Isle of Man R08: How to mate with a bishop and knight!

by Sagar Shah
10/9/2016 – In this report you will learn how grandmasters above 2700 Elo are able to make short draws which somehow we, normal players, are never able to! You will also see Shirov's attacking flair, Naiditisch's tactical acumen and last but not the least you will learn the technique of how to mate with a bishop and knight. Hou Yifan got that position and the reigning World Champion didn't face any problems! Sagar Shah tells you how it is done – in an important instructional video.
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Isle of Man Rd8: How to mate with a bishop and knight!

Report by Sagar Shah and Albert Silver

photos by Harry Gielen

Round eight wasn't particularly an encouraging round for the Indians at the Isle of Man International 2016. Vidit, Harika and S.L. Narayanan were three players on 5.0/7. But in the eighth round Harika and Narayanan both slumped to a defeat against Alexei Shirov and Arkadij Naiditsch respectively, while Vidit drew his game against David Howell.

Arkadij Naiditsch vs S.L. Narayanan

The position was already bad for Black. But here Naiditsch found the fastest way to win. White to play.

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 Be6 10.a4 Qc7 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.Nd2 Qc5 13.Nf1 Bd8 14.h3 Ba5 15.Be3 Qc7 16.Bd2 Rac8 17.Ne3 Rfe8 18.g4 h6 19.Nf5 Nf8 20.Qf3 N6h7 21.Red1 Bb6 22.a5 Ba7 23.Be3 Bxe3 24.Qxe3 Red8 25.Qb6 Qxb6 26.axb6 Rd7 27.Rd2 Rc6 28.Na4 Bc4 29.Rad1 Bb5 30.Nc3 g6 31.Rxd6 Rxc3 32.bxc3 gxf5 33.exf5 Nf6 34.c4 Bxc4 35.Bxb7 Rxb7 36.Rxf6 Kg7 37.Rfd6 Bb5 38.Rc1 Bc4 39.Rb1 Bb5 40.Rc1 Bc4 41.Rb1 Bb5 42.h4 Nd7
Black has just moved his knight to d7. White can now win the game in a forced manner. Can you find it? Use the engine to refute false tries.
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Naiditsch,A2684Sunilduth Lyna,N25361–02016B91chess.com IoM Masters8.6

The venerable Ukrainian GM Oleg Romanishin showed he keeps his touch, as he finished off his Italian opponent with surgical precision

Oleg Romanishin - Paolo Formento

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1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.a4 a5 7.Nc3 c6 8.e4 Na6 9.h3 Nb4 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Nd2 d5 12.e5 Ne8 13.Na2 Nxa2 14.Rxa2 f6 15.f4 Be6 16.Ra3 Qd7 17.Kh2 Nc7 18.Qe2 Na6 19.Nf3 Kh8 20.Bf2 Nc7 21.Rb3 b5 22.axb5 cxb5 23.Rc3 Bg8 24.Ra1 b4 25.Re3 a4 26.Qd2 Rfb8 27.Ne1 Nb5 28.Nd3 a3 29.b3 Nc3
White starts to take advantage of weaknesses in Black's position. White to play.
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Romanishin,O2456Formento,P23071–02016A49Isle of Man International 20168

Harika has been playing excellently at this event. This even led Vishy Anand to tweet about the Andhra girl's solid play:

In the eighth round Harika's French didn't prove enough for Shirov's attacking prowess. The Latvian won a fine attacking game:

