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14-year-old Nihal Sarin raises Rs.1,74,463 through ChessBase India show for Kerala

30/08/2018 -

Age doesn't matter, it is the willingness that counts. 14-year-old GM Nihal Sarin, the third grandmaster from the state of Kerala raised funds for the victims of the devastating flood that took place in the state a few days ago through a show with IM Sagar Shah that was held on the ChessBase India Youtube Channel. Vishy Anand was the first person to contribute towards the show, and India number one Koneru Humpy came forward with a mammoth contribution of Rs.25,000. The total amount collected and donated to Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund was Rs. 1,74,463. We thank the entire chess community for their generosity. In this article we tell you about the donors, but also about the one hour 40 minute show that left us all proud of Nihal's kindness as well as chess acumen. 

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Chess Festival at Hyderabad

29/08/2018 -

A one day chess festival was organised in Hyderabad by Simply Chess Foundation where Arjuna Awardee IM D.V. Prasad gave simultaneous and blindfold exhibition matches. The event took place on 4th August 2018 at Hotel Amanthran, Hyderabad, and was completely free of cost for all players. Below is a report on all the happenings of the day, sent to us by Ravi Kandi.

Caruana beats So in GCT Playoffs

29/08/2018 -

Since both Caruana and So ended the GCT regular season in a dead-heat tie with 26 points each and shared fourth place, a playoff was called to decide the final spot to London. Holding So in the first game with black pieces and winning against him with White, Caruana sealed his place in the London Chess Classic 2018. IM V. Saravanan send us a final exciting report from St. Louis!

Sinquefield Cup: Caruana, Aronian & Carlsen share first

28/08/2018 -

The last round of the Sinquefield Cup was one of the tensest in recent memory. Aronian, Caruana, Mamedyarov, Wesley So, Grischuk, Vachier-Lagrave, Karjakin were all fighting to make the top 4 to get into the Grand Chess Tour final. Carlsen was fighting for the title. Nakamura wasn’t fighting for anything but he was scheduled to play Carlsen with black! Find out below in the excellent report of IM V. Saravanan what happened in the last round of the Sinquefield Cup 2018 and game annotations of Anand-Mamedyarov by Tanmay Srinath.

Indrajeet becomes Maharashtra U-25 State Champion

28/08/2018 -

Maharashtra State Selection U-25 Youth FIDE Rating Championship 2018 was organized by Amateur Chess Association Nasik (ACAN) from 9th to 13th Aug 2018. Altogether 185 players participated in the event which was won by the top seed Indrajeet Mahindrakar of Aurangabad. Indrajeet scored a solid 8.0/9 and remained half-a-point ahead of the field to take the title. Chief Arbiter of the event, FA Vivek Suhas Sohani send us a report.

Sinquefield Cup: Caruana maintains his lead going into the last round

27/08/2018 -

All games in the 2018 Sinquefield Cup's 8th round ended in draws. Going into the final round, Fabiano Caruana maintains his lead of .5 points but the margin is very thin as four other players are trailing by just half point at 4.0/8 points. So the event is still open and anything can happen in the last round. IM V.Saravanan sends us a detailed report of what took place in the 8th round and we also have annotations of game Caruana-Anand by Tanmay Srinath

The World Championship fever has begun!

27/08/2018 -

The countdown has begun. We are just 74 days away from witnessing one of the youngest and the strongest world chess championship matches in history. Both players are above 2800 Elo and hold the top two spots in the world rankings. It's also the first time an American player has a chance to win the chess crown since Fischer-Spassky, 1972 if we exclude Kamsky-Karpov 1996 match. The 7th round of the Sinquefield Cup a.k.a "Super Saturday" was a big one due to the final showdown of Carlsen and Caruana before facing each other for the world title in London. 11-year-old CM Aditya Mittal has analysed this particular game in great depth and details and has shared it with us.

Players revealed for Gujarat-Goa ChessBase India Online Blitz Tournament 2018

27/08/2018 -

To commemorate the successful completion of ACL 1st Super League 2018, ChessBase India will organize an Online Blitz Chess Tournament on 30th August 2018 at 8 p.m. IST. Total Prize fund will be ₹28500. That's not all. The top two finishers (untitled players) will get free entry between Gujarat and Goa GM Chess Tournament 2018. Entry fee for premium members will be ₹250 and for non-premium members, it will be ₹500 which will include 1 month ChessBase Premium account. Deadline for registration is 29th August 8 p.m. IST. The tournament is open to all Indian players! We look forward to your participation! Let's blitz!

