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December 01 happens to be the birthday of the first principal of modern endgame's school of witchcraft and wizardry. Akiba Rubinstein was born on this day 136 years back in Poland and went on to become one of the best players in the world. Read his story and know why Anand and Gelfand are so fond of him. A tribute by Aditya Pai.
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A beautiful queen sacrifice crowned Magnus Carlsen's journey for the third World title in a row. It was Carlsen's 26th birthday and he treated his fans and supporters to some scinitillating chess. Sergey Karjakin defended with all his might but was unable to hold the mighty Norwegian, succumbing to a 3.0-1.0 defeat in the rapid tiebreaks. In this report we bring to you all the action from the four rapid games and explain to you how Magnus Carlsen became the World Champion.
He had won it in Tamil Nadu in 2015, and today, he won it again, this time in Uttar Pradesh. Murali Karthikeyan is the 2016 National Premier Champion by a full point's margin! Aravindh Chithambaram had taken the early lead. But then his colleague did something he does best: make a comeback.
In a few hours from now we will have the rapid and blitz tiebreaks of the World Championship Match 2016. Sergey Karjakin has proved to be a worthy Challenger. Will he go the distance today and become the 17th undisputed World Champion? This article covering the journey of both Karjakin and Carlsen was written by IM Sagar Shah and first published on Firstpost online news portal. Read on and get in the groove for the grand finale.
Many of us know that the talented GM Vidit Gujrathi is from Maharashtra but very few of us know that he is from Nashik. That is what Nashik chess enthusiasts tried to highlight by organizing Rs.3,00,000/- prize money event in search of new Vidit Gujrathi from Nashik. The event was quite a success with the participation of 196 players. Telangana's IM Chakravarthi Reddy lifted the trophy with a better tie-break. Our report.
Aravindh Chithambaram and Karthikeyan Murali are leading the National Premier 2016 with one round to go. The tournament report will soon follow. In this article Sagar Shah shows you a beautiful endgame played by Aravindh. It was the eleventh round victory over GM Tejas Bakre. The richness of the variations is astonishing and I invite you to be critical about my analysis. Let us together try to reach the truth in the position.
Mark Taimanov passed away in St. Petersburg aged 90. For decades he was one of Russia's leading grandmaster, internationally best known for his unfortunate match against Bobby Fischer. But has led a full life — as a child actor, concert pianist, World Championship Candidate, and a proud father. We have a detailed article with Mark's life story narrated by Mark himself!
The spectators were let down in the twelfth game of the World Championship Match when Carlsen and Karjakin agreed to a quick draw in the symmetrical variation of the Berlin. The good news is that the match will now move to shorter time control. Four rapid games followed by blitz chess. Magnus Carlsen seems to be the slight favourite, but Karjakin is no pushover. In this report we have the pictures of the twelfth round and the analysis done by ten-year-old Aditya Mittal.
The famous astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, a tireless promoter of science, and considered by many as the spiritual successor of Carl Sagan, opened Game Eight of the World Championship Match. He accepted to sit down with a few journalists for a casual conversation where he talked about his connection with chess and what he finds interesting about chess and chessplayers. A revealing piece...
20-year-old Russian GM Urii Eliseev died after he jumped off his apartment balcony while attempting a stunt on the 12th floor of a building in Moscow. With a rating of 2614, he was ranked 212 in the world and 42 in Russia. He was the 2016 Moscow Open champion. We have a brief report.
The eleventh game of the 2016 World Championship ended in a draw. Magnus Carlsen gave up the Arkhangelsk. Karjakin played the d3 Ruy Lopez. At the first critical moment, Karjakin mixed up his plans as Peter Svidler pointed out. Karjakin created a luft for his king, a move that was criticized by some but ended up saving the game for him when Carlsen blasted the center. An illustrated report with critical moments and analysis by Nihal Sarin.
The final leg of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix is in progress at Khanty-Mansiysk in Ugra, Russia. Twelve players, including India's GM Dronavalli Harika, are competing for top honors. After six rounds of play, Georgian GM Nino Batsiashvili leads the tournament with 4.5/6. Four players follow her a point behind. GM Dronavali Harika is on 3.0/6 with a win and a loss apiece. We have an illustrated report with analysis.
The Iranian Chess Federation (IRCF) organized the Asian Amateur Championship 2016 in Isfahan, Iran. Naderi M Sadegh of Iran won the open section and Liu Hongyan of China won in the women's section. India's G. Sandhya brought home a bronze medal. A brief report.
What a World Championship Match this is! Karjakin leads with a point's advantage until game nine. Now Magnus fights back and equalizes the score with a victory in the tenth game! With just two classical encounters left, it could be anyone's Match. Wesley So has annotated the game for the readers of ChessBase. His analyses are so deep and insightful that we have not only published them here, but we have also made sure to give you diagrams of the key positions along with Wesley's explanations so that you know what a fellow super GM thinks about the positions.
As fellow chess fans, we always welcome a new chess magazine in which to indulge in our passion, but rarely does one appear with the amount of Wow factor that can be seen in the new American Chess Magazine. The large, beautifully produced magazine not only brings a slew of articles on events with deeply commented games but comes also with columns by names such as Baadur Jobava and Vassily Ivanchuk. Although the first edition celebrates the historic US win at the Olympiad, there is also a report on India by Pentala Harikrishna.