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Shirov started the tournament with 4.0/4. But then slowed down a bit. But the way he won this game was quite excellent. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Shirov doesn't go for the sharpest lines beginning with Qg4. Qa5 8.Bd2 Nbc6 9.a4 Bd7 10.Bb5 a6 11.Bd3 c4 12.Be2 The queenside is now closed. White has a clear plan of attack on the kingside with f4-f5. Hence, Black will castle queenside. Yet White will have to go for f4-f5 because that is the only active plan he has in the position. Because White's king will be on that wing, the position will become quite sharp. But, it will take several moves as the position is closed and a tempo doesn't really matter. h6 13.0-0 0-0-0 14.Bc1 Kb8 14...Qxc3 15.Bd2+- 15.Ba3 Nc8 15...Qxc3 16.a5!? Nf5 17.Bc5 16.Qd2 Ka8 17.Nh4 Rdg8 17...g5 18.Nf3 Later the knight will move and f4 will come in, when Black would either have to allow f5 or after gxf4, the f7 point would be weak. 18.g3 Nb8 19.f4 g6 20.Ng2 Bc6 21.Ne3 Nd7 22.Bf3 Qc7 23.a5 h5 Black has built up some sort of a fortress which prevents White from expanding on the kingside. However, it is not so easy to stop Shirov! 23...Qxa5 This is a pawn you don't usually touch. White will be able to sacrifice something soon and open lines against the black king. 24.Bb4 Rd8 25.Qg2 Nb8 26.Rfb1 h4 Maybe Harika could have just waited and seen what Shirov would do. But it is not such a tempting option. She advances her h-pawn, but after g4, the idea of f5 once again becomes possible. 27.g4 f6 28.Rf1 g5?! 29.f5! This is exactly what White needed. The position opens up and his pieces are excellently placed. fxe5 30.fxe6 e4 31.Bxe4! 31.Be2+- was also strong. 31...h3 32.Qe2 dxe4 33.Rf7 The queen on c7 is trapped! Nd7 34.Raf1 Rhe8 35.Qxc4+- Nd6 36.Bxd6 Qxd6 37.exd7 Rxd7 38.R1f6 Qc7 39.Rxd7 Qxd7 40.Qc5 White is not only a pawn up. His pieces are excellently placed, especially the knight on e3 is just perfect! Qc8 41.c4 Qb8 42.c3 Rg8 43.d5 Ba4 44.Rf7 Rc8 45.Qb6 Rf8 46.Rc7 Rf3 47.d6 Bc6 48.d7 Rf8 49.Qc5 Bxd7 50.Nd5 A fine game by Alexei Shirov. 1–0
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Unsurprisingly, the top performing female is Hou Yifan (Hou is pronounced like Joe, and Yifan is more like EE-fan), who bounced right back after her loss to Harika. Here she continued her rampage, this time at the expense of Elisabeth Paehtz.

After his excellent start with 5.0/6 Vidit also received words of praise from Vishy:

The loss against Eljanov in round seven was a setback for Vidit. He tried to set things straight with an aggessive intent against David Howell. But the English GM was in a peaceful mood and opted for the Alapin variation in the Sicilian. It was a game without any mistakes for both sides. Gujrathi takes on the experienced Julio Granda Zuniga in the final round.

Nothing special happened in David Howell vs Vidit Gujrathi

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1.e4 c5 Vidit would like to play some aggressive chess and this is shown by his first move. 1...c5 instead of 1...c6 or 1...e5. 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.Na3 a6 9.0-0 Bf5 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 e6 Black has equalized out of the opening without any issues. Next up would be Be7 followed by 0-0. David realizes the urgency of the situation and gets rid of his d4 pawn. 13.Qf3 Qd7 14.d5!? Nxd5 15.Rd1 Bxa3 16.bxa3 0-0 17.h4 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Rxd5 It seems like Black is losing a piece, but after Qe6 The back rank mate saves the day. 17...Rac8 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Rxd5 Qe8 20.Rxf5 Qe1+ 21.Kh2 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Qxc1 23.Qxb7 Qxa3 24.Qd5 Qe7 25.Qc4 Re8 26.a4 26.Qxa6 Qxh4+-+ 26...g6 27.Rf4 Qe6 28.Qd3 h5 29.g3 Qc6 30.Rc4 Qf6 Quite a tame draw. ½–½
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While neither Vidit or Howell could break the tie, Michael Adams put a stop to Dutch player Benjamin Bok's streak in a classy performance.

19-year-old GM Rasmus Svane (above) ran into the ever-dangerous grandmaster from the UAE, Saleh Salem

Saleh Salem - Rasmus Svane

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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 a6 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.a3 0-0 11.Qf2 Qa5 12.0-0-0 Nd7 13.Bd3 b5 14.Nd4 Qc7 15.Nf5 exf5 16.Nxd5 Qa5 17.Bd2 Bc5? A serious miscalculation. After 17...Qd8 18.Be3 b4! Black was better with a strong attack.
Black has just played the zwishenzug ...Bc5. What did he miss? White to play and win.
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Learning to mate with a bishop and knight

In the background is the game between Elisabeth Paehtz and Hou Yifan in progress (on the right is Tania Sachdev). After 66 moves the players reached the following position:

Would you be confident of checkmating your opponent with the bishop and knight? If not, you should watch the video below where I explain some of the most important features of the bishop + knight mate.

