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Shyam Sundar M wins Prague International Chess Festival 2024 Rapid Open, Saravana Krishnan third

12/03/2024 -

GM Shyam Sundar M and FM Jachym Nemek (CZE) scored an unbeaten 6.5/7 each at Prague International Chess Festival 2024 H Rapid Open. Shyam won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, Jachym had to settle for second place. Five players - IM P Saravana Krishnan, FM Nikoloz Chkhaidze (GEO), GM Stepan Zilka (CZE), FM Akaki Sharashenidze (CZE) and Levente Miszler (HUN) scored 6/7 each. They were placed third to seventh according to tie-breaks. The top three prizes were 3000, 2000 and 1500 each respectively. The one-day rapid rating tournament was organized by Novoborsky Chess Club, z.s. on 2nd March 2024 at Don Giovanni Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic. Photos: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival

ChessBase 18 and Mega 2025 are here

ChessBase 18 is an all-new program that helps you manage all your databases as an ambitious player. Mega Database 2025 has 11 million games with over 113,000 games annotated by masters. The cost of ChessBase 18 is Rs.4499/- and the cost of Mega Database 2025 is Rs.6499/- However, if you go for the combo the total amount comes to Rs.8999 (instead of 10,998/-) helping you save Rs. 1999/-.

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Velammal AICF Round Robin Women Grand Master Tournament to be held in Chennai

11/03/2024 -

Once again, an important event is set to take place in Chennai, known as the capital of Indian chess. This time, the event will be held in the form of the Round Robin Women Grand Master Tournament. In this tournament, a total of 11 classical matches will be played on a round-robin basis between five foreign women title players from Mongolia, Serbia, France, Italy, and Colombia, and seven Indian women players. Velpula Sarayu of India will be the top-seeded player of the competition. This competition, with a prize money of Rs 10 lakh, will be played from March 18 to March 25. The main organizer of the competition is the Tamil Nadu State Chess Association. ChessBase India will continue to share every piece of information related to this tournament with you from the venue. Read this article.

57th Biel Chess Festival 2024: Registrations are now open!

11/03/2024 -

The 57th edition of Biel Chess Festival is set to start from Saturday 13th July 2024. Apart from two GMT (Grandmaster Triathlon) events, there will be a ten round MTO (Master Tournament) for players rated 1900+, ATO (Amateur Tournament) for players rated below 2000. The barrier for MTO has been lowered to 1900 which allows players rated 1900 and 2000 to choose between MTO and ATO. There are also going to be several other events including Rapid, Blitz and Chess960 events. Indian players did quite well last year in MTO and Rapid. Aditya Samant became India's 83rd Grandmaster. With MTO now becoming an event for 1900+ players only, ten rounds and a classical time control means that there are great chances of scoring norms. Photo: Biel Chess Festival

Sushanth Kamabathula wins 1st Festival du Manoir Hotel Touquet Golf Resort Open 2024

11/03/2024 -

Sushanth Kamabathula and WGM Nino Maisuradze (FRA) scored an unbeaten 4.5/5 each at 1st Festival du Manoir Hotel Touquet Golf Resort Open 2024. Sushanth won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, Nino secured second place. Nicolas Laposte (FRA) scored 3.5/5 to finish third. Sushanth drew against the top seed and sole WGM taking part in the event in the third round. The total prize fund in the Master Tournament was €1200. The first prize was €350 and a trophy. This is Sushanth's first rating tournament triumph of his career. The five-day five round Swiss League Rating tournament was organized by Romain Christophe-Hayot at Le Manoir Hotel in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France from 25th to 29th February. Photos: Romain Christophe-Hayot / Official site

Key Challenges of Trainers - Part 1

11/03/2024 -

It is quite a difficult task to find the right trainer for a chess player. More so, when there are so many lucrative options available. While some prefer to work on their own, others need a chess coach to guide and help them improve their game. FM IA FT Peter Long writes his experiences and thoughts as a trainer, what he faced and the challenges a trainer faces. How chess evolved as a sport over time, the ecosystem and naturally the training aspect of the game, trainers making a living through chess irrespective of their experience, knowledge or teaching ability. Photo: vecteezy

