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Vaibhav Gautam wins 2nd Kingdom of Chess Below 1800 Rating Tournament 2024

05/01/2025 -

Vaibhav Gautam and Raj Kapoor scored an unbeaten 8/9 each at 2nd Kingdom of Chess Below 1800 Rating Tournament 2024. Vaibhav won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, Raj was placed second. Four players - Shanmukha Pulli, Shikhar Karn, Lakshit Pusri and Rudradaman Mertia scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed third to sixth respectively. Vaibhav drew with the eventual second runner-up, Shanmukha in the seventh round. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹1500000. The top three prizes were ₹111000, ₹71000 and ₹41000 along with a trophy each. The three-day nine-round Swiss league rating tournament was organized by Kingdom of Chess at Orbit Resort in Udaipur, Rajasthan from 21st to 23rd December. This is Vaibhav's first rating tournament triumph of his career. Photo: Kingdom of Chess

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ChessBase 18: How to download games from lichess.org and chess.com

05/01/2025 -

ChessBase 18 now offers direct access to lichess.org and chess.com. Simply enter your account name, select the type of game and the time period, and ChessBase will promptly deliver your desired game list from the 7 billion lichess games. The donation-funded lichess servers are buffered by a huge cache on ChessBase database servers, so that multiple requests do not create a load there. Chess.com games can also be accessed quickly and easily. This provides you with access to your own games, and of course, it's also useful to know the online games of other players when preparing your own! Chief developer Matthias Wüllenweber shows you how it's done in the video! Photo: ChessBase

15th Chennai GM Open R4: Iniyan and Ethan in a three-way lead

05/01/2025 -

Top seed, IM Aronyak Ghosh drew with IM Kaustuv Kundu in Round 4 of 15th Chennai GM Open 2025. GM Iniyan Pa, IM Ethan Vaz and GM Siddharth Jagadeesh (SGP) have emerged the leaders with a perfect score 4/4. They defeated GM Venkatesh M R, IM Shahil Dey and IM Sathvik Adiga respectively. Untitled Bhaavan Kolla held GM Cristhian Camilo Rios Gomez (COL) to a well contested draw. Currently, seven players including six Indians are in pursuit at 3.5/4 each. Varun V seized his opportunity against GM P Shyam Nikhil to move his score 3.5/4. Round 5 starts today at 10 a.m. IST.

S L Narayanan clear first at Groningen Chess Festival Open 2024

04/01/2025 -

GM S L Narayanan scored an unbeaten 7/9 to win Chess Festival Groningen Open A (>2100) 2024. The top seed finished a half point ahead of the competition. Four players - GM Thomas Beerdsen (GER), IM Nick Maatman (NED), IM Manish Anto Cristiano F and IM Theo Stijve (SUI) scored 6.5/9 each. They shared second place. The total prize fund of the festival was €9750, €8000 for Open A. The top three prizes were €2500 + 'The Silver Zwanepol', €1500 and €900 each. The ten-day nine-round Swiss league rating tournament was organized by Stichting Schaakfestival Groningen Sportcentrum RUG & Hanze in Groningen, Netherlands from 21st to 30th December 2024. Rest day was on 25th December. This is Narayanan's first rating tournament triumph in 2024. Photo: Harry Gielen

Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri wins Krishna Gopal Kapoor Memorial Rating Open 2024

04/01/2025 -

Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri and Naitik R Mehta scored an unbeaten 8/9 each at Krishna Gopal Kapoor Memorial Rating Open 2024. The top seed, Bharat won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, Naitik secured second place. Kartavya Anadkat scored sole 7.5/9 to be placed third. Bharat drew with the eventual runner-up, Naitik in the seventh round. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹1100000. The top three prizes were ₹100000, ₹60000 and ₹40000 along with a trophy each. The five-day nine-round Swiss league rating tournament was organized by UP Chess Sports Association at Ganges Club in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh from 18th to 22nd December. This is Bharat's 13th overall, second rating tournament victory of 2024. Photo: UP Chess Sports Association