If you are a ChessBase Account Premium member you can go to Fritz Online webpage. There you can setup the position and practice it against the computer! It is the best way to learn such complex endgames.

Top level chess

Many times we see battles between two 2750+ players end in short draws. We try to think about the reason for the same and we realize that these guys have great control of their moves. Their sense of danger is immaculate and when they sniff that their position is going downhill, they quickly exchange stuff and make a draw. Not to forget, their opening preparation is superb. This is exactly what happened on the top two boards in the eighth round between Eljanov vs Caruana, and Nakamura vs So.

Fabiano Caruana was unable to stop Pavel Eljanov, with whom he drew

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Elajnov was half a point ahead of the field before the start of the eighth round. He was up against Fabiano Caruana. The latter definitely would be looking for blood as a win would mean, sole first spot. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 The Vienna variation is not seen very often at the top level, but it is provocative in nature and quite good when you are trying to play for a full point. 5.e3 5.e4 is much more active, but with a half point lead Eljanov decides to keep it solid. 5...a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxc4 We have now transposed into the Queen's Gambit Accepted territory. Nc6 8.0-0 Be7 9.Qe2 White needs to develop his pieces and hence this move seems completely logical. But because a6 and a4 have been added, Black can now win the pawn on d4. The point of a6 being added is that the b5 square is covered and moves like Nb5 or Bb5 will no longer be possible. cxd4 10.Rd1 10.exd4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Qxd4 is fine for Black. 10...e5 11.exd4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Qe5 This is all well known theory. White is going to win back his piece, but overall it seems highly unlikely that he can fight for an edge in this position. Qd6 14.Qxd4 Qxd4 15.Rxd4 Bc5 16.Rd1 16.Rd3 was tried by Koneru against Ju Wenjun recently, but it doesn't change the evaluation of the position. 16...0-0 17.h3 Be6 17...Bf5 is met with the strong 18.Bd5! when it is not so easy to defend the b7 pawn. 18.Bxe6 fxe6 That's a common idea. The e6 pawn will not be very weak. Meanwhile it was important to get rid of the important c4 bishop. 19.Kf1 Nd5 20.f3 Nxc3 21.bxc3 Rac8 22.Rb1 b6 23.Re1 Rc6 24.Re4 Rd8 25.Bf4 Kf7 26.Be5 Rd2 27.Rg4 g6 28.Ke1 Rd5 28...Ra2 29.Rd1 Ke7 30.Rd2= 29.Rf4+ Ke7 30.Re4 Bd6 31.Bd4 Theoretically it was an excellent result for Caruana, but judging from the tournament situation it was just what Eljanov needed. He is now half point ahead with just one round to go! ½–½
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Nakamura would have been itching for revenge against So but was unable to hurt him

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Battles between Nakamura and Wesley So are always interesting. In their last encounter Wesley won with the white pieces at the Sinquefield Cup. So Nakamura was surely angling for a revenge. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.0-0-0 Theory has been growing in the f3 line of the Grunfeld. This opposite side castling position is quite sharp and not everything has been worked out here. Hence, there is quite some scope for experimentation and new ideas. Qd6 10.Nb5 Qd7 11.Kb1 Rd8 12.d5 a6 13.Nc3 Qe8 14.Qc1 Na5 15.Bf4 15.h4 is the main line and has been already seen between Nakamura and So in their Ultimate Moves Blitz Challenge. 15...Rd7 16.Bh6 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 e6 Black has to sooner or later break in the centre. 17...c6 18.Qe3 Nbc4 19.Bxc4 Nxc4 20.Qc5 18.Nh3 Threatening Ng5. Qf8 19.Qxf8+ Kxf8 20.Nf4 exd5 21.Nfxd5 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 b5 White hasn't found anything special out of the opening and this looks like heading towards a dull draw. 23.Be2 c6 24.Rxd7 Bxd7 25.Rc1 Be6 26.Nd1 Rd8 27.Ne3 Rd2 28.Rc2 Rxc2 29.Nxc2 c5 30.b4 Nb7 31.a4 31.a4 cxb4 32.Nxb4 a5 33.Nc6 bxa4 34.Bb5 Nd6 35.Bxa4 Bd7= will end in a draw. ½–½
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Top results of Round 8 (on Oct. 8 2016)

