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28/11/2015
FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship final in Rome On November 26th the final tournament of the 1st FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship was held in Rome, Italy. Eight preliminary tournaments were held before it, the winners of each of them and two specially invited players participated in the final tournament. More than 300 chess players from 39 countries took part in the preliminary tournaments. The Olympic Committee of Italy, the Italian Chess Federation, Premium Chess company and other sponsors played a significant role in the organization of the tournament. It was held in the prestigious sports club “Circolo Canottieri Aniene”. The President of the club is Mr. Giovanni Malago, President of the Italian National Olympic Committee. The FIDE World Online Women Blitz Champion is GM Harika Dronavalli.
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Harika Is World Online Blitz Champion
FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship final in Rome On November 26th the final tournament of the 1st FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship was held in Rome, Italy. Eight preliminary tournaments were held before it, the winners of each of them and two specially invited players participated in the final tournament. More than 300 chess players from 39 countries took part in the preliminary tournaments. The Olympic Committee of Italy, the Italian Chess Federation, Premium Chess company and other sponsors played a significant role in the organization of the tournament. It was held in the prestigious sports club “Circolo Canottieri Aniene”. The President of the club is Mr. Giovanni Malago, President of the Italian National Olympic Committee. The FIDE World Online Women Blitz Champion is GM Harika Dronavalli.
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53rd Indian Premier Chess Championship 2015
Karthikeyan Murali Is The New National Champion
Karthikeyan Murali of Chennai received the trophy and Rs.250,000 cash prize for his top class performance that also got him more than 20 Elo points. This 1999-born player from north Chennai becomes a young achiever and one of the youngest national champions. V Anand won in 1987 at Tumkur, B Adhiban won at Mumbai in 2009, G Akash won in Kolkata 2012 and now Karthikeyan Murali is winning this title at age 16 in Tiruvarur. Youngsters, particularly teenagers winning is a good sign for Indian chess.
Final placing
| 1 | Karthikeyan, Murali | 8.5 | 49.5 |
| 2 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | 8 | 51.5 |
| Sethuraman, S.P. | 8 | 50 | |
| 4 | Karthikeyan, P. | 7.5 | 45.75 |
| 5 | Das, Arghyadip | 7 | 43.5 |
| 6 | Shyam, Sundar M. | 6.5 | 40.75 |
| K., Praneeth Surya | 6.5 | 40 | |
| Rathnakaran, K. | 6.5 | 39.25 | |
| 9 | Kunte, Abhijit | 6 | 39.25 |
| Neelotpal, Das | 6 | 38.25 | |
| 11 | Sengupta, Deep | 5.5 | 33.75 |
| Swapnil, S. Dhopade | 5.5 | 33.75 | |
| 13 | Shyaamnikhil, P | 4.5 | 27.75 |
| 14 | Venkatesh, M.R. | 4 | 24 |
27/11/2015
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Sixteen year old KarthikeyanMurali of Tamil Nadu emerged sole leader with 8.5 points beating Swapnil Dhopade of Railways in the twelfth and penultimate round of the ONGC 53rd National Premier Chess Championship, organised by Tiruvarur District Chess Association at Kasi’s Inn, Tiruvarur, today. An intense fight is on the cards tomorrow, as the trio KarthikeyanMurali, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi and defending champion SP Sethuraman of PSPB have theoretical chances to win the title. Vidit could make a draw only today to reach 8 points and Sethuraman came back into reckoning by collecting 7.5 points. KarthikeyanMuralihas an edge over the other two as he needs only a draw to clinch the title.
In the advanced variation against the Caro Kann defence by Swapnil Dhopade of Railways, former under 16 world champion played a steady middle game to get advantage slowly. Swapnil lost his knight to prevent Karthikeyan’sa- file pawn moving to eighth rank. Karthikeyan dashed the hopes of Swapnil in the rook and bishop vs rook end game, with each having one pawn.
