Play against Judit Polgar in a Simul at 6th Global Chess Festival 2020

08/10/2020 -

6th Global Chess Festival is just two days away. Just like each year this edition will also have a multitude of programs. On 10th October Judit Polgar will play a Simultaneous exhibition match against selected 20 players. ChessBase India in association with Global Chess Festival will host a selection blitz tournament where the winner will get a chance to play against the greatest female chess player of all time - Judit Polgar in a Simul. The eligibility is simple, you need to have a valid FIDE ID and FIDE Standard Rating should be below 1600 as on 1st October 2020. Entry is FREE. Registration is Open and it will close at 10 a.m. IST tomorrow 9th October. The selection tournament will take place on Playchess tomorrow Friday 9th October at 3 p.m. IST. Photo: Global Chess Festival

Altibox Norway Chess R3: Firouzja beats Caruana in the Armageddon

08/10/2020 -

Carlsen scored his first Classical victory of the tournament against his compatriot Aryan Tari. Although Carlsen presented a few opportunities to the young Norwegian but he was unable to seize it. Duda is still having a tough time as he lost once again, this time against Aronian. Despite the majority of the game being equal and heading towards a draw, the Pole no.1 erred in the endgame which cost him the point. Meanwhile, Firouzja beat Caruana in the Armageddon after making a draw in their Classical encounter. Caruana had a decent chance in the Classical game, however Firouzja was determined the must-win Armageddon and he definitely showed that he can hang with the best of the best so far. Catch all the action of Round 4 tonight from 8:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lennart Ootes / Altibox Norway Chess

Make Your Move and get a chance to play against Vishy Anand

07/10/2020 -

Round Table India and Ladies Circle India in association with 41 India, Tangent India and Area 11 presents Make Your Move Online Blitz Open (Below 2100). There will be five qualifiers from 26th - 30th October 2020. Top 5 players in Open, Under-19 and Under-14 from each Qualifiers will play the Final on 31st October. Total prize fund is ₹100000 in the Finals. That's not all, the winner of each category in the Final will get to play a Simul with Vishy Anand and the first runner-up of each category will play against Vidit on 1st November. Money raised through this event will be donated and utilized to serve the under privileged kinds through Round Table India's 'Freedom through Education' program. Entry is CLOSED. Photo: RTI and Amruta Mokal

Altibox Norway Chess R2: Carlsen survives a massive scare

07/10/2020 -

Altibox Norway Chess already started heating up as Carlsen steers clear from the jaws of defeat. Although he had a good chance to win the Classical game, it ended up in a draw which turned things in Firouzja's favor as he just needed a draw in the Armageddon to win the round. Firouzja got a winning position but he was unable to seize the brilliant opportunity and Carlsen swerved with a victory. Caruana scored second consecutive victory to take the sole lead with 6.0/6 and birthday boy Aronian won against Tari without breaking a sweat to jump to the shared second spot 4.0/6 with Firouzja. Catch all the action of Round 3 tonight from 8:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lennart Ootes / Altibox Norway Chess

New: Sergei Tiviakov - How to play the Ruy Lopez with Qe2

06/10/2020 -

There are few other Grandmasters who can go into such detail, and explain complicated variations like Sergei Tiviakov. This is why our ChessBase community enjoys his content so much, and why he already has made 17 Fritztrainers with us so far. For this volume, Tiviakov concentrates on his favourite variation in the Ruy Lopez, with the White move - queen to e2. The Russian-Dutch Grandmaster analyses several variations, explains their purposes, tactics and strategies, and lets you establish a very solid continuation in this popular chess opening. Furthermore, 30 exercises round up this great download.

Altibox Norway Chess R1: Carlsen starts with an Armageddon victory

06/10/2020 -

Carlsen started his Altibox Norway Chess campaign with a victory over Aronian in the Armageddon after making a draw in their first Classical encounter since December 2019. Thus Carlsen has 1.5 points after the conclusion of Round 1. Aronian being in a must-win situation in the Armageddon, pushed too hard in a seemingly equal position and blundered his rook. Both Caruana and Firouzja scored fine wins against Tari and Duda respectively, allowing themselves to share the lead with 3.0 points each at the end of the opening round. Catch all the action of Round 2 tonight from 8:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lennart Ootes / Altibox Norway Chess

Carlsen returns to OTB at Altibox Norway Chess 2020

05/10/2020 -

The entire chess universe is craving for some over-the-board action. For the first time since July, an over-the-board super tournament, eighth edition of Altibox Norway Chess will start from 5th October. The most interesting thing about this tournament is every game will have a winner. All draws will be decided in Armageddon. Defending champion of the event, World Champion Carlsen will be seen in action along with Aronian, Caruana, Duda, Firouzja and Aryan Tari. Carlsen has only won this tournament two times out of all seven editions. The other winners are Karjakin (twice), Topalov, Aronian and Caruana. Will Carlsen win this tournament for the second year in-a-row and also for the third time? Catch all the action of Round 1 tonight from 8:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lennart Ootes / Norway Chess

Just Starting out in Chess? Pick Chess Pathshala as your Pathfinder!