The new executive of the All India Chess federation has been elected unopposed

10/03/2024 -

The result of the election for new office bearers of the All India Chess federation for the tenure of 2024 to 2027 has been declared today by former Justice of the Allahabad High Court, Rang Nath Pandey, and former Justice of the Delhi High Court, SS Sistani. It was already decided that the election of the All India Chess Association would be unopposed when only 15 names remained for the 15 available posts on March 4 for withdrawal of nominations. With this, the All India Chess Federation has become the new sports association implementing the National Sports Code. Among the key office bearers, Nitin Narang of Haryana has been elected as President, Dev Ajay Patel of Gujarat has been elected as Secretary, and International adjudicator Dharmendra Kumar of Bihar has been elected for the post of Treasurer. Read this article: Photos - All India Chess Federation

Sammed Jaykumar Shete wins 1st G H Raisoni Memorial Amravati Rapid Rating Open 2024

10/03/2024 -

IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete, GM Sankalp Gupta, Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi and IM Arghyadip Das scored 8/9 each at 1st G H Raisoni Memorial Amravati Rapid Rating Open 2024. Sammed won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, Sankalp, Aakash and Arghyadip were placed second to fourth respectively. Sammed, Aakash and Arghyadip remained undefeated. Sammed defeated the top seed Sankalp in the sixth round. He also drew against Aakash and Arghyadip. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹200000. The top three prizes were ₹50000 + trophy, ₹30000 and ₹20000 each respectively. The one-day rapid rating tournament was organized by G H Raisoni Sports and Cultural Foundation, and Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation on 25th February 2024 at G H Raisoni University in Amravati, Maharashtra. This was Sammed's first rating tournament triumph in 2024. Photo: Bhushan Shriwas

New: ChessBase Magazine #218

10/03/2024 -

Tata Steel 2024: Analyses of the tournament winner Wei Yi as well as Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Alexander Donchenko, Alireza Firouzja, Anish Giri, Erwin l'Ami, Praggnanandhaa, Eline Roebers and Vidit Gujrathi - Mihail Marin looks back at Linares 1992: Kasparov vs. the young generation - French à la Erigaisi: Sergey Grigoriants serves up a fresh idea in the Advance Variation: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 f6!? - Inviting Nimzo-Inder: In the fashionable variation 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 dxe4 7.fxe4 c5 White gets a protected passed pawn on d5; Jan Werle shows why Black can afford it! - "Fundamental Endgame Knowledge" Part #8: What you need to know in the endgame with bishop and pawn; video course with Karsten Mueller and much more. Enjoy CBM #218 in the new ChessBase book format on any device: iPad, tablet, Mac. Windows PC or laptop! Photo: ChessBase

Mitrabha Guha dominates Armageddon Challenge, Laxman second and Jval third

10/03/2024 -

We have seen tournaments of many chess variants. But have you heard about Armageddon chess tournament? Chess Federation of Sri Lanka organized a one-day Sri Lanka Chess Classic (Armageddon Chess Challenge) tournament on 23rd February, a day before the rest day of Commonwealth Championships 2023-24. Every game is Armageddon which means White must win and Black needs just a draw to win the match. Time is also same as usual - 5 minutes for white against 4 minutes for black. GM Mitrabha Guha won the tournament with a perfect 7/7. Four players - GM Laxman R R, Jval Saurin Patel, FM Villanueva Nelson (PHI) and WCM K M Dahamdi Sanudula (SRI) scored 6/7 each. They secured second to fifth place according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was RM700. This was Mitrabha's fourth tournament triumph in 2024. Photos: Chess Federation of Sri Lanka

Praggnanandhaa and Vaishali will feature at 57th Biel Chess Festival GMT 2024

09/03/2024 -

GM R Praggnanandhaa and GM R Vaishali have participated in the Master Tournament of the historic Biel Chess Festival in 2021. For the first time in their career, the FIDE Candidates 2024 siblings will play in the Grandmaster Tournament (GMT) in Masters and Challengers section. Both sections will feature six players who will battle in Classical, Rapid and Blitz events. After the players have faced each other in all three formats, the top four in each Masters and Challengers will play against each other in Classical time controls with reversed colors. This is a new addition to the 57th edition of Biel GMT. Masters: Praggnanandhaa, Vincent Keymer (GER), Liem Quang Le (VIE), Javokhir Sindarov (UZB), Haik Martirosyan (ARM) and Abhimanyu Mishra (USA). Challengers: Jonas Bjerre (DEN), Alexander Donchenko (GER), Salem Saleh (UAE), Marc' Andria Maurizzi (FRA), Ihor Samunenkov (UKR) and Vaishali. Photo: Amruta Mokal

