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Grandmaster Chess Ep 02: Tania Sachdev's Didactic turnabout against Swati Ghate

12/11/2020 -

With Vidit Gujrathi presenting his flamboyant victory against the legendary Vladimir Kramnik, the all-new Grandmaster Chess series piloted with a cracker of a first episode last month. The second instalment of the show therefore only saw the interest snowball, as this time all the four comedians - Samay Raina, Biswa Kalyan Rath, Vaibhav Sethia, and Anirban Dasgupta - came thronging in to join the ever genial host Sagar Shah. The guest was IM Tania Sachdev, and the game she selected for the occasion was her win against WGM Swati Ghate from the 37th Indian Women's Championship, 2011.

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ChessBase 16 - The new features Part 1

12/11/2020 -

ChessBase 16 is already in the starting blocks and will be released on 17th November 2020. Now everyone wants to know: what are the new features in this version? What innovations are on the horizon? And what is the "key to new ideas"? ChessBase co-founder Matthias Wuellenweber, who has developed all ChessBase versions since 1986 with his team, presents the most interesting innovations in the video. Part 1 of the five-part series (in which ChessBase programmer Jeroen Van Den Belt is also involved) deals with "opening novelties" at the highest level.

Grandmaster Chess Ep 01: Vidit Gujrathi's flawless win over Vladimir Kramnik

11/11/2020 -

Grandmaster Chess is a series hosted by IM Sagar Shah on the ChessBase India YouTube channel. The idea of the series is to give you a peek into the mind of a world class grandmaster. Every episode has a GM who shows his immortal game with 10 critical questions. Four famous stand-up comedians of India - Samay Raina, Biswa Kalyan Rath, Vaibhav Sethia and Anirban Dasgupta are the participants. It's a synthesis of great chess education by the GM along with a liveliness of the comedians! The first episode had GM Vidit Gujrathi who showed his immortal win against GM Vladimir Kramnik. We have all the 10 critical moments for you to solve! Try your hand and see how you fare!  

Team India wins Silver at 2020 SCO National Chess Online Competition

10/11/2020 -

Team India wins Silver at 2020 SCO National Chess Online Team Championship with a score of 14.0/18. The event was organized by Chess Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports on 26th and 27th September. Reigning National Triple Crown Champion and FIDE Online Olympiad Gold medalist Aravindh Chithambaram led the team from the front with an unbeaten 8.0/9, IM Ravi Teja S also remained unbeaten and scored 6.0/9. India's 66th GM Akash G scored an important 4.0/9 to help the team finish second after Russia who won the Gold with 17.0/18. Uzbekistan won Bronze with 13.0/18 Photo: Puneet, Niklesh and Supriya

16th Maheshwaranand Saraswati Memorial Online Blitz Open with ₹60000 prize fund

09/11/2020 -

Buddhibal Kreeda Trust (BKT) under the mentorship of Prakash Kunte (father of GM Abhijit Kunte and WIM Mrunalini Kunte) has organized over 150 tournaments. After having three successful online events since April, they are be back with a bigger prize fund of ₹60000. The 16th edition of the tournament Shri Maheshwaranand Online Blitz Open will be held online. The tournament has the first prize of ₹15000. With rating category prizes and prizes for women, it's a tournament you cannot afford to miss. It will take place on Sunday 22nd of November at 6 p.m. IST in Vishy Anand Arena under ChessBase India room on Playchess. Entry is FREE for GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs. For everyone else Entry fee is ₹300 for Indians and €5 for foreigners. Registration is on. Photo: Buddhibal Kreeda Trust

The Queen's Gambit - Episode 5 review

08/11/2020 -

The Queen's Gambit Episode 5 is titled 'Fork'. We all know what 'Fork' in chess means. However this episode is not about the tactical theme 'Fork', it is more about Beth coming at a division of roads where there is no wrong choices but it is her who has to make the decision for herself. We get to see a lot of games in this episode starting with Smyslov-Botvinnik, Tal, Ivanchuk, Kramnik and David Baramidze's games. Beth plays a lot of Speed Chess against Benny which draws a huge crowd. Moreover we also get to know that Beth loves to analyze her games and study strong players games instead of solving positions. Photo: Netflix stream

Tegernsee Masters 2020 R8: Leon makes a Fiery draw

08/11/2020 -

Leon played fantastic against GM Alexander Fier. Despite being lost for the better part of the game, the Brazil no.3 somehow managed to save the day. Leon moved on to shared fifth position with 3.0/8. He will face Czech GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen in the final round today. GM Matthias Bluebaum and IM Daniel Dardha were the only two victors in Round 8. Bluebaum is now at 5.0/8, just a half point behind the tournament leader Alexander Donchenko. Luigi had a quiet draw with Nisipeanu in the penultimate round of the tournament. Final round starts today at 3:30 p.m. IST Photo: Official site

The Mega Diwali Sale 2020 with the launch of ChessBase 16!

