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Iniyan wins a double at 38th Andorra Open 2022, Rathanvel third

01/08/2022 -

India's 61st GM Iniyan P won two tournaments almost a year ago in Noisiel, France. This time he delivered a similar fantastic performance in Andorra. He won both 38th Andorra International Open and the Blitz Grand Prix. In the Classical event, he scored an unbeaten 7/9 and in Blitz he made 8/9, became a clear champion. GM Josep Manuel Lopez Martinez (ESP) also scored 7/9. He was placed second according to tie-breaks. A total of 12 players scored 6.5/9 each. IM Rathanvel V S secured third place according to tie-breaks. Total prize fund of the tournament was €10500. Top three prizes were €2100, €1500 and €1000. Rathanvel secured third place in the Blitz event too. Check out Iniyan's best game from the event annotated by himself. Photo: Official site

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44th Chess Olympiad 2022 R3: India 2 scores a hat-trick of 4-0, Italy no.1 Vocaturo holds Carlsen

01/08/2022 -

All six Indian teams maintain their winning streak. In the Open section, India 2 is yet to concede even a half point. They won all three of their matches 4-0. In Round 3, Gukesh, Nihal, Praggnanandhaa and Raunak all teenagers faced Switzerland. Praggnanandhaa persevered a completely lost position and managed to win against Yannick Pelletier on time. Although he was not happy about it. Harikrishna and Arjun Erigaisi scored important wins to ensure India 1 beats Greece. Among the Women, Vaishali and Bhakti's wins propelled India 1 to beat England. Harika Dronavalli who is expecting, played her first game at 44th Chess Olympiad 2022. Round 4 starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Lennart Ootes

Road to 1800: Japan Chess Classic 2022

31/07/2022 -

We often get to know about various tournament news of Japan from Mayur Gondhalekar. However, this time his good friend, Sheldon Donaldson writes a blog about his journey towards 1800. He started playing chess a decade ago, although he is playing over-the-board chess only for a year. He shares his experience of playing in Japan Chess Classic 2022 which took place from 15th to 18th July. Feast on some beautiful photos of the tournament hall in Tokyo, Japan along with some fantastic Japanese architecture of the city. Check out some fine analysis shared by the man who is passionate about the sport. Photo: Sheldon Donaldson

44th Chess Olympiad 2022 R2: Magnus Carlsen grinds a Queen endgame against Georg Meier

31/07/2022 -

All six Indian teams won their respective matches in Round 2. In the Open section, India 2 scored a whitewash again, this time it was against Estonia. India 1, India 3 and India 2 Women defeated Moldova, Mexico and Latvia respectively. India 3 Open and Women defeated Mexico and Singapore with a 2.5-0.5 and 3-1 score. Humpy, Raunak and Ganguly overcame adverse positions. World champion Magnus Carlsen scored his first Classical victory in India since 2013. His team Norway whitewashed Uruguay 4-0. Fabiano Caruana was held to a draw on his 30th birthday by Paraguay no.2 Axel Bachmann. Round 3 starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

The Deathmatch: Anish Giri vs Vidit Gujrathi

30/07/2022 -

High-stakes 1v1 competition is pretty rare in the chess world. Except for the World Championship, matches with huge prize money and spectators is not a common sight. We tried to change the concept- by having two world-class grandmasters play a series of games with spectators watching! Well-known Grandmaster from the Netherlands, Anish Giri, and India no.3, GM Vidit Gujrathi battled each other in the first ChessBase India Originals Death Match. How did the match go? Find out in the article. Thumbnail: Abhyudaya Ram.

44th Chess Olympiad 2022 R1: Indian teams start with six whitewashes

30/07/2022 -

The host nation India won all six matches and 24 individual games in the first round of 44th Chess Olympiad. 16-year-old GM Raunak Sadhwani scored the fastest victory among all Indians. IM Tania Sachdev had to battle over five hours and 103 moves later she became victorious. GM Koneru Humpy also shoof off initial cobwebs to score a win. All teams scored a resounding victory against the minnow teams. Angola no.1 IM David Silva had the most impressive result of the first round as he drew with the two-time World Cup winner, Levon Aronian. Round 2 starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Lennart Ootes

Laxman and Nitin win GRT Shasun Jain College Rapid and Blitz Rating Open 2022

29/07/2022 -

44th Chess Olympiad being just a few hourss away, Tamil Nadu is having several tournaments all over the state to celebrate the sporting event to ever take place in India. Among them, GRT Shasun Jain College Rapid and Blitz Rating Open tournament took place at Shasun Jain College for Women on 22nd and 23rd July 2022. The Blitz event had more participants than Rapid. GM Laxman R R emerged victorious in the Rapid. Both him and Arpan Das scored 8/9 each. He clinched the championship due to better tie-breaks. IM Pranesh M was adjudged third 7.5/9 among the three players who finished with the same score. Players from all over the country, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, United States of America and Wales took part in this event. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa relay the Chess Olympiad Torch in the final leg with S Vijayalakshmi

