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The Story of GM
Written by Praful Zaveri 09 June 2008
This is the
story of Govind Mohan Lal, affectionately known as
'GM'in the Chess
Circuit!
He had a bad day in the office and he was
livid with himself. He had drawn his crucial 6th round game against
his old foe that had pushed him into the joint 2nd spot with a score
of 5 points. Had he won that game, he would have propelled himself into the top
of the table. And, with 3-rounds remaining, would have been favourite to win
this championship.
Read the full story with very interesting
analyzed chess games.
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Random Simultaneous Chess Display by GM Abhijit Kunte and WGM Swati Ghate
Written by content team 05 June 2008
67 players played in the Random Simultaneous Chess
Display by GM Abhijit Kunte and WGM Swati Ghate-Teli. 4 games drawn and in
3 games the GMs had to face the defeat. Abhijit started the play with his
first move against Mr. Rahul Solapurkar, noted film personality. Swati
commenced her play with her first move against Mr. Ninad Bedekar, the
noted historian and Executive President of VHP, Pune.
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Peter Leko vs Magnus Carlsen in Miskolc : Carlsen defeats Leko 5-3
Written by content team 3 June 2008
Magnus Carlsen of Norway won the Miskolc rapid math
series by defeating Hungarian top Grand Master and the local hero Peter
Leko. In the eight match series first three games resulted in draws. In
the fourth and seventh game Carlsen defeated Leko, other games end up with
draw results. Carlsen managed to win the tournament without any defeat but
he escaped very narrowly in few games, especially in the second half of
the tournament.
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Ivanchuk wins Leon rapid 2008, defeats Anand in final.
Written by content team 02 June 2008
Ukrainian Grand Master Vassily Ivanchuk beat
Indian Grand Master Viswanathn Anand in the final game of the rapid chess
event in Leon. Ivanchuk took lead in the first game by defeating Anand
with black pieces. Anand bounced back in the second game with black
pieces. Third game resulted in a draw. Anand blundered in the nimzo-indian
opening, game lasted only 16 moves.
Ivanchuk won the Leon Rapid Chess title by 2.5-1.5.
Anand was the favorite for this event not only because he is the current
no. 1 in the FIDE rating list but he had won this event consecutively in
the years 2005, 2006 and 2007.
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China may host a Grand Slam chess tournament in 2010, USA would join next year
Written by content team 29 May 2008
One of the founders of the Grand Slam Chess
Association and Director of the super chess tournament M-Tel Masters
Silvio Danailov would like to see China hosting a Grand Slam tournament in
the near future, most likely in 2010.
Sponsors might be attracted not only by the Chinese market, but also by
the publicity they can get from the international coverage that a
high-class tournament receives from the foreign media.
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India got 19 FIDE Licensed Chess Trainers!
Written by content team 28 May 2008
Recently the FIDE Trainer and Instructor Courses was held in India for the
first time at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on May 1. Among the
19 chess trainers who came from all over India, four got FIDE Chess
Trainer title, seven obtained the FIDE Chess Instructor title, three
received the National Chess Instructor and five took the Development Chess
Instructor title.
Few months back, there were just 2-3 Indian names in the FIDE approved
Chess Instructors list, which was really very surprising and
disappointing. In the last year, LatestChess published an article on
FIDE's Chess Trainers course with all the
details of the training program to encourage chess coaches to attend
FIDE's chess training programs.
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Gujarat the first and only state government in India to start chess programs in Schools
Written by content team 27 May 2008
Chess has been part of the curriculum for most
Russian schools for over 40 years. Adolescents were encouraged to play
chess at a very early age to increase their problem solving and reasoning
skills. The game of chess is a terrific way for young people to learn
skills of strategy, logic, planning and other important intellectual
disciplines in a fun, friendly and mildly competitive environment.
Gujarat government has decided to promote chess in schools. Students in
Gujarat would be offered chess coaching to boost their thinking skills
under an idea being pushed from within State Government. This has been
announced in the last week by Gujarat State Chess Association president
and Home Minister Amit Shah. Gujarat is the the first and only state
government in India to start chess programs in schools.
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Interview with IM Yelena Dembo
Written by content team 26 May 2008
Yelena Dembo is a Russian born Women's Grandmaster and International
Master currently rated at 2429 Elo, which places her at 43rd in the
women's chess
world rankings. She is also one of the
top rated players at Chess.com site. She
is a professional chess player and trainer with students from more than 30
countries. Her first chess book - "Play the Grünfeld" was published in the
last year.
Ryan Emmett caught up with Yelena after her rousing performance at the
recent
European Individual Chess Championships
in Bulgaria, where she finished just half a point behind the winner and
narrowly lost out in the tie-breaks for a medal.
In this interview with
IM Yelena Dembo,
she talks about her family, chess performances, school and chess etc.
We hope our readers would enjoy reading the interview with snaps and
famous games of IM Yelena Dembo.
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Ivanchuk wins M-Tel Masters Chess Championship 2008
Written by content team 23 May 2008
Ukrainian Grand Master Vassily Ivanchuk beat
Armenian Levon Aronian with black pieces in 44-moves in the penultimate
game. In a Slav Defense game, Ivanchuk had two rooks and a bishop against
a queen for Aronian, he won the game easily in the end game.
