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TePe Sigeman & Co 2021 R4: Nihal beats Gawain Jones

27/09/2021 -

Nihal Sarin scored his first victory of the event as he defeated Gawain Jones in the fourth round of TePe Sigeman & Co Tournament 2021. The 17-year-old did not get rattled when Gawain Jones sacrificed a pawn to launch an attack on his opponent's kingside. The Indian managed to thwart all attempts and eventually score a victory. This was also his first win over Jones in a Classical game. Nigel Short defeated Jonas Buhl Bjerre to move to 2.5/4, a half point behind the leader Jorden van Foreest 3.0/4. Bacrot, Grandelius, Jones and Nihal are at 2.0/4 each respectively. Round 5 starts today at 5:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lars OA Hedlund/Tepe Sigeman & Co Tournament

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Harika will spearhead India at FIDE World Women's Team Championship 2021

27/09/2021 -

Days after winning the Bronze medal at the FIDE Online Olympiad 2021, Indian women's team will start their FIDE World Women's Team Championship campaign on Monday, September 27th at Sitges, Spain. The tournament format has slightly changed from a Round-Robin even to Pool stage and then knockout. Top four from each pool will advance to the Quarterfinals. In 2019, Indian women's team finished at sixth place, they would definitely like to better that finish this time. Harika will be joined by Vaishali, Tania, Bhakti and Mary. Round 1 starts today 27th September at 3 p.m. CET (6:30 p.m. IST). Photo: FIDE

Tabatabaei clinches 4th Sharjah Masters 2021

26/09/2021 -

M Amin Tababtabaei (IRI) drew his last round game against Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB) to win 4th Sharjah Masters 2021. Apart from Tabatabaei, Pavel Eljanov (UKR), Salem Saleh (UAE) and Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) also scored 6.5/9. They were placed second to fourth according to the tie-breaks. Narayanan S L 6.0/9 was the best finisher among Indians at seventh place, followed by Abhijeet Gupta at ninth 6.0/9, Adhiban tenth 5.5/9, Arjun Erigaisi twelfth 5.5/9 and Raunak Sadhwani 16th 5.5/9. Narayanan moved to 2646.6, Abhijeet 2627.7, Arjun 2630.8 and Raunak 2608.8 in the live ratings list. Photo: Anastasiya Karlovich/Sharjah Chess Club

CCT Finals R1: Carlsen and So make a dominant start

26/09/2021 -

Magnus Carlsen started the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals with 16.5 point lead over Jan-Krzysztof Duda. The bonus points is from the entire tour performance of this season. Duda has a monumental task in front of him if he wants to win the event. A loss against Carlsen did not help his situation either, as the world champion moved to 19.5 points in the points table. Wesley So is the only other player who won his match in the rapid, thus he also gained 3 points, taking his points tally to 15.5 points. The next player in the points table is Aronian at 9 points. Round 2 starts tonight at 8:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lennart Ootes/Norway Chess

TePe Sigeman & Co 2021 R3: Jorden outplays Short

26/09/2021 -

83rd Tata Steel Chess 2021 winner and Netherlands no.2, Jorden van Foreest outprepared and outplayed Nigel Short in the third round of TePe Sigeman & Co Tournament 2021. The Dutch emerged as the sole leader with a score of 2.5/3. Etienne Bacrot is the only other winner of the round as he defeated Nils Grandelius who had a tactical oversight. Nihal Sarin drew with Jonas Buhl Bjerre and Gawain Jones made a draw with Vincent Keymer. Nihal will face Jones in the next round and Jorden will be up against Grandelius. Round 4 starts today at 5:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lars OA Hedlund/Tepe Sigeman & Co Tournament

Gukesh makes a Golden debut for Prilep at 36th European Chess Club Cup 2021

25/09/2021 -

GM D Gukesh is consistently doing well. Exactly a week after winning his second consecutive tournament, Norway Chess 2021 Masters, Gukesh made a stellar debut at the 36th European Chess Club Cup 2021. He scored 5.5/7, performed at 2815 and gained 18.7 Elo rating points which earned him an individual Gold medal on Board no.1 ahead of Mamedov, Mamedyarov, Donchenko, Grischuk, Korobov, Harikrishna and Svidler. The 15-year-old's impressive debut at the star-studded event, took his live rating to 2640. Prilep finished 14th overall, Gukesh lived up to his billing of top player of the team with a top-notch performance. Harikrishna and Sasikiran won team Silver for AVE Novy Bor for third consecutive year. Photo: C&P Media/Chess Federation of Macedonia

Joytu Sheikh Hasina GM R4-6: Mitrabha and Sankalp in the lead 5.0/6

25/09/2021 -

IM Sankalp Gupta beat IM Mitrabha Guha in the sixth round to share the lead at 5.0/6 in Joyu Sheikh Hasina International GM 2021. IM Aronyak Ghosh, IM Nubairshah Shaikh and IM Sayantan Das are just a half point behind at 4.5/6 each respectively. Mitrabha went for Sankalp's rook by giving up two minor pieces. Initially at a first glance it may look interesting but in reality it was just the opposite. Aronyak beat Taibur Rahman (BAN) and Sayantan drew with fellow countryman Deep to maintain their chase. Aronyak will face Mitrabha and Sankalp will go against Sayantan in the seventh round. Round 7 starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

