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Asian Nations Online R4-6: Sasikiran anchors through the storm

16/10/2020 -

Indian men did not have a good day as Adhiban, Sethuraman and Ganguly all three fell victim to tactical errors in time pressure. Team India drew with Indonesia and Kazakhstan in Round 4 and 6 respectively. The only win came against Jordan in Round 5. Nihal Sarin made a strong debut at the event and delivered a fantastic 2.5/3. However one must applaud Sasikiran's stellar performance as he anchored through the turbulence by winning all his games and standing at the helm with 6.0/6. Indian Men will resume their final three rounds of the preliminary stage on Sunday, while Indian Women's team resumes their campaign with Round 4 tomorrow, Saturday from 11:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Amruta Mokal

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Carlsen wins Altibox Norway Chess 2020 with a round to spare

16/10/2020 -

The world champion wins the Altibox Norway Chess 2020 with a round to spare by beating Firouzja in a dramatic fashion. The final position was a draw which gave us an inkling at the early stage of the game. However, Firouzja faltered and blundered in a completely drawn game. Thus Carlsen wins this event for the third time and second consecutive year with a score of 19.5/27. Firouzja is trailing at the second position with 15.5/27. Aronian beat Tari in the endgame after a wild encounter in their classical game. He maintained his position at third place with 14.5/27. Caruana won against Duda in the Armageddon after a solid draw in their Classical game. Final round games will be played today, Friday 16th October from 8:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lennart Ootes / Altibox Norway Chess

Mitrabha Guha wins Samay Raina IMvitational

15/10/2020 -

IM Mitrabha Guha wins Samay Raina IMvitational. He beat IM Rathanvel VS in the Finals by winning both games with black and white pieces respectively to win the highest ever prize fund he has ever won which is ₹100000. Rathanvel won ₹50000. This was not the first time Mitrabha faced Rathanvel for a championship in the final, previously they faced each other in 2016 for National Sub-Junior Under-15 Championship in the final round where Mitrabha was also victorious. Reigning National Sub-Junior champion IM Raja Rithvik R finished third and won ₹20000. The knockout stage of the event witnessed the commentary by the former world champion Kramnik, greatest female chess player of all time Judit Polgar, GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly, GM Srinath Narayanan, IM Sagar Shah, Biswa Kalyan Rath and of course Samay Raina himself. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

New: Chris Ward - Sicilian Dragon: The Real Deal!

14/10/2020 -

English Grandmaster Chris Ward is an expert in the Sicilian Dragon, and wants to share his knowledge, debuting as a Fritztrainer. The British Championship Master's fun, entertaining spirit, and his soothing voice, keeps us hooked to his first part on how to play the Sicilian Dragon with plenty of current variations. The popular opening was recently played by Hikaru Nakamura, but also Veselin Topalov has used the powerful system in his best times with his very own variation. GM Ward doesn't want to dissect the variations too much, but rather give interesting new ideas for strong attacking play, creative moves and solid defending.

Grandmaster at the age of 36 - Kevin Goh Wei Ming

14/10/2020 -

He is a chartered accountant, he is the chief financial officer in a multinational organization. Kevin Goh Wei Ming from Singapore is a man in love with chess, but balanced several other things in his life. Being a child prodigy, he always had a dream of becoming a GM. But education, work life and many other responsibilities came in between his path of achieving the highest chess title. But Kevin never really gave up on his dream. He battled hard, planned meticulously and at the age of 36 years finally managed to achieve his final GM norm and become Singapore's fourth GM, the first one in 21 years! An interview with this genial champion by IM Sagar Shah. 

Altibox Norway Chess R8: Carlsen regains his sole lead

14/10/2020 -

The world champion is back at the top as he beat his compatriot Tari quite comfortably with a beautiful finish. Carlsen takes sole lead heading towards the final rest day of Altibox Norway Chess with a score of 16.5/24. Caruana avenged his loss and beat Firouzja in the Armageddon. Firouzja is at the sole second place with 15.5/24. Carlsen and Firouzja will duke it out in Round 9, seemingly virtual final of the event as the result of that game will almost decide the winner of the event. Who do you think will win the battle between Carlsen and Firouzja? Penultimate round games of Round 9 will resume on Thursday 15th October from 8:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lennart Ootes / Altibox Norway Chess

Guess Boris Gelfand's best game moves with the stand-up comedians

13/10/2020 -

Grandmaster Chess is a series by ChessBase India where a top GM in the world of chess shows his best game and four chess loving top stand-up comedians of India guess the moves. These four stand-up comedians are Samay Raina, Biswa Kalyan Rath, Vaibhav Sethia and Anirban Dasgupta. The GMs who have been on the show are Vidit Gujrathi, Tania Sachdev, Surya Ganguly, Parimarjan Negi and Srinath Narayanan. For the sixth episode we have the legendary GM Boris Gelfand joining in. The show will be held at 2 p.m. IST and host of it will be IM Sagar Shah.

