Shraddhaa Bajaj topples third seed Bhillva Nilaya

05/03/2022 -

MPL 46th National Sub-Junior Open and 37th National Sub-Junior Girls started yesterday at New Delhi. There were no big upsets in the first round of the Open tournament. Keshav Padmanabhan (TN) was the only one to hold Md. Imran (AP) to a draw among the top ten seeds. Among the girls, Shraddhaa Bajaj (MAH) and Jahnvi Ashok (KER) beat Bhillva Nilaya K E K (AP) and Sneha Halder (WB) respectively. Aashi Upadhyay (RAJ) held Meenatchi Rajam V (TN) to a draw. From today onwards, there are double rounds every day. Round 2 starts today at 9:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Priyanka Nutakki becomes the 23rd Woman Grandmaster of India

04/03/2022 -

19-year-old Priyanka Nutakki secured her final WGM-norm at MPL 47th National Women Chess Championship. She scored 7.0/9, performed at 2348 to become India's latest Woman Grandmaster on 2nd March 2022. She was also placed third in the tournament. The first WGM-norm was scored in January 2019. The soft-spoken girl from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, won her biggest online tournament, SPF Girls' Invitational in June 2020. It was evident that she was working hard during the Covid-19 pandemic. She earned her second WGM and maiden IM-norm in her third over-the-board tournament of the year 2021. A little over two months later, she delivered a stellar performance to become India's latest Woman Grandmaster. Photo: Niklesh Jain

18-year-old Arjun Erigaisi conquers MPL 58th National Senior Chess Championship 2022

04/03/2022 -

18-year-old Arjun Erigaisi expectedly won MPL 58th National Senior Chess Championship 2022. He edged past D Gukesh and Iniyan P on tie-breaks. All three of them scored 8.5/11. They received ₹600,000, ₹500,000 and ₹400,000 along with a trophy each respectively. The remaining top ten scored 8.0/10 each. Koustav Chatterjee and Pranav Venkatesh are the only two IMs to make it in the top 10. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹30,00,000. Only four players younger than Arjun have won the National Senior title in Indian chess history. It is evident that the future of Indian chess is very bright when the teenagers are winning National Senior in both Open and Women section. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Belgrade GP R3: Harikrishna holds Anish Giri to a draw

04/03/2022 -

Vidit Gujrathi was denied a hat-trick by Hungary no.1 Richard Rapport. Now both Rapport and Vidit share the lead in Pool C at 2.0/3 each. Anish Giri made an interesting queen sacrifice against Harikrishna. However, it lacked enough venom to score a hat-trick. The India no.3 drew the game comfortably against the Dutch no.1. Giri still leads Pool B by a full point 2.5/3 and has good chances of advancing to the Quarterfinals. Apart from Rapport, Fedoseev was the only other victor of Round 3 which saw the least number of decisive games of the event so far. Round 4 of Pool stage starts today at 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

16-year-old Divya Deshmukh clinches MPL 47th National Women Chess Championship 2022

03/03/2022 -

WGM Divya Deshmukh (MAH) drew her final round game against IM Soumya Swaminathan (PSPB) to clinch MPL 47th National Women Chess Championship 2022. She finished a full point ahead of the competition. WIM Sakshi Chitlange (MAH), WIM Priyanka Nutakki (AP) and WGM Srija Seshadri (TN) scored 7.0/9 each. They were placed second to fourth according to tie-breaks. Divya finished third in the 2019 edition. She became the fifth-youngest woman to win National Women 2022, tying the record with Humpy at the age of 16 years. Sakshi and Priyanka Nutakki scored a WGM-norm each. Priyanka Nutakki became India's 23rd Woman Grandmaster. Photo: IA Suresh Chandra Sahoo

Belgrade GP R2: Vidit beats Fedoseev to take a full point lead in Pool C

03/03/2022 -

Vidit Gujrathi scored his second consecutive victory at FIDE Belgrade Grand Prix 2022. Vladimir Fedoseev's tactical error cost him an exchange. Later, Vidit found a beautiful move to secure his win. He is now a full point ahead of the field in Pool B. Harikrishna was unable to seize his advantage in a completely winning position against Tabatabaei. Anish Giri is playing some of his best chess as he also scored his second win with another sacrifice. Vidit will face Richard Rapport in Round 3. The Hungary no.1 started the event with two consecutive draws. Round 3 of Pool stage starts today at 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

MPL 58th National Senior R10: Gukesh rejoins Arjun Erigaisi at the top

03/03/2022 -

Arjun Erigaisi (TEL) drew with Iniyan P (TN) in the penultimate round of MPL 58th National Senior Chess Championship 2022. Thus, it allowed D Gukesh (TN) to catch up as he beat Abhijeet Gupta (PSPB) to regain the lead 8.0/10. Seven players are at 7.5/10 - GM Iniyan P, GM Aravindh, GM Aryan, GM Sethuraman S P, GM Visakh, GM Mitrabha Guha and IM Pranav. The two-time Tamil Nadu State Senior champion and a single GM-norm holder, Pranav Venkatesh ended GM Lalit Rohit's 45-game unbeaten streak in Classical chess since December 2021. Round 11 starts today at 10:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Belgrade GP R1: Vidit scores a fiery win against Shirov

02/03/2022 -

Vidit Gujrathi started with a very nice victory against Alexei Shirov at FIDE Belgrade GP 2022. Harikrishna lost to Nikita Vitiugov after making an inaccuracy early in the middlegame. Anish Giri and Dmitry Andreikin defeated Amin Tabatabaei and Alexander Grischuk respectively. Andreikin also mentioned that it could be their last tournament. It is in reference to the fact that IOC recommended banning Russian and Belarussian players and officials to be banned from all sports a couple of days ago. Grischuk shared his thought in detail, although he was interrupted once. Round 2 of Pool stage starts today at 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

MPL 58th National Senior R8-9: Arjun Erigaisi gains sole lead 7.5/9

02/03/2022 -

GM Arjun Erigaisi (TEL) met the toughest challenge in the form of IM Pranav V (TN) in Round 9. Despite being completely lost on multiple occasion, Arjun showed tenacity and overcame adversity to emerge victorious. He is now the sole leader with a score 7.5/9 at MPL 58th National Senior Chess Championship 2022. GM D Gukesh (TN), GM Aryan Chopra (DEL), GM Aravindh Chithambaram (TN) and GM Iniyan P (TN) are at a half point behind him at 7.0/9 each. Iniyan missed a win in the final moments against Gukesh. GM Aryan Chopra beat IM Aditya Mittal (MAH) to stay in the hunt. Round 10 starts today at 10:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Divya Deshmukh on the verge of winning MPL 47th National Women Chess Championship 2022

02/03/2022 -

WGM Divya Deshmukh (MAH) registered her seventh consecutive victory at MPL 47th National Women Chess Championship. She defeated the top seed IM Vaishali (TN). Now she just needs a draw in the final round against IM Soumya Swaminathan (PSPB) to win the tournament. In a battle former National Women champions, Soumya drew with IM Padmini Rout (PSPB). WIM Priyanka Nutakki (AP) scored her second hat-trick of the event by winning against WGM Pratyusha Bodda (AP). WIM Arpita Mukherjee (WB) had an interesting draw with WGM Mary Ann Gomes (PSPB). IM Bhakti Kulkarni (Goa) suffered third loss of the event, against WIM Sakshi Chitlange (MAH). Round 9 starts today at 10:00 a.m. IST. Photo: IA Suresh Chandra Sahoo

IM Anwesh Upadhyaya is now safe as he reaches Polish border

02/03/2022 -

Anwesh Upadhyaya, Indian IM, doctor, former National Rapid Champion, was trapped in his apartment in Kyiv as the Russian troops entered Ukraine. Things were looking gloomy as there was curfew imposed and it was difficult to move out. However, when the curfew was lifted, Anwesh and fiance took a train from Kyiv to Lviv. There he was helped by Olexandr Prohorov, an International chess arbiter from Ukraine. Prohorov ensured that the couple had a place to stay in Lviv and also helped to plan their safe exit to Poland. At the time of writing the article, Anwesh has safely reached Poland and moving towards Warsaw. He is safe.

2nd leg of FIDE Grand Prix 2022 to begin in Belgrade with Vidit and Hari

01/03/2022 -

The FIDE Grand Prix 2022 will take place in Belgrade from the 1st of March 2022. This is the 2nd leg of the cycle. We have our Indian stars Vidit Gujrathi and Pentala Harikrishna featuring in the event. After Vidit and Hari notched up 3 and 2 Grand Prix points respectively, they would need an excellent finish in this event to have any chances of qualifying to the Candidates. We bring you a preview of the event that lets you know what is it that you can expect from the tournament.

MPL 47th National Women R6-7: Divya Deshmukh emerges sole leader 6.5/7

01/03/2022 -

WGM Divya Deshmukh (MAH) defeated her co-leader WIM Sakshi Chitlange in Round 6. The double IM-norm holder defeated IM Bhakti Kulkarni (Goa) in Round 7 to become clear sole leader at MPL 47th National Women Chess Championship 2022. Divya is now a full point ahead of the field. Six women are at 5.5/7. They are - IM Soumya Swaminathan (PSPB), WIM Priyanka Nutakki (AP), IM Vaishali R (TN), WGM Pratyusha Bodda (AP), IM Padmini Rout (PSPB) and WIM Arpita Mukherjee (WB). Divya will face the top seed Vaishali in the penultimate round. Round 8 starts today at 10:00 a.m. IST. Photo: IA Suresh Chandra Sahoo

MPL 58th National Senior R6-7: Arjun Erigaisi and Gukesh share the lead 6.0/7

01/03/2022 -

GM D Gukesh halted IM Koustav Chatterjee's fantastic run in the sixth round. He drew with GM Aravindh Chithambaram in Round 7 from a completely lost position on at least two different occasion. GM Arjun Erigaisi defeated GM Abhijeet Gupta and then drew with GM Aryan Chopra to maintain his lead. While Arjun Erigaisi is yet to show any weakness, Gukesh has already overcome a disaster. Ten players are in the chase at 5.5/7. They are - Lalith, Adhiban, Aryan, Aravindh, Mitrabha, Sayantan, Visakh, Deep, Pranav and Iniyan. Last three rounds to go. Round 8 starts today at 10:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

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