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Grand Swiss R7: Sasikiran draws with World no.10 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

04/11/2021 -

Krishnan Sasikiran continues his good form as he played solid and drew with world no.10 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA). Both of them along with Alexei Shirov (ESP) are just a half point behind the sole leader Alireza Firoujza (FRA) 5.5/7. Sasikiran will face Firouzja in the next round. Harikrishna beat Maksim Chigaev (RUS) to take his score 4.5/7. Nihal also has the same points. Praggnanandhaa escaped with a draw against Peter Svidler (RUS). Harika drew with Jolanta Zawadzka (POL) 4.5/7. Vantika continues her impressive run as she beat IM Carolina Lujan (ARG) to move to 4.0/7. Round 8 starts today at 5:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Anna Shtourman/FIDE

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Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz 2021 is here!

03/11/2021 -

From 17th to 21st of November 2021, the super strong Tata Steel Chess India 2021 is back. This time 14 players will be taking part. There are 6 players who will take part in both the rapid and blitz segment. This list will be spearheaded by world no.10 and one of the finest players - Levon Aronian. There will be four players for the blitz tournament, and four players for rapid. This event aims to give maximum exposure to the Indian youngsters who are going to make it big in the years to come! Vishy Anand will be present at the tournament as a mentor to the young talents. Check out the article to see who the players are of the Tata Steel Chess India 2021.

From 1758 to 2173! 11-year-old Daakshin Arun gains 415 Elo points in two months

03/11/2021 -

Born in 2009, Daakshin Arun was increasing his chess strength steadily. In 2017, his father Arun left his job as a college lecturer so that he could travel with his son to different tournaments. Trained by GM R.B. Ramesh at the Chess Gurukul Academy, Daakshin had an Elo of 1758 before the Covid-19 pandemic struck. Suddenly all the plans of the family went for a toss. But Daakshin did not despair. He kept working hard for nearly a year and a half and when things opened up in the second-half of 2021, he planned a few events in Europe. And guess what? The boy passed this test with flying colours, gaining 415 Elo points and pushing his rating to 2173. Know more about this upcoming talent of Indian chess. 

Iniyan wins two consecutive Round Robins in Serbia

03/11/2021 -

GM Iniyan scored 8.5/11 to win GM Ask 1 at Arandjelovac in Serbia. He was unbeaten for the first ten rounds, he lost the final round against IM Nitin S. Immediately after the conclusion of this event, he played GM Rujna Zora 5, and he won that too. This time he made an unbeaten 7.0/9. He lost only one game against IM Nitin S, out of 18 games he played in two events. These two triumph makes it Iniyan's fifth over-the-board triumph of the year, sixth overall. Iniyan will now take a break for a few days and get back to action at elllobregat Open, a strong open tournament, starting at the end of this month in Barcelona, Spain.

Grand Swiss R6: Sasikiran joins the five-way lead

02/11/2021 -

Krishnan Sasikiran once again played sublime chess as he beat Alexandr Predke (RUS) in the sixth round to join the lead in FIDE chess.com Grand Swiss 2021. The remaining four players in the lead are - Alireza Firouzja (FRA), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), Alexei Shirov (ESP) and Evgeniy Najer (RUS). Sasikiran will face MVL in the seventh round. Raunak Sadhwani was the only other victor among the Indians, as he defeated a fellow countryman, D Gukesh. Nihal had good chances against the Czech Republic no.1 David Navara, much to his chagrin, he was unable to capitalize and Navara managed to create a fortress. Today is a rest day. Round 7 starts tomorrow, Wednesday 3rd November at 5:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Anna Shtourman/FIDE

Aryan Joshi and Darpan Inani win Individual Bronze at IBCA Olympiad 2021

01/11/2021 -

Aryan Joshi and Darpan Inani have secured individual Bronze medal on Board no.1 and Board no.3 respectively at 16th IBCA Chess Olympiad for the Blind and Visually Impaired 2021. Darpan scored the highest for Team India as he made 6.5/9. Aryan was the second-highest scorer for the team 4.5/9. K Marimuthu and Milind Samant scored 2.5/8 and 2.5/4 each respectively. Soundarya Pradhan had a tough event as he scored only 1.5/6. India secured eight place. Russia won the Gold by winning all their matches 18.0/18, Poland and Serbia scored 14.0/18 each. They secured Silver and Bronze respectively according to the tie-breaks. Photo: Chess in Greece 

Grand Swiss R5: Sasikiran beats Fedoseev

01/11/2021 -

Krishnan Sasikiran scored a fantastic victory over Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS) which can be called a positional Masterclass in French Defense in the fifth round of FIDE chess.com Grand Swiss 2021. It was a good day for the Indian players as Praggnanandhaa, Raunak Sadhwani, Arjun Erigaisi, Surya Sekhar Ganguly, B Adhiban and Divya Deshmukh scored a victory each. Nihal drew with Manuel Petrosyan. Harikrishna showed his true grit as he survived by the skin of his teeth in a completely lost endgame against Darius Swiercz (USA). The endgame specialist believed in himself when others would have given up in a similar situation. Round 6 starts today at 5:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