Altibox Norway Chess R7: Firouzja maintains his sole lead

13/10/2020 -

Firouzja once again beat Aronian in the Armageddon and maintained his sole lead with 14.5/21 after Round 7 of Altibox Norway Chess. After an uneventful classical game, in the Armageddon, Aronian had a decent chance to gain the upper hand in the endgame but he overlooked it. Carlsen defended well against Caruana in their Classical encounter and managed to save the game. However the world no.2 went wrong early in the middle game and had to pay the price of a full point to the world champion. The young Norway no.2 Tari continues to have a tough tournament as he lost to Duda after making a questionable choice of opening. Can he do a Duda as he faces Carlsen today? Catch all the action of Round 8 today 13th October from 8:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lennart Ootes / Altibox Norway Chess

Board of Many Colours - Throwback to World Youth 2019

13/10/2020 -

The ChessBase India team was present at the World Youth 2019 and covered the tournament extensively. One of the members of the team was 14-year-old Avathanshu Bhat. IM Sagar Shah worked on the articles and the videos, Amruta Mokal on the photographers, Supriya Bhat was at the ChessBase India stall. What was Avathanshu going to do? Strolling around the tournament hall, the young journalist hit upon the idea of "Board of Many Colours" - stories from the lives of players from all across the world. And he interviewed players from Morocco, Brazil, Namibia, Finland, the USA and many more. It's been a year since the World Youth 2019 and we bring you a throwback to those intriguing interviews. 

17-year-old Beverly Mendonca composes her first song - "Go Corona Go"

13/10/2020 -

Beverly Mendonca is a chess enthusiast from Goa and well known in the chess world for her creativity. She is a FIDE rated player and chess runs in her family! She is the sister of Leon Mendonca, one of India's most talented youngsters in chess. The family has been going through a very tough time in the Covid-19 situation with Leon and Lyndon (father) stranded in Europe and Beverly and Anita (mother) at their home in Goa. In such a tense and stressful situation your creativity can go for a toss! But Beverly has risen to the occasion and come out with truly something special. Check out her first song which is written, directed and composed by her - "Go Corona Go"!

Altibox Norway Chess R6: Carlsen avenges his loss

12/10/2020 -

Less than 24 hours after a fantastic day for Poland sports, Duda faced Carlsen in their rematch. Of course the rematch was according to the pairings only. Carlsen decimated Duda in just 26 moves as the Pole kept changing his plans and landed himself in deep trouble. Meanwhile Caruana also avenged his loss of the previous round against Aronian after the Armenian was unable to continue the attack which had promises to be devastating. Firouzja continues his fantastic form as he defeated Tari once again with a beautiful finish to take sole lead with 13.0/18. Catch all the action of Round 7 today 12th October from 8:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lennart Ootes / Altibox Norway Chess

Asian Nations Online R1-3: Indian Women have a difficult start

11/10/2020 -

Indian Women's team much to everyone's dismay did not have the perfect start. They started with a whitewash against Syria 4-0, won with a minimal margin against Mongolia 2.5-1.5 and lost to a formidable opponent Iran 1.5-2.5, although India should have won against Iran as they are stronger on paper. Vaishali's fantastic victory over Sara was the only win for the team against Iran as Bhakti was unable to hold a draw and Nandhidhaa did not take the chances her opponent presented herself. Padmini started with a solid 2.5/3 and Mary Ann won the only game she played 1.0/1. Indian Women's team will resume playing the fourth round on Saturday 17th October from 11:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Various sources

Jan-Krzysztof Duda ends Carlsen's 125-game unbeaten streak

11/10/2020 -

Poland no.1 Jan-Krzysztof Duda ends world champion Carlsen's 125-game unbeaten streak in Round 5 of Altibox Norway Chess. Duda admitted of having the worst tournament of his life until he beat Carlsen to end Carlsen's seemingly invincible unbeaten streak. Carlsen knew it had to end at some point and he was disappointed with the way it ended which is quite obvious as the World no.1 had huge material deficit at the end of the game. Their rematch will take place within 24 hours within the conclusion of their monumental match of epic proportions. Of course you don't want to miss another action packed Round 6 today 11th October from 8:30 p.m. IST. Carlsen is definitely expected to look for retribution today. Photo: Lennart Ootes / Altibox Norway Chess

Asian Nations Online R1-3: Indian Men make a good start

10/10/2020 -

Starting as the top seed in any tournament means having the proverbial target on the back. It goes without saying that expectations also become high. Team India started their Asian Online Nations Cup with a rather shaky start. They won against New Zealand and Iraq in Round 1 and 3 respectively, however they made a draw with Kyrgyzstan in Round 2 as Adhiban and Sethuraman suffered unexpected losses. Sethu's game was appealed by team India and we are awaiting the result of the fairplay committee. With Nihal Sarin yet to play in the tournament, one can only fathom that Team India will only rise up from the next round. Indian Women's team starts their campaign tomorrow, Sunday from 11:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Various sources

A talk with Judit Polgar - Knowing the Human Side of the Woman behind Global Chess Festival

10/10/2020 -

Today is the 10th of October and the Global Chess Festival has just begun! The woman behind this vibrant annual gala hardly needs any introduction. Dubbed as the strongest female chess master of all time, she is the only woman to have ever challenged male hegemony in the sport. Though everyone is familiar with Judit the chess player, we thought the world would also do good by knowing Judit the mother and the wife. On the 27th of last month, ChessBase India's Amruta Mokal conducted an exclusive interview with the former world no.1. In this article we bring you the full transcript of this candid tête-à-tête. With Judit's festival in full swing, time now is especially ripe to look back at this revealing conversation! | Photo credit: globalchessfestival.com

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