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PRESS RELEASE – ROUND 12
Sixteen year old KarthikeyanMurali of Tamil Nadu emerged sole leader with 8.5 points beating Swapnil Dhopade of Railways in the twelfth and penultimate round of the ONGC 53rd National Premier Chess Championship, organised by Tiruvarur District Chess Association at Kasi’s Inn, Tiruvarur, today. An intense fight is on the cards tomorrow, as the trio KarthikeyanMurali, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi and defending champion SP Sethuraman of PSPB have theoretical chances to win the title. Vidit could make a draw only today to reach 8 points and Sethuraman came back into reckoning by collecting 7.5 points. KarthikeyanMuralihas an edge over the other two as he needs only a draw to clinch the title.
In the advanced variation against the Caro Kann defence by Swapnil Dhopade of Railways, former under 16 world champion played a steady middle game to get advantage slowly. Swapnil lost his knight to prevent Karthikeyan’sa- file pawn moving to eighth rank. Karthikeyan dashed the hopes of Swapnil in the rook and bishop vs rook end game, with each having one pawn.
Vidit employed Grunfeld defence against former under 12 world champion Deep Sengupta, also from PSPB. Though Vidit won two pawns, he had to struggle to obtain a superior position, because of Deep’s two well placed bishops in the open position against Vidit’s two knights. Vidit fought tooth and nail in the exciting end game, witnessed by a large crowd, but Deep had a strong defence to force a draw.
The third successive win by defending champion SP Sethuraman has put him back into the contention for title. In the reversed Kings Indian defence against team mate and grandmaster MR Venkatesh, Sethuraman’s two knights played havoc at the opponent’s ranks, leading to win a pawn and exchange also. Once the queens were traded, Sethuraman’s win became a reality.
Praneeth Surya of Telangana could not repeat the form he exhibited in earlier rounds and went down meekly to IM K Rathnakaran of Railways, who played the French defence. After castling on the long side, Rathnakaran made in road into the enemy’s camp, by pushing the king side pawns rapidly. Controlling the h- file with queen and rook, Rathnakaran destroyed Praneeth’s king side by mopping all the pawns off. It took just 33 moves for Rathnakaran to decimate Praneeth.
GM Neelotpal Das of PSPB was cruising comfortably, after his opponent Abhijit Kunte gave up his knight to break open the former’s king side. Disaster struck, when Neelotpal missed a winning combination and donated the point to Kunte.
Loss of two pawns in the middle game by IM P. Shyaam Nikhil of Tamil Nadu enabled GM M ShyamSundar of AAI to register a comfortable win in a game of English opening.
The Kings Indian attack by IM P. Karthikeyan of Railways against his team mate IM Arghyadip Das ended in a passive draw after the formal 25 moves.
Results of Twelfth Round
| Venkatesh M.R. | PSPB | 4.5 | lost to | Sethuraman S.P. | PSPB | 7.5 |
| Karthikeyan P. | Rlys | 7 | drew with | Das Arghyadip | Rlys | 6 |
| KarthikeyanMurali | TN | 8.5 | beat | Swapnil S. Dhopade | Rlys | 4.5 |
| Neelotpal Das | PSPB | 6 | lost to | Kunte Abhijit | PSPB | 5.5 |
| Sengupta Deep | PSPB | 5 | drew with | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | PSPB | 8 |
| ShyamSundar M. | AAI | 6 | beat | Shyaamnikhil P | TN | 3.5 |
| K. Praneeth Surya | TEL | 6.5 | lost to | Rathnakaran K. | Rlys | 5.5 |
13/11/2015
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis is proud to host the 2015 Showdown a pair of exhibition matches between GM Hikaru Nakamura vs. GM Fabiano Cauruana and Gm Hou Yifan vs. GM Parimarajan Negi.
Featured exhibition matches will include exciting games of various formats including Fischer Random (Chess 960), Rapid, Blitz and Blindfold. All games count towards the final score with a win counting as 1 point, a draw as a ½ point and a loss as 0 points. Players will be competing for $150,000 in prizes.
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis is proud to host the 2015 Showdown a pair of exhibition matches between GM Hikaru Nakamura vs. GM Fabiano Cauruana and Gm Hou Yifan vs. GM Parimarajan Negi.
