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Gukesh set to star at 55th Biel Chess Festival GMT 2022

12/03/2022 -

India's youngest GM D Gukesh has participated in the Master Tournament of the historic Biel Chess Festival twice - 2019 and 2021. For the first time in his career, he will play in the Grandmaster Tournament (GMT) along with seven other stalwarts of the world. They are - Under-20 no.2 Andrey Esipenko, World Blitz 2013 champion Liem Le Quang, UAE no.1 Salem Saleh, 54th Biel GMT 2021 winner Gata Kamsky, Under-18 no.1 Vincent Keymer, World Rapid champion Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Azerbaijan no.5 Arkadij Naiditsch. As mentioned in the press release, Gukesh's name has been recommended by none other than the maestro Vishy Anand himself, who will also be present for a few days. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

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Bangladesh Premier League 2022 R2: Gukesh's positional prowess

12/03/2022 -

Bangladesh Police registered the biggest victory of the event so far as Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society lost to the defending champions 0.5-3.5 in Round 2 of Golden Jubilee of Independence Premier Division Chess League 2021-22. Sheikh Russel Chess Club registered the second biggest win of the round against Manha's Castle. The lone point for Manha's Castle was scored by GM Harsha Bharathakoti who defeated GM Shyam Sundar M. Bangladesh Biman, Leonine Chess Club and Rupali Bank Krira Parisad were the other victors. Bangladesh Navy had the sole draw of the round against Titas Club. Round 3 starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

MPL National Junior 2022 R5-6: Priyanka Nutakki and Bhagyashree Patil share the lead

12/03/2022 -

Utsab Chatterjee (WB), IM Neelash Saha (WB), IM Koustav Chatterjee (WB) and FM Ayush Sharma (MP) are the four leaders at MPL 50th National Junior Chess Championship 2022 Open. The sole leader after the fifth round, Utsab drew his sixth round game against IM Harshavardhan G B (TN). It allowed Koustav, Neelash and Ayush to catch up by winning their respective games. In the Girls event, top seed WGM Priyanka Nutakki (AP) beat WFM Lakshmi C (TN) in an exciting encounter in the sixth round to ascend to the top. She is now joined by WFM Bhagyashree Patil (MAH) in the lead. They will face each other in Round 7 which starts today at 9:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Belgrade GP SF TB: Andreikin eliminates Giri

12/03/2022 -

Anish Giri drew the first game with the black pieces against Dmitry Andreikin. In the second game of the Semifinal tie-breaks, Giri got himself a completely winning position but he squandered it. In a relatively equal position, he made a desperate sacrifice in an attempt to get something. The World Cup 2013 runner-up, did not miss his opportunity and won the game. Dmitry Andreikin will face Richard Rapport in the Finals. Giri has only the last leg, Berlin GP left to find his place in the FIDE Candidates 2022. Finals start today from 7:30 p.m. IST. Who is your pick to win Belgrade GP - Rapport or Andreikin? Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

Vishwa Vasnawala becomes the latest Woman International Master of India

11/03/2022 -

Vishwa Vasnawala scored her final WIM-norm at IM Ask 7 in Aranđelovac, Serbia on 5th March 2022. She scored 6.0/9, performed at 2351 to become India's latest Woman International Master. She scored her first WIM-norm at First Saturday IM May 2019. The second and third WIM-norms were scored in consecutive tournaments IM Ask 6 and 7 within a span of 13 days. Check out her games from the events where she made her norms along with a few best games annotated by her. After Dhyani Dave and Tejaswini Sagar, Vishwa became the third WIM of Gujarat. Her live rating 2314.6 also makes her the highest rated female chess player of her state.

Bangladesh Premier League 2022 R1: Harsha Bharathakoti slays the infallible Arjun Erigaisi

11/03/2022 -

Defending champion Bangladesh Police won their first match with a minimum margin 2.5-1.5 over Manha's Castle at Golden Jubilee of Independence Premier Division Chess League 2021-22. Harsha Bharathakoti answered the perennial question of who will beat Arjun Erigaisi for the first time in Classical chess in 2022. The new National Senior Open champion is riding high on his momentum since summer 2021. The last time Arjun lost a Classical game was against Abhimanyu Puranik at Sitges on 22nd December. Harsha ended his 24-game unbeaten streak in 2022. Round 2 starts today at 3:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

MPL National Junior 2022 R3-4: Top seeds become the prime target

11/03/2022 -

Top seeds in both MPL 50th National Junior Open and 35th National Sub-Junior Girls Chess Championships were held to draws in Round 3 and 4. Rohit S (TN) denied GM Iniyan P (TN) his fourth consecutive win. GM Arjun Kalyan (TN) drew both of his third and fourth round games. Five players - IM Pranesh M (TN), Hari Madhavan N B (TN), Utsab Chatterjee (WB), FM Rohith Krishna S (WB) and FM Ayush Sharma (MP) are at 4.0/4 each. WFM Tanishka Kotia (HAR) drew with the top seed WGM Priyanka Nutakki (AP) in Round 4. Tamil Nadu girls WFM Lakshmi C, Poorna Sri M K and Divyabharathi Masanam in a three-way lead 4.0/4. Round 5 starts today at 9:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Belgrade GP SF2: Richard Rapport advances to the Finals

