Tata Steel Chess India - Live!

9/9/2023 – The Tata Steel Chess India tournaments are taking place from August 31 to September 9 at the Bhasa Bhawan Auditorium of the majestic National Library in Kolkata. The blitz section of the men’s event is being played from Friday to Saturday, with five Indian stars facing five international grandmasters. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 11.30 CEST (5.30 ET, 15.00 IST)

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Men’s Blitz - Day 2

The men’s events are taking place from on September 5-9. Three days of rapid chess will be followed by two days of blitz.

Rapid: A single 10-player round-robin, with 3 rounds played per day. The time control is 25 minutes for the entire game, with an increment of 10 seconds from move 1.

Blitz: A double 10-player round-robin, with 9 rounds played per day. The time control is 3 minutes with an increment of 2 seconds from move 1.

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In this Fritztrainer: â€œAttack like a Super GMâ€ with Gukesh we touch upon all aspects of his play, with special emphasis on how you can become a better attacking player.

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Top-notch rapid and blitz action in Kolkata!

8/30/2023 – The Indian edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament returns for a much-anticipated fifth edition. Once again, a women’s event and a men’s event will take place one after the other. World champion Ju Wenjun will head the women’s field, while five international grandmasters will face the likes of Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa in the men’s tournament.

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Women’s World Championship - All games

7/22/2023 – Ju Wenjun claimed her fourth Women’s World Champion title after clinching a crucial victory in the decisive, final, 12th game of the match against challenger Lei Tingjie. With this victory, Ju has now equalled the record set by her compatriot Hou Yifan, both having won the world crown four times. Apart from defending the title, Ju also won €300,000 in prize money, while €200,000 went to the runner-up Lei Tingjie.

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60m Botvinnik System

The setup for White recommended by Valeri Lilov is solid and easy to play – the thematic moves are almost always the same ones: Nge2, 0-0, Bg5 (or Be3), Nd5, Qd2. Later, according to Black’s setup, things continue with f4 or even Rac1, b4 and play on the queenside. Starting with the classic Botvinnik-Spassky, Leiden 1970, the author describes this universally employable setup in 7 videos (+ intro and conclusion).

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