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Have you ever heard of Vajira Perera? Chances are less. But he is one of those rare people who has beaten Viswanathan Anand in a tournament game. Know more about the rivalry between Sri Lanka's Vajira Perera and India's Viswanathan Anand and the reason why you worship one guy and have never heard of the other.
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On 9th March 1943 Robert James Fischer was born. To celebrate the birthday of this great player ChessBase India has organized the first prize money blitz tournament on 12th of March 2017. With the first prize of Rs.10,000 at stake the tournament already has four grandmasters, six International Masters, two WGMs and a horde of young talents participating at the event. This is your chance to play blitz against some of the best chess players of the country. Don't miss out!
There have been many interviews done with India's best coach R.B. Ramesh, but none so detailed as the one by ChessBase India's editor Niklesh Jain. While the Chennai Open 2017 was in progress Niklesh went to Ramesh's coaching academy and spoke at length with the legendary trainer. We have the 22 minute video in HD quality, as well as the entire transcription, in which Ramesh gives you pearls of wisdom which will prove useful to a chess player of any strength. Miss it at your own peril!
The chess world saw plenty of action in the women’s chess arena recently, with the month-long Women’s World Championship 2017 coming to a breathtaking finish a few days back. There was a lot of controversy surrounding the tournament. But, all said and done, Chinese GM Tan Zhongyi is the new World Champion—amen. This year’s ideal for Women’s day around the world has been #BeBoldForChange and we look at some of the biggest names in Indian women's chess history.
It was another depressing round where India lost the match 3-1. S.P. Sethuraman was the only savior of the say for Indians as he won the game. Wei Yi destroyed Karthikeyan Murali, Bu Xiangzhi was simply faster with his play on the kingside against Abhijeet Gupta, while Surya Shekhar Ganguly was on his way to win the game until inaccurate moves around move 40 meant that he lost as well. Report.
The Stockholm Chess Challenge began in Sweden on 6 March 2017 with four grandmasters competing for 30,000 SEK. The field includes three Indians and 24 hungry and talented young players. We have an illustrated report with beautiful portraits by Lars OA Hedlund.
India has fallen behind China in the four-game Scheveningen match with the score reading 4.5-3.5. With two rounds of play left, Team India needs to win back a point (at least) as soon as possible. Find out what happened in the second round.
Chess teaches you a lot of things in life. All that you have to do is look beyond the surface. In this short article author Sagar Shah takes a famous position from the game between Pillsbury and Showalter from 1896 and explains the important concept of "Leaving the comfort zone"! Have a look at the amazing and deep decision made by Harry Pillsbury, who was one of the best American players in late 1800s.
The India China match is taking place from the 5th of March 2017. It is a four-round Scheveningen event where four players from India play against four from China. Indian team consists of Ganguly, Sethuraman, Abhijeet Gupta and Karthikeyan Murali. China has Wei Yi, Bu Xiangzhi, Lu Shanglei and Zhou Jianchao. Here's the live game page where you can see the live games as well as all the encounters of previous rounds. Live games begin everyday at 12.00 p.m. IST.
One of the strongest chess country in the world is playing a Scheveningen match with the rising power India. With some of the most talented players from both countries in the fray, the event is not to be missed by any Indian! Enjoy the illustrated report.
The Aeroflot Open 2017 was one of the most important tournaments from an Indian point of view in the last few days. Big stars like Adhiban, Sasikiran, Sethuraman, Vidit, Abhijeet and many more grandmasters were taking part at the event. While none of them could achieve anything special, there were fresh names who performed really well. We take a look at them and give you an idea about how Indian chess is really growing in a huge way. If one player doesn't perform well, someone else does! Detailed report with pictures, analysis and much more.
The dramatic final tiebreaker of the Women’s World Championship ended with a victory for the one with steel-like nerves: Tan Zhongyi from China. As we expected, the Chinese showed a great control over her nerves to bring the best of her game forward and defeated yet another favorite to win the tournament, Anna Muzychuk, to win the coveted title. Illustrated report and analysis by GM Elshan Moradiabadi.
India and China are currently the two super powers in the chess world. While China has been dominating the world of chess by winning the Olympiad, Women's World title and having many 2700+ players, India has been steadily growing a horde of talented youngsters who are soon to take the world of chess by storm. Naturally a match between these two giants is looked forward to by great enthusiasm by the chess fans.
Why do chess players become stronger? If you ask Nihal Sarin and Praggnanandhaa, two of India's greatest talents, they will advise you to just play as much as you can and learn from those games. Turns out, Bobby Fischer also used the same strategy to improve as a chess player. Read this story to understand the life of young Bobby and also know more about India's first Prize Money Online Chess Tournament!
The classical part of world women championship in Tehran, Iran, has concluded but the winner, similar to the last World Championship in New York, has yet to be determined by tiebreak. The two finalists, after shedding blood in rounds two and three, took a rest and agreed to a rather fast draw in the last round to go for a tiebreak. Report, tiebreak preview, and analysis by GM Elshan Moradiabadi.
