12/4/2022 – Two young rising stars claimed titles in the blitz section of the Tata Steel Chess India event. Arjun Erigaisi and Vaishali Rameshbabu made their country proud as they got clear victories in the 18-round tournaments organized in Kolkata. The Indians outscored top-notch opposition on their way to memorable triumphs at the imposing National Library of India. | Pictured: Nihal, Arjun, Ushenina and Vaishali | Photo: Lennart Ootes
ChessBase is a personal, stand-alone chess database that has become the standard throughout the world. Everyone uses ChessBase, from the World Champion to the amateur next door. It is the program of choice for anyone who loves the game and wants to know more about it.
Winning starts with what you know The new version 18 offers completely new possibilities for chess training and analysis: playing style analysis, search for strategic themes, access to 6 billion Lichess games, player preparation by matching Lichess games, download Chess.com games with built-in API, built-in cloud engine and much more.
Biel 2024 Chess Festival with analyses by Le Quang Liem, Donchenko, Bjerre and others. Sokolov, King and Zwirs show new opening ideas in the video. 10 repertoire articles from the Dutch to King's Indian and much more.
The 19-year-old kicked off the day with a loss against an out-of-form Nodirbek Abdusattorov, but then went on to rack up five wins in the next seven rounds to secure first place ahead of quick-play specialist Nakamura. In fact, the win that gave Arjun the triumph was achieved over the US star, who would have leapfrogged the young Indian in the standings had he scored a full point in their direct encounter.
In this Videocourse we deal with different aspects of the middlegame which are important to study and improve your general understanding of chess structures.
Arjun gained 23.8 Elo points in the blitz ratings list, where he climbed to tenth place, as he now stands ahead of the likes of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So and Indian hero Vishy Anand. Arjun is one of five under-20 players rated 2700 or above in classical chess — the new generation is here!
Naka ended the tournament with a win over Praggnanandhaa to get clear second place, a whole two points ahead of Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Parham Maghsoodloo and Vidit Gujrathi shared fourth place as the only players who finished with a fifty-percent score.
Doubtlessly, Nakamura is the pre-tournament favourite in every blitz event in which Magnus Carlsen and/or Alireza Firouzja are absent (and even when they are participating, Naka is often a contender for first place). In Kolkata, however, he was defeated three times by Arjun, once in the rapid and twice in the blitz!
In the deciding game from round 17, Naka was inches away from recovering from his two prior losses, but after failing to make the most of his winning chances, he even went on to blunder and lose the game — allowing Arjun to win the event with a round to spare.
Arjun vs. Nakamura - Round 17
This position is objectively drawn — except that this was a blitz encounter. Naka blundered the game away with 46...Be2, and resigned after 47.Qa2+, which forks king and bishop.
Hikaru Nakamura almost mounts a remarkable comeback — he scored 6½ out of 9 points on Sunday | Photo: Lennart Ootes
1.Nf32c512.g38Nc643.Bg21g634.c34Bg715.d41cxd416.cxd42d527.Nc31Nf648.Ne520-089.Nxc65bxc6210.0-02Bf51811.Bf46Nh5612.Bg5!?7 Exploring less charted territory. D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5).h61413.Be31c520
14.Nxd5N57 The position is equal.14.dxc5
14...d4!15.Bxd415.Bxa8Qxa816.Bxd4Rd815...Qxd416.Qxd4Bxd417.Bxa8Rxa814.Qd2simplifiesKh715.Na4cxd416.Bxd4Bxd417.Qxd4Nf618.Nc3Predecessor:14.Qd2Kh715.Na4c416.Nc3Be617.f3f518.Bf2Nf619.b3Rc820.Na41-0 (40) Bocharov,D (2425)-Rogovoi,M (2208) St Petersburg 200114...e6115.Nf4!10Nxf4216.Bxf46
aiming for e4.16.gxf4cxd417.Bxa8Qxa816...cxd4!217.Bxa824Qxa8018.f31e56 Against g419.Bd21e4320.Rc115e31:0021.Bb42Rb8322.Ba322d3423.g416Bxb22823...d2!24.gxf5dxc1Q25.Qxc1Rc826.Qxe3Qd524.gxf5±1124.Bxb2?!Rxb225.Qa425.gxf5?dxe226.Qd6exf1B-+25...dxe2=24...Bxa3125.Rc39 White is in control.dxe2626.Qxe2126.Rxa3exd1Q27.Rxd1Qxf328.Rad3Rb229.Rd8+Kg730.f6+Kh726...Bb42027.Rb31 Threatens to win with fxg6.27.Rxe3Bc528.fxg6Rf8±27...Ba5?927...g5±28.fxg6+-528.Qxe3Bb629.Rxb6Rxb6=28...fxg6528...Rxb3might work better.29.gxf7+29.axb3Qd5+-29...Kf829.Qc4+629.Rxe3Bb630.Kg2Bxe331.Qxe3Qd5=29...Kh8230.Qd4+430.Rxe3Bb631.Qf4Re8=30...Kh7031.Qd7+731.Rxe3Rb7=31.Qxe3Rg832.Qe4Bb6+33.Kh1Qc8+-31...Kh832.Qd4+332.Rxe3Bb633.Qe6Rb7=32...Kh733.Qd7+133.Rxe3Rb7=33.Qxe3Rg8+-33...Kh8234.Qe61 White wants to mate with Qe5+. The board is on fire.Inferior is34.Rxe3Bb635.Qe6Rb7=But not34.Qd4+Kh7+-34...Rxb3135.axb31 Black must now prevent Qe5+.Qf8?835...Qd8±36.Qe5+236.Qxe3?too greedy.Bb6-+36...Kh7237.Qxa52 Weighted Error Value: White=0.77/Black=0.311–0
In another result that surely made Indian fans proud, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Pragg’s sister, won the women’s blitz tournament with a 13½/18 score. Mariya Muzychuk had finished the first half of the event with a remarkable 8/9 score, but Vaishali remained at striking distance throughout.
