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Goa GM 2018 Round 2+3: 6-year-old prodigy and a 12-year-old veteran!

15/10/2018 -

Age is quite a relative concept! When a 12-year-old beats a GM you have be in awe of the achievement. But when on the same day you meet a 6-year-old who shows his skills on the board, the 12-year-old suddenly starts looking like a veteran. On the second day of the Goa GM International 2018, we met two young personalities who made it a day to remember! 6-year-old Nivaan Kandhadia and 12-year-old Pranav Venkatesh. In this article we speak about the achievements as well as the playing level of these two youngsters and at the same time we also treat you to some excellent pictures by Amruta Mokal and Niklesh Jain!

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Pairings for FIDE Women's World Championship 2018 revealed

14/10/2018 -

FIDE Women's World Championship 2018 is going to be held from 1st to 25th of November in the town of Khanty-Mansiysk in Russia. It will overlap with the World Championships match between Fabiano Caruana and Magnus Carlsen. The winner of this tournament will be declared as the new Women's World Champion. Four Indians have qualified for this event. They are Koneru Humpy, Dronavalli Harika, Padmini Rout and Bhakti Kulkarni. Harika qualified based on her last year's performance, Humpy got the FIDE wild card, Bhakti was the Asian Champion in 2016 and Padmini has been the reigning national champion. Round 1 pairings were revealed a day ago. Photo: Amruta Mokal and Niklesh Jain

Goa GM 2018 Round 1: No less than Batumi!

14/10/2018 -

It is for the first time that the smallest state of India - Goa is organizing a grandmaster event. The Goa Chess Association has left no stone unturned in giving the best facilities to the players. The author of this article just returned from the Batumi Olympiad 2018, and finds the playing hall better than what was used in Georgia! The first round was played in the A group, while three rounds were played in the B-group. No grandmaster lost his game but there were a couple of draws. At the same time Deepan Chakkravarthy played some exciting chess to light up the event! Here's an illustrated report from the event with photos, videos, analysis and much more. 

Gujarat GM Open R10: Kravtsiv topples Vignesh for the title

13/10/2018 -

NR Vignesh was the sole leader of the tournament going into the final round of the 1st Gujarat Grandmaster Open. He had played phenomenally throughout and his tiebreak was good enough for him to afford a draw in the last round to take the title prize. But the young IM from Tamil Nadu was unable to keep strong nerves in the finale. Against Martyn Kravtsiv, the tournament's top seed, Vignesh lost his only game of the event and had to content himself with the second place as Kravtsiv overtook him in the final standings. IM Stany GA, after losing his previous two games, came back strongly with a win over GM Vadim Malakhatko and took the third place.

Live Games from Goa GM International 2018

13/10/2018 -

This is the first time that Goa is organizing an International Grandmaster event. The 1st Goa International GM tournament is being held from the 13th to the 20th of October 2018 in Shyamal Prasad Mukherjee Stadium at the Goa University. Some of the top GMs taking part in this event are Martyn Kravtsiv, Farrukh Amonatov, Ivan Popov, Alexander Predke. A total of 288 players are taking part in this tournament from 18 countries. There are 22 grandmasters and 26 International Masters at this event. On this page you can find the live games from the tournament and also the relevant links and videos.

How a bunch of Indians went to Spain and gained 4359 Elo points!

13/10/2018 -

Chess gives you an ability to travel across the globe. There are tournaments held all over the world and one of the perks of being a chess player is that you can visit them and also play your favourite sport. But everything is not so rosy! Planning an international trip is never easy. There are always financial constraints, but even if you were to overcome them there are logistical issues, right from visas, to tickets to accommodations to paying the entry fee. It's exactly to do away with all such problems we introduced the concept of the ChessBase India Power tour! Apart from ensuring the logistical support, Ankit Dalal, who heads ChessBase India Power, accompanied the players from India to Barcelona and stayed with them for 50 days - the entire duration of the trip! What was his experience as a tour manager and how did he manage to ensure that Indian players came back with a rich haul of 4359 Elo points? Let's find out! 

New Delhi calls you for a strong Rapid and Blitz event

12/10/2018 -

The importance of rapid and blitz in chess is growing. People are taking the shorter formats of the game more seriously. It is spectator friendly and for the viewers it is much more exciting to see IMs and GMs enterprising moves and making more mistakes than classical chess. Keeping all of this in mind, a very strong Rapid and Blitz event is taking place in New Delhi on the 27th and 28th of October 2018. The first prize of the tournament is Rs.41,000 and the total prize fund is Rs.4,00,000. The tournament is being organized by 22-year-old Abir Sinha in the memory of his father Late Shri Ambeesh Sinha. Abir has brought a lot of innovations in the organization of the event, some of which we mention in this article.  