New: Iniyan Panneerselvam: A Repertoire against the Queen's Gambit Declined with 4.Bg5

09/03/2024 -

The Queen’s Gambit Declined (QGD), is a highly popular opening for players of all levels, from absolute beginners to World Champions. Known for giving a solid position, many play this opening from the Black side, however, things aren’t as simple as they seem to be. With an emphasis on 4.Bg5, which was the old mainline played at the highest levels since the World Championship match of the 1920s, we uncover a lot of new ideas. Increase your theoretical knowledge in the QGD and enrich yourselves in this Fritztrainer by India's 61st GM - Iniyan Pa. Photo: ChessBase

Anton Sitnikov triumphs at 19th Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed Circuit 2024, Avinash Ramesh second

09/03/2024 -

IM Anton Sitnikov (UKR) scored an unbeaten 7/9 to win 19th Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament 2024. Anton finished a full point ahead of the competition. IM Avinash Ramesh scored 6/9 to secure second place. IM David Gochelashvili and IM Kushagra Mohan scored 5.5/9 each. They were placed third and fourth according to tie-breaks. This is Anton's third triumph in seven appearances he has made in this circuit so far. The six-day ten-player round-robin tournament was organized by Tamil Nadu Chess Association at Hotel Fortune Park in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu from 20th to 25th February 2024. Tournament Coordinator - IA R Srivatsan writes the tournament report. Photos: IA R Srivatsan

Diptayan Ghosh wins a double, conquers National Blitz Championship 2024

08/03/2024 -

GM Diptayan Ghosh (RSPB) scored 9.5/11 to win National Blitz Championship 2024. After GM Aravindh Chithambaram, Diptayan seems to be continuing his record of the same player winning the National Rapid and Blitz at the same edition. Diptayan finished a half point ahead of the field. GM Raja Rithvik R (TEL), IM Ethan Vaz (Goa) and IM Aradhya Garg (DEL) scored 9/11 each. They were placed second, third and fourth respectively according to tie-breaks. FM Suyog Wagh (MAH) scored 8.5/11 to finish eighth. Once again he is the sole non-GM/IM to make a top ten finish. This is Diptayan's second tournament triumph of the year. Both of them occurred in consecutive days. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy

Xiangzhi Bu wins 5th Shenzhen Masters 2024, Arjun Erigaisi third

08/03/2024 -

Arjun Erigaisi drew his final round game against Daniil Dubov at 5th Shenzhen Masters 2024. Xiangyu Xu (CHN) scored the sole victory in the seventh round against Qun Ma (CHN). The remaining two games between Yangyi Yu (CHN) and Anish Giri, Vladislav Artemiev and Xiangzhi Bu (CHN) also ended in draws. Xiangzhi became champion, Yangyi second and Arjun third according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was US$ 90000. The top three prizes were $20000, $15000 and $12000 each respectively. Arjun is still World no.10 and India no.1 in the live ratings. Photos: Organizer/Liang Ziming

Prague International Chess Festival 2024: Ediz Gurel clinches Challengers, becomes youngest GM of Turkiye

08/03/2024 -

Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) had already won 6th Prague International Chess Festival 2024 Masters on the previous day. In the final round, he drew against Richard Rapport (ROU) comfortably to finish a staggering 1.5 points ahead of the competition with a 2873 performance. Czech Republic no.2 made a fantastic comeback scoring 5/7 in his last seven games after starting the event with two losses. Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) and R Praggnanandhaa also scored 5/9. However, Thai Dai Van secured second place according to the tie-breaks, Parham third and Praggnanandhaa fourth. A day after becoming Turkiye's 15th overall and youngest GM, Ediz Gurel defeated Anton Korobov (UKR) in the final round to win the Challengers section. He will play the Masters in the seventh edition. Photos: Amruta Mokal

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