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Malaysian Chess Festival turns 20 next month

12/08/2025 -

20th Malaysian Chess Festival will take place from 12th to 21st September 2025. There are nine different events - Team, Junior (Under-12) Team, Blitz, Age group (Under-6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16), 20th Dato Arthur Tan Open, Daniel Yong Chen-I Memorial (Below 2000), DTCN International Seniors' Open (Above 50), Malaysia Day Age Group (Open, Under-8, 10, 12, 14, 18) and Festival Blitz. 20th Dato Arthur Tan Open is the main event. The top three prizes in it are - US$ 3000, $2000 and $1000. There is a tournament for all players and age groups. So pick and choose one or more. Register now if you have not yet. Check out the article for all details about the festival. Photo: Tournament circular

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Saint Louis Rapid R1-3: Gukesh's dazzling queen sacrifice

12/08/2025 -

The World Champion, D Gukesh started with a loss against Levon Aronian at Grand Chess Tour Saint Louis Rapid 2025. However, he bounced back immediately in the second round with a fantastic win over Grigoriy Oparin. The game is fascinating as Gukesh sacrificed an exchange after being ahead in material. He finished things off with a queen sacrifice which his opponent accepted and allowed to be checkmated by double bishop. Gukesh finished the day with another impressive win over World Blitz 2013 champion, Liem Quang Le. Aronian has currently taken early sole lead 6/6 by winning all three games. He is closely followed by Fabiano Caruana (USA) at 5/6, then Gukesh and Wesley So at 4/6 each. Round 4 starts at 12 p.m. local time, 10:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

Quantbox Chennai GM R5: Abhimanyu Puranik wins four in-a-row

12/08/2025 -

GM Jorden van Foreest (NED) scored his first win at Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025. He defeated GM Ray Robson (USA). It was also the only decisive game of the round in Masters section. Thus, the standings did not change by much. GM Vincent Keymer (GER) is still in sole lead 4/5, followed by GM Arjun Erigaisi at 3/5. Four players - GM Anish Giri (NED), GM Vidit Gujrathi, GM Karthikeyan Murali and GM Awonder Liang (USA) are at 2.5/4 each. In the Challengers, former Asian Junior champion, IM Harshavardhan G B scored his first win of the event against GM R Vaishali. GM Abhimanyu Puranik registered his fourth win in-a-row, this time against GM R Vaishali to extend his sole lead by a full point. He is now at 4.5/5. Round 6 starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photos: Dr. Vidhi Karelia

Mohamed Anees M dominates 3rd Chairman's Trophy SRM Rapid Rating Open 2025

11/08/2025 -

IM Mohamed Anees M scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 3rd Chaairman's Trophy SRM Rapid Rating Open 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. Four players - IM Senthil Maran K, FM Adharsh K, Sham R and WIM Tejaswini G scored 8/9 each. They secured second to fifth place respectively The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹250000. The top three prizes were ₹25000 + trophy, ₹20000 and ₹15000 each. The one-day nine-round Swiss League Rapid Rating Open tournament  was organized by Golden Knights Chess Academy and Master Mind Chess Academy at Padma Bhushan Major Dhyan Chand Indoor Stadium, SRM Institute of Science & Technology in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu on 13th July 2025. This is Anees' first rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: SRM IST Official site

Aarit Kapil and Krisha Tamhant Jain are 38th National Under-11 Open and Girls 2025 Champions

11/08/2025 -

CM Aarit Kapil (DEL) scored an unbeaten 9.5/11 to win 38th National Under-11 Open Championship 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. Oishik Mondal (WB) scored 9/11 to finish second. He also remained undefeated. Advik Amit Agrawal (MAH) edged past five more players on tie-breaks to be placed third scoring 8.5/11. Krisha Tamhant Jain (MAH), Divi Bijesh (KER) and Pooja Shree R (TN) scored 9/11 each. Krisha became champion due to better tie-breaks, the defending champion, Divi was placed second and Pooja had to settle for third place. The total prize fund combining Open and Girls section was ₹800000. The top three prizes in both Open and Girls sections were ₹70000, ₹60000 and ₹50000 along with a trophy each respectively. Photos: Tushar Damor

