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Sunway Sitges Open R2: Korobov survives a scare

15/12/2020 -

Top seed Anton Korobov survived a massive scare against IM Jesus Martin Duque. Eventually Korobov won from a completely lost position. Armenia no.4 Karen Grigoryan won the Blitz event with a score of 7.5/9. Untitled Souhardo Basak held former Women's world champion GM Antoaneta Stefanova to a draw. IM Leon Mendonca lost to WGM Laura Unuk. 22 players are in the lead with a 100% score at the completion of Round 2. Leon will face an untitled player and Souhardo will go against IM Christophe Sochacki in Round 3 starting tonight from 9 p.m. IST. Photo: Sunway Chess Open

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Sunway Sitges Open R1: Top seeds make a smooth start

14/12/2020 -

The 7th edition of the over-the-board tournament, Sunway Sitges International Open started on Sunday 13th December. Defending champion and newly crowned Ukraine champion GM Anton Korobov is the top seed of the tournament. IM Leon Mendonca's journey to become India's latest GM is still on as he just needs his final GM-norm. Souhardo Basak is the only other Indian taking part in Group A, he is looking for his final IM-norm and touch the 2400 rating barrier. Leon will face WGM Laura Unuk, while Souhardo will play against former Women's world champion GM Antoaneta Stefanova in Round 2 tonight from 9 p.m. IST. Photo: Sunway Chess Open

Aravindh wins One Belt One Road International Open

13/12/2020 -

Generally when someone wins a major event, they tend to take a break for a while. That's not how Aravindh is. He is the reigning National Triple Crown champion and after winning Gold in FIDE Online Olympiad, he did not slow down one bit. After a historic Gold at the Online Olympiad, he led Team India win Silver at 2020 SCO National, earlier he won Letsup MCA GP Blitz 5 and now he won One Belt One Road International Blitz and Rapid. The tournament had qualifiers and knockout stage. Reigning Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun and former World Cup winner and World Championship Challenger Boris Gelfand 's participation made sure the tournament is a really strong one. Find out Aravindh's path to championship from himself in this event. Photo: Amruta Mokal

Next stop India on Magnus Carlsen's Champions Chess Tour

12/12/2020 -

About a month ago Champions Chess Tour was announced which would consist of $1.5 Million prize fund. The tour will have ten online tournaments comprising of various elite players all across the world. The first edition got over on Magnus' 30th birthday on 30th November and it was won by the reigning Fischer Random Official World Champion Wesley So. The next event starts on 26th December and it will be a Major event, the first of three in the Tour. It will have a total prize fund of $200000 and will feature twelve players. It will be a nine-day tournament, three-day round robin followed by six-day knockouts. Photo: Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images

Vishy Anand turns 51 years old

11/12/2020 -

11th of December 2020 - Vishy Anand turns 51 years old. He is still India no.1, a position which has remained in his grasp since over three decades now. He is also world no.16 and even at this age remains an extremely dangerous opponent for just about anyone. In this article IM Sagar Shah tries to acquaint you with what a normal day in the life of Vishy Anand looks like. At the end of the article we also share with you some of the most well-captured Vishy Anand videos from the ChessBase India YouTube channel. 

Top seed Nihal Sarin wins Super Juniors Cup

11/12/2020 -

Super Juniors Cup day 5 was full of action and all drama one could expect. 14th world champion Vladimir Kramnik, Boris Gelfand, Anish Giri, Teimour Radjabov, Vidit Gujrathi, Surya Sekhar Ganguly and everyone else enjoyed the rich analysis and commentary for the exciting 23 games that was played on the final day. Nihal Sarin won the Super Juniors Cup by beating Abhimanyu Puranik 3.5-2.5 in the Semi-Finals and Arjun Erigaisi by 4.5-1.5 in the Finals. Both of Nihal's opponents had plenty of opportunities in the games, yet it was Nihal who was the better player, thus the deserved champion. Photo: ChessBase India

Super Juniors Cup Quarter-Finals: Raunak decimates Praggnanandhaa

09/12/2020 -

Super Juniors Cup day 4 had all the fireworks as one could expect. From having the World Class Anish Giri, Vidit Gujrathi, Adhiban and Harika on the Guest Commentary team along with 'The Wise-Captain' Srinath to first Quarter-Finals stretching to the Armageddon and the next Quarter-Final finishing in just four games. Both Raunak-Praggnanandhaa and Nihal-Iniyan was absolutely fantastic for all followers of the game. Nihal, Raunak, Arjun and Abhimanyu are the Semi-Finalists. They will battle tomorrow for a spot in the Finals starting from 3 p.m. IST. Finals will start at 8:15 p.m. IST. Catch all the action LIVE on ChessBase India youtube channel tomorrow. Photo: ChessBase India

Super Juniors Cup Pre Quarter-Finals: Aronyak eliminates Gukesh

08/12/2020 -

Super Juniors Cup had an amazing day 3 as IM Aronyak Ghosh eliminated GM Gukesh and IM Aditya Mittal delivered a checkmate to GM Praggnanandhaa. Day 3 witnessed five whitewashes and two Armageddons. IM Rahul Srivasthav played his second Armageddon of the event, unlike the previous occasion, this time he was not victorious. GM Raunak Sadhwani and GM Iniyan P are the only two player to have two whitewash in the entire event. Quarter-Finals will start tomorrow from 3 p.m. IST with a best of six games per match. You don't want to miss any of the LIVE action, so tune in to ChessBase India youtube channel tomorrow at 3 p.m. IST. Photo: ChessBase India

Learn Chess Nihal's Way!