Featured exhibition matches will include exciting games of various formats including Fischer Random (Chess 960), Rapid, Blitz and Blindfold. All games count towards the final score with a win counting as 1 point, a draw as a ½ point and a loss as 0 points. Players will be competing for $150,000 in prizes.
| Nakamura vs. Caruana | Hou vs. Negi | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
| 1 | $60,000 | 1 | $30,000 |
| 2 | $40,000 | 2 | $20,000 |
GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Fabiano Caruana are the top two American chess players, and both call Saint Louis home. The two are also competing in the 2015 Grand Chess Tour. Nakamura, who is known for his creative play and aggressive style, has lead the American chess scene for nearly a decade. Fabiano recently returned to the U.S., after having represented Italy in international competition for the past 10 years. Fabiano wowed audiences by winning his first 7 rounds and coasting to an impressive victory in the 2014 Sinquefield Cup.
Former Women’s World Champion, GM Hou Yifan and GM Parimarjan Negi of New Dehli, India will also square off, following the same format. Hailing from China, 21-year-old Hou Yifan is the strongest active female player in the world and is the only female currently ranked in the top 100. Indian GM Negi, at 22 years old, is a former Asian continental champion and currently attends Stanford University.
Each game of the exhibition matches will feature live commentary from GM Yasser Seirawan, WGM Jennifer Shahade and GM Maurice Ashley. The event will be streamed live viawww.uschesschamps.com.
Join us Thursday, November 12 through Sunday, November 15 to watch these champions battle it out.
| Day | Date | Time | Exhibition Game |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | Nov. 12 | 1:00 PM | Basque Chess (1 game, G/90 +30) |
| Friday | Nov. 13 | 1:00 PM | Fischer Random Chess (4 games, G/20 +10) |
| Saturday | Nov. 14 | 1:00 PM | Rapid Chess (4 games, G/15 + 10) |
| Sunday | Nov. 15 | 1:00 PM | Blitz Chess (8 games, G/3 +2) |
06/11/2015
Indian Chess Players strike it rich
Indian Chess Players strike it rich
India finished with a rich haul at the World Youth & Cadets Championship 2015 in Halkidiki, Greece on Thursday.
The players from India dominated the event, winning as many as 11 medals, among them 5 gold, three silver and three bronze. Russia and USA took 4 medals each, but none of them was gold. Iran, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Germany, Greece, Uzbekistan and Vietnam have one gold medal each.
Open U8:
1. Bharath Subramaniyam H IND 1602 9,5
2. Dev Shah IND 1521 9,0
3. Fiszer Bartosz POL 1443 8,5 (tie-break)
1. Bharath Subramaniyam H IND 1602 9,5
2. Dev Shah IND 1521 9,0
3. Fiszer Bartosz POL 1443 8,5 (tie-break)
Girls U8:
1. WCM Nguyen Le Cam Hien VIE 1299 9,0
2. Gaal Zsoka HUN 1534 9,0
3. Ivanova Dilyana BUL 1369 8,5 (tie-break)
1. WCM Nguyen Le Cam Hien VIE 1299 9,0
2. Gaal Zsoka HUN 1534 9,0
3. Ivanova Dilyana BUL 1369 8,5 (tie-break)
Open U10:
1. FM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2077 9,0
2. Makoveev Ilya RUS 1982 9,0
3. Wang Justin USA 2046 8,5 (tie-break)
1. FM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2077 9,0
2. Makoveev Ilya RUS 1982 9,0
3. Wang Justin USA 2046 8,5 (tie-break)
Girls U10:
1. Rakshitta Ravi IND 1516 9,0
2. Song Yuxin CHN 1700 9,0
3. WFM Divya Deshmukh IND 1772 8,5
1. Rakshitta Ravi IND 1516 9,0
2. Song Yuxin CHN 1700 9,0
3. WFM Divya Deshmukh IND 1772 8,5
Open U12:
