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Isle of Man Masters: Wojtaszek takes the title after a thrilling Playoff

29/10/2018 -

After nine rounds at the Isle of Man Masters, Arkadij Naiditsch and Radoslaw Wojtaszek were still tied for first. In the final game, Naiditsch had deployed some neat tactical tricks to force a move repetition. While none of their chasers managed to catch up despite their draw, the two leaders fought tooth and nail until Wojtaszek emerged as the winner after the Armaggedon game. Adhiban Baskaran defeated Michael Adams to climb up to 6.5/9 and become the top scoring Indian while Vishy Anand held Wang Hao to a comfortable draw. Round 9 report.

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Victor Mikhalevski on India's 54th GM Arjun Erigaisi

29/10/2018 -

When you see him in person Arjun Erigaisi comes across as a humble, soft spoken, well mannered young boy. He speaks so less that it is easy to just miss him even when he is around. But when the youngster sits on the board and plays his moves, it is absolutely impossible to miss him. Indian chess is blessed with an amazing talent in the form of 15-year-old from Telangana Arjun Erigaisi. Arjun became a GM at the age of 14 years, 11 months and 12 days, which is faster than even the current World Championship challenger Fabiano Caruana. The amazing thing is that Arjun achieved his 3 IM norms and 3 GM norms within a span of eight months from January to August 2018! How did he do it? We ask his coach GM Victor Mikhalevski.

World Youth 2018: Nine Indians with a chance for a medal with two rounds to go!

29/10/2018 -

With two rounds to go for the World Youth Championships 2018 (under-14,16,18) things are heating up in Porto Carras, Greece. The Indians who are in top ten after nine rounds and have a theoretical chance of winning a medal are Sankalp Gupta, Rithvik Raja, Kushagra Mohan, Arpita Mukherjee, Tejaswini Sagar, Aashna Makhija, Divya Deshmukh, Sanskriti Goyal, and L. Jyothsna. Sanklap Gupta completed his final IM norm and is on the brink of becoming India's latest International Master. There are in all 36 medals at stake. How many we win will be decided by the outcomes in the last two rounds. A pictorial report. 

Isle of Man Masters: Naiditsch and Wojtaszek emerge as leaders

28/10/2018 -

The eighth round of the Isle of Man Masters saw the pack of leaders trim down from seven to just two. Beating Hikaru Nakamura and Mickey Adams respectively, Arkadij Naiditsch and Radoslaw Wojtaszek sped past the field and have taken a half point lead going into the final round. Meanwhile, Vishy Anand drew against Vladislav Artemiev. This draw meant that Anand is out of contention for the title. All other Indians are also at a score of either 5.5 or lower and will not have any chance at the title. Nevertheless, Vidit Gujrathi treated his fans and all those watching with a brilliant attacking game against Svane Rasmus. Round 8 report.

Thailand Chess introduces the brand new Pattaya Open 2018

27/10/2018 -

When someone speaks about Thai chess, the first thing that comes to your mind is the Bangkok Open. The tournament visited by players like Nigel Short, Jan Gustaffson and many other world class players has become an annual destination for chess fans all over the world. But for the growth of chess in Thailand, just one event is not enough. That's the reason why former Thai national player Jarunpol Sajjapronthep and his wife Phuttarak Khampliw decided to organize the Pattaya Open from 20th to 31st of October 2018. What started as just plan for one tournament turned into an entire festival with youth and senior tournaments as well as an amateur section. In the first part of this report by Peter Long brings you the youth events and also an interview with the organizer.   

Isle of Man Masters: Abhijeet Gupta suffers his second straight defeat

27/10/2018 -

GM Abhijeet Gupta lost his second game in a row against English GM Michael Adams. Once again, Gupta's opponent joined the tournament leaders having defeated him. On board  5, SP Sethuraman and Viswanathan Anand played a sedate draw in a Symmetrical English. The top board draw between MVL and Naiditsch also played a short draw but this came only after some sparkling tactics in the middle game. In the meanwhile, R Praggnanandhaa played in a Tal-like manner to bring down IM Ravi Teja in just 32 moves in a Caro-Kann defence. We have a pictorial report.

World Youth 2018: Can India win a medal?

27/10/2018 -

The World Championships for under-14, 16 and 18 are being held in Greece from the 20th to the 30th of October 2018. 25 Indians have participated in this event. Seven rounds have been completed and the Indian players who are in top ten places are Sankalp Gupta, Kushagra Mohan, Tejaswini Sagar and L. Jyothsna. There are a few players like Divya Deshmukh and Mrudul Dehankar who have a good chance for a podium finish if they play well in the last four rounds. Indian chess faces a grave problem in such youth tournaments that the best players of the country do not participate in the World Youth Championships. Hence, the chances of us winning medals is significantly reduced. In this article we try to touch upon this problem and hope that a solution is found. 

