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Praggnanandhaa joint first at the Gredine Open, Vaishali scores her second WGM norm!

25/06/2018 -

Usually when a player makes a norm with one round to spare, he more often than not loses the last round. This is because he is happy with his/her achievement and is in a relaxed state of mind. But for little Pragg, becoming the second youngest GM in the history of the game was not enough. He also wanted to win the 4th Gredine Open. He played an excellent game to beat his last round opponent GM Roeland Pruijssers, after the Dutch GM made a mistake in the opening. The other good news for Indian fans was Vaishali making her second WGM norm and gaining 27 Elo points. Illustrated report with game analysis and pictures. 

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12 years, 10 months and 13 days - Praggnanandhaa becomes the 2nd youngest GM in the history of chess!

23/06/2018 -

23rd of June 2018 turned out to be a great day for Indian chess fans as R. Praggnanandhaa scored his third and final GM norm at the 4th Gredine Open in Ortisei, Italy. Pragg won his eighth round game against GM Moroni Luca Jr. and scored his GM norm with one round to spare. Pragg, thus became the second youngest GM in the history of the game at the age of 12 years, 10 months and 13 days. Sergey Karjakin and Praggnanandhaa are the only players in the world who have achieved the GM title before the age of 13 years! A phenomenal feat. We bring you the game that gave Pragg the GM title as well as a video compilation of the moment when Pragg became a grandmaster! 

Muralikrishna Gangaraju - the man who powered chess in Ponnur and created India's National Champion

23/06/2018 -

I created a National Premier Champion from scratch - how many chess coaches can boast of this fact. A very few for sure! One such dedicated coach is Gangaraju Muralikrishna from Ponnur in Andhra Pradesh. He moulded the talent of GM Lalith Babu and made him the player he is now. He also carved an IM from his hometown of Ponnur - Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad. In this article we get to know G. Muralikrishna in more detail, what are his training techniques, how did he work with Lalith and we also interview Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad, who became an IM in 2017.  

GCT Paris Day 3: Anand finishes joint fourth; So leads going into the blitz

23/06/2018 -

Just like in Leuven, Wesley So managed to finish on top of the leaderboard in the rapid section of the Grand Chess Tour in Paris. Scoring 12/18, So is ahead of his nearest rivals, Hikaru Nakamura and Sergey Karjakin, by a one-point margin. Meanwhile, Vishy Anand played some really enterprising chess to finish joint fourth on the leaderboard. He finished with two draws and a loss out of his three games but his games were entertaining and hard-fought, especially the one against Nakamura. We have a report with games and pictures. 

Praggnanandhaa two games away from becoming a grandmaster

23/06/2018 -

In a small town of northern Italy called Ortisei, history is being made. Our super prodigy R. Praggnanandhaa is playing the 4th Gredine Open 2018 and is on 5.5/7. If he plays the last two rounds well he could well make his final GM norm and become the second youngest GM in the history of the game. In this article IM Sagar Shah analyzes one of Pragg's fine win over Aryan Gholami from Iran. We also tell you the score that Pragg requires from the last two rounds to make a GM norm. His sister Vaishali is also in fantastic form as she is on track to making her maiden IM norm. Also get to see some breathtaking pictures sent to us by Sushir Lohia.

Overwhelming response for ACL's Super League that starts on 1st July 2018

23/06/2018 -

For the first time ever in the history of our game, ChessBase India will bring you Academy Chess League which will witness 64 teams spanning across four different rating categories, from all over India competing with each other online for the tag of the best chess academy! The online chess league between various academies all over the globe will go on for two months in group and knockout stage. There are also prizes worth Rs. 16000 for each of the winners in four groups. Most of the spots have been taken up, but there are a few left to be filled. This maybe your last chance to be a part of the Super League!

GCT Paris Day 2: Anand slips to the fifth spot with three straight draws

22/06/2018 -

Viswanathan Anand was co-leading the Paris leg of the Grand Chess Tour after the first day with a nice win in the second round against Vladimir Kramnik. But on day two, the Indian ace was unable to pull out a win while his rivals sped past him in terms of score. However, Anand hasn't lost a game either; he concluded day two with three straight draws. Going into the final day of the rapids, Anand, with a score of 3.5/9, remains a full point behind leader Wesley So. Aronian and Karjakin are also half-a-point ahead of him at 4.0/10.

