Get a chance to ask chess questions to the four-time Commonwealth Champion GM Abhijeet Gupta and enrich your chess knowledge with 1 hour high quality lecture by three-time Asian Junior Champion GM Srinath Narayanan. Venue: ChessMine Tournament.

Nobody. Because ChessMine extended it by one day. Tania will adjudge the winner on 26/07/2017. Meanwhile, if you played the Kasparov Returns! Blitz Tournament, you still stand a chance to win the coveted 3-night stay in the Taj. Grab the opportunity quickly.

After announcing the "Gary Kasparov Returns" U-2200 Online Blitz Tournament, 114 chess enthusiasts have given their entries to participate in the online tournament. The event started at 8 pm, without any delay. Fifteen-year-old Aakash Dalvi of Maharashtra scored 8.5 out of 9 points to secure the first place. The final standings will be published within a week after scanning all the games and ensuring that no cheating was done. Here is the provisional standings list.

Few weeks ago, Gary Kasparov has announced his return to competitive chess. To honor the return of the legend, ChessMine and ChessBase India are conducting "Kasparov Returns!" Online Blitz Tournament (U2200) on 23rd July 2017. The total prize fund is Rs. 28.000/- Entries are closed. Watch the tournament in Vishy Anand Arena at 8pm IST.

Four days after announcing the Kasparov Returns! Under 2200 Online Blitz Tournament that is to be held tomorrow (July 23), the tournament has received 50 entries. The tournament is being held in cooperation between ChessMine and ChessBase India and will take place in the Vishy Anand Arena on Playchess download client. While the tournament will be held as scheduled, we have extended the last date of registration until 4 PM tomorrow. Find out who is playing.

Chess is a game of Kings and Queens, so why not stay and play like a King and Queen? At the ChessMine Rapid and Blitz Tournament in Bengaluru on August 5, 6, 7, we offer you a chance to stay in Taj Vivanta, in the same hotel as the top players like Vidit Gujrathi, Abhijeet Gupta, S.P. Sethuraman, and others. Not to forget, an occasional BMW ride or two. To do this, all you have to do is participate in a Blitz Tournament, and participate in a contest where your judge will be IM Tania Sachdev...

The 36th Zalakaros Open had concluded last week. In the second half, GM Shyam Sundar and GM Abhijeet Gupta couldn't muster up points against their opponents. The tournament ended with Ukraine's Alexander Zubov taking the first place. India's Hemant Sharma completed his IM title rating requirements. Illustrated report.

Imagine playing chess on an island. Wouldn't that be amazing? The twenty-sixth edition of the National U-25 Chess Championship is being held in Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The cherry on the cake: the AICF is giving the players return air tickets to the land of kaala paani.

The Zalakaros Open 2017 has witnessed a hilarious incident in the eighth round. World's youngest IM Praggnanandhaa R. was playing China's Li Bo, when the latter made an illegal move. Unfortunately, Pragg did not notice this and went on to lose. Can he appeal against the game?

The Indian contingent in China is very much in the race for the World Cup spots. Aravindh Chithambaram may have become the second youngest Indian to breach the 2600 barrier after he defeated former FIDE World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov. Report with analysis.

Four rounds of play in the second leg of the 2017 FIDE Grand Prix series have come to close and China's Ding Liren and Azerbaijan's Shakhriyar Mamedyarov are leading with 3.0/4. The Azeri star became the 13th player in history to touch the 2800 mark. Pentala Harikrishna is meanwhile struggling and has failed to impress. Illustrated report with grandmaster analysis.

The Asian Continental Championship 2017 has begun in Chengdu, China with most of the brightest stars of Asia in contention for the five World Cup spots in the Open and the Women's section. While India has Padmini Rout in the women's section, she suffered a painful defeat in the first round itself. Meanwhile, Vidit and Adhiban have also had sub-par starts. Report.