ACL Challengers League 2018 begins

27/10/2018 -

ACL Challengers League 2018 started on 20th October 2018 with 15 teams from various states across the country. 25 games were played in Round 1 between. In the unrated section, the first round winners are, Bangalore Chess Academy-1, Maestro Chess Academy Attackers, City Chess Club Bhuj and Maestro Chess Academy Strikers. Among the rated, the victorious teams are, d'pawn Chess Academy, Intermezzo and Royal Knight Chess Academy. Best game of round 1 winner's name is also announced. In this report, we bring you photos and the best games from round 1.

Isle of Man Masters: Nakamura beats Abhijeet Gupta to take shared first

26/10/2018 -

Top seeds have begun gathering around the top spots after the sixth round of the Isle of Man Masters. While Wang Hao and Jeffery Xiong concluded their faceoff in a fighting draw, Hikaru Nakamura, Radoslaw Wojtaszek and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won their games to join in on shared first. Nakamura defeated Abhijeet Gupta on the second board, thereby bringing the Indian GM off the top spot on the leaderboard. Meanwhile, Vishy Anand climbed up to the shared second place after his win over Daniel Fridman. On board 6, Adhiban effortlessly held Aronian to a draw with the white pieces while D Gukesh also scored a major upset defeating former Women's World Champion, Alexandra Kostenuik. Round 6 report.

Kavitha JE bags the Homepreneur Award 2018

26/10/2018 -

Former U-10, U-12, U-15 and U-18 National Champion, Asian Sub-Junior Bronze medalist and Asian Junior Silver medalist WFM J.E.Kavitha wins the Homepreneur Award 2018. The Award is a unique initiative introduced by "Brand Avatar" to provide platform to recognize and celebrate the women who have chosen to pursue their passion through entrepreneurship from home. This year the total number of registrants were 6500 and out of which 150 were shortlisted and interviewed by an eminent jury. In this article we try to dig in and learn about Kavitha's experience in being a part of this initiative and in the end winning the prestigious award.

Live and best games from the Isle of Man International 2018

26/10/2018 -

This page is your ultimate guide to the Isle of Man International 2018. You have the live games to follow here. Every day the round begins at 7 p.m. IST. Apart from the live games we also have the overview of Indian performance at the end of the article which gives you a bird's eye view of how the Indians are performing. Lastly we also have the game of the day section where we select one best game of the round and it is analyzed by IM Sagar Shah. Enjoy this amazing event where we have so many Indian players right from Vishy Anand to Vidit Gujrathi to Adhiban to Nihal Sarin and Praggnananadhaa! A total of 35 Indians have made their way to the Isle of Man International 2018!

India wins the 3rd India China Summit

25/10/2018 -

In the fourth round, China had convincingly defeated India to level scores in the 3rd India China Chess Summit in Bhubaneshwar, India. In the next four rounds, the Indian team did fabulously well to win round six and hold China to draws in the other three rounds to emerge as the winners of the summit. This was the third India-China summit. In the past two editions India had lost to China. This is the first time that the Indian team had emerged victorious! In this report, we bring you all the action with pictures and games.

Isle of Man Masters: Abhijeet Gupta takes joint first

25/10/2018 -

Abhijeet Gupta's Superman cap seems to be really working its charm. After defeating Le Quang Liem in round 4, the Delhi based Grandmaster scored his second straight upset beating Vidit Gujrathi in the fifth round. On the top board, Wang Hao and Arkadij Naiditsch slowed their pace and agreed to a solid 36 move draw. This meant that Gupta had now joined the leading duo at 4.5/5. Jeffery Xiong also scored a fine tactical win against Richard Rapport to join the leaders. An illustrated report on round 5.

CBIJ #11: What it takes to become a national champion?

25/10/2018 -

This weeks edition of CBIJ brings to you some important news! Manish Anto Cristiano is one of the many shining stars of Indian Chess. He was the under-11 national champion in 2016 and in his bid to qualify for the World Youth Championships in India in 2019 he played the U-17 Nationals, being just 13 years old! He was so close to a podium finish but in the end he had to settle for the fourth spot. Irrespective of that, he has his own special journey to share! Do read that, and don't miss out on his games, annotated by the boy himself!The Bournvita Chess Tournaments were a big hit in their time; read about one man's vision to revive it with a bang! Lastly, try your hand at this week's very interesting Trivia. Enjoy! 

Saravana Krishnan wins Tetrasoft Open 2018

24/10/2018 -

As in other spheres of business and economy, Chess in India too is growing at an unbelievable pace, thanks to the support coming in from corporates around the world, who have recognized the importance of associating with one of the greatest games on the planet. It's turning out to be a win-win situation for all concerned - for corporates, it enhances their brand value and fulfills their CSR role. For chess players it offers an opportunity to participate in a world class event and claim huge prizes. One such event is the Tetrasoft Open at Hyderabad, which has just put forward its 2nd step but is all set to take a quantum leap forward by generating tremendous enthusiasm among the chess fraternity of India. This year the event was conducted at the 5-star hotel, Marriott - a first of its kind in the country from 19th September 2018 till 23rd September 2018. FI Praful Zaveri send us a detailed report of the event.

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