04/10/2020 -

The four online courses - Tactical, Positional, Endgame, and Opening - launched by Chess Pathshala six months ago has since then been very well received by students and improvers from all around the world. Encouraged by the success and cheerful response, the head coach of the Academy, Grandmaster Swapnil Dhopade, has now decided to take a step further and introduce a course aimed exclusively at beginners. In this article we bring you the details of the course and tell you why we think it can prove a gamechanger for young minds who are just starting to make their moves on the sixty-four squares. Swapnil has already been an inspiring instructor to the who's who of Indian chess, but his latest endeavour to work with absolute newcomers is unlike anything he has done before and can potentially help bring plenty of fresh faces into the fold.

Steinitz's positional play that expanded our understanding of chess | Classics Ep.03

04/10/2020 -

Born in 1836, Steinitz became the first official World Champion at the age of 50 years in 1886. Starting out as a brutal attacker, Steinitz made a lot of changes in his playing style that led him to discover certain ideas related to positional play that have been very obvious these days! But back in 1885, they weren't so obvious. This game between Steinitz and Sellman, that you are about to see in Chess Classics you must know Episode 3 is something that will help you deepen your understanding about weaknesses, manoeuvring and other positional concepts. The ten questions, game analysis by Kasparov, and the video explanations by Sagar Shah is not to be missed.

Niladri explains a Study-like Endgame

03/10/2020 -

In the online era, we play several matches in such a short period of time compared to what we would have played when over-the-board events were on. It is true that blitz games are not worth analyzing as experts say but often we come across position which is definitely worth a second look and sometimes a deep analysis too. Few days ago we shared a position by trainer Niladri Bhattacharyya on our facebook page. This position occurred in his online blitz game over a year ago where his opponent blundered and lost the game soon. However, there was a defence. Try to find out and check it with his analysis whether it's correct or not. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Moksh Amit Doshi - The latest IM from Gujarat

02/10/2020 -

Moksh Amit Doshi became the latest International Master from Gujarat. He scored six IM-norms in just over 16 months, but he became an IM only when he crossed the 2400 rating barrier on 29th October 2019 at the second round of Romanian International Open. He scored his maiden IM-norm at a Round-Robin event in Balaton, Hungary in June 2018. He scored his second IM-norm at Rilton Cup 2018-19. The final norm was scored at Asian Youth Under-16 Open when he won Gold. Get to know about this young talent's journey from the boy Moksh himself. He also shares seven of his game with detailed annotations. Photo: Rupali Mullick

ChessCult - How a Strong Indian GM Plans to Make Chess a Spectator Sport!

02/10/2020 -

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought forth a lot of change in the world. The advent of modern technology has ensured that people are more productive than ever before, and streaming has become more and more mainstream. With numerous chess players entering a new phase of their life, a young chess star decided it was time for a change of pace. GM Karthik Venkataraman, former National Junior Champion, has launched his own company Chess Cult in collaboration with his friend Hariharan S Pillai, to make a difference to chess players across the globe. Karthik has come with some very innovative content on ChessCult's YouTube channel, right from reintroducing the masters of the past, to the Secret to Success series, where he features stalwarts of Indian chess like GM Sasikiran and GM Murali Karthikeyan. Tanmay Srinath takes you through his experience navigating the ChessCult!

A Scientific Inquiry on Combinations

01/10/2020 -

India's 33rd GM Vishnu Prasanna is a prolific trainer. He has trained World's second youngest GM in history, Gukesh D and also worked with GM Adhiban B, he is also training with GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly. He launched his new official couple of months. The website has all the information about Vishnu and it is rich with features. One of the feature of the site is blog where Vishnu himself discusses various themes about chess. In his fourth blog post, he does a scientific inquiry on Combinations using illustrative examples of Steinitz's game. Combinations are very important either to win or defend yourself from impending doom. How and when to spot one? How to improve combinational vision? Vishnu tells it all.

Getting the most out of ChessBase 15: a step-by-step guide #4 – The Board

30/09/2020 -

You are raring to get started with some of the amazing functions of ChessBase 15. But there is one last thing we need to consider before we dive into the substance – and that is style! ChessBase 15 is fantastically customisable and here Nick Murphy will show you step by step how to get the look you want. Because it helps to enjoy your chess! You can completely customize everything you want, from the board, type of the wooden board, piece design, square colors to the dimension of the board 2D or 3D, notation type and window size, forward, rewind buttons etc. Photo: ChessBase

Petrosian's beautiful queen sac against Pachman - Classics you must know Ep.02

29/09/2020 -

After Botvinnik vs Capablanca in episode one, we now move to Petrosian versus Pachman on day two of the Classics You must know series by IM Sagar Shah. The 9th World Champion is famed for his positional and prophylactic play. And until move 15 it seems as if the game is going in that direction. But something quite unbelievable happens in the last five moves of the game and the experienced Ludek Pachman resigns after White's 21st move blow! This game has a lot of little nuances that you can learn from. We dissect them for you, with the video analysis, PGN file and also 10 test positions.

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