15th Chennai GM Open R2-3: Bhaavan Kolla and ten more make a perfect start

04/01/2025 -

Eleven players including Bhaavan Kolla have made a perfect start at 15th Chennai GM Open 2025. Bhaavan is the sole untitled player among the leaders pack. 13-year-old, IM Sathvik Adiga, the youngest with perfect score 3/3, had to work hard against Dinesh Rajan M to win a long queen endgame which lasted over 55 moves. The top three seeds - IM Aronyak Ghosh, GM Siddharth Jagadeesh (SGP) and GM Iniyan Pa, have scored comfortable wins so far. In Round 2, Siddhant Gawai, Siddhanth Poonja and Mayukh Majumder held GM Cristhian Camilo Rios Gomez (COL), GM Duc Hoa Nguyen (VIE) and GM Evgeniy Podolchenko to a draw each respectively. CM Rajarishi Karthi outplayed GM Alexei Fedorov. Round 4 starts today at 10 a.m. IST. Photo: IA R Anantharam

Arushi Severin Helen D Silva dominates AICF Smart Girls Rating Open 2024 Rajnandgaon

03/01/2025 -

Arushi Severin Helen D Silva scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win AICF Smart Girls Rating Open 2024 Rajnandgaon. Five girls - Navieka Jaiswal, Jesh Kesharwani, Shruti Sarkar, Aditi Pandey and Rashi Warudkar scored 7/9 each. They secured second to sixth place respectively according to tie-breaks. Arushi drew with the eventual runner-up, Navieka in the sixth round. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹100000. The top three prizes were ₹21000, ₹15000 and ₹8000 along with a trophy each respectively. Smart Girls rating tournament is just like Chess for Everyone Rating tournament but only for female players, where the entry fee is low. It is organized to encourage more players to play rated tournament at a nominal entry fee and gain/increase their rating. Photo: District Chess Association Rajnandgaon

Kedar Walke clinches Braunau Open C 2024

03/01/2025 -

Kedar Walke scored an unbeaten 4.5/5 to win Braunau Open C (<1600) 2024. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. Johannes Leiner (AUT) and Frank Kreuzinger (GER) scored 4/5 each. They secured second and third place according to tie-breaks. The combined total prize fund was €2875, for Open C it was €450. The top three prizes in C were €200 + trophy, €100 and €75 each. The three-day five-round Swiss league tournament was organized by WSV ATSV Ranshofen Chess at Ranshofen Castle in Braunau am Inn, Austria from 13th to 15th December. This is Kedar's first tournament triumph of his career. Photo: Official site

15th Chennai GM Open R1: Vijay Shreeram stuns Manik Mikulas

03/01/2025 -

Vijay Shreeram P scored the biggest upset of the first round of 15th Chennai GM Open 2025. He defeated GM Manik Mikulas (SVK). The 15th edition of the tournament witnesses the participation of 174 players including 16 GMs, 25 IMs and 4 WIMs in Category A from 19 countries across the world including India. Category B (Below 2000) is also underway and will conclude on 5th January. Category C (Below 1800) will take place from 6th to 8th January. The total prize fund of Category A is ₹2000000. The top three prizes are ₹400000 + trophy, ₹300000 and ₹180000 each. Round 2 starts today at 10 a.m. IST. Photo: Sakthi Prabhakar

Md. Reyan and Saranya Devi Narahari are 37th National Under-13 Open and Girls 2024 Champions

02/01/2025 -

CM Md. Reyan (BIH), CM Prathamesh Sherla (MAH) and Pranav Sai Ram R S (TN) scored 9/11 each at 37th National Under-13 Open 2024. Reyan won the tournament due to better tie-break score, Prathamesh and Pranav secured second and third place respectively. Reyan drew with Prathamesh and lost to Pranav. Saranya Devi Narahari (TEL) scored 9/11 to become the champion in the Girls event. She finished a half point ahead of the competition. Four girls - Nivedita V C (TN), Nihira Koul (MAH), Aamuktha Guntaka (AP) and Deekshitha Modipalli (TEL) scored 8.5/11 each. They were placed second to fifth respectively. The total prize fund combining Open and Girls section was ₹800000. The top three prizes in both Open and Girls sections were ₹80000, ₹60000 and ₹48000 along with a trophy each respectively. Photos: Shahid Ahmed