1. CM Muradli Mahammad AZE 2121 9,0
2. CM Nihal Sarin IND 2096 9,0
3. CM Peng David T USA 2231 9,0
1. CM Muradli Mahammad AZE 2121 9,0
2. CM Nihal Sarin IND 2096 9,0
3. CM Peng David T USA 2231 9,0
Girls U12:
1. WFM Salimova Nurgyul BUL 2144 9,5
2. Yip Carissa USA 2007 9,5
3. WCM Salonika Saina IND 1858 8,5
1. WFM Salimova Nurgyul BUL 2144 9,5
2. Yip Carissa USA 2007 9,5
3. WCM Salonika Saina IND 1858 8,5
Open U14:
1.Vokhidov Shamsiddin UZB 2336 9,0
2. FM Esipenko Andrey RUS 2384 9,0
3. FM Gholami Aryan IRI 2400 8,5 (tie-break)
1.Vokhidov Shamsiddin UZB 2336 9,0
2. FM Esipenko Andrey RUS 2384 9,0
3. FM Gholami Aryan IRI 2400 8,5 (tie-break)
Girls U14:
1. WFM Vaishali R IND 2314 9,5
2. WFM Sliwicka Alicja POL 2129 8,5
3. Vantika Agrawal IND 2039 8,0 (tie-break)
1. WFM Vaishali R IND 2314 9,5
2. WFM Sliwicka Alicja POL 2129 8,5
3. Vantika Agrawal IND 2039 8,0 (tie-break)
Open U16:
1. Vogel Roven GER 2417 9,0
2. FM Moroni Luca Jr ITA 2460 8,5
3. FM Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2366 8,5 (tie-break)
1. Vogel Roven GER 2417 9,0
2. FM Moroni Luca Jr ITA 2460 8,5
3. FM Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2366 8,5 (tie-break)
Girls U16:
1. WIM Tsolakidou Stavroula GRE 2279 9,0
2. WFM Gazikova Veronika SVK 2190 8,5
3. WIM Bykovtsev Agata USA 2117 8,0 (tie-break)
1. WIM Tsolakidou Stavroula GRE 2279 9,0
2. WFM Gazikova Veronika SVK 2190 8,5
3. WIM Bykovtsev Agata USA 2117 8,0 (tie-break)
Open U18:
1. Mosadeghpour Masoud IRI 2420 9,5
2. GM Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2539 8,5
3. IM Yuffa Daniil RUS 2485 8,5
1. Mosadeghpour Masoud IRI 2420 9,5
2. GM Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2539 8,5
3. IM Yuffa Daniil RUS 2485 8,5
Girls U18:
1. WFM Mahalakshmi M IND 2019 9,0
2. WFM Varshini V IND 2105 8,53. WIM Blagojevic Tijana MNE 2315 8,0 (tie-break)
1. WFM Mahalakshmi M IND 2019 9,0
2. WFM Varshini V IND 2105 8,53. WIM Blagojevic Tijana MNE 2315 8,0 (tie-break)
Savithasri of Kanchi District narrowly missed the medal and finished 5th and increased her fide rating by 51 points. However she made waves in the tournament.
05/11/2015
U_8 Open: Bharath Subramaniyam H needs just a draw to clinch the U_8 World title. He is with 9 points and clear one point lead.
CM Dev Shah with 8 points is in shared 2nd position with other three players.
U_10 Open: R Praggnanandhaa and Makoveev Ilya (Russia) are jointly leading with 8.5 points.
U_10 Girls: Rakshitta Ravi is in shared 1st position with 8.0 points.
U_12 Open: Nihal Sarin and four others are leading with 8.0 points.
U_12 Girls: Salonika Saina with 8.0 points is in third position.
U_14 Girls: WFM Vaishali R leads with 8.5 points. Just requires a draw to clinch the title.
Vanitka Agrawal, the other Indian with 8.0 points is in 2nd position.
U_18 Girls: WFM Mahalakshmi M with 9.0 points conquered the title with one round to spare.
WFM Varshini M with 7.5 points is in shared second position.
World Youth Chess Championship at Greece
2015 after Penultimate round.
U_8 Open: Bharath Subramaniyam H needs just a draw to clinch the U_8 World title. He is with 9 points and clear one point lead.
CM Dev Shah with 8 points is in shared 2nd position with other three players.
U_10 Open: R Praggnanandhaa and Makoveev Ilya (Russia) are jointly leading with 8.5 points.
U_10 Girls: Rakshitta Ravi is in shared 1st position with 8.0 points.
U_12 Open: Nihal Sarin and four others are leading with 8.0 points.
U_12 Girls: Salonika Saina with 8.0 points is in third position.