Gukesh to face Caruana, Aronian, MVL, Abdusattorov, Leinier, Liem and co. at Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2025

11/08/2025 -

The fourth event of the Grand Chess Tour 2025 season is Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz. The defending champion, Alireza Firouzja (FRA) is not playing this year as he has already played the required two Rapid and Blitz events of the season. Therefore, a new champion is guaranteed to be crowned. The current World Champion, D Gukesh will be seen in action along with Fabiano Caruana (USA), Levon Aronian (USA), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB), Leinier Dominguez-Perez (USA), Wesley So (USA), Liem Quang Le (VIE), Grigoriy Oparin (USA) and Sam Shankland (USA). The tournament takes place at Richmond Heights in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. Aronian, Oparin and Liem are Gukesh's first three opponents. Three rounds will be played today. Round 1 starts at 12 p.m. local time, 10:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Grand Chess Tour

Quantbox Chennai GM R4: Nihal Sarin stuns World no.5, Arjun Erigaisi

11/08/2025 -

GM Anish Giri (NED) halted GM Vincent Keymer's (GER) winning streak in the fourth round of Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025. GM Nihal Sarin won a topsy-turvy battle against GM Arjun Erigaisi. This was Nihal's first win and Arjun's first loss of the event. It resulted in Keymer increasing his sole lead by a full point 3.5/4. Only Arjun is at 2.5/4, followed by five players at 2/4. GM Karthikeyan Murali scored the only other victory of the round in Masters as he got the better of the reigning Dutch champion, GM Jorden van Foreest (NED). In the Challengers, GM Abhimanyu Puranik defeated GM R Vaishali to emerge sole leader 3.5/4. Birthday boy, GM Diptayan Ghosh scored a win against IM Harshavardhan G B to move to 3/4. Round 5 starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photos: Anmol Bhargav

Loic Travadon wins 44th Villa de Benasque Open 2025, Pranav Anand third

10/08/2025 -

Four players - IM Loic Travadon (FRA), GM Dan Zoler (ISR), GM Pranav Anand and GM Pierre Laurent-Paoli (FRA) scored 8.5/10 each at 44th Villa de Benasque Open 2025. Loic remained undefeated and won the tournament due to better tie-breaks. The remaining three were placed second to fourth respectively. GM Aditya S Samant and GM Karthik Venkataraman scored 8/10 each. They were placed fifth and sixth according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund was €51000. The top three prizes were €10000, €8000 and €5000 along with a trophy each. Photo: WIM FA FT Raluca Sgircea / Benasque Open

New: ChessBase Magazine #226

10/08/2025 -

European Championship 2025: Analyses by Bluebaum, Frederik Svane, Abasov, Alonso Rosell, Cheparinov, Grandelius, Lagarde, Navara, Ponomariov, Rodshtein, Sargissian, Suleymanli, Tari, Velten, Vogel, Volokitin, Wojtaszek and Yuffa – Raid in the Sveshnikov: Lars Schandorff shows that Black has to be extremely careful after 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8 9.Qf3!? – ‘Queen sacrifice with dividend’: Oliver Reeh's tactical tests with over 30 current games + four interactive videos – Kramnik at his best: Dorian Rogozenco reviews the ‘Modern Classic’ Kramnik-Ehlvest (Tal Memorial 1995), including the novelty in move 16 and the impressive play by the former world champion, and much more. Photo: ChessBase

Quantbox Chennai GM R3: Vincent Keymer outplays Karthikeyan Murali, scores a hat-trick

10/08/2025 -

GM Vincent Keymer (GER) has made a perfect start at Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025. He completely outplayed GM Karthikeyan Murali after the latter made a couple of positional mistakes in consecutive moves. Keymer is the sole leader at 3/3. GM Arjun Erigaisi is the only player at 2.5/3. Arjun defeated GM Ray Robson (USA) comfortably after getting a dream position out of the English opening. GM Awonder Liang (USA) and GM Vidit Gujrathi scored their first wins of the event against GM Jorden van Foreest (NED) and GM Nihal Sarin respectively. Nihal for the second consecutive game, struggled to convert his advantage into a win. This time, the outcome cost him a full point. Round 4 starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photos: Anmol Bhargav