Four Indians in World Top 13

02/01/2025 -

Arjun Erigaisi maintained his rating 2801 and place World no.4 with a second place finish at Qatar Masters 2024. D Gukesh became 18th World Champion after dethroning Ding Liren (CHN). He lost a few rating points, however, he retained his World no.5 rank. R Praggnanandhaa won a game at SchachBundesliga. It fetched him 3.5 Elo rating points and moved him up to World no.13. Aravindh Chithambaram continues his ascension. He gained 7.8 Elo rating points to move to 2726 and World no.23. Currently, there are three Indians in World top 10, four in top 13, six in top 24 and nine in top 48. Among the Women, WGM Nandhidhaa P V is the highest gainer with 40.8 points. She and IM Padmini Rout returned to India top ten and World top 100 among Women. Photos: Anmol Bhargav

10-year-old Safin Safarullakhan wins XV Gran Hotel Bali Blitz Nocturno 2024 Group B Sub-2000

02/01/2025 -

Safin Safarullakhan and Hatim Bendriss (MAR) scored 7/8 each at XV Gran Hotel Bali Nocturno Blitz 2024 Group B Sub-2000. 10-year-old Safin won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, Hatim secured second place. Four players - David Blanco Garcia Bajo (ESP), Mario Antonanzas Fernandez (ESP), Kevin D'Souza and Yohan Boricha scored 6.5/8 each. They secured third to sixth place respectively. The total prize fund was €2000, €1000 for each Open and Sub-2000 categories. The top three prizes in each group were €300, €200 and €120 along with a trophy each. The two-day eight-round Swiss league tournament was organized by Luis Barona Boj at Hotel Bali, Benidorm in Alicante, Spain on 3rd and 4th December. This is Safin's fifth tournament victory of 2024. Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

Sudhir Kumar Sinha superb at 1st Diamant Cup Rating Open 2024

01/01/2025 -

Sudhir Kumar Sinha scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win 1st Diamant Cup Rating Open 2024. Sudhir finished a half point ahead of the competition. Five players - Sayan Bhattacharjee, Vivek Sharma, Aniket Ranjan, Rangeet Majumdar and Rupesh B Ramchandra scored 7.5/9 each. They secured second to sixth place respectively. The total prize fund was ₹400000. The top three prizes were ₹50000, ₹30000 and ₹20000 along with a trophy each. The five-day nine-round Swiss league rating tournament was organized by Mega Mind Chess Club at Hotel Diamant Inn in Patna, Bihar from 16th to 20th December. This is Sudhir's second tournament triumph of 2024. Photo: All Bihar Chess Association

Srihari L R convincingly clinches 4th Athens of the East GM 2024, Nitin second

01/01/2025 -

IM Srihari L R scored an unbeaten 8/10 to win 4th Athens of the East GM Tournament 2024. He started the year 2024 by winning 14th Chennai GM Open 2023. Now he ended by winning this event. Srihari won both events convincingly. Six players scored 7.5/10 each. Out of them, IM Nitin S and IM Uurtsaikh Agibileg (MGL) secured second and third place respectively according to tie-breaks. The champion drew with both eventual runners-up. The total cash prize fund in the festival is ₹4400000 + two cars, six bikes and 100 cycles, for Category A (>2000) it is ₹2000000. The top three prizes were ₹300000, ₹200000 and ₹150000 each. This was Srihari's fifth tournament triumph in 2024. Photos: IA R Anantharam

World Blitz: Carlsen and Nepo are cochampions after 'Wall Street Gambit', Wenjun wins Gold, Vaishali Bronze

01/01/2025 -

Magnus Carlsen (NOR) suggested sharing the World Blitz Championship with Ian Nepomniachtchi after they drew three tie-break games in the Finals. In an unprecedented situation, apparently it was decided to make them cochampions. The online tournaments witness more number of Playoffs. If Armageddon is not there, infinite number of sudden death games were to be played until a clear winner was decided, well at least that's what the regulations implied. It was probably a 'Wall Street Gambit' after all. Wenjun Ju (CHN) defeated her compatriot Tingjie Lei (CHN) to clinch World Blitz Women title for the first time in her career. R Vaishali and Kateryna Lagno won Bronze in Women, Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL) and Wesley So (USA) received Bronze in Open. Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

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