11/03/2022 -

Richard Rapport drew with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the second game to advance to the finals of FIDE Belgrade Grand Prix 2022. Although at one point it seemed like MVL had a substantial advantage, as he in the post-match interview, there were a lot of lines to calculate and it was certainly not easy to find the correct way to convert it into a full point. The World Blitz champion now has only last GP event left to be able to qualify to the FIDE Candidates 2022. Dmitry Andreikin and Anish Giri drew their second game too. Thus, they will play Semifinal tie-breaks today from 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

MPL National Junior 2022 R1-2: 103rd seed Yashasva draws with IM Raahul

10/03/2022 -

Top seeds had a relatively smooth start in MPL 50th National Junior Open and 35th National Sub-Junior Girls Chess Championships. There were no big upsets on the first day. 103rd seed Yashasva Anil Kanholkar (CHT) got himself a winning position against third seed IM Raahul V S (TN). However, the reigning Asian Junior champion, somehow managed to salvage a draw. In the Girls event, Sachi Jain (DEL) was completely winning against third seed WFM Bhagyashree Patil (MAH) but she could not make the most out of it. Everyday there will be double rounds except the final day. Round 3 starts today at 9:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Belgrade GP SF1: Rapport beats MVL

10/03/2022 -

Richard Rapport defeated the reigning World Blitz champion, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave convincingly in the first game of the FIDE Belgrade GP 2022 Semifinal. He just needs a draw to advance to the Semifinals. Since this is MVL's final gateway to the Candidates 2022, one can easily expect him to fight back ferociously. Meanwhile, Anish Giri wanted to make the most out of his white pieces against Dmitry Andreikin. It almost worked in his favor until he missed his opponent's tactical resource, which dashed his hopes to score a win. The second game of the Semifinal starts today at 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

1st Guwahati International GM Open starts in four days

09/03/2022 -

Guwahati, Assam and North East India will be the host to the biggest international GM Open tournament in the region starting this Sunday 13th March. Press Conference for the 1st Guwahati International GM Open tournament 2022 was held yesterday 8th March at Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium (Sarusajai). The tournament will take place from 13th to 20th March at DTRP Indoor Stadium in Guwahati, Assam. Total prize fund of the tournament is ₹1500000. Top three prizes are - ₹251000, ₹201000 and ₹150000 each. Total 51 prizes are up for grabs. 207 players from 11 countries across the world have already registered for this event. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Narayanan S L wins 1st Grandiscacchi Cattolica International, Pragg second

09/03/2022 -

GM Narayanan S L has been consistent with his performance since the beginning of  Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. He had several podium finishes in both online and over-the-board events. However, on 8th March 2022, he won his first otb tournament since December 2019 triumph at 1st Elllobregat Open. Seven players scored 6.5/9 at 1st Grandiscacchi Cattolica International. Narayanan won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, Praggnanandhaa secured second position. IM Pranav Anand was the only other Indian and sole IM to finish among top ten. The total prize fund was €12600. Top three prizes were €3000, €2000 and €1500 cash respectively.

Pranesh and Tanisha clinch MPL National Sub-Junior Open and Girls Chess Championship 2022

09/03/2022 -

IM Pranesh M (TN) and Tanisha S Boramanikar (MAH) won MPL 47th National Sub-Junior Open and 36th National Sub-Junior Girls Chess Championship 2022. Pranesh broke out of the pack in the seventh round, took sole lead and finished a half point ahead 7.5/9 of the field in the end. Tanisha got into sole lead after her sixth round victory and maintained it till the very end 7.5/9. Both champions faced the remaining podium finishers. Pranesh won the National Sub-Junior for the second consecutive year. Tanisha won her maiden National Sub-Junior Girls title. The total prize fund was ₹450000. Top three won ₹90000, ₹70000 and ₹58000 each respectively in both events. Photo: Delhi Chess Association

The secret tournament of India - 31st Inter-unit PSPB poised for an exciting finish

09/03/2022 -

The strongest tournament on Indian soil - Inter-Unit PSPB championships 2022 is taking place in Mumbai from the 7th to the 11th of March 2022. Some of the best names in Indian chess are playing here - Sasikiran, Adhiban, Ganguly, Humpy, Karthikeyan, Surya Ganguly and many more. Three teams like always are the favourites to win the title - Indian Oil, ONGC and BPCL. There has already been a lot of action in the first four rounds, and in the 5th round it's the match between ONGC and Indian Oil, that will decide who the will win this 31st edition of inter-until PSPB meet. IM Sagar Shah visited the venue and brings you a detailed account.

Kaustuv Kundu wins 1st Chandrashekhar Azad Memorial All India Rapid Rating Open

08/03/2022 -

Kaustuv Kundu scored an unbeaten 7.5/8 to win 1st Chandrashekhar Azad Memorial All India Rapid Rating Open. Kaustuv was 6.5/7 heading into the final round. A draw would have sufficed to win the tournament, yet he went for a win to finish a half point ahead of the field. Sanjeev Mishra scored 7.0/8 to secure second place. Four players - Maulik Raval, Shantanu Bhambure, Prakash Yadavn and Mandar Mohan Sane scored 6.5/8 each. They were placed third to sixth according to tie-breaks. Kaustuv won ₹50000 cash, Sanjeev got ₹30000 and Maulik ₹20000. All three of them won a trophy each. Total cash prize ₹300000 was distributed among the prize winners. Photo: MP Chess Ad-hoc Committee

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