He beat the lowest rated Cheparinov with the black
pieces to claim the title.
Winning a category 20 event with a wide margin of 1.5-point is definitely
an achievement. He scored 8/10 with a very high ELO performance of 2977.
Ivanchuk beat all the players once, while he beat Cheparinov twice.
Report with closing ceremony pictures
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M-Tel Masters 2008: Chess World Champion's chair sold for BGN 10,000!
Written by content team 22 May 2008
The chair on which the 19th World Chess Champion Veselin Topalov is sitting
during the games of the super chess tournament M-Tel Masters 2008 was sold
for BGN 10 000. The antiquarian chair was purchased by the businessman Ivo
Krastev and will be put in a new bar by the lake Ariana in Sofia. The
gathered money will be used for the award fund of the circuit of
children’s chess tournaments M-Tel Masters Junior starting this year.
The legendary player of FC Barcelona and the
Bulgarian National Football Team Hristo Stoichkov and the 10th chess World
Champion met at M-Tel Masters. The two legends of world sport talked about
football and chess. Report with attractive pictures from the Chair
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Tiviakov and Lahno won European Individual Chess Championships 2008
Written by content team 21 May 2008
GM Sergey Tiviakov and GM Kateryna Lahno won
European Individual Chess Championships 2008. Sergey Tiviakov of the
Netherlands scored 8.5 points, he performed with 2794 rating.
GM Volkov Sergey grabbed second position scoring 8 points. In the women's
section, Kateryna Lahno scored 8.5 points without loosing a single game,
scoring four wins with the white pieces and two with the black. Five games
were drawn. She performed with 2616 rating. Report with attractive photos
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M-Tel Masters 2008: Ivanchuk beats Topalov, takes sole lead
Written by content team 14 May 2008
It was an exciting and one of the most
enjoyable game played between Ivanchuk and Topalov. Both sides had
chances, but Veselin Topalov failed to balance the position against
Vassily Ivanchuk, other games were drawn.
This is the first time two Bulgarians will play together in a FIDE XX
category tournament. Corporate Commercial Bank will award the winner in
the fourth edition of the international super chess tournament M-Tel
Masters with BGN 100 000 if he is Bulgarian. Veselin Topalov and Ivan
Cheparinov would compete for the same. Report with very funny cartoons
of Veselin Topalov, Ivan Cheparinov, Vasilly Ivanchuk, Bu Xiangzhi, Levon
Aronian, Teimour Radjabov.
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Anand wins Chess Oscar for the fifth time!
Written by content team 12 May 2008
The Chess Oscars for the World's best chess player
for his performance in 2007 has been awarded to World Champion and the
world's number one ranked chess player GrandMaster Viswanathan Anand. This
is Anand's fifth Chess Oscar, more than any other non-Russian
player. The second place was taken by Vladimir Kramnik, the third by Gata
Kamsky for his performance in the World Cup. Results were announced by
Misha Savinov, editor of the Russian chess magazine 64-Chess Review. Anand
won 130 of the 220 votes from Chess experts.
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Chess players awarded with Laptops!
Written by content team 08 May 2008
2nd Computer to chess players Award function
organized by Buddhibal Kreeda Trust was held in Manohar Mangal Karyalaya,
Pune on 17th April 2008 at 7pm.
The Function was presided by Dr. Nitin Kareer, Pune Divisional
Commissioner and Patron of Chess Players Association of India and Chief
Guest for the Function was Mr. Anil Mhaske, CEO & Managing Director of
Data care Corporation. Also present on the Dias were Abhijit Kunte
Grandmaster and Mr. Shekher Naniwadekar Trustee of Buddhibal Kreeda Trust.
Total 4 players including IM Prathesh Mokal, IM Akshayraj Kore (both Pune)
Vidit Gujrathi (Nasik) Shardul Ghagre (Nagar) were awarded with the laptop
Computers. Report with Photos
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Interview with Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk
Written by content team 10 April 2008
Alexandra
Kosteniuk is a Russian chess Grandmaster with a FIDE rating of 2523, presently
ranked eighth in the women chess world (according to April 2008 FIDE rating
list). Her most notable chess achievements include: winning the Women's European
Chess Championship in 2004, winning the Russian Women's Championship with 9/11
score and a performance rating of 2691 in 2005, winning the first Chess960
(Fischer Random Chess) women world championship beating Germany's top women
chess player Elisabeth Pahtz in 2006.
Kosteniuk has been promoting chess in the capacity of a fashion model and
ambassador of chess in order to spark interest in the game around the world.
Apart from chess, she is actively involved with writing poems, books and
articles. She loves to do fashion modelling and even has played a part in a
movie, which she considers the most fun thing she has ever done in her life.
In this interview with Alexandra Kosteniuk, she talks about her
fashion modelling hobby, Fischer Random Chess, Judith Polgar, importance of Chess in schools, her future plans
etc. We hope our readers would enjoy reading the interview with interesting
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