TePe Sigeman & Co 2021 R2: Nihal makes a draw with Jorden

25/09/2021 -

The second round of TePe Sigeman & Co Tournament 2021 had all four games drawn. Nigel Short had a good opportunity to gain substantial advantage against Sweden no.1 Nils Grandelius, but he did not seize it. Jonas Buhl Bjerre for the second consecutive game was in a good position, this time against Vincent Keymer. He loosened his grip and allowed the German to escape. Nihal Sarin had a solid draw with Jorden van Foreest. It would have taken him a computer-like precision to gain the upper hand in the rook, bishop and knight endgame. Short, Grandelius, Jorden and Jones are 1.5/2, the remaining four are at 0.5/2 each respectively. Round 3 starts today at 5:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lars OA Hedlund/Tepe Sigeman & Co Tournament

Abhimanyu, Varshini and Indian team Golden at Asian University 2021

24/09/2021 -

WGM V Varshini scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 to win Asian University Women's Championship 2021. She finished a half point ahead of the competition. Her win ensured the Indian Women's team winning a Gold too. The three remaining team members were - WGM Srija Seshadri, WIM Arpita Mukherjee and WIM P Michelle Catherina. GM Abhimanyu Puranik won the Asian University Men's Championship 2021 by scoring 7.5/9 and also finishing a half point ahead of the rest. His triumph also ensured another Gold for the Indian men. The other three members were - GM Arjun Kalyan, GM Karthik Venkataraman and IM Harikrishnan A Ra. Photo: Rupali Mullick and Shahid Ahmed

TePe Sigeman & Co 2021 R1: Short spells endgame magic

24/09/2021 -

TePe Sigeman & Co Tournament 2021 started with all decisive games in the first round. The legendary Nigel Short started the event with a very nice victory against France no.3 Etienne Bacrot. Short might not have played a tournament in almost a year, yet his years of experience was on full display as he played beautifully in a queen vs double bishops endgame. Nihal started his event with a loss against Sweden no.1 Nils Grandelius, after the wunderkind made a mistake in the endgame. Vincent Keymer trapped his own king against Jorden van Foreest, Gawain Jones got the better of Jonas Buhl Bjerre in an interesting finish. Round 2 starts today at 5:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lars OA Hedlund/Tepe Sigeman & Co Tournament

Magnus Carlsen signs FIDE World Chess Championship Match 2021 contract

23/09/2021 -

Magnus Carlsen has signed the contract to defend his world title against Ian Nepomniachtchi at FIDE World Chess Championship Match which will take place in Dubai, UAE starting from 24th November. That is not the only announcement there was for the universe this week had about the World no.1. On Tuesday, 21st September, Mastercard announced that the World no.1 has been named Brand Global Ambassador of Mastercard. He joined the all-star lineup of Lionel Messi, Naomi Osaka, Crystal Dunn and Dan Carter. Mastercard also became an official partner of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour at the same time. Photo: Unibet Norway

4th Sharjah Masters 2021 R4-6: Tabatabaei takes sole lead 5.0/6

23/09/2021 -

M Amin Tababtabaei (IRI) has taken sole lead 5.0/6 by winning against the UAE no.1 Salem Saleh in the sixth round of 4th Sharjah Masters 2021. Five players are trailing by a half point at 4.5/6 each. They are - Pavel Eljanov, Arkadij Naiditsch, Rinat Jumabayev, Narayanan S L and Mikheil Mchedlishvili. All six of them have remained unbeaten so far. Arjun Erigaisi is close behind at 4.0/6. Adhiban made fifth consecutive draw to move to 3.5/6. He will face countryman Raunak Sadhwani who is also at 3.5/6 in the seventh round. Round 7 starts today at 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Anastasiya Karlovich/Sharjah Chess Club

Vincent Keymer wins Hou Yifan Challenge

22/09/2021 -

Vincent Keymer scored 13.5/17 and won the Hou Yifan Challenge with a round to spare. He beat Tingjie Lei in the final round to win his second consecutive Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour event. Both Christopher Yoo and Praggnanadhaa finished with 11.5/17, since Yoo had beaten Pragg in the tenth round, he was placed second and Pragg had to settle for third place. Leon finished fifth 10.0/17, Aditya was placed sixth 9.5/17 and Vaishali at twelfth position 6.5/17. Both Praggnanandhaa and Leon will play in the Tour Finals next month, as they finished in the top eight in the tour standings. Overall in the tour, Team Kramnik lost to Team Polgar 302.5-324.5. Photo: Champions Chess Tour

Joytu Sheikh Hasina GM R1-3: Mitrabha, Nubairshah and Sayantan in a three-way lead 3.0/3

22/09/2021 -

Three IMs Mitrabha Guha, Nubairshah Shaikh and Sayantan Das are in the lead with a perfect 3.0/3 at the conclusion of round 3 at Joytu Sheikh Hasina International GM 2021. IMs Aronyak Ghosh, Koustav Chatterjee, Sammed Jaykumar Shete along with Bangladesh's legendary Ziaur Rahman, top seed GM Andrey Sumets (UKR) and GM Alexey Kislinsky (CZE) are just a half point behind at 2.5/3 each respectively. A total of 62 players from 9 countries including 9 GMs, 14 IMs and a WIM are taking part in this event. Total prize fund is US$ 15000, first prize US$ 4000. Round 4 starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

MVP of Team India - Harika on her performance at FIDE Online Olympiad 2021

21/09/2021 -

Harika Dronavalli was under the weather during the Pool stage of FIDE Online Olympiad 2021. She played only three games and drew all of them. She wanted rest, which was provided to her. Thanks to her doctor, she managed to recover well in two days and played all her games in the knockout stage. Not only she played them all, she won them too, scoring 6.0/6, the highest individual score for Team India in the Knockout stage. IM Sagar Shah conducted an interview with her after the Indian team won the Bronze medal. This article is a transcript of the interview where Harika breaks down various moments from the game along with what went in her mind before, during and after the game, her mindset and much more. Photo: Amruta Mokal

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