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Xtracon Chess Open 2018: Hammer wins, Prantik Roy and 11-year-old Vedant Saravana shine

27/08/2018 -

Xtracon Chess Open is one of Denmark's largest, strongest and most exciting chess tournament with as many as 9 different events going along side by side. This year was no different as more than 2000 games were played in this 9 days event which started from 21-07-2018 and lasted till 29-07-2018. Towards the end there was a lot of fight and drama over the board and finally two players tied for the first place spot with 8.5/10 points each, Dmitry Andreikin of Russia and Hammer Jon Ludvig of Norway, with slightly better tie-break score the title went to the later. Below is a report of this exciting tourney.

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Sinquefield Cup: Caruana holds Carlsen in their final bout before world title clash

26/08/2018 -

The seventh round of the 2018 Sinquefield Cup was the most awaited round of the event. The reigning world champion, Magnus Carlsen, was slated to face his title challenger, Fabiano Caruana, one last time before their World Championship match in London later this year. At some point, Magnus came very close to breaking through Caruana's seemingly bulletproof Petroff but with precise play, the newly elected world championship challenger managed to hold the mighty Magnus. With this draw, Caruana also maintained his lead in the tournament as all other games ended peacefully. We have a very exciting report of the round by IM V. Saravanan and annotations of the game Anand-Grischuk by Tanmay Srinath.

 

Sinquefield Cup 2018 Round 6: Caruana in sole lead after beating Karjakin

25/08/2018 -

With a straightforward win against the former world championship contender Karjakin, current contender of the world championship Fabiano Caruana took the sole lead at the end of the round 6 in Sinquefield Cup 2018 and with this win Caruana has inched closer to Carlsen in the live rating list. If he is able to beat Carlsen in the epic 7th round encounter then Caruana would become world number 1 for the first time in his life. After a day off IM V.Saravanan is back again with his informative coverage of the event and we also have game annotations of So - Anand by Tanmay Srinath

Dibyendu Barua wins Paritosh Bhattacharyya Memorial Chess Tournament

25/08/2018 -

Dibyendu Barua wins Paritosh Bhattacharyya Memorial All Bengal Open Rapid Chess Tournament 2018. The maestro organized the event for the family of Late Paritosh Bhattacharyya to raise funds. All cash prize winners donated their prize money and many other people donated through various methods. Sandipan Chanda whose first coach was Paritosh, flew from Harika's wedding ceremony in Hyderabad to support the family of his first coach. Diptayan Ghosh, Saptarshi RoyChowdhury, Neeraj Kumar Mishra, Sayantan Das, Somak Palit played the tournament in his honor. Neelotpal Das was also there despite not playing the tournament to show his support.

CBIJ #10: Golden lads of Indian chess - Savitha Shri and Dev Shah

25/08/2018 -

The 10th edition of CBIJ (ChessBase India Juniors) brings to you the latest and exciting content on the juniors of India. Read on about the Nationals U-11, and the winners Dev Shah and Savitha Shri, and find out more on their unique chess journeys so far. This is the first national title for Dev, while for Savitha this one is third in a row! We have added a new member to the ChessBase India Juniors editorial team! Arhan Anand from Bangalore, who will be our expert annotator! Arhan has not only annotated a few games in this article but also contributed about his experience at the under-11 nationals. What does a Chess player, who is also a mother, have to say when her child performs poorly? Last but not the least, express your views on the 'current affairs' of the chess world via the Trivia section.

The Gujarat-Goa ChessBase India Online Blitz Tournament 2018

24/08/2018 -

To commemorate the successful completion of ACL 1st Super League 2018, ChessBase India will organize an Online Blitz Chess Tournament on 30th August 2018 at 8 p.m. IST. Total Prize fund will be ₹28500. That's not all. The top two finishers (untitled players) will get free entry between Gujarat and Goa GM Chess Tournament 2018. Entry fee for premium members will be ₹250 and for non-premium members, it will be ₹500 which will include 1 month ChessBase Premium account. Deadline for registration is 29th August 8 p.m. IST. The tournament is open to Indian players! We look forward to your participation! Let's blitz!

Sinquefield Cup 2018 Round 4+5: It's a 5-way tie

23/08/2018 -

With 3.0/5 points we have 5 leaders sharing the lead in the Sinquefield Cup 12018. Round 4 seemed to repeat the same story again, Caruana was able to finish off Hikaru Nakamura without a protracted ending! As the rounds roll on and at least a couple of games get decided just out of opening every day, it dawns on us: opening preparation is the elephant in the room that we all should comprehend first, before criticising top players for the travesty of ‘Grandmaster draws’. Note – not ‘short Agreed draws’ but ‘short Grandmaster draws.' IM V. Saravanan send you a detailed report of what took place in the 4th and 5th round of the Sinquefield Cup 2018.

Rahul Sangma wins in Jaipur

23/08/2018 -

The MNM – CPA “Jaipur Cup” Open FIDE Rated International Chess Tournament was jointly hosted by the Chess Parents Association and Shri Maheshwari Navyuvak Mandal in the beautiful air conditioned hall “Uthsav” from 9th to 11th August 2018. The six round Swiss format attracted more than 450 players and IM Rahul Sangma clinched the title with a perfect score of 6.0/6 points! We have an excellent instructive game annotated by the winner Rahul Sangma, which will help you understand the nuances of positional play in the English/Reti setup. AGM Rishi Kaushik send us a detailed report of the event.

