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After two successful training days in Mumbai, Jacob Aagaard moved to Ahmedabad on 28th and 29th of March 2017. In this article we not only give you a complete glimpse of what happened at the training sessions, but also have an entire video recording of the evening lecture that dealt with Strategic concepts. Also the first game of the badminton match between Sagar and Jacob wsa played here. Check out the article to see whom emerged as the winner!
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Baskaran Adhiban is the pride of Tamil Nadu. A few years back, he became India's best bet to reach the top. Today, he is the hero of the entire chess world. Why? Because he plays differently, and fearlessly. And even this interview that we are presenting to you is different. We did not ask him the questions, but his Facebook fans did! Check out this unique 'Interview'.
Niranjan Navalgund is famous for his novella 'The Lively Library & Unlikely Romance'. After launching the book last year, attending various seminars and writing for various blogs, he finally found time for his chess. This January, at the Delhi Grandmaster International Open, he delivered his best performance till date. It resulted in a maiden grandmaster norm and an Elo surge of 81 points. Revamping his game successfully made all the difference. In this article, he talks about how he changed his mental approach and the factors that contributed to his tournament success before the Delhi Open.
The Asian Youth Championships kicked off on 31st of March 2017 with the rapid event. Indians won five medals in the 12 categories. Golds for Ilamparthi A.R. and Arjun Ergiasi, silver for Savitha Shri and Divya Deshmukh and bronze for Rakshitta Ravi. Uzbekistan was clearly the winner of the day with ten medals. We bring to you results from all the categories as well as pictures sent to us by chief arbiter Gopakumar.
K. Priyadharshan is one of the most highly qualified grandmasters from India. Balancing academics and chess is by no means a cake walk. He had become a grandmaster by being a full-time student with a scholarship. From winning 11 international medals in various age categories to drawing Fabiano Caruana in a classical game, this 23-year-old from Madurai has some remarkable achievements under his belt. Needless to say, he had quite an adventurous journey. We ask him about different things that every Indian must know when he decides to pursue chess and higher education in the United States of America.
Jacob Aagaard's book tour of India and Asia began with Mumbai! There was a training camp along with an open session planned at the Russian Centre for Science and Culture. Both the events were attended by a lot of people. Aagaard was tired and jet lagged but he left no stone unturned in his bid to educate the chess players of Mumbai. Through this article you will not only feel as if you were a part of all the activities, but you will also gain an opportunity to learn the Aagaard teaching methods!
What can be more disastrous than being robbed of your laptop in the middle of the night, in a foreign land? It's even worse for a chess player, he loses something more than a laptop - all his chess work, analysis, software, etc. To put it simply, he loses his life's work. Unimaginable events keep happening in this world, what can be best done is to prepare for the worst case scenario. Saving data in cloud backup is one such way to secure vital information.
Delhi Chess Association is probably the best chess association in India. There simply remains no contest when it comes to the quality and professionalism in the tournaments. Like the Wright brothers who invented the concept of humans flying in airplanes, the Delhi chess fraternity has invented the idea of professional chess players making money with the prize fund. One such tournament finished this week with 727 players and 17 lakhs 17 thousand rupees in prize.
IBCA Asia Pacific Chess Championship for Visually Challenged is taking place in Manipal University. An eight rounds event, it commenced on 22nd of March and will be concluded on 31st March. With two more rounds to go, Kishan Gangolli has emerged as sole leader. The first of its kind Radio Chess Broadcasting has been introduced in this tournament - an internet chess radio app made especially for blind players. We bring you pictures, games and more.
ChessBase author Srinath Narayanan has become India's 46th grandmaster. 23-year-old Srinath, who is a former prodigy, former World Under-12 Champion, and had become an International Master at the age 14 has crossed the 2500 mark a few moments back by beating David Anton Guijarro (2676) with black at the Sharjah Masters 2017.
Rounds four and five of the Sharjah Master open saw the final confrontations between hugely disparate ratings, with top boards still facing as much as 600 Elo differences. It wasn’t all fun and games for the favorites though, with Gawain Jones tweeting about ‘near perfect defense’ from his 10-year-old opponent. Illustrated report with videos and analysis.
It has been a very balanced tournament so far, and if Harikrishna was the first to score a win in round two, in round three, he lost to Anish Giri, who thoroughly outplayed him in a Sicilian. Ding Liren also kept the screws tight on Peter Svidler with his bishops against knights. All games were drawn in round four and five, leaving Ding Liren and Anish Giri in the lead.
Adhiban Baskaran is back! After a scintillating TATA Steel tournament and a depressing Aeroflot Open, the Indian No. 3 is back doing what he does best—play good, sharp chess. And inspired by their hero, the remaining pack of Indians are playing sparkling chess as well. Find out how.
IM Vishal Sareen believes that good chess material is easily available as on today because of authors like Jacob Aagaard. Vishal has used positions of Aagaard for his numerous trainings and has a huge database of some amazing exercises. In this article he shares four brain crushing problems from Jacob's books. It's a two hour test. Have a crack at it, and when you are done, you might want to think about a coffee with Yakub! :)
Women's chess in India is currently dominated today by two players: Humpy Koneru and Harika Dronavalli. However, before they were born a little girl from Chennai was creating ripples, winning almost all the age group Nationals. Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman went on to become India’s first WGM and also the country's first female IM. We wish Viji a Happy Birthday today with a very special interview that was done 2 years back.
