When the world stood still around him, frozen under a vicious pandemic, little Advay was busy moving his pawns. 8-year-old Advay Dhoot was practising hard for his new milestone in a path driven by passion and perseverance.
Magnus Carlsen Bags His Fifth Title at the FIDE World Chess Championship
Magnus Carlsen has etched his name in gold once again! The 6th game of the world championship match between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Magnus Carlsen spilled over midnight as Carlsen sealed his dominance as the World Champion. Held in Dubai, the match reflected Carlsen's patience over 136 moves. The inspiring victory took 7 hours and 45 minutes. First time in history, Game 6 became the longest game of the world championship carrying a legacy of 135 years.
Talent v/s Training: Mentoring or Mind power?
It was yet another stimulus for Indian teen chess as the country’s 15 year old chess prodigy R. Praggnanandhaa clinched the $12,500 worth title in the Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour on 17 October 2021. While the victory helped him secure a spot in the Meltwater Champions Tour in 2022, yet another young player retained his title at the Junior Speed Chess Championship.
The Era of Arjun Erigaisi: A Promising Move for Indian Chess
The year 2021 seems to have held out the jackpot for India’s young GM Arjun Erigiasi as he struck it lucky again with his impressive win at the "Tata Steel Chess India Rapid" in Nov 2021.
FIDE World Women Team Chess Championship 2021
The Chess Super League: An Indian Makeover for Online Chess
The pandemic-induced popularity of online chess, surplused by the highly popular Netflix series Queen's Gambit has turned a never-before spotlight on the elite sport. Back home, the streaming sessions by influencers like International Master Sagar Shah and stand-up comedian cum chess enthusiast Samay Raina have further brought Indian youth closer to the good old board game and its intricate gaming techniques.
FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2021: A run through the victories & losses
The Morals of Chess: A Peek into the Non Cognitive Dimensions of the Sport
In his 1786 essay "The Morals of Chess", Benjamin Franklin, wrote,”The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits, ready on all occasions.”
Wrong Moves: Netflix's Queen's Gambit trips over sexist dialogue
When Netflix replaced HBO with a bang in the 2021 Emmy awards, seldom did the streaming services giant anticipate the smoke that would shroud one of its most popular shows in controversy. Mid-September, Netflix bagged as many as 44 awards in the 2021 Emmy Awards sidelining the reigning title holder HBO. The popular Netflix shows The Crown and The Queen’s Gambit grabbed the most number of awards.
ONLINE CHESS OLYMPIAD 2021: INDIA KICK-STARTS AGAINST EGYPT
The FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2021: Second Innings for Indian Glory?
7 Integral Rules of Chess You Can't Afford to Miss
Learning how to move the pieces around on a chessboard may sound exciting. But when it comes to competitive chess, you must not merely get familiar with every rule, but master those indispensable moves to ensure a win. A lack of deep knowledge and practice of these could land you in trouble even in a possible winning situation.
Berlin voted the chess capital for the year 2022; will host the Grand Prix 2022 Series
The prize fund for each event is EUR 150,000, which is a EUR 20,000 increase from 2019. Three events will comprise the 2022 Grand Prix, set to happen between February and April of next year. Each event of the Grand Prix will consist of a round-robin group stage followed by a knockout stage. The total prize fund for the Grand Prix is €350,000, with €150,000 for each event.
World Chess Championships: The Indian Saga
As India’s No.3 Vidit Gujrathi bowed off, losing the battle to Poland’s Jan-Krzystof Duda in the quarterfinals, the Indian challenge came to an end in the FIDE Chess World Cup 2021. Though another World Chess Champion title coming home seems a far-fetched dream now, India has a glorious past to look back and swell over.
Vidit Gujrathi Enters the Quarter Finals of FIDE Chess World Cup 2021
Abhimanyu Mishra: A Rendezvous with Determination
Abhimanyu Mishra, became the world's youngest chess grandmaster in June 2021 at the age of 12 years, 4 months and 25 days, breaking the 19-year-old record of Sergey Karjakin in Budapest. Karjakin, who had played against Magnus Carlsen in the world championship in 2016, earned his title at the age of 12 years and 7 months.
Moves Beyond the Board: A Retrospective on International Chess Day
The chess world celebrated the International Chess Day on the 20th of July. With the newfound glamour and attention the sport received during the past year thanks to the online boom and Netflix’s Queen's Gambit, netizens