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The USA's GM Jeffrey Xiong (2633) faced Polish IM GM Nasuta Grzegorz (2442) in the tenth round. He did manage to convert easily and now leads the tournament with a monstrous 8.5/10, a full point ahead of second placed GM Vladislav Artemiev. Check out how it came to pass in our illustrated report.
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"Without having a complicated character like Korchnoi, or without doing anything artificial he is able to maintain a very high level of play. I think he simply enjoys the process of playing chess, he still relishes the joy of the game, no matter how competitive it is. That's one of his unique features and his key to success." These are the words of Joel Lautier who was one of Anand's competitors in the 90s. In this article you can read what Lautier has to say about the Indian Champion and we also bring to you one of the gems of Vishy's career - his blistering win against Joel from Biel 1997!
In the ninth round,the top board saw a USA-Iran clash. Anybody who follows international politics will tell you that things between the two countries are not always friendly, and here were two of the strongest juniors in the horizon taking on each other. West vs. East -- once again! Check out what happened in the game, and also why Rajdeep Sarkar is not particularly impressed in our thumbnail picture and more in our illustrated report.
GM Jeffrey Xiong, the second seed, managed to beat GM Aravindh Chithambaram, the leader of the Indian challenge, in a reasonably resourceful fashion. Xiong won and took the sole lead for the first time in the tournament with 6.5/8. Four players — Nasuta Grzegorz, Xu Yinglun, Maghsoodloo, and Karthikeyan — are in close pursuit on 6.0/8. We bring you an illustrated report.
Vishy Anand played a super solid tournament with eight draws and one win to finish joint second at the Sinquefield Cup 2016. Vishy, who will turn 47 in four months from now is competing on par with guys like So, Nakamura, Caruana, Giri, MVL etc. who are half his age. Wesley So played a great tournament and won the event with a score of +2. We have analysis from rounds eight and nine and also the reason why Anish finished on the last spot in the tournament.
In a bitter turn of events for the Indian National Champion GM Murali Karthikeyan, the white pieces did not prove enough as he went down to the second seed, USA's GM Jeffrey Xiong. There were more surprises in store. The third seed Alekseenko lost to Nasuta, while Yinglun beat the top seed Artemiev. Thus, three players — Xiong, Yinglun, and Nasuta — now share the lead with 5.5/7. We bring you an illustrated report.
The Dutch Open 2016 was held from the 26th of July to 4th August 2016 in the small town of Dieren in Netherlands. Indian GM Sandipan Chanda won the tournament in style and we will be reporting on it pretty soon. As of now we have a wonderful story sent to us by Sahil Tickoo. He and his friend Vaibhav went to the tournament without any hotel bookings. The result was an adventure of a lifetime! They now share it with you through this entertaining article.
The competition saw a dour day at the top tables as most of the games ended in draws. The top seed and the leader — Artemiev with white and Karthikeyan with black—drew their game. With 5.0/6, GM Murali Karthikeyan of Tamil Nadu continues to lead the tournament. A bunch of players is pursuing the leader Karthikeyan at the second spot with 4.5/6.
Vishy Anand began the Sinquefield Cup with 2.0/3. In the next four rounds he played out four draws against Ding Liren, Wesley So, Anish Giri and Levon Aronian. But none of the games were dull. All of them had something to learn from. We bring to you the critical moments of these four games along with analysis which will help you to understand Anand's play. Have a look at the analysis and also enjoy some beautiful images from the event.
Six players went into the fifth day of play tied at 3.5/4. While both the top two board games by the first and the second seeds ended in a draw, GM Murali Karthikeyan beat German IM Rasmus Svane with the white pieces to become the tournament’s first sole leader with 4.5/5. Karthikeyan has a knack of outperforming others in pressure situations. It remains to be seen how well India’s 2015 National Champion fares in the coming days.
The World Juniors are currently in progress in India to determine the strongest Junior player in the World. Strong players like Artemiev, Xiong, Wagner, Alekseenko, Chithambaram, Karthikeyan etc. fight it out for the gold medal. In the girl's section we have Saduakassova, Bivol, Bodda and others as the top seed. The 13 round tournament begins every day at 15.00 hours IST, except the last round that starts at 10.00 a.m. You can watch the live games here!
Just a reminder: this very strong chess tournament, with the world's numbers 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, playing a round robin in Chess Club and Scholastic Center, Saint Louis, USA, will have live coverage and video commentary, right here on our news page. Of course, you can follow the action and discuss with other spectators on Playchess, where we have our own GM audio commentary.
The tournament is expected to become more exciting from this point, as already in the Open, the event has only two co-leaders — Artemiev and Narayanan. Spectators and fan can expect a bloodbath in the coming days as the best young talents in the sport of chess fight to achieve global supremacy at the KIIT University in Bhubaneswar.
Continuing the precedent set in the very first round, there were a handful of upsets in the second round of the World Junior Chess Championship being held at KIIT Univeristy, Bhubaneswar. We have an illustrated report.
WIM-elect Amruta Mokal celebrated her 30th birthday on 8th of August 2016. Apart from being a strong chess player, and the co-founder of ChessBase India, Amruta has made quite a huge contribution to Indian chess through her photography. It wouldn't be inappropriate to say that she is currently one of the best chess photographers in India. The thing which separates her from the rest is the ability to wait and capture interesting moments. In this article we share with you, what is in our opinion, some of her best work.