Grand Swiss R4: Harikrishna and Vaishali score a win

31/10/2021 -

Harikrishna scored his second consecutive win of the event to move to 2.5/4 at the conclusion of the fourth round of FIDE chess.com Grand Swiss 2021. Nihal, Gukesh and Sasikiran drew their respective games against three strong Russians, Ponkratov, Fedoseev and Artemiev. WGM Jiner held Harika to a draw. Padmini missed a completely winning opportunity against Kashlinskaya. Divya escaped a loss against Sophie. Vaishali scored a comfortable victory. Vantika, Raunak and Sethuraman drew with Anna Sargsyan, Maxim Matlakov and Boris Gelfand respectively. Round 5 starts today at 5:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

A chess themed Durga Puja at Panchanantala, West Bengal

30/10/2021 -

Chess is everywhere. A chess player sees chess everywhere from the moment he wakes up to the moment he goes to sleep. Some even dream about chess games and positions. How far would a chess player go for chess? All chess player and enthusiasts know the answer, to anywhere and everywhere. Arindam Mukherjee, an IM-norm holder and with a wealth of chess experience of over four decades, travelled 80 km in a day to witness an artistic creation of a chess-themed Durga Puja pandal on 15th October 2021, at Panchanantala in Hooghly district of West Bengal. A pictorial report of his experience. Photo: Anirban Chattopadhyay

Grand Swiss R3: Harika squeezes water from stone

30/10/2021 -

Harika grinded an equal endgame against Stefanova until the latter made a grave mistake which cost her the game in the third round of FIDE chess.com Women's Grand Swiss 2021. She is now one of the leader among nine players at 2.5/3. Padmini and Vantika beat compatriots, Vaishali and Divya respectively to move to 2.0/3. Nihal Sarin scored an academic victory against Temur Kuybokarov (AUS). He is among the six players who are just a half point behind the sole leader of the tournament, Alireza Firouzja 3.0/3. Nihal will face Pavel Ponkratov in Round 4 which starts today at 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

Peter Anand clinches Gold at FIDE World Amateur u-2000

29/10/2021 -

20-year-old Peter Anand A scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 to win Gold in FIDE World Amateur Championship in Under-2000 category. This is his biggest achievement in his nascent chess career so far. He won €1000, a trophy and a Gold medal. He also qualified for the next FIDE World Amateur Championship as long as he doesn't touch 2300 or cross it. Furthermore, he will also get a free accommodation and full board by the organizing committee. Peter's previous best performance was a second place finish at Velammal Blitz Rating in February 2019 where he beat WGM Meenakshi, then FM Rathanvel, GM Laxman and drew with GM Aravindh Chithambaram.

Grand Swiss R2: Tenacious Nihal survives the Caruana challenge

29/10/2021 -

Nihal Sarin managed to survive against the former world championship challenger, Fabiano Caruana in their first-ever Classical encounter in the second round of FIDE chess.com Grand Swiss 2021. The 17-year-old persevered where many would have crumbled under sheer pressure of playing against the world no.2. Arjun Erigaisi also showed the world that his win against Dubov four months ago at Goldmoney Asian Rapid was not a fluke, as he put up a very good fight in the Classical game to make a draw. Praggnanandhaa played the role of 'The Beastmaster' as he beat Adhiban in his own game. Round 3 starts today at 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

57-year-old Michal Krasenkow wins Sheikh Russel GM 2021

28/10/2021 -

The legendary Polish GM Michal Krasenkow beat GM Vugar Rasulov (AZE) in the final round to win Sheikh Russel International GM 2021. He scored 7.0/9, finished a half point ahead of the competition at the age of 57 years. Six players finished at 6.5/9. GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (UKR), GM Srinath Narayanan, IM Mitrabha Guha, GM Shyam Sundar M, IM Seyed Khalil Mousavi (IRI) and GM Vugar Rasulov were placed second to seventh respectively according to the tie-breaks. Three IMs finished in top ten, and they all scored a GM-norm each. They are - Mitrabha, Mousavi and Koustav Chatterjee. Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Grand Swiss R1: Arjun Erigaisi splits the point with Andrey Esipenko

28/10/2021 -

Arjun Erigaisi faced the strongest opponent among the Indian players in the first round of FIDE chess.com Grand Swiss 2021. He managed to hold his own against Andrey Esipenko, who is known to have caused trouble for the world champion Magnus Carlsen twice in this year. Nihal Sarin, D Gukesh and Vaishali are the only three Indian players who scored a win each. The youngsters - Praggnanandhaa, Raunak, Vantika and Divya managed to hold their relatively stronger opponents Gabriel, Cheparinov, Munguntuul and Zawadzka to a draw each respectively. Nihal will face Caruana in the second round, which starts today at 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

What should you buy this Diwali from the ChessBase India shop?

27/10/2021 -

The ChessBase India Mega Diwali Sale is in progress from the 26-28th of October 2021. Over 800 products in the ChessBase India store ranging from softwares to books to t-shirts to chocolates to chess sets and accessories are all up for grabs at a discounted price. With so many products it can often get quite confusing. Hence, IM Sagar Shah has given you some suggestions with regards to the newly launched as well as best selling products in the shop. At the end of the article you will also find the list of all the products in the shop with clickable links which will help you with easy navigation.

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