Bo. No. Ti. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Ti. Name Rtg No.
1 5 GM Eljanov Pavel 2741 6½ ½-½ 6 GM Caruana Fabiano 2813 1
2 3 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 5 ½-½ 5½ GM So Wesley 2794 2
3 4 GM Adams Michael 2745 5 1-0 5 GM Bok Benjamin 2594 26
4 8 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2687 5 1-0 5 GM Grandelius Nils 2642 22
5 21 GM Howell David W L 2644 5 ½-½ 5 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2686 9
6 10 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2684 5 1-0 5 GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan 2536 35
7 11 GM Shirov Alexei 2679 5 1-0 5 GM Harika Dronavalli 2528 36
8 29 GM Donchenko Alexander 2581 5 ½-½ 5 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2653 15
9 6 GM Leko Peter 2709 4½ ½-½ 5 IM Wallace John Paul 2355 74
10 33 GM Shyam Sundar M. 2552 4½ ½-½ 4½ GM Fressinet Laurent 2676 13
11 14 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2670 4½ 1-0 4½ WIM Shvayger Yuliya 2405 63
12 16 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2650 4½ 1-0 4½ GM Svane Rasmus 2552 34
13 18 GM Granda Zuniga Julio E 2648 4½ 1-0 4½ IM Batsiashvili Nino 2480 44
14 37 GM Vishnu Prasanna. V 2522 4½ ½-½ 4½ GM Gupta Abhijeet 2626 23
15 38 GM Schroeder Jan-Christian 2514 4½ ½-½ 4½ GM Van Foreest Jorden 2615 24
16 45 IM Puranik Abhimanyu 2471 4½ ½-½ 4½ GM L'ami Erwin 2605 25
17 71   Hemant Sharma (del) 2371 4½ 0-1 4½ GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 2564 32
18 12 GM Movsesian Sergei 2677 4 1-0 4½ GM Illingworth Max 2465 46
19 49 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2459 4 0-1 4 GM Hou Yifan 2649 17
20 62 IM Tania Sachdev 2414 4 ½-½ 4 GM Meier Georg 2648 19
21 52 IM Visakh N R 2456 4 ½-½ 4 GM Bachmann Axel 2645 20
22 66 FM Merry Alan B 2388 4 0-1 4 GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2593 27
23 28 GM Lalith Babu M R 2586 4 ½-½ 4 IM Lou Yiping 2458 50
24 31 GM Brunello Sabino 2566 4 1-0 4 IM Karavade Eesha 2421 60
25 67 IM Houska Jovanka 2386 4 0-1 4 IM Zumsande Martin 2490 42

Top standings after Round 8

Rk. SNo Ti. Name FED Rtg
 TB1 
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rtg+/-
1 5 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2741
7.0
 2919
14.8
2 1 GM Caruana Fabiano USA 2813
6.5
 2872
6.3
3 2 GM So Wesley USA 2794
6.0
 2776
0.3
  4 GM Adams Michael ENG 2745
6.0
 2765
2.6
  8 GM Rodshtein Maxim ISR 2687
6.0
 2821
14.4
  10 GM Naiditsch Arkadij AZE 2684
6.0
 2798
9.9
  11 GM Shirov Alexei LAT 2679
6.0
 2789
9.6
8 3 GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2787
5.5
 2712
-5.5
  9 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2686
5.5
 2707
3.1
  14 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2670
5.5
 2635
-2.7
  15 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2653
5.5
 2574
-5.8
  16 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2650
5.5
 2667
4.9
  18 GM Granda Zuniga Julio E PER 2648
5.5
 2611
-2.6
  21 GM Howell David W L ENG 2644
5.5
 2686
5.9
  29 GM Donchenko Alexander GER 2581
5.5
 2551
-2.1
  32 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2564
5.5
 2534
-2.0
  74 IM Wallace John Paul AUS 2355
5.5
 2689
33.4
18 6 GM Leko Peter HUN 2709
5.0
 2551
-13.9
  12 GM Movsesian Sergei ARM 2677
5.0
 2646
-2.6
  13 GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2676
5.0
 2596
-7.7
  17 GM Hou Yifan CHN 2649
5.0
 2640
0.1
  22 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2642
5.0
 2707
7.8
  23 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2626
5.0
 2587
-3.1
  24 GM Van Foreest Jorden NED 2615
5.0
 2649
4.6
  25 GM L'ami Erwin NED 2605
5.0
 2588
-0.6
  26 GM Bok Benjamin NED 2594
5.0
 2697
11.6
  27 GM Lenderman Aleksandr USA 2593
5.0
 2554
-3.1
  31 GM Brunello Sabino ITA 2566
5.0
 2572
2.1
  33 GM Shyam Sundar M. IND 2552
5.0
 2477
-6.4
  35 GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan IND 2536
5.0
 2648
12.4
  36 GM Harika Dronavalli IND 2528
5.0
 2652
13.4
  37 GM Vishnu Prasanna. V IND 2522
5.0
 2545
2.5
  38 GM Schroeder Jan-Christian GER 2514
5.0
 2564
5.5
  42 IM Zumsande Martin GER 2490
5.0
 2453
-3.2
  43 GM Gagare Shardul IND 2480
5.0
 2433
-4.5
  45 IM Puranik Abhimanyu IND 2471
5.0
 2493
3.2

