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After three rounds Viji and Padmini are still in the lead with 2.5/3. The third round witnessed five drawn encounters, but not without a fight. IM Nisha Mohota was the only one to score the full point as she got the better of M. Mahalakshmi. Watch the games with some expressive pictures and analysis by our young analyst Nihal Sarin in our illustrated report.
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"Chess is not just a sport or a hobby for me. It has become a part of my life, my routine, my everything. When I see the 64 squares in front of me I forget everything. I do not want to stop here. I love this game, I can give my entire life to this no matter how much hard work goes into it." These are the words of Avathanshu Bhat, who writes passionately, in this artice, about his chess journey. And did we tell you his age? The boy is just eleven years old and is the youngest author ever to have written an article for the ChessBase newspage.
The Maharashtra State under-15 will be held in the city of Amravati from the 13th to the 15th of November 2016. In this article we give you all the details that you will need to participate in this event. The top four winners in both open and girls section will qualify for the under-15 Nationals that will be held in Delhi from 20th to 28th November. ChessBase India is sponsoring a few prizes and Pawan Dodeja, the secretary of Amravati District Chess Association, invites you with his melodious voice.
The second round saw the favourites dominating the games. While Bala Kanamma made good her winning start by holding Kiran Manisha Mohanty, Mary Ann Gomes and Nisha Mohota settled for their second consecutive draw, this time against each other. The remaining higher seeds had a ball defeating their opponents. For ChessBase's new analyst — 12-year-old Nihal Sarin — the game played by Viji from the white side was interesting and he has analysed it for you.
Siegbert Tarrasch said,"One who fears an Isolated Queen Pawn must give up chess." Surely there are many people out there who feel uncomfortable while playing with the IQP structure. What should be done? We should be thankful to experienced trainers like Adrian Mikhalchishin who are ready to share their knowledge on the topic of pawn structures with us. On his DVD, the experienced Ukrainian grandmaster covers not only the IQP, but three more pawn structures. A review by Davide Nastasio.
And we are back for a tournament in Delhi. Honestly, this city is always on a chess overdrive with a tournament being celebrated almost every other month. The big open is coming in January, but before that, we have the Women's Premier taking place at Punjab Bhawan. The top seed Karavade settled for a draw with Gomes, and so did Nisha and Soumya. But the Delhi evening was painted black by the black pieces as tragicomic games left many jubilant and many in tears. We have pictures and games in our not so boring report.
The South Zone Inter University was held in the second week of October in Chennai. A lot of prominent names like GM Murali Karthikeyan, IM Girish Koushik, IM Antonio Viani D'cunha and others participated in the event. It was won by University of Madras in the Open section and Anna University in the Women's section. International Arbiter R. Anantharaman has sent us a report with all the action, pictures and final standings from this exciting tournament.
12 of the best Women players in the country have gathered in the city of Delhi to fight in the National Premier Championships. Padmini Rout will try to defend her title as top players like Eesha Karavade, S. Vijayalakshmi, Soumya Swaminathan, Mary Ann Gomes, R. Vaishali and others will try their best to stop her. It's going to be an exciting event and ChessBase India will bring you in-depth coverage of the tournament. As of now we have the curtain raiser, where you get to know the details of all the participants.
It was a busy month for Indians as Anand competed in the Tal Memorial, while Harikrishna played leagues around Europe. Hari has officially entered the World Top-10 with 2768, trailing Anand by ten points. Harika jumped four places to World No. 6 and Akanksha Hagawane clinched her WIM title and crossed the 2300-mark. We have pictures and stats.
He is one of the biggest talents of India. Born in 2005, 10-year-old Raunak Sadhwani already boasts of a rating of 2246. The boy made headlines when at the recently concluded National Juniors (under-19) 2016 he finished third ahead of many competitors who were nearly twice his age. In this article we bring you an intimate potrait of this prodigy from Nagpur, who is sure to make it big in the years to come.
The World Cadets 2016 ended on a high note for India. We were the country that won the most number of medals - four. However, the gold medal remained elusive. In this article we take you through the last round of all the medal winners, and show you their game with deep analysis. This will help you to get the feel of how these youngsters were able to keep their cool even in the high pressured situation. Exclusive pictures, analysis, stories and much more.
The cover picture to the left best describes what happened in the Sunday clash between MVL and Anand. It was a fighting match to be fair. Anand sacrificed his queen in the first game with the black pieces but had to build a fortress in the end to secure a draw. He might have fancied his chances of pushing with white against MVL. But the Frenchman is popular all over the world for his expertise in Sicilian Najdorf. The audience were orgasmically praying for the Najdorf to appear and the Frenchman obliged. It was a massacre.
The tenth round witnessed four of India's best medal hopes paired against each other. Praggnanandhaa and Nihal's game ended in a draw while Mrudul was able to beat Divya. We have the game analysis of both the battles. In 2015 India dominated the World Youth Championships. This year our control has not been absolute. But going into the last round we have seven players in chance with a podium finish. We wish them the best and have set up the live games playchess boards. The last round begins at 11.30 a.m. IST
The top two seeds at the Corsica Masters: MVL and Anand are through to the finals. Vishy beat Gharamian 1.5-0.5 in the quarters and Radjabov with the same margin in the semi finals. MVL downed Onischuk and Korobov. We have the game analysis of Anand's victories and also the video footage. The live game player between Vishy and MVL is also set up and the finals will take place on 30th October 2016 at 5.30 p.m. IST.