07/11/2020 -

Each year ChessBase India has a massive Diwali Sale in the month of November. This year as well we have it from the 7th of November 2020 (12 p.m). to 9th of November 2020 (12 p.m.) What's more, this year you have a chance to make the festive season even more special with the all-new ChessBase 16. The flagship product of ChessBase will be released on 17th of November, but you can already save yourself a huge amount by pre-ordering ChessBase 16, Mega Database 2021 and some more products in the next two days! There are many more surprises in store for you and also some of our recommendations, check them out in the article below. 

Tegernsee Masters 2020 R7: Donchenko inches closer towards victory

07/11/2020 -

Alexander Donchenko took an almost unassailable lead when he beat Luigi in Round 7 to take his score to 5.5/7 in Tegernsee Masters 2020. He needs a win in the last two rounds to become a guaranteed champion, a draw in the final two rounds means, he can still win the event on tie-breaks. Fier scored his first victory of the event after scoring a victory over Germany no.1 Bluebaum by making a well-calculated bluff. Leon Mendonca Luke made a short draw with Parvanyan. His final two opponents in the tournament are - Fier and Thai Dai Van in Round 8 and 9 respectively. Photo: Official site

Blitz Challenge with Iniyan

06/11/2020 -

Today, Friday, November 6, at 7:00 p.m. IST there will be another Blitz Challenge on Playchess. The player to beat is 18-year-old Iniyan Panneerselvam, who recently won the World Open, and played a 72-hour online Blitz Marathon to raise funds for the COVID crisis. The Playchess challenge games will be commented by host IM Sagar Shah, who will also be analyzing them with Iniyan afterwards. You too can play against him too, or simply watch and learn.

Ilamparthi, Mounika and Arunava triumph in Make Your Move Fundraiser Below 2100 Blitz

06/11/2020 -

A week long chess tournament - Make Your Move Fundraiser Online Below 2100 Blitz tournament concluded with the participation of 167 players playing 881 games including a Simul against India no.3 and World no.25 Vidit Gujrathi. Total ₹115691 was raised through entry fee and donation which will be utilized to server the underprivileged kids. 11-year-old Ilamparthi dominated the Final as he scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win the Under-14 category, WFM Mounika Akshaya won the Under-19 category and Arunava Bhattacharjee won the Open category with a score of 7.0/9 each respectively. Photo: Shahid Ahmed, IA Jitendra Choudhary and Arunava

Tegernsee Masters 2020 R5: Leon holds Germany no.3 Donchenko to a draw

05/11/2020 -

Leon Mendonca continues his fantastic form as he held Germany no.3 Alexander Donchenko to a draw. He made his intentions clear early in the game playing aggressively. Despite having a difficult endgame, Leon fought till the end to salvage a half point. He is now at 2.0/5 and his opponent Donchenko has taken a sole lead with 3.5/5. Leon was supposed to face Keymer in Round 6, since he is in quarantine, Leon will resume his tournament in Round 7 against IM Ashot Parvanyan. Nisipeanu and Thai scored victories over Parvanyan and Fier respectively in Round 5. Photo: GM Sebastian Siebrecht

ChessBase India YouTube family is now 500,000 big!

04/11/2020 -

The ChessBase India YouTube channel began in the years 2015. In the last five years we have published 3928 videos and the channel has over 237 million views! The most popular videos in the world of chess with over 35 million views are on the ChessBase India channel. On the 3rd of November 2020 ChessBase India reached a total subscriber count of 500,000. In this article we take you down the memory lane and tell you all about how the channel began, the challenges faced and the what the future awaits. We also have a 500,000 subscribers giveaway with five winners getting a customized ChessBase India t-shirt with their name.

Tegernsee Masters 2020 R4: Leon draws with Dardha

04/11/2020 -

Leon Mendonca made his third draw of the event, this time against IM Daniel Dardha in Round 4 of Tegernsee Masters 2020. Once again Leon played very solid, handled complex position nicely and didn't commit any mistake which is definitely a good sign. Luigi had a prolonged draw with Fier and Bluebaum had an uneventful draw against Donchenko. They both lead the tournament with 3.0/4 each respectively. The lone victor of the round was Thai Dai Van as he beat Ashot Parvanyan. The tournament continues with Round 5 tonight from 7:30 p.m. IST when Leon will have a tough challenge against Germany no.3. Stock photo: Niklesh Jain

The Queen's Gambit - Episode 4 review

03/11/2020 -

The Queen's Gambit Episode 4 is titled 'Middle game'. Well if you are on this site, it is highly likely that you are quite well versed with this term. This episode shows how Beth deals with a lot of things she is yet to discover, starting with learning Russian language, relaxing a day before the tournament to dealing with young boy as well as old men playing mind games with her assuming the worst of her. We also see Troitsky's study, Fischer, Capablanca, Stein and a couple of Kasparov's game including one against Anand replayed in this episode. Were you able to spot them all? Check out the review of Episode 4 and find out. Photo: Netflix stream

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