Xtracon Chess Open 2018: Hammer wins, Prantik Roy and 11-year-old Vedant Saravana shine

27/08/2018 -

Xtracon Chess Open is one of Denmark's largest, strongest and most exciting chess tournament with as many as 9 different events going along side by side. This year was no different as more than 2000 games were played in this 9 days event which started from 21-07-2018 and lasted till 29-07-2018. Towards the end there was a lot of fight and drama over the board and finally two players tied for the first place spot with 8.5/10 points each, Dmitry Andreikin of Russia and Hammer Jon Ludvig of Norway, with slightly better tie-break score the title went to the later. Below is a report of this exciting tourney.

Sinquefield Cup: Caruana holds Carlsen in their final bout before world title clash

26/08/2018 -

The seventh round of the 2018 Sinquefield Cup was the most awaited round of the event. The reigning world champion, Magnus Carlsen, was slated to face his title challenger, Fabiano Caruana, one last time before their World Championship match in London later this year. At some point, Magnus came very close to breaking through Caruana's seemingly bulletproof Petroff but with precise play, the newly elected world championship challenger managed to hold the mighty Magnus. With this draw, Caruana also maintained his lead in the tournament as all other games ended peacefully. We have a very exciting report of the round by IM V. Saravanan and annotations of the game Anand-Grischuk by Tanmay Srinath.

 

Sinquefield Cup 2018 Round 6: Caruana in sole lead after beating Karjakin

25/08/2018 -

With a straightforward win against the former world championship contender Karjakin, current contender of the world championship Fabiano Caruana took the sole lead at the end of the round 6 in Sinquefield Cup 2018 and with this win Caruana has inched closer to Carlsen in the live rating list. If he is able to beat Carlsen in the epic 7th round encounter then Caruana would become world number 1 for the first time in his life. After a day off IM V.Saravanan is back again with his informative coverage of the event and we also have game annotations of So - Anand by Tanmay Srinath

Dibyendu Barua wins Paritosh Bhattacharyya Memorial Chess Tournament

25/08/2018 -

Dibyendu Barua wins Paritosh Bhattacharyya Memorial All Bengal Open Rapid Chess Tournament 2018. The maestro organized the event for the family of Late Paritosh Bhattacharyya to raise funds. All cash prize winners donated their prize money and many other people donated through various methods. Sandipan Chanda whose first coach was Paritosh, flew from Harika's wedding ceremony in Hyderabad to support the family of his first coach. Diptayan Ghosh, Saptarshi RoyChowdhury, Neeraj Kumar Mishra, Sayantan Das, Somak Palit played the tournament in his honor. Neelotpal Das was also there despite not playing the tournament to show his support.

CBIJ #10: Golden lads of Indian chess - Savitha Shri and Dev Shah

25/08/2018 -

The 10th edition of CBIJ (ChessBase India Juniors) brings to you the latest and exciting content on the juniors of India. Read on about the Nationals U-11, and the winners Dev Shah and Savitha Shri, and find out more on their unique chess journeys so far. This is the first national title for Dev, while for Savitha this one is third in a row! We have added a new member to the ChessBase India Juniors editorial team! Arhan Anand from Bangalore, who will be our expert annotator! Arhan has not only annotated a few games in this article but also contributed about his experience at the under-11 nationals. What does a Chess player, who is also a mother, have to say when her child performs poorly? Last but not the least, express your views on the 'current affairs' of the chess world via the Trivia section.

The Gujarat-Goa ChessBase India Online Blitz Tournament 2018

24/08/2018 -

To commemorate the successful completion of ACL 1st Super League 2018, ChessBase India will organize an Online Blitz Chess Tournament on 30th August 2018 at 8 p.m. IST. Total Prize fund will be ₹28500. That's not all. The top two finishers (untitled players) will get free entry between Gujarat and Goa GM Chess Tournament 2018. Entry fee for premium members will be ₹250 and for non-premium members, it will be ₹500 which will include 1 month ChessBase Premium account. Deadline for registration is 29th August 8 p.m. IST. The tournament is open to Indian players! We look forward to your participation! Let's blitz!

Sinquefield Cup 2018 Round 4+5: It's a 5-way tie

23/08/2018 -

With 3.0/5 points we have 5 leaders sharing the lead in the Sinquefield Cup 12018. Round 4 seemed to repeat the same story again, Caruana was able to finish off Hikaru Nakamura without a protracted ending! As the rounds roll on and at least a couple of games get decided just out of opening every day, it dawns on us: opening preparation is the elephant in the room that we all should comprehend first, before criticising top players for the travesty of ‘Grandmaster draws’. Note – not ‘short Agreed draws’ but ‘short Grandmaster draws.' IM V. Saravanan send you a detailed report of what took place in the 4th and 5th round of the Sinquefield Cup 2018.

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