Meet Erode's 1st IM: 14-year-old P. Iniyan

05/05/2017 -

When you look at the game played by 8-year-old Iniyan at the World Youth Championships in 2010, you will realize that the talent was unquestionable. However, when you go through this article, you will also understand that talent on its own cannot get you the success. There are a lot of factors that went in to create Erode's first International Master at the age of 14 years. We bring you the entire story and tell you why P. Iniyan is a boy to watch out for in the days to come.

Mitrabha Guha and Harshita Guddanti are National Sub-Junior 2016 champions!

21/03/2017 -

The 2016 National under-15 took place four months ago in Delhi. Mitrabha Guha and Harshita Guddanti emerged as the champions in the open and girls section respectively. "Somehow under the workload of different articles and projects I wasn't able to complete this report," says IM Sagar Shah. "But the quality of the content was so high that I wanted to publish it in spite of the delay." So here you have it - the under-15 National report rich with annotated games, pictures and anecdotes. Hope you enjoy it!

Chess as an Art by GM Sundararajan Kidambi (2/2)

17/03/2017 -

Part one of "Chess as an Art" by Sundararajan Kidambi was received with great enthusiasm by all our readers. Many wrote to us saying that the material was high quality and they learnt a lot from it. In the second part, Kidambi shows you two games by Fischer and Karpov that greatly resemble the ideas used by Wesley So in his game against Granda Zuniga. Going over these games will consolidate your knowledge of the themes and make it easier for you to use it in your games.

Chess as an Art by GM Sundararajan Kidambi

10/03/2017 -

Chess is a beautiful game, but sometimes the beauty is not so obvious to an untrained eye. When an experienced grandmaster like Sundararajan Kidambi carefully studies a game between two world class players, you know that you are in for a treat. Kidambi doesn't do a superficial job. He puts himself into the shoes of Wesley So and tries to understand the logic behind his every move. What you now get is high class material, which if studied carefully, can seriously help you improve your chess understanding.

Magnus Carlsen on The Simpsons Show

27/02/2017 -

Reigning World Champion GM Magnus Carlsen is known to gather a lot of mainstream attention by making various appearances at unexpected places. This time he appeared in the longest running animated sitcom, The Simpsons. Read the story in this report by Shahid Ahmed.

National U-11: Manish Anto surprise winner

24/07/2016 -

The Suresh Agrawal Memorial 30th National Under-11 Chess Championships took place at Raipur, Chattisgarh. Around 220 youngsters from across the country in the tournament. The medal winners in this event secure a place in the Asian and World championship in the under-12 category. The Open tourney was surprisingly won by the seventeenth seed Manish Anto Cristiano of Tamil Nadu. The Girl's section was ýet-another-national-title' for Divya Deshmukh. An illustrated report.

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04/04/2026 -

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4th Anniversary of Phoenix ChessBase India Club Rating: Ayush dominates in Rapid, Abhimanyu shines in Blitz

09/03/2026 -

Ayush Sharma from Madhya Pradesh dominated the field at the 4th Anniversary Phoenix ChessBase India Chess Club Rapid Rating Tournament. Ayush scored a perfect 9/9 points to win the Rapid event. FM Om Kadam scored 8/9 points to secure 2nd place. 8 players scored 7.5/9 points, but IM Akshay Borgaonkar secured the 3rd place on better tiebreak score. In the Blitz tournament, GM Abhimanyu Puranik scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 points to finish in first place. Kartavya Anadkat, Mithrabha Guha, and WIM Mrudul Dehankar scored 8/9 points to secure 2nd to 4th places respectively. The event was organized by ChessBase India from 28th February to 1st March at Phoenix Marketcity, Kurla. Photos: Omkar Awale and Tanmesh Mokal

India's International Master

13/02/2026 -

Call for Developer Volunteers: Adding FreeStyle Chess Support for Chess Community

09/12/2025 -

Chess has been a popular game for centuries now. It has gone through many revolutions, which has improved the game over these years. Recently, a revolution has started. Championed by Magnus Carlsen and fueled by the recent high-profile "FreeStyle" tournaments, Chess960 (Fisher Random) is taking the world by storm. It strips away memorized opening theory and forces players to think creatively from move one. The chess community is ready for this shift. But the chess developer's community isn't.

DreamHack Rapid & Blitz 2025: Lightning Chess, Thunderous ₹5,00,000 Prize Pool

04/10/2025 -

Dreamhack Rapid and Blitz 2025 will take place from 31st Oct to 2nd Nov in Hyderabad, Telangana. Total ₹500000 prize fund is up for grabs, ₹300000 for Rapid and ₹200000 for Blitz. Entry is FREE for GM, IM, WGM and WIM. For everyone else, entry fee is ₹1391 for both events. This tournament is unlike any other as it takes place inside a gaming convention, which means loud music and noise will be there throughout the day. So if you haven't registered yet, do it right away. Whoever can block out the noise, focus on their game, will win big and become the champion.

Grand Prix events at Phoenix ChessBase India Chess Club!

04/10/2025 -

Phoenix ChessBase India Chess Club in Mumbai now hosts a year-long Grand Prix series, where the regular 4th Saturday monthly blitz tournaments, now award GP points to the top 10 finishers. After 11 cycles, the top 12 compete in a March 2026 Grand Prix Finale featuring higher cash rewards and a grand prize for the winner. The player with the highest total points is crowned Player of 2025-26, celebrating their consistency and strength in the club’s most competitive season yet. We are already six months into the Grand Prix events and have a leaderboard coming up! Read more about this and how you can be a part of it in this article. Photos: ChessBase India

How India's 86th Grandmaster Srihari L R outsmarts his opponents

08/08/2025 -

Winning a game is more about how you play than the result itself. India's 86th Grandmaster Srihari L.R. shows us exactly how it's done through his games. It's your smart moves that matter more than the flashy ones! In this article, we feature some of his favourite games that he has personally annotated for our readers. Take a peek into the mind of a Grandmaster as he shares his thought process during the game. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

The 3rd edition of the Silver Jubilee Queenstar Open International Rating Chess Championship 2025 starts from 13th August

18/07/2025 -

The 3rd edition of the Silver Jubilee Queenstar Open International Rating Chess Championship 2025 is back. It will take place from 13th August to 17th August in Gampaha, Sri Lanka. It boasts a total prize fund of LKR 2.5 million (approx. Rs. 7,13,645). There is no entry fee for FIDE-titled players. However, there are special conditions for foreign players rated higher than 2400. The event will feature both Classical and Blitz sections. The Blitz Champion will receive Rs. 60,000, while the Female Blitz Champion will be awarded Rs. 25,000. In the Classical section, the overall winner will take home Rs. 2,50,000, and the Female Champion will receive Rs. 1,00,000. Check out the article to learn how you can participate. Photo: Tournament Brochure

Can chess change the way you think?

27/06/2025 -

Sridhar has been a copywriter for over 30 years. Words have always been his thing. But recently, he stumbled upon a new dictionary. He discovered it not in a library, but on a chessboard. He wanted to share it with us in the form of a poem. He shares how chess has slowly become a part of his everyday language. In the way he thinks, feels, and learns, not just in moves. This beautiful poem will make you realise that it's never too late to fall in love with something new.

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