29/07/2022 -

India's 31st GM Shyam Sundar M, 68th GM Arjun Kalyan, WGM Srija Seshadri, 14th GM Neelotpal Das, IM Harshavardhan G B and IM Srihari L R relayed the Chess Olympiad Torch in various parts of the host state, Tamil Nadu. The man who revolutionized chess India decades ago and carried it to all over the world, Vishy Anand relayed the Torch to Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M K Stalin. GM D Gukesh and GM Praggnanandhaa R received the Torch from them and relayed it with IM Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi. Who will take the figurative Torch from Anand and run across the world next? This Olympiad could give us an inkling to that. Photo: FIDE/Lennart Ootes

44th Chess Olympiad 2022 preview

28/07/2022 -

The 44th edition of the Chess Olympiad is the biggest Olympiad in the history, less than 24 hours away now. It is also the biggest sporting spectacle to ever take place in India. A total of 350 teams, 1736 players are taking part from 189 countries across the world. The host nation India is going to have six teams and 30 players taking part, which is the highest ever for a single edition of this extravaganza. Reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen will play in the Olympiad for the first time since 2016. The legend who inspired the nation and beyond, Vishy Anand is the mentor for the Indian teams. Round 1 starts tomorrow at 3 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Lennart Ootes

New: Winning Chess Strategies Vol. 1 + 2

28/07/2022 -

In his new video course, the French top grandmaster Romain Edouard shows you how to win games by seizing the initiative with sacrifices. The course consists of two volumes: In the first volume, Edouard demonstrates patterns, how to master sacrifices and initiative in several aspects, opposite-colored bishops, the bishop pair, exchange sacrifice, launching an attack, good moment to sacrifice. In the second course, you are invited to test your knowledge, find the winning move when you have initiative on your side The interactive exercises will certainly help you improve. All new courses can now also be watched via stream, e.g. on mobile devices! Photo: ChessBase

Rajdeep Sarkar wins Kashmir Open Rating 2022

27/07/2022 -

Top two seeds of the tournament, IM Rajdeep Sarkar (WB) and GM Himanshu Sharma (HAR) scored an unbeaten 8.5/9. The game between them also ended in a draw. Rajdeep won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, Himanshu was adjudged second. Four players scored 7/9. Out of them, Chandrasekhar M K (DASCB) was placed third according to tie-breaks.The total prize fund of the event was ₹200000. Top three prizes  were ₹50000, ₹30000 and ₹20000 along with Kashmiri handcrafted trophies each. This is Rajdeep's first triumph of the year in the only Classical tournament he played since February 2020. Photo: Fayaz Kabli/The Kashmir Chess Club

Anton Korobov clinches Czech Open 2022 Rapid, Harsha Bharathakoti third

27/07/2022 -

The top three seeds, GM Anton Korobov (UKR), GM Alexander Donchenko (GER), GM Harsha Bharathakoti and fifth seed GM Vojtech Plat (CZE) scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed first to fourth according to tie-breaks in Czech Open 2022 Pardubice G Rapid. Except Plat, all three podium finishers lost one game each. Donchenko defeated both the champion and the second runner-up. Harsha is currently unbeaten 4/5 in the GM Open A event. IM Moksh Amit Doshi is in a four-way lead 4.5/5 with IM Piotr Brodowski (POL), IM Kamil Stachowiak (POL) and GM Alexander Donchenko (GER). Photo: Czech Open Pardubice CZ fb

Team Japan at the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022

27/07/2022 -

Japan, the “land of the rising sun” is very well known for its technological advances, the Shinkansen (bullet train), old temples, beautiful cherry blossoms and regular achievements at the Olympics. Yet, with its relatively small chess playing community, Japan is still something of an enigma in the chess world. The upcoming Chess Olympiad to be held in Chennai, India being in everyone’s focus, I am going to attempt to share a little about Japan’s diverse chess players who are representing their country at the Olympiad. All information, photos, achievements and introductions are based on the text provided by National Chess Society of Japan (NCS) with a few modifications from me where necessary. NCS has permitted use of all the information for this article. Photo: japanchess.org

Vishnu, Akash and Neelotpal relay the Chess Olympiad Torch from Kerala to Andaman and Nicobar Islands

26/07/2022 -

India's 33rd GM Vishnu Prasanna relayed the Chess Olympiad Torch at Marottichal, Thrissur in Kerala. Marottichal is famous for being the village which was saved by chess. Vishnu is the trainer of India's youngest and fourth youngest in history to break 2700, GM D Gukesh. The strong GM from Tamil Nadu has won tournaments in Spain, a Blitz event in 9th London Chess Classic. He also won the Olympiad Curtain Raiser Rapid Rating Open within three days after relaying the Torch. India's 66th GM and youngest National Senior champion of the country, GM Akash Ganesan and India's 14th GM Neelotpal Das relayed the Torch in Puducherry, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands respectively. Photo: NYKS Kerala

The Playfield Magazine - covering Chess the right way!

26/07/2022 -

The Playfield is a distinguished sports magazine, produced by some of the best journalists in India. Usually, chess coverage in these sports magazines is very less. But just before the start of the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, the Playfield has come up with coverage of the Indian chess team! Eminent sports journalists like Manisha Mohite and N. Jagannath Das have done dedicated interviews, written columns, and write-ups. How did this magazine start its journey, and what is the type of content produced? Find out in the article.

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