Gujarat GM Open R9: Vignesh NR takes sole lead

11/10/2018 -

After catching up in the tournament lead in the previous round, Vignesh NR scored another big win in round 9 of the 1st Gujarat International Grandmaster Open. In the penultimate round, Vignesh defeated Vitaly Sivuk of Ukraine. And since Stany lost on the top board against Alexandr Predke, he is the sole leader of the tournament. Tomorrow Vignesh will take on the tournament's top seed, GM Martyn Kravtsiv. Meanwhile, Michelle Catherina scored a win over Rahul Srivasthav to keep her chance of a WGM norm alive. She will have to win in the final round to earn her norm, however. Also, 18-year-old Jeet Jain managed to bring down veteran GM Pravin Thipsay after the latter made a tactical error in the middle game. We have an illustrated report on all the happenings.

Indian women shine at the Asian Para Games 2018

11/10/2018 -

It was a big moment for the blind and physically disabled chess that chess had finally made its way into the Asian Paragames. We have some of the best players representing our country in blind and physically disabled chess that is taking from in Jakarta, Indonesia. We have the World Champions in Physically disabled chess - Jenitha Anto and Shashikant Kutwal. We have the brilliant minds of Kishan Gangolli, Soundarya Pradhan and others in blind chess. However, at the end of the day the performance in the classical section was not up to the expectations. India won two team bronze medals thanks to the efforts of Jenitha Anto (Physically disabled), Megha Chakraborty (blind) and Mrinali Pande (blind). Jenitha also won an individual silver. Report with photos from Jakarta.

Everything is back in stock - New Quality Chess Books have arrived!

10/10/2018 -

The Quality Chess books have been received by great enthusiasm by chess lovers all over India. When the books arrived in the ChessBase India office towards the end of March, we quickly ran out of stock of the most popular titles within a few days. We did not anticipate this, so the next order took some time to come to India, but now it's here! Over 3,000 high "quality" chess books have arrived in Mumbai. Right from Shankland's small steps to giant improvement to Tikannen's Woodpecker Method to Jan Markos' under the surface we have all the books! And this time we also have hardbacks. Check out the latest books in this article and get them to your address in India without any shipping cost! 

Gujarat GM Open R8: Vignesh catches Stany in the lead!

10/10/2018 -

After round 7, it seemed IM Stany GA would cruise to the title with a full point's lead over his nearest rival. But the antepenultimate round made some drastic changes to the tournament situation. Stany lost with the white pieces to IM Vignesh NR. Now, as many as 10 players have the possibility of catching up in the tournament lead. But despite his loss, Stany's stupendous run so far has ensured him his second GM norm, with a round to spare. The top board victor, IM Vignesh NR also scored his third Grandmaster norm with his win over Stany. Vignesh only needs to cross Elo 2500 now to become a Grandmaster.

Gujarat GM Open R6+7: Stany the unstoppable

09/10/2018 -

IM Stany GA of Karnataka is simply on a roll at the 1st Gujarat International Grandmaster Open. On day five, he won both of his games and took sole lead in the tournament. In round six, he defeated his co-leader GM Levon Babujian and in the seventh round, he brought down the top seed of the tournament, GM Martyn Kravtsiv. With two rounds to go, Stany is already a full point ahead of his nearest rival and is now a very strong favourite to take the title prize. Some other Indian youngsters also scored important upsets on the fifth day. In round six, Pranav V managed to beat GM Lalith Babu in merely 29 moves. One round later, West Bengal's Srijit Paul completely dominated GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan on board 11. An illustrated report

Gujarat GM Open 2018 R5: GA Stany leads with Levon Babujian

08/10/2018 -

The fifth round of the 1st Gujarat International Grandmaster Open saw two players share lead at its conclusion -- Levon Babujian and Stany GA. Stany benefitted from his opponent's overzealous play and won his fifth straight game against Vitaly Sivuk. On board three, Babujian defeated Lalith Babu to make it to the joint lead. The round also saw three big upsets. While Niranjan Navalgund brought down GM Ziaur Rahman, Kumar Gaurav and N Surendran held Sergey Kasparov and Neelotpal Das to draws. Round five report.

One in a million - Darpan Inani, the strongest blind player of India - Part I

08/10/2018 -

Darpan Inani is the strongest blind player in India. Rated 2053, he has been a bronze medalist at the 2013 World Junior Championship in Belgrade. In 2010, he became the youngest player to win the National Blind Championship at the age of 16 years, a record which still stands. We caught up with Darpan for an elaborate interview. In this first part, Darpan talks about his journey as a chess player, his disability, his struggles and the people who helped him through. Darpan Inani is a player whose story is inspirational. Read on to know more about him and his achievements.

Why you should play ACL Challengers League 2018

08/10/2018 -

ACL Challengers League 2018 is just a week away. This time the tournament has been made open for all academies. There is no limit on maximum teams in each category. You must be wondering why you should play in this tournament. Because this time it is going to be bigger, better and more rewarding. In Challengers League, each winning team in all four categories will not only get the bragging rights, but they will also get a shining new trophy to remind them of their glory. That's not all. All participants will get a participation certificate* too.

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