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The secret tournament of India - 31st Inter-unit PSPB poised for an exciting finish

09/03/2022 -

The strongest tournament on Indian soil - Inter-Unit PSPB championships 2022 is taking place in Mumbai from the 7th to the 11th of March 2022. Some of the best names in Indian chess are playing here - Sasikiran, Adhiban, Ganguly, Humpy, Karthikeyan, Surya Ganguly and many more. Three teams like always are the favourites to win the title - Indian Oil, ONGC and BPCL. There has already been a lot of action in the first four rounds, and in the 5th round it's the match between ONGC and Indian Oil, that will decide who the will win this 31st edition of inter-until PSPB meet. IM Sagar Shah visited the venue and brings you a detailed account.

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Kaustuv Kundu wins 1st Chandrashekhar Azad Memorial All India Rapid Rating Open

08/03/2022 -

Kaustuv Kundu scored an unbeaten 7.5/8 to win 1st Chandrashekhar Azad Memorial All India Rapid Rating Open. Kaustuv was 6.5/7 heading into the final round. A draw would have sufficed to win the tournament, yet he went for a win to finish a half point ahead of the field. Sanjeev Mishra scored 7.0/8 to secure second place. Four players - Maulik Raval, Shantanu Bhambure, Prakash Yadavn and Mandar Mohan Sane scored 6.5/8 each. They were placed third to sixth according to tie-breaks. Kaustuv won ₹50000 cash, Sanjeev got ₹30000 and Maulik ₹20000. All three of them won a trophy each. Total cash prize ₹300000 was distributed among the prize winners. Photo: MP Chess Ad-hoc Committee

Belgrade GP R6: Andreikin, Giri, Rapport and MVL advance to the Semifinals

08/03/2022 -

Dmitry Andreikin persevered a completely lost endgame against Etienne Bacrot. The France no.3's blunder allowed Andreikin to win Pool A and advance to the Semifinals of FIDE Belgrade Grand Prix 2022. Anish Giri, Richard Rapport and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave drew their games to win Pool B, C and D respectively and secure their place in the Knockout stage. Since no Playoffs are required, today becomes a rest day. It will be Giri vs Andreikin and Rapport vs Vachier-Lagrave in the Semifinals. The Semifinal games start tomorrow Wednesday 9th March at 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

MPL National Sub-Junior 2022 R6-7: Pranesh and Tanisha eye the championships

08/03/2022 -

IM Pranesh M (TN) emerged as the sole leader at MPL 46th National Sub-Junior Open Chess Championship 2022. He drew with IM Pranav V (TN) in the sixth round and defeated FM Harshad S (TN) in the seventh. Pranav suffered his first loss of the event against Mahendra Teja Mekala (AP). Mahendra is now a half point behind 6.0/7, the leader Pranesh 6.5/7. In the Girls event, Tanisha Boramanikar (MAH) in the new sole leader 6.5/7 as she won both of her games against Vakcheri Mohitha (AP) and Kanishka S (TN). Mrittika Mallick (WB) and Vakcheri are in pursuit at 6.0/7 each. Round 8 starts today at 8:30 a.m. IST today. Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

On 10th of March, Amruta Mokal will take on 20 players in an over the board simul

08/03/2022 -

Amruta Mokal is a firm believer that women should be empowered. She herself has worked hard over the years, first to become a strong chess player, and then to run ChessBase India as the co-founder and COO of the organization. On 10th of March, as a part of the women's day celebration month of the Phoenix Market City, Amruta will play a simul against 20 players in real life (not online!). This will be held at 4 p.m. IST in the Atrium 5 section of the Phoenix Market city in Kurla, Mumbai. It is one of the prettiest malls in the city.

Apply for the 1st Mystic Wealth Scholarship 2022-23 of Rs.1,50,000

07/03/2022 -

We are very glad to announce the 1st Mystic Wealth Chess Scholarship for the year 2022-23. Mystic Wealth is a SEBI registered Investment advisory operating since 2011, doing factor investing in Indian Stock Markets. The founder-partner of Mystic Wealth, Manish Dhawan is a keen follower of chess and regularly visits the ChessBase India channel. Inspired by the growth of Indian chess, Manish has decided to support the sport by instituting a scholarship of Rs.1,50,000 for the year. The scholarship is for a talented chess player in need of funds. We have a form attached in the article. The last date for filling it up is 31st of March 2022.

Belgrade GP R5: Rapport beats Vidit

07/03/2022 -

Vidit Gujrathi lost to Richard Rapport from a promising position in Round 5 of FIDE Belgrade GP. Vidit must beat Fedoseev and Shirov must win against Rapport in the sixth round, only then Vidit will play tie-breaks against Rapport for a spot in the Semifinals. Harikrishna missed a good opportunity against Giri. Thus he got eliminated. Both Giri and Rapport need a draw to top their respective Pool and advance to the Semifinals. Shankland and Andreikin are tied at 3.0/5 in Pool A, World Blitz champion Maxime Vachier-Lagrave leads Pool D 3.0/5, followed by Yangyi at 2.5/5. Round 6 of Pool stage starts today at 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

MPL National Sub-Junior 2022 R4-5: Vakcheri Mohitha emerges sole leader 5.0/5

07/03/2022 -

Vakcheri Mohitha (AP) gained sole lead in MPL 37th National Sub-Junior Girls Chess Championship 2022. She defeated Tejaswini G (TN) in a thrilling encounter to register her fifth consecutive victory. Shubhi Gupta (UP) and Tanisha Boramanikar (MAH) are trailing the leader by a half point at 4.5/5 each. In the Open event, Tamil Nadu boys IM Pranav Venkatesh and IM Pranesh M are in the lead with 100% score 5.0/5. They are followed by FM Harshad S (TN) and 10-year-old Ethan Vaz (Goa) at 4.5/5 each. Top two seeds Pranav and Pranesh will face each other in Round 6. It starts today at 9:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