Velammal MHS Golden at World Schools Team Championship 2025 with a perfect score

09/08/2025 -

Velammal MHS scored a perfect 16/16 to become World Schools Team champions. They won the event with a round to spare when they defeated Seed Educational Complex (KAZ) by 0.5-3.5 in Round 7. National School of Physics and Mathematics (KAZ), The Harker School (USA) and Astana 2 RSPM (KAZ) scored 12/16 each. They secured second to fourth place respectively according to tie-breaks. Velammal MHS Mogappair won the inaugural edition in the Under-12 category back in 2023. Instead of two separate events in Under-12 and Under-18 categories, there was only one event this time. IM Ilamparthi A R and FM Pranav K P won individual Gold on Board no.4 and 5 respectively with a score of 93.8% and 92.9% Photo: Abhyudaya Ram

Harsh Suresh prevails at 18th Paracin Open 2025, Srihari L second and Vignesh N R third

09/08/2025 -

IM Harsh Suresh scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 to win 18th Paracin International Chess Festival Open A (>2100) 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. IM Srihari L scored 7/9 to secure second place. GM Vignesh N R, IM Arif Abdul Hafiz (INA) and GM Nikita Matinian scored 6.5/9 each. They secured third, fourth and fifth place respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund in Open A was RSD 1170000 (≈ €10000). The top three prizes were RSD 300000, 200000 and 160000 along with a trophy each respectively. Vignesh won the Blitz Rating event scoring an unbeaten 10/11. Ajay Mushini became an International Master at this event by scoring his final IM-norm. Photo: FM FT IA IO Sasa Jevtic

Quantbox Chennai GM R2: Nihal misses big against Giri, Keymer wins two in-a-row

09/08/2025 -

The second round of Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 witnessed four decisive games. The reigning Dutch champion, GM Jorden van Foreest (NED) held the World no.5, GM Arjun Erigaisi to a draw. GM Ray Robson (USA) won an exciting rollercoaster game against GM Vidit Gujrathi. GM Nihal Sarin missed quite a few opportunities to beat GM Anish Giri (NED). It ended in a draw. World no.21, GM Vincent Keymer (GER) scored his second consecutive win at the event. This time he got the better of the reigning World Junior champion, GM Pranav Venkatesh. In the Challengers section, GM Iniyan Pa and GM Abhimanyu Puranik scored the full point over GM Harika Dronavalli and GM Leon Luke Mendonca respectively. Round 3 starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photo: Himank Ghosh

Nihaan Pohane clear first at Late Ramesh Vinayakrao Kotwal Memorial Rapid Rating Open 2025

08/08/2025 -

Top seed, Nihaan Pohane scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win Late Ramesh Vinayakrao Kotwal Memorial Rapid Rating Open 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. Sabir Adnan scored sole 8/9 to secure second place. Shubham Basone scored 7.5/9 to finish third. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹50000. The top three prizes were ₹21000, ₹11000 and ₹5000 along with a trophy each respectively. The two-day nine-round Swiss League Rapid Rating Open tournament  was organized by Gondia District Chess Association  at Vinayakrao Kotwal Memorial Hall, Bhavbhuti Ranga Mandir in Gondia, Maharashtra on 12th and 13th July 2025. This is Nihaan's first rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Gondia District Chess Association

Yeoh Li Tian becomes the first-ever Grandmaster of Malaysia

08/08/2025 -

It has been a long time coming, but Malaysia finally has a chess grandmaster in 26-year-old Yeoh Li Tian. This milestone comes 51 years after the formation of the Malaysian Chess Federation in 1974. With this achievement, Yeoh joins an elite group of about 2000 players recognised by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) for their mastery of the game. Quah Seng Sun writes about this historic feat. He is a former chess columnist in The Star from 1980 to 2012. Yeoh earned his final GM-norm at Chess Hub - MCF 1st GM Invitational tournament 2025. He also became champion in it. Get to know about his journey in chess, etching his name in the Malaysian history forever. Photo: Malaysian Chess Federation

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