Learn from the great Patriarch of chess - Mikhail Botvinnik

22/06/2018 -

If Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik could learn from the great Patriarch of chess Mikhail Botvinnik, we are sure you can also learn a great deal from this great master. Hence, ChessBase has launched it's 10th DVD in the series of Master Class on Mikhail Botvinnik where some of the capable tutors like Pelletier, Marin, Mueller and Reeh dissect the play of the fifth World Champion. In this article IM Sagar Shah tells you all about how studying the classics helped him to become a stronger chess player. He shows you one of his favourite games of Botvinnik and how he applied what he learnt, in his game at the under-19 nationals back in 2007!

The launch of ChessBase India Foundation

21/06/2018 -

ChessBase India started two and a half years ago with the mission of powering chess in India. Over the years, everyone in the organization has worked tremendously hard to unite the chess community of India. We have received great support and love from you and that is the reason why we think we are in the ideal position to start this ambitious project - The "ChessBase India Foundation". There are many people all over the world who want to contribute financially to the growth of Indian chess, there are many talents in India who are in need of these finances. ChessBase India Foundation aims to act as a bridge. We believe that when ordinary people come together and contribute, extraordinary things can happen to our chess society.

Paris GCT Day 1: Anand beats Kramnik!

21/06/2018 -

Vishy Anand is the master of making comebacks. After not playing so well at the Leuven leg of the Grand Chess Tour and finishing at the bottom of the table, Anand came out strong in the Paris leg and after first day of rapids, he is the joint leader. Anand scored two draws and one win. The draws came against Mamedyarov and Aronian, while the win was against Vladimir Kramnik! The game between Anand and Kramnik was a tense encounter where the Indian champion managed to weave some excellent tactics around the Russian's king. In the end Kramnik blundered a rook and resigned the game.

Now Indian school kids know more than what a "Russian school boy" ever knew!

20/06/2018 -

"Even a Russian School Boy would know this" had been a very famous quote in the past years. This statement was a testimonial to the tremendous chess culture that existed in Russia, formerly known as the Soviet Union. But things are changing now. Indian youngsters are becoming much stronger than their Russian counterparts. The perfect example of this was the White Rook inter-school chess tournament held in Sochi, Russia where 79 Russian school teams and 21 International teams participated. Indian team of Gukesh, Leon, Rakshitta and Savitha from Velammal Vidyalaya went to Sochi and simply crushed the competition by scoring 33.5 points out of a possible 36! Full report and game analysis.

Schaakweek Apeldoorn: Pragnanandhaa finishes with all decisive games

20/06/2018 -

Praggnanandhaa might have missed a shot at his final GM norm at the Schaakweek Apeldoorn closed round robin but his will to win was undeterred. Out of his nine games in the tournament, Praggnanandhaa did not sign peace in even one. He either won with pride or lost with dignity. In the end, he finished with a meagre score of 3.0/9 but his vehement desire to win his games is a clear indication that the boy is not too far from his final GM norm. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

Batkhuyag Munguntuul wins the SBI Life AICF Woman Grandmasters Round Robin in a thrilling finish

20/06/2018 -

It was for the first time that a closed Round Robin Women's International Tournament was held in India. Although no Indian player was able to make a WGM norm, the amount of learnings that our girls took home was mammoth. The winner of the event was Mongolian IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul. In the last round she edged out Guliskhan Nakhbayeva, who lost her game to third placed Srija Seshadri. Srija, Aakanksha and Vantika gained Elo points from the event, while Monnisha, Divya and Rakshitta gained experience! Rakshitta scored just 0.5/11, but we tell you why it can be a blessing in disguise. Photos and interviews by the mother-son duo of Supriya and Avathanshu Bhat. 

Harikrishna finishes strong to beat Navara in Prague

19/06/2018 -

Pentala Harikrishna won the CEZ Chess Trophy this Saturday after defeating David Navara in a 12-game rapid match. The Indian scored three wins in the final games to overcome the one-point advantage Navara had amassed before the last day of play. It was a great result for the hastily invited Harikrishna, who replaced Ding Liren at the last minute. | Photo: Prague Chess Society

Using chess to make a difference - The "Invest in Chess" initiative

19/06/2018 -

The Invest in Chess is a very unique mission started by a student at the University of Chicago, Sharan Subramanian. The idea of this initiative is not only to spread, teach, and promote chess, but also to raise awareness of its numerous practical and educational benefits. They try to make it easier for more people to have access to chess because it is, truly, more than a game. Invest in Chess focuses especially more in underprivileged communities. Their goals are to use chess as a tool that can help increase the high school graduation rate and decrease the crime and violence among youth. Below is a report and photos by Sharan where he shares his journey so far and makes an appeal to all the chess loving family to be a part of this initiative.

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