DBCA wins ACL 1st Super League 2018 in Rating 1800-2200 category

23/08/2018 -

DBCA defeated Punjab Kesari Centre of Chess Excellence by 3-1 in the first match of the finals. PKCCE bounced back in the second match by defeating DBCA 2.5-1.5 and thus forcing a tie-break. In the tie-break match Debarshi of DBCA defeated Dushyant of PKCCE. Debarshi finished undefeated in the league and won all games in the finals and the tie-break too. Team DBCA won €200 (almost ₹16000) worth of ChessBase products from ChessBase India shop. The prize is sponsored by ChessBase. DBCA can buy any ChessBase products from the shop. The most interesting and exciting games and positions are mentioned in the report. Photo: DBCA/Sayan Bose   

DCA wins ACL 1st Super League 2018 in Rating 1000-1400 category

22/08/2018 -

Dynamic Chess Academy drew both of their final matches with Innovators Chess Academy. However DCA beat ICA in the final tie-breaker blitz match and became the first and only academy to win in two different categories of ACL 1st Super League 2018. Hirak Modi of DCA was dominant throughout the tournament as he won all 8 games he has played in the league. Team DCA won €200 (almost ₹16000) worth of ChessBase products from ChessBase India shop. The prize is sponsored by ChessBase. DCA can buy any ChessBase products from the shop. The most interesting and exciting games are mentioned in the report. Photo: DCA/Manish Parmar 

Dev Shah and Savitha Shri win 32nd National under-11 2018

22/08/2018 -

The Chettinad Public School 32nd National Under-11 Chess Championship took place from 28th July to 5th August 2018 in Chettinad Public School, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu and it turned out to be one of the best organised national championship in India. The organizers provided facilities which you would not find in many national events which included GM simul, live streaming and much more. Fittingly, the strongest players in the tournament – Dev Shah of Maharashtra among boys and B Savitha Shri of Tamil Nadu among girls won the championship and qualified to represent India in the 2019 edition of the Asian and World Championship. IA Prof.Rathinam Anantharam sends us a detailed report of the event with some great narrative and pictures that gives you the feel of the entire event.

Sinquefield Cup 2018 Round 3: Grischuk demonstrates the power of space advantange to join the leaders

21/08/2018 -

Just like the previous day, the 3rd round at Saint Louis also followed a similar script. Three games ending early in draws, two games being fought on, and one result finally in the 7th hour of play. It was Grischuk who came out victorious by beating Hikaru Nakamura. It was a game where Grischuk managed to show how space advantage is important and slowly churned out a win. There is also an exchange of tweets between Levon Aronian and Mikhail Golubev from which we can learn a lot. A tremendously informative and educative round 3 report of Sinquefield Cup 2018 by IM V. Saravanan and game annotations of Anand's encounter against Karjakin by Tanmay Srinath.

Vishy Anand makes the first pledge towards Nihal Sarin's live show for Kerala flood victims

21/08/2018 -

On 22nd of August Nihal Sarin will conduct a live show on the ChessBase India Youtube Channel, where he will talk about his games, and the techniques he has used to become a grandmaster at the age of just 14 years. All the money collected during the Live Show will be donated to the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund for the Kerala floods. The situation in Kerala is grim and we expect the chess community to come forward and contribute in whatever little way they can. Setting an example as he always has, India's first GM and five-time World Champion Vishy Anand came forward as the first donor. Vishy has pledged Rs.15,000 so that the live show would be conducted in the best possible manner and has also happily agreed to sign the posters, DVDs and merchandise that will be given as special prizes during the live show.

DCA wins ACL 1st Super League 2018 in Unrated category

21/08/2018 -

Dynamic Chess Academy won ACL 1st Super League 2018 in Unrated category by winning the crucial tie-breaker against Kunte's Chess Academy. DCA won the first match in the final with a score of 2.5-1.5, however KCA bounced and DCA lost the second match by 1-3. Meet Parmar of DCA was nominated to play the tie-breaker. He continued his terrific form in the finals and outplayed Nikhil Chitale in the tie-breaker blitz match to secure the championship for DCA. Find out photos, games, positions from the final round of ACL 1st Super League 2018 in this report. Photo: DCA/Manish Parmar

Sinquefield Cup 2018 Round 2: The Magic of Magnus Carlsen

20/08/2018 -

Call it a coincidence but exactly a year back in the Sinquefield Cup 2017, Carlsen was white against Karjakin in round 2 and Carlsen won the game and led the event along with Caruana and MVL. Feels like the same thing has repeated as Carlsen won his game against Karjakin in what turned out to be the longest game of the round 2 and now leading the tourney along with Mamedyarov and Aronian! What promised to be an exciting round on a Sunday ended as a damp squib, as three of the games ended in 3 hours of play, while the last two games were not showing promise to become interesting at any point of time. And that’s what yours truly thought. IM V. Saravanan takes you through the intricacies of all the battles in this round 2 report.

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