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The ninth round saw the leaders India take on the Vietnamese, with even a draw assuring the title. But the team was raring to go and they roared to a class victory. India lifted the Asian Nations Cup 2016 and qualified to the World Teams Championship! The women's team ended its disappointing campaign by drawing the match with Iran, finishing fourth. We bring you a detailed report with comments by the players and the coach of the winning team!
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Mighty peaks surround the enchanting green valley of the Beas river, with adventures seducing one from all sides — Manali is a pleasant place to be. The Himachal Pradesh State Chess Association organized a seven-day coaching camp, from 24 March-30 March 2016, in a place that can only be described as a paradise. What do you think of playing chess in three-degree celsius, 10,500 feet above sea level in a place covered with snow? Find out here!
The seventh and the eighth rounds bore positive results for Team India. Although out of contention, the women's team shut out the weaker Sri Lanka and UAE-2 4-0. The team in the open section fought and earned victories over Bangladesh and Uzbekistan. An illustrated report.
The sixth round of the Asian Nations Cup 2016 turned out to be an easy day for the Indian team in the Open -- India vanquished Iran 3.5-0.5. In the women's section, our opponents were the Kazakhs, a team that one would not fancy to be posing problems to the Indians. However, India surprisingly lost. A report.
'And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for!' said Kleinbaum in the Dead Poets Society. Sport, time and again, brings out a varied assortment of emotions from within you. If you want to experience the purest form of a bitter-sweet moment, you have to be an Indian chess fan watching the Asian Nations Cup 2016. A report.
The fourth round of the Asian Nations Cup 2016 turned out to be a day with clear skies for the Indian teams -- the players won seven of the eight games in play. Adhiban lost, though, to A.R. Saleh, in an otherwise clean sweep. Report.
It is the most crucial game of the entire tournament. India takes on China in the fifth round of the Asian Nations Cup 2016. This match might well decide who goes on to win the tournament. In this article we have the pairings, and the predictions along with four live boards for you to view the games along with powerful functions like livebook, engines, lets check etc.
India is atop the leaderboard and has already vanquished the main contender, the Chinese. In the sixth round, the Indians managed to beat Iran as well. The women's team, meanwhile, takes on Sri Lanka. Over here, you can follow the live games of the open section and the women's section that begins at 4.30 P.M. IST. Enjoy the encounters with unique features like Livebook and top class Engine Analysis.
The third round of the Asian Nations Cup saw India take on the Kazakhs in the Open section while our women's team battled it out against Mongolia. While our men had no qualms destroying their lower rated colleagues, the women's team had to work for its victory. Report.
When Vishy Anand was playing at the Candidates 2016, we set up a page where chess fans could send their wishes to the Indian champion. We received 67 wishes from people all over India, a few even from foreigners. The best entry would get a Vishy Anand signed copy of Fritz 15. It was a difficult choice as many of the entries were well-written and a lot of thought was put behind them. Finally we have the winner and also an annotated game by Anand himself!
The poor live transmission has hit the coverage of the prestigious Asian Nations Cup 2016, with an ancient website of the Asian Chess Federation well below the mark in promoting our game. In the women's section, India took on China for a mouth-watering clash, and nobody had any clue what the results were. Indian Men's team was expected to roll through Mongolia. So, what exactly happened? A report with games.
You know that Australia is a sport-crazy country, but what about chess? Back in 1963, when one chess lover envisioned the development of the royal game down under, he started more than just a tournament. More than half a century since its beginning, Doeberl Cup still continues to prosper and India's GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly made his way to the land of Kangaroos for the 2016 edition. Report.
It is said that the game of chess is getting younger and younger every day. But here is a 46-year-old man who not only fought for the top places in a grueling event like the Candidates, but was matching blow for blow against opponents nearly half his age. Vishy Anand provided us with some edge of the seat entertainment at the Moscow Candidates, finishing with 7.5/14 and a respectable third place. He went home richer by Euros 81,500! Here is an article which gives a summary about the tournament from the point of view of the Indian Champion.
26-year-old GM Abhijeet Gupta tasted a resounding success recently when he won the extremely strong Reykjavik Open 2016 in Iceland. And this is not the first time he is stamping his class by winning a strong Open. He has done this time and again. The Indian, the last one to win a World Junior for our country, granted ChessBase India a crisp interview, where he details his approach to chess, his career and more.
The Asian Nations Cup Chess Championship began yesterday at the Novotel Abu Dhabi Al Bustan hotel with 20 countries competing for the right to represent Asia in the World Chess Team Championship. Team India, led by top coaches R.B. Ramesh and Vishal Sareen, are obvious contenders for the title in both the men's and women's section, but we are facing the great wall of China, the country that remains the overwhelming favourite. A quick report introducing the tournament.
