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Airthings Masters QF: Vladislav Artemiev eliminates Ding Liren

24/02/2022 -

Ian Nepomniachtchi, Magnus Carlsen and Andrey Esipenko - all three of them won their Quarterfinal matches convincingly. They defeated Vincent Keymer, Liem Quang Le and Eric Hansen respectively to advance to the Semifinals of Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters. Ding Liren was on the brink of eliminating Vladislav Artemiev as he was 1.5-0.5 in their match. However, in a completely winning position, a crucial blunder in the third game cost the world no.3 dearly. It affected him in the following game as Artemiev won the fourth game, thus winning the match and saving himself from the elimination. It will be Nepomniachtchi vs Esipenko and Artemiev vs Carlsen in the Semifinals starting tonight at 10:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Niklesh Jain

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Airthings Masters R13-15: Nepomniachtchi tops the Prelims

23/02/2022 -

Eric Hansen brought an end to Ian Nepomniachtchi's 11-game unbeaten streak. The popular streamer beat the former world championship challenger in round 14 of Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters. Alexandra Kosteniuk ended her 13-game losing streak by defeating Hansen in Round 14. The win is certainly a nice one for her, as the Canada no.3 defeated both Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi in this event. Praggnanandhaa defeated Vladislav Artemiev in the final round of the Prelims to end the event with a score 19.0/45. Aronian, Giri, Abdusattorov, Mamedyarov, Niemann and Kosteniuk are the remaining seven who were unable to advance to the Knockout stage. Quarterfinals start tonight at 10:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Amruta Mokal

Aravindh Chithambaram: The Gem of a Person

23/02/2022 -

MPL National Senior Open 2022 is slated to start this Friday 25th February. Now is the best time to get to know India's first triple crown National champion, Aravindh Chithambaram. In the year 2019, he became National champion in all three formats - Classical, Rapid and Blitz. Aravindh is a very quiet person who generally keeps to himself. He only played seven otb tournaments last year including the FIDE World Cup 2021. In the year 2020, he was part of the Gold medal winning Indian team at the first FIDE Online Olympiad. We might be familiar with the playing style of Aravindh, in this article we get to know about the person who has accomplished a lot in chess and many more to come. Photo: Amruta Mokal

Airthings Masters R9-12: Carlsen is down with Covid, still climbs to second spot

22/02/2022 -

Ian Nepomniachtchi increased his unbeaten streak to eleven games at Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters. He defeated Kosteniuk, Niemann, Praggnanandhaa and drew with Artemiev and Liem on the second day to maintain his sole lead 27.0/36. Praggnanandhaa started the day with a draw against Abdusattorov, then he defeated Esipenko, lost to Nepomniachtchi and finished the day with a win over Kosteniuk. He moved to 12th position with 15.0/36. The 16-year-old prodigy needs to finish in top eight in the Prelims to advance to the Knockout stage. Round 13 starts tonight at 10:30 p.m. IST. Photo: chess24

Lalit Rohit wins First Saturday GM February 2022

22/02/2022 -

GM Lalit Rohit is on a roll. He won his third tournament of the year 2022 and fourth consecutive Classical tournament since he won Thailand Chess Festival on 22nd December, last year. Then he won Vergani Cup 2022 and Marienbad Open in January 2022. After winning tournaments in Thailand, Italy and Czech Republic, India's 26th GM travelled to Hungary in Budapest where he won First Saturday GM February 2022 with an unbeaten 6.0/9. GM David Berczes (HUN) also scored the same, however Lalit clinched the championship due to better tie-breaks. He now has an unbeaten score of 27.0/36 in a total of four tournaments. Photo: Rupali Mullick

Airthings Masters R5-8: Praggnanandhaa beats Magnus Carlsen for the very first time

21/02/2022 -

Until yesterday, Vishy Anand and Pentala Harikrishna were the only two Indians ever to beat Magnus Carlsen in a tournament game. Praggnanandhaa changed that fact in the eighth round of Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters. The 16-year-old boy from Chennai, scored an important victory over the world champion as the latter made a tactical error in the endgame. The prodigy ended the day the exact way he started his day, by winning his game. He scored 7.0/12 on Day 2, taking his overall score to 8.0/24. Nepomniachtchi has taken the lead 19.0/24, followed Ding Liren and Eric Hansen at 15.0/24 each. Carlsen's score is 13.0/24. Round 9 starts tonight at 10:30 p.m. IST.

Japan no.1 Tran Thanh Tu wins Western Tokyo Chess Championship 2022

21/02/2022 -

Top two seeds CM Tran Thanh Tu and IM Shinya Kojima scored an unbeaten 3.5/4 at Western Tokyo Chess Championship 2022. However, Tu edged past Kojima on tie-breaks to clinch the championship. Kojima had to settle for the second place. Five players scored 3.0/4. Enju Sakai secured the third place due to better tie-breaks. Two of the strongest Japanese players played against each other in the final round and they secured the top two places. This was the first time Tachikawa Chess Club hosted a qualifier for the Japanese Championships. Tournament report and photos by one of the participants, Seiji Nakagawa along with a game of his from the event. Photo: Seiji Nakagawa