On this DVD, well-known Indian WGM Tania Sachdev shows you how to evaluate certain positions and then find the right concepts and plans on the basis of her own games.
By the time they faced each other, in round 14 (draw), Muzychuk was still a full point ahead of the youngster. Only in the penultimate round did Vaishali grab the lead, as the Ukrainian faltered in the last hurdle, losing his final two games, against Harika Dronavalli and Nana Dzagnidze respectively. Mariya nonetheless got clear second place, while Harika finished third, much like in the rapid event.
While still in the lead, a full point ahead of Vaishali, Mariya Muzychuk faced Oliwia Kiolbasa with the black pieces. The Ukrainian had a slightly inferior position, but apparently nerves failed her in the early middlegame, as she hung a whole rook on move 24.
Kiolbasa vs. Muzychuk - Round 15
24...Ra5 attacked White’s queen, completely disregarding the fact that the queen was attacking the other rook on the back rank — 25.Qxc8+ put an end to the game.
Mariya Muzychuk | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Video: Grinding it out against an experienced opponent
Carlos Alberto ColodroCarlos Colodro is a Hispanic Philologist from Bolivia. He works as a freelance translator and writer since 2012. A lot of his work is done in chess-related texts, as the game is one of his biggest interests, along with literature and music.
The free app from ChessBase! ChessBase Mobile has everything you need as a chess player on the go:
access your chess data in cloud databases - and 13 million games.
Whether it’s a weak pawn, a vulnerable king, or poor piece coordination, this course will teach you how to pinpoint the critical targets, prioritise your attack, and execute a clear, effective plan.
Videos by Nico Zwirs: Nimzo-Indian with 4.e3 b6 and Robert Ris: French Advance Variation with 6.Na3. Alexander Donchenko analyses his winning game against Fabiano Caruana from the Saint Louis Masters 2024. “Lucky bag" with another 43 analyses by Edouard,
The Black Sniper is back – sharper and deadlier than ever! This dynamic system (1...g6, 2...Bg7, 3...c5 against 1.e4, 1.d4 and 1.c4) creates unpredictable, high-pressure positions, leaving opponents struggling to adapt.
YOUR EASY ACCESS TO OPENING THEORY: Whether you want to build up a reliable and powerful opening repertoire or find new opening ideas for your existing repertoire, the Opening Encyclopaedia covers the entire opening theory on one product.
€169.90
We use cookies and comparable technologies to provide certain functions, to improve the user experience and to offer interest-oriented content. Depending on their intended use, analysis cookies and marketing cookies may be used in addition to technically required cookies. Here you can make detailed settings or revoke your consent (if necessary partially) with effect for the future. Further information can be found in our data protection declaration.
Pop-up for detailed settings
We use cookies and comparable technologies to provide certain functions, to improve the user experience and to offer interest-oriented content. Depending on their intended use, cookies may be used in addition to technically required cookies, analysis cookies and marketing cookies. You can decide which cookies to use by selecting the appropriate options below. Please note that your selection may affect the functionality of the service. Further information can be found in our privacy policy.
Technically required cookies
Technically required cookies: so that you can navigate and use the basic functions and store preferences.
Analysis Cookies
To help us determine how visitors interact with our website to improve the user experience.
Marketing-Cookies
To help us offer and evaluate relevant content and interesting and appropriate advertisement.
