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Vishnu Prasanna explains Harmony in Chess

12/05/2020 -

India's 33rd GM Vishnu Prasanna launched his website on 1st May 2020. The site is rich of various content, one of the main features of the site is 'blog' where Vishnu himself explains various chess themes with illustrative games and diagrams. Vishnu is an accomplished player and a prolific trainer. He has trained second youngest GM in the world D Gukesh, he is training with GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly and he has also worked with GM Adhiban Baskaran as a second for his debut in Wijk aan Zee. In his first blog post, Vishnu talks about Harmony in Chess by showing an example of Steinitz's game with beautiful explanation on using imagination to understand harmony and more. Photo: Austrian National Library and Shahid Ahmed

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Shahil Dey and Aniruddha Potawad win the 2nd Pursue your Chess Scholarship for Rs.75,000

12/05/2020 -

A few days ago, the ‘Pursue your chess’ scholarship of Rs 75000 was announced by the ChessBase India Foundation, aimed at talented chess players held back by financial constraints. The two deserving winners of the scholarship are CM Shahil Dey and Aniruddha Potawad. Both have a fierce chess spirit, and have been going from strength to strength every tournament. However, even the best of talents can get suppressed by things they cannot control. In order to give an impetus to their chess careers, Shahil Dey wins Rs.50,000 and Anirudh Potawad Rs.25,000. In the article we tell you the story of both these individuals and how their families have fought every possible situation to ensure that their chess dream continues.

How Ananya Gupta is helping the underprivileged in these difficult times of Corona virus pandemic

12/05/2020 -

The ongoing Coronavirus pandemic has caused massive disruptions and dislocations globally. The situation is, particularly, grim in India, where an emergency lockdown has brought life to a screeching halt for many, especially the migrants, daily wage earners and the poor. While the lockdown brings safety, it also brings hunger! Maharashtra is among the worst hit states by the pandemic, and Mumbai city alone houses several vulnerable families and individuals. International chess player Ananya Gupta, Elo 1967, is working towards the cause of providing food to the needy. All the money she raises will be donated to Mumbai Food Project to #LockdownHunger. Find out more about the initiative, and help her reach her goal of raising Rs.5,00,000.

Nakamura makes a cameo in the critically acclaimed series Billions

11/05/2020 -

Billions is an award winning and critically acclaimed drama tv series on Showtime Network about power politics in the world of New York high finance. Speed King Super GM Hikaru Nakamura made a cameo as himself in the second episode of the fifth season titled - 'The Chris Rock Test'. Nakamura retweeted a GIF image about his appearance on the show after the show aired on 10th May 2020, early morning 11th May in IST. This is the first appearance by an elite chess player since 2017 on an award winning American network show since Magnus Carlsen was immortalized in The Simpsons where he portrayed himself three years ago. Let's take a look at Nakamura's debut cameo in a tv series. Photo: Hotstar Stream

The one and a half month old Mother!

10/05/2020 -

Powering Chess in India is the tagline of ChessBase India. But today, for a day we want to dedicate this line to the individuals who have made the biggest contribution to Indian chess - the mothers of chess players! So many chessmoms have sacrificed close to everything in their life so that their son or daughter becomes a great chess player. In this article we share with you several photos of the top players of Indian chess with their mothers. We also bring to you the story of IM Eesha Karavade, who is a mom since just one and a half month! Dive in to know more about the real game changers of Indian chess.

FIDE Trainers Online Seminar for Indian Subcontinent from 29th to 31st of May 2020

10/05/2020 -

Would you like to learn the art of chess training from the Russian national team coach or from the coach of the former Women's World Champion, or would you rather like to learn from a former World no.3? How about all of them? Wouldn't it be too expensive? No! The reason is - FIDE in co-operation with ChessBase India is bringing forth the FIDE Trainers Online Seminar from the 29th to the 31st of May 2020 for the Indian Subcontinent. In this article you get all the details of this seminar and you can be a part of it as well. Apart from learning training methods from the giants of the game like Yusupov, Motylev, Sokolov, Yu Shaoteng, Luther and Bojkov you also have the chance of earning four different FIDE Trainer titles. If you are an ambitious trainer, it's an opportunity you would not like to miss! 

B.S. Shivananda - The Indian Fischer - Part I

10/05/2020 -

Who is the Indian Fischer you might ask? Is it Vishy Anand? Well Anand is now a brand in himself, and has surpassed the American Genius in rating, number of world titles and longevity, so surely not him! Who else then? Well, he is a person who hailed from a remote village in Karnataka, who began playing chess towards the end of his teenage years and became one of the strongest players of Indian chess with a live Elo rating of 2486 in 2006. This is the story of B.S. Shivananda, who faced all the vicissitudes of life to emerge as an inspirational figure in the country. Tanmay Srinath brings forth the inspiring, and at times heart wrenching story of the genius in this three-part series of interviews.