08/12/2020 -

Nihal Sarin is the reigning Asian Continental Blitz champion, he is the top seed and one of the favorites to win the Super Juniors Cup. He is considered one of the best speed chess players in the world. His list of accolades are countless. His first trainer Nirmal EP developed his talent and he still does along with GM Srinath Narayanan. Co-founder of Creative Chess Academy, Nirmal EP is organizing a chess camp from 12th December 2020 to 3rd January 2021. Who can join it? Anyone rated above 1500. Seats are limited to only first 15 participants. In this article we also hear from the man Nirmal himself who shares some valuable insight. Photo: Creative Chess Academy

Super Juniors Cup: Isha impressive against Praggnanandhaa

07/12/2020 -

Super Juniors Cup had an interesting day 2 as Vantika beat Aryan Chopra on the very first game of the day and Isha stretched Praggnanandhaa to his limit. Raunak, Iniyan and Praggnanandhaa took only three games to win their respective matches. 50% of the matches needed only three games to decide a victor today. GM Arjun Erigaisi, IM Arjun Kalyan, IM Rathanvel and IM Rahul Srivasthav advance to Round 2 along with the previously mentioned winners. IM Rahul Srivasthav won the only Armageddon of the day. Round 2 which will consist of 16 players who advanced to the Pre Quarter-Finals will start tomorrow from 2 p.m. IST. Catch all the action LIVE on ChessBase India youtube channel. Photo: ChessBase India

Poland wins the first FIDE Online Olympiad for People with Disabilities

07/12/2020 -

The first edition of FIDE Online Olympiad for People with Disabilities came to an end on 2nd December 2020 when Poland 1 beat Russia 3-1. Poland 1 lost the first match by 2.5-1.5 but they made a good comeback in their second encounter to clinch the Gold. Russia 1 had to settle for Silver and Ukraine 3 won the Bronze by beating Poland 3 by 2.5-1.5 and 3-1 respectively in the Finals. Four Indian team took part in the event but neither of them advanced to the Final stage. India 2 finished 13th with 9.0/14 while India 1 finished at 18th position with also 9.0/14. Photo: FIDE

Super Juniors Cup: Srihari and Aronyak are the 'Giant Killers'

06/12/2020 -

Super Juniors Cup had an explosive start as two GMs already got eliminated on Day 1. IM Aronyak Ghosh gave himself a perfect birthday gift by eliminating GM Prithu Gupta and FM Srihari L R played some fantastic and practical chess to eliminate GM Harsha Bharathakoti from the tournament respectively. WFM Savitha Shri B managed to survive a completely lost position against the top seed of the event GM Nihal Sarin. IM Aditya Mittal, IM Raja Rithvik R, GM D Gukesh, IM Harikirshnan Ra and GM Abhimanyu Puranik are the other six players who won their respective matches to advance to Round 2. Photo: ChessBase India

Meet the 32 Gladiators of the Super Juniors Cup 2020!

06/12/2020 -

The Super Juniors Cup is an initiative by the ChessBase India Foundation to bring the best juniors of Indian chess (born on and after 2000) together to fight it out for a big prize! The players are incredibly powerful in their own right, and have hence been given nicknames to better associate them with their personality! From tactical masters and queen sacrifices, to calculated positional maneuvers and crushing defeats, these champions have it all. 16 players will play on 6th of December, and the remaining 16 the next day on the 7th. Watch the live matches at the ChessBase India YouTube Channel!

Samay Raina's Ambani OP members contribute Rs 2,00,000 to the Super Juniors Cup 2020

05/12/2020 -

A massive contribution of Rs.2,00,000 by Samay Raina and his Ambani OP members and Rs.20,000 by Tania Sachdev has made the Super Juniors Cup 2020 even more exciting. From Rs.3,02,000, we now have a prize fund of Rs.5,20,000. It's been around 8 months since Samay started streaming chess on his YouTube channel. Since then he has built up a chess loving community who have put their foot forward for some amazing initiatives. Recently turned YouTube streamer Tania Sachdev decided support girl players as she donated all the superchats of her 2nd stream. With these massive contributions, the tournament is one that is eagerly awaited by one and all! The next Indian World Champion(s) is among these 32 talents!

Winners of the 500,000 Subscribers T-Shirt Giveaway announced

05/12/2020 -

The ChessBase India YouTube channel hit the 500k mark on 4th November 2020. The milestone was possible thanks to you, the constant support you have shown towards the content. To express this gratitude, ChessBase India announced a special giveaway, where the goal was to pinpoint your favorite video, and the reason for why that is the case. We received over 400 heartfelt, sincere and grateful mails. We have included some of the best mails in this article, and indicated the winners respectively. We also have added a PDF link towards the end of the article from where you can download all the emails sent to us. Instead of 5, we have selected 8 winners! Winners, send us a mail, and we will have your custom T-Shirts sent to you!

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