December 2021 YouTube funds will give wings to 12-year-old Daakshin's dream of becoming an IM this year

06/03/2022 -

Daakshin Arun is one of India's upcoming youngsters. The 12-year-old has a FIDE rating of 2173 and is ranked the highest in the country for kids born in 2009. Daakshin's father, Arun, had been working as a professor in an engineering college. In 2017 he gave up his job so that he could travel with Daakshin to tournaments all across India and the world. The boy has been progressing rapidly, but this has put a lot of financial pressure on the family. The boy and his family have an aim of becoming an IM in the year 2022 and in order to facilitate this dream, the ChessBase India YouTube memberships for the month of December 2021 of Rs.72,076 will be given to Daakshin.

New: The smooth Scandinavian Defence with 3...Qd8 by Robert Ris

06/03/2022 -

Are you looking for a simple, easy-to-learn repertoire against 1.e4? Then the Scandinavian with 3…Qd8 is yours! After 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 the retreat 3…Qd8 leads to a very solid type position for Black. At the expense of two tempi, the pawn structure has been defined, and hence a clear developing plan can be made for our minor pieces. The first goal is to get the light-squared bishop out to g4, then placing the pawns on c6 and e6. Now Black has a rock-solid setup and good chances to build up pressure against White’s pawn on d4 and/or use the d5-square as an outpost for any of their pieces. Photo: ChessBase

MPL National Sub-Junior 2022 R2-3: Pranav and Pranesh start with a hat-trick

06/03/2022 -

11 players in MPL 46th National Sub-Junior Open and seven in 37th National Sub-Junior Girls are at 3.0/3. Both IMs from Tamil Nadu, Pranav Venkatesh and IM Pranesh M started with three wins. However, Jai Sankar Subramanian (TN) had a good opportunity to draw with Pranav in the second round. In the Girls event, former National Under-11 Girls champion, Anupam Sreekumar (KER) was held to a draw by Debapriya Manna (WB) in Round 2. Top seed Sarayu Velpula (TEL) was on the brink of defeat several times against Sachi Jain (DEL). She somehow managed to escape with a draw. Pournami S (KER) held second seed Mrittika Mallick (WB) to a draw. Round 4 starts today at 9:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Belgrade GP R4: Vachier-Lagrave wins to take sole lead in Pool D

05/03/2022 -

Both Vidit Gujrathi and Pentala Harikrishna drew their games against Alexei Shirov and Nikita Vitiugov respectively. Vidit still shares the lead with Richard Rapport at 2.5/4 in Pool C. Anish Giri drew with Tabatabaei to maintain his full point lead 3.0/4 in Pool B. Harikrishna's score is now 1.5/4. Sam Shankland and Dmitry Andreikin shares the top spot in Pool A at 2.5/4 each. Meanwhile, the newly crowned World Blitz champion, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave scored the only win of Round 4 against Alexandr Predke to gain sole lead 2.5/4. Today is a rest day. Round 5 of Pool stage starts tomorrow, Sunday 6th March at 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

MPL National Sub-Junior 2022 R1: Shraddhaa Bajaj topples third seed Bhillva Nilaya

05/03/2022 -

MPL 46th National Sub-Junior Open and 37th National Sub-Junior Girls started yesterday at New Delhi. There were no big upsets in the first round of the Open tournament. Keshav Padmanabhan (TN) was the only one to hold Md. Imran (AP) to a draw among the top ten seeds. Among the girls, Shraddhaa Bajaj (MAH) and Jahnvi Ashok (KER) beat Bhillva Nilaya K E K (AP) and Sneha Halder (WB) respectively. Aashi Upadhyay (RAJ) held Meenatchi Rajam V (TN) to a draw. From today onwards, there are double rounds every day. Round 2 starts today at 9:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Priyanka Nutakki becomes the 23rd Woman Grandmaster of India

04/03/2022 -

19-year-old Priyanka Nutakki secured her final WGM-norm at MPL 47th National Women Chess Championship. She scored 7.0/9, performed at 2348 to become India's latest Woman Grandmaster on 2nd March 2022. She was also placed third in the tournament. The first WGM-norm was scored in January 2019. The soft-spoken girl from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, won her biggest online tournament, SPF Girls' Invitational in June 2020. It was evident that she was working hard during the Covid-19 pandemic. She earned her second WGM and maiden IM-norm in her third over-the-board tournament of the year 2021. A little over two months later, she delivered a stellar performance to become India's latest Woman Grandmaster. Photo: Niklesh Jain

18-year-old Arjun Erigaisi conquers MPL 58th National Senior Chess Championship 2022

04/03/2022 -

18-year-old Arjun Erigaisi expectedly won MPL 58th National Senior Chess Championship 2022. He edged past D Gukesh and Iniyan P on tie-breaks. All three of them scored 8.5/11. They received ₹600,000, ₹500,000 and ₹400,000 along with a trophy each respectively. The remaining top ten scored 8.0/10 each. Koustav Chatterjee and Pranav Venkatesh are the only two IMs to make it in the top 10. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹30,00,000. Only four players younger than Arjun have won the National Senior title in Indian chess history. It is evident that the future of Indian chess is very bright when the teenagers are winning National Senior in both Open and Women section. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

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