Learn from India no.1, 2 and 3: Vishy, Vidit and Hari

09/05/2020 -

On a single day we witnessed three brilliant games by India no.1,2 and 3! Vishy Anand showcased his top form to beat Teimour Radjabov's favourite King's Indian Defense. Vidit Gujrathi who was looking completely out of sorts in the tournament came back strongly to score a win over Levon Aronian with deep opening preparation and subtle endgame play. Harikrishna's win over Jorge Cori was perhaps the most brutal as the India no.3 showed how the Sveshnikov can be tamed as white. Although India now has no chance of making it to the super finals (top two), these brilliant games are worth watching and learning from. IM Sagar Shah annotates. 

Support the petition for legendary Sultan Khan to be awarded the GM title

09/05/2020 -

FIDE granted the GM title to players like Ossip Bernstein, Ernst Grünfeld, Boris Kostic, Géza Maroczy, Jacques Mieses, Akiba Rubinstein, Friedrich Sämisch, Savielly Tartakower, Milan Vidmar, Carlos Torre and others. A player who was equally strong and one of the best in the world was Sultan Khan. At the heights of his power he was a three-time British Champion, had beaten players like Capablanca, Rubinstein, Yates and also Tartakower in a match. He surely deserved the GM title, but his achievements have been overlooked in the past by FIDE. Through the petition, we ask for your support, so that we could request FIDE to award the GM title to the legendary chess player.

Vishy Anand beats Ian Nepomniachtchi in 17 moves | Online Nations Cup Day 3

08/05/2020 -

The FIDE chess. com online nations cup saw humans trumping the machines (at least the weak ones!) as Vishy Anand unleashed a powerful mating attack against Ian Nepomniachtchi, which the computers were unable to understand for a few minutes! Turns out this was Vishy's preparation not just before the game, but from ten years ago when he was playing a World Championship match! Anand managed to beat Nepo in a mere 17-move miniature. The Indian team however, remains winless at the event as we drew our match against Russia and lost to the USA. China is simply unstoppable at the top with 11/12. A detailed round three report.

Vishy Anand's art of building a fortress | Nations Cup 2020 Day 2

07/05/2020 -

Even the best of players come under pressure every now and then. But when it comes to active defense there are very few who can rival the Madras Tiger. Vishy Anand had his back to the wall in the fourth game of the Online Nations Cup 2020 against China's Ding Liren. But Anand found a brilliant resource and built up a fortress that was quite a sight to behold. India isn't doing so well in the event and is currently on the last spot with 1.0/8. However, there have been some really nice games. In this article we see Anand's art of building a fortress, Vidit's simple miss against Aronian, and the Armenian's brilliance to come back and beat the Nashik lad. 

Checkmate Covid-19 Online Blitz Open raises ₹451650

07/05/2020 -

Checkmate Covid-19 Online Blitz Open raised ₹451650 with the contribution of 465 people all over the world. The event witnessed the participation of 331 players from 12 countries, including 32 GMs, 25 IMs, 2 WGMs and 5 WIMs. GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan scored an unbeaten 9.0/10 to win the tournament. GM Abhijeet Gupta also finished at 9.0/10 but he was placed second according to their tie-break scores. Both of them donated their entire prize fund for the noble cause which will be donated to the Kerala Chief Minister's Disaster Relief Fund. Star attraction of the event was the participation of the former World Championship Challenger GM Nigel Short.

Have you registered for the biggest online ChessBase India event on 9th of May 2020?

06/05/2020 -

On this Saturday 9th May, Playchess will host the biggest ChessBase India Online Blitz event with a total prize fund of ₹101000 having the first prize of ₹20000. So far 20 GMs, 18 IMs, 2 WGMs and WIMs have registered ten different countries across the world including India. The tournament is organized by Central India's largest educational hub IPS Academy, Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The entire prize fund is also sponsored by the educational institute. The tournament will have 10 rounds with a time control of 3 minutes each with no increment. Entry is FREE for GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs. For everyone else, ₹500 for ChessBase Premium subscribers and ₹600 for ChessBase Non-Premium subscribers. Photo: Various sources

A tough first day for team India at the Online Nations Cup 2020

06/05/2020 -

The FIDE chess. com online nations cup 2020 has kicked off and day one was day of misses for team India. With Humpy scoring a crucial win against USA, India had chances to take down their much fancied opponents. However, Vidit was outplayed by Caruana in a very complex endgame of two bishops vs knight. The match with USA ended in a 2-2 draw. Against Rest of the World in the second round India had great chances thanks to both Harikrishna and Humpy having decisive advantage. But Firouzja tricked Hari and Mariya Muzychuk managed to wriggle out against Humpy. Adhiban lost to Cori Jorge which gave India a defeat with a score 1.5-2.5. We are now in fourth place with 1.0/4. Full report by IM Sagar Shah. 

Is the Benoni really back in business?

05/05/2020 -

The Benoni Defence is a very double-edged weapon, well suited to play for a win but also dangerous. On his recently released DVD, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, one of the world's most renowned opening experts and one of the second former World Championship Challenger Fabiano Caruana, claims that "The Benoni is back in business". IM Roven Vogel took a close look at Kasimdzhanov's latest DVD to check this claim. This could be a perfect DVD to increase one's arsenal of openings and enrich themselves in these difficult times. The DVD has almost six hours of content including exercises, multiple lines and also a video on how to avoid Benoni. Photo: ChessBase

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