U_14 Girls: WFM Vaishali R leads with 8.5 points. Just requires a draw to clinch the title.
Vanitka Agrawal, the other Indian with 8.0 points is in 2nd position.
U_18 Girls: WFM Mahalakshmi M with 9.0 points conquered the title with one round to spare.
WFM Varshini M with 7.5 points is in shared second position.
04/11/2015
Anirud D Venkat - Below 1300 category - 3rd Prize with Rss.2500 Cash. Increased 86 rating points.
Mohana R - 8th prize with Rs. 1500 cash. Increased 43 rating points.
Vignesh R - U_11 Boys - Category 1st.
Srihari L.R U_11 Boys - Category 6th
Manish Anto Christiano F - U_11 Boys - Category 7th.
U_11 Girls:
Swapna C.N. - 4th
Sandhya - 8th
Vaishnavi -10th
U_15 Boys: Umashankar A - 1st and increased 43 points.
Yashwanth Raj S - 3rd.
Trichy All India Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament-2015
Anirud D Venkat - Below 1300 category - 3rd Prize with Rss.2500 Cash. Increased 86 rating points.
Mohana R - 8th prize with Rs. 1500 cash. Increased 43 rating points.
Vignesh R - U_11 Boys - Category 1st.
Srihari L.R U_11 Boys - Category 6th
Manish Anto Christiano F - U_11 Boys - Category 7th.
U_11 Girls:
Swapna C.N. - 4th
Sandhya - 8th
Vaishnavi -10th
U_15 Boys: Umashankar A - 1st and increased 43 points.
Yashwanth Raj S - 3rd.
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 4 | IM | Ramnathan Balasubramaniam | 2199 | ICF | 8,0 | 51,5 | 47,0 | 47,75 | |
| 2 | 5 | Ram S. Krishnan | 2182 | Tn | 7,5 | 53,0 | 48,0 | 45,25 | ||
| 3 | 2 | IM | Praveen Kumar C | 2240 | ICF | 7,5 | 49,5 | 44,5 | 44,25 | |
| 4 | 7 | Purushothaman T | 2107 | Ap | 7,5 | 49,5 | 44,5 | 43,75 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Phoobalan P. | 2223 | ICF | 7,5 | 49,5 | 44,5 | 42,25 | ||
| 6 | 24 | Dileep Kumar R | U13 | 1821 | Tn | 7,5 | 48,5 | 44,0 | 42,25 | |
| 7 | 8 | Prasannaa.S | 2068 | Tn | 7,0 | 53,5 | 48,0 | 43,00 | ||
| 8 | 19 | CM | Gukesh D | U09 | 1869 | Tn | 7,0 | 53,0 | 48,5 | 42,50 |
| 9 | 1 | Ashwath R. | 2253 | Tn | 7,0 | 52,0 | 46,0 | 43,25 | ||
| 10 | 15 | Harshavardhan G B | U13 | 1958 | Tn | 7,0 | 50,5 | 46,0 | 39,00 | |
| 11 | 20 | Teja Suresh M | 1852 | Ap | 7,0 | 49,5 | 45,5 | 39,25 | ||
| 12 | 12 | Aadhityaa M | 2015 | Tn | 7,0 | 49,5 | 44,5 | 40,50 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Sa Kannan | 2029 | Tn | 7,0 | 49,0 | 44,0 | 39,50 | ||
| 14 | 11 | Senthil Kumaran R.P. | 2026 | Tn | 7,0 | 48,0 | 43,0 | 39,25 | ||
| 15 | 33 | Rajeev V M | 1734 | Ker | 7,0 | 43,5 | 39,0 | 34,00 |
World Youth Chess Championship at Greece
2015 after 9 rounds.
U_8 Open : Bharath Subramaniyam H is in sole lead with 8 points.
Mahalakshmi WFM U_18 and Vaishali R U_14 are the other Indians in sole lead.
Nihal Sarin U_12 Open is jointly leading with 7.5 points.
R Praggnanandhaa is in shared second position in the Under-10 category with 7.5 points.
Savithasri B in in shared third position in the Under_8 Girls category with 7.0 points.
P.R. Hirthicckesh has scored five consecutive victories in a row and secured third poisition with 7 points.