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Top pairings of the final round 9 (Oct. 9, 2016 at 12:30)

Bo. No. Ti. Name Rtg Pts. Res. Pts. Ti. Name Rtg No.
1 2 GM So Wesley 2794 6   7 GM Eljanov Pavel 2741 5
2 1 GM Caruana Fabiano 2813 6½   6 GM Adams Michael 2745 4
3 8 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2687 6   6 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2684 10
4 14 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2670 5½   6 GM Shirov Alexei 2679 11
5 32 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 2564 5½   5½ GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 3
6 9 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2686 5½   5½ GM Granda Zuniga Julio E 2648 18
7 15 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2653 5½   5½ GM Howell David W L 2644 21
8 74 IM Wallace John Paul 2355 5½   5½ GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2650 16
9 13 GM Fressinet Laurent 2676 5   5½ GM Donchenko Alexander 2581 29
10 35 GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan 2536 5   5 GM Leko Peter 2709 6
11 36 GM Harika Dronavalli 2528 5   5 GM Movsesian Sergei 2677 12
12 17 GM Hou Yifan 2649 5   5 GM Brunello Sabino 2566 31
13 22 GM Grandelius Nils 2642 5   5 GM Shyam Sundar M. 2552 33
14 23 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2626 5   5 GM Schroeder Jan-Christian 2514 38
15 24 GM Van Foreest Jorden 2615 5   5 GM Vishnu Prasanna. V 2522 37
16 25 GM L'ami Erwin 2605 5   5 GM Gagare Shardul 2480 43
17 26 GM Bok Benjamin 2594 5   5 IM Puranik Abhimanyu 2471 45
18 27 GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2593 5   5 WGM Enkhtuul Altan-Ulzii 2302 86
19 42 IM Zumsande Martin 2490 5   4½ GM Wang Hao 2701 7
20 19 GM Meier Georg 2648 4½   4½ IM Kiewra Keaton F 2454 53
21 20 GM Bachmann Axel 2645 4½   4½ IM Praggnanandhaa R 2442 54
22 77 FM Kavutskiy Konstantin 2332 4½   4½ GM Lalith Babu M R 2586 28
23 34 GM Svane Rasmus 2552 4½   4½ IM Visakh N R 2456 52
24 55 GM Sundararajan Kidambi 2429 4½   4½ GM Hillarp Persson Tiger 2513 39
25 44 IM Batsiashvili Nino 2480 4½   4½ IM Alvarado Diaz Alejandro 2425 58
26 46 GM Illingworth Max 2465 4½   4½ IM Tania Sachdev 2414 62
27 48 GM Ushenina Anna 2459 4½   4½   Hemant Sharma (del) 2371 71
28 50 IM Lou Yiping 2458 4½   4½ IM Das Arghyadip 2400 64
29 63 WIM Shvayger Yuliya 2405 4½   4½ GM Romanishin Oleg M 2456 51

Full pairings of all 63 boards

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Sagar is an International Master from India with two GM norms. He loves to cover chess tournaments, as that helps him understand and improve at the game he loves so much. He is the co-founder and CEO of ChessBase India, the biggest chess news portal in the country. His YouTube channel has over a million subscribers, and to date close to a billion views. ChessBase India is the sole distributor of ChessBase products in India and seven adjoining countries, where the software is available at a 60% discount. compared to International prices.

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