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43% of the players playing in Dubai are Indians. Go figure. After the Sharjah Masters, the Dubai Open 2017 has turned into a mini-India as strong grandmasters and young talents compete for ratings and norms. Vidit Gujrathi is playing impressive chess to be the joint leader with 6.0/7, with two others. Report.
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Universal Chess Academy (R) and Rainbow Club Kidz Library, Malleswaram, Bangalore invited players for their 3rd Karnataka State Open Rapid Chess tournament which was conducted on 2-April-2017, it was held at Shri R Gundu Rao Sports Complex, Sirur Park Road, Sheshadripuram, Bangalore which was opposite to extremely famous Mantri Mall. It was one day exciting rapid tournament of 9 rounds with INR 50,000.00/- cash prizes and 32 trophies for age category winners. It was won by our very own Arvind Shastry (ELO 2272) by scoring whopping 8.5/9 points. Total 278 players participated including IM Hegde Ravi Gopal.
New in Chess Magazine is one of the most famous chess magazines in the world. It is read by chess players across 116 countries. The second issue of 2017 has our very own Adhiban Baskaran on it's cover. ChessBase India has collaborated with New in Chess and brought you the hard copy of this issue for a discounted rate. And not to forget - you also get the magazine delivered to your footstep with Adhiban's autograph on it! Limited copies.
The Asian Youth 2017 ended in a huge success for the Indian contingent. We won four gold medals, five silver and three bronze. 12 medals in all. Uzbekistan with three golds and ten medals in all settled for the second place. On Sunday the blitz event will decide the overall winner of the Championship with the culmative medal tally of rapid, classical and blitz. Chief Arbiter Gopakumar Sudhakaran sends us a brief report.
If you are a passionate chess coach, good with children and want to spread the love of the game among young minds, here's a golden opportunity for you. The Cayman Chess Club has launched a Chess in Schools initiative. To nurture young minds, and develop players to represent Cayman Islands within International Arena. You have to send in your CV soon. This article gives you all the details.
In part II of our interview with Priyadharshan, he talks about his later days in Lindenwood, and the progression towards Webster University. Furthermore, he shares with us how to balance academics and chess. And how the SPICE program has helped him to grow as a chess player. He might well be one of the most educationally well qualified grandmaster from India and we are glad that he decided to share his knowledge and experience with us.
Last round of the Asian Youth takes place on the 8th of April 2017. Indians did suffer a few losses in the penultimate round, however we are still with an excellent chance of winning the gold. We bring to you a brief report along with pictures and chances of medals going into the last round.
91 out of the 214 participants at the Dubai Open 2017 are Indians. IM Santos Latasa Jaime from Spain is the leader with 4.0/4, but four Indians are right on his heels with 3.5/4. They include S.L. Narayanan, Vidit Gujrathi, Abhijeet Gupta and Vignesh N.R. Narayanan's win over Anton Guijarro was pretty spectacular and we have annotated the game quite extensively. A pictorial report from UAE.
Jacob Aagaard was in India for his book tour. After Mumbai and Ahmedabad, the attention now shifted to the capital city of Delhi. Apart from having the two mandatory trainings in the morning, Delhi was the only city to have two open sessions in the evening. Many strong players attended it, including GM Abhijeet Gupta, as Jacob entertained and taught the audience with his knowledge wit and humour. Not to forget we also made him sing a song! A huge illustrated report!
Seven rounds have been completed at the Asian Youth Championships 2017. Five Indian players are on the first spot with many of them following them with half a point less! With two rounds to go we are all set for a huge tally of medals. A pictorial report from Uzbekistan by Gopakumar Sudhakaran.
Rucha Pujari had hit a plateau, the Women International Master title was so close yet so far. During the hunt to complete the requirements, she faced various technical difficulties. Determined to play best chess possible, she took part in both the Aeroflot Open B and C categories this year (only player to do so). She persevered in spite of tough opposition and successfully completed all the requirements. In this interview, Rucha tells us about the backstory of becoming a WIM and her immediate goals.
Yesterday, we reported on the cheating scandal that took place at the Dubai Open 2017 where and Indian chessplayer Jeel Shah was caught cheating red-handed by the arbiters. Today, we have a detailed report narrating the entire story from Dubai, along with comments by various victims of the cheater, including titled players. Also, you will be shocked to know Jeel Shah's profession. Report.
In an unfortunate event that occurred a few minutes back at the Dubai Open 2017, Surat-based Indian player Jeel Shah, rated 1764, was suspended from the tournament for cheating during the game. Find out what happened.
R.B. Ramesh is a legend when it comes to chess training in India. He was the reason why Indian won its first team medal at the Olympiad in 2014. Six Indian players won gold medals at the World Youth 2015 and they were all his students! He is also the coach of R. Praggnanandhaa the youngest IM in the world. This is a unique opportunity to ask him all the questions you had on your mind related to chess improvement and training. Ramesh will be the guest at the fourth ChessBase India show on 5th of April at 5 p.m. IST.
Seven Indian players are among the leaders at the Asian Youth 2017. Tanmay Jain, Varshini Sahithi, Divya Deshmukh, Rakshitta Ravi, Arjun Ergiasi, Jishitha. D, Ivana Maria Furtado are some of our top performers. With five more rounds to go the Indians have placed themselves well to return with a huge bunch of medals. The chief arbiter of the event Gopakumar Sudhakaran sends us pictures and information from Tashkent.