Airthings Masters R1-4: Ding Liren takes sole lead 10.0/12

20/02/2022 -

World no.3 Ding Liren might have missed his second consecutive opportunity to qualify for the Candidates, the fire inside him still burns bright. He scored three wins and a draw to take sole lead 10.0/12 after round 4 of Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters. He is closely followed by Nepomniachtchi who scored a hat-trick of wins after starting the day with a loss against Aronian. The World Championship 2021 Challenger defeated Carlsen for the first time since March 2021 in the fourth round, handing him his second consecutive defeat of the day. Both Carlsen and Praggnanandhaa struggled on the first day as they racked only 4.0/12 and 1.0/12 each respectively. Round 5 starts tonight at 10:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Amruta Mokal

New: The Hippopotamus system of defence by Andrew Martin

20/02/2022 -

What is the Hippopotamus system of defence? The idea is that, at the beginning of the game, Black develops within his own first three ranks. He constructs a solid, flexible and hopefully stable position, awaiting events. At the right moment, he will strike back! The Hippopotamus was given the name by an eccentric English amateur player JC Thompson, back in the 1950’s. It seems as good a name as any. Given the right conditions, Black will emerge from the chessboard swamp and crush all before them. Check out this new DVD by IM FST Andrew Martin on an off-beat opening and add a new repertoire to your arsenal. Photo: ChessBase

Praggnanandhaa set to clash with Carlsen and world's best at Airthings Masters

19/02/2022 -

Praggnanandhaa is quite familar with Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. Last year, he earned his way into the New in Chess Classic by winning the Polgar Challenge. In this season, Pragg once again earned his way into the entire Tour as a regular participant by winning the Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour 2021. Andrey Esipenko, Hans Niemann, Vincent Keymer, World Rapid champions - Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Alexandra Kosteniuk will make their Tour debut. They will fight against the returning players - Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anish Giri, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Liem Quang Le, Vladislav Artemiev and Eric Hansen. Airthings Masters Round 1 starts tonight at 10:30 p.m. IST. Photo: chess24

Vladislav Bakhmatsky wins 38th Cappelle la Grande Open, Nihal Sarin second

19/02/2022 -

Nihal Sarin drew his last two games against the eventual champion IM Vladislav Bakhmatsky (UKR) and GM Martin Petrov (BUL). The draws in the first two rounds affected his tie-breaks. It was later recovered a lot by scoring five consecutive victories. Nihal tried too hard in the last round which almost cost him the game, but he somehow managed to split the point. Thus he managed to secure the second position and his opponent, Petrov was placed third according to the tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was €12000. The next edition is announced to take place between 18th and 25th February 2023. Photo: L'Echiquier Cappellois

Utsab Chatterjee and Samriddhaa Ghosh are West Bengal State Senior 2022 champions

18/02/2022 -

Top seed of the tournament, Utsab Chatterjee scored an unbeaten 7.0/8 to win West Bengal State Senior Open 2022. Arpan Das also finished with the same score 7.0/8. Utsab edged past Arpan due to better tie-breaks. Three players scored 6.5/8. They are - Arindam Mukherjee, Bishal Basak and Agnivo Chakraborty. They were placed third to fifth respectively according to tie-breaks. Samriddhaa Ghosh clinched the championship in the Women's category. She scored 6.0/8 and won her career's second State Women's title. Top three received, ₹12000 and a winner's trophy, ₹9000 and ₹7000 cash prize each respectively. Check out a detailed report of the tournament. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Invincible Nakamura wins FIDE Berlin GP 2022, his first Classical tournament in over 27 months

18/02/2022 -

Hikaru Nakamura was the odds-on favorite going into the tie-breaks of FIDE Berlin GP 2022 Finals. The last time he lost a conventional Rapid game in an over-the-board tournament was against Alexei Shirov at World Rapid 2019 on 26th December 2019 in Round 4. If you are wondering how Nakamura fared in his last otb event - he remained undefeated at World Rapid 2021 for 13 rounds. As Nakamura said in the post-match interview, playing Classical chess after more than two years keeps things fresh. He is at a much happier place, being not concerned about the result allows him to play chess and not get into boring draws. Aronian was self-critical about not being able to make the most out of the chances he had. Nakamura earned 13 GP points and €24000 as his prize, Aronian got 10 points and €18000. Photo: World Chess

38th Cappelle la Grande Open R6-7: Nihal Sarin joins the lead 6.0/7

17/02/2022 -

When Nihal Sarin picks up the pace, you know he has hopped on the bullet train. On the fifth day of 38th Cappelle la Grande Open, Nihal demolished GM Daniel Dardha (BEL) and IM Anatole Vlachos (GRE). Both victories were convincing ones. While the Belgian was unable to assess the intensity of Nihal's attack correctly, the Greek just sacrificed his pawns and imploded in the Dutch defense. For the first time in this event, Nihal is in the lead with IM Vladislav Bakhmatsky (UKR). They will face each other in the penultimate round in a virtual final, where a win moves Nihal that much closer to the championship. Round 8 starts today at 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lennart Ootes

Tie-breaks to determine FIDE Berlin GP 2022 winner

17/02/2022 -

The second game was a relatively shorter compared to the first one but an exciting one nevertheless. The FIDE Berlin GP 2022 winner will be decided in tie-breaks. When Aronian is here to excite the audience and themselves, Nakamura is there to play some interesting chess, one can certainly anticipate some more fantastic chess to finish the Berlin GP. Both players are not so concerned about results as much as playing a good game. Make no mistake about the stakes though. Apart from the first prize of €24000, the winner will also get 13 GP points which will allow him to be one step closer to earning the final Candidates 2022 spot. Tie-break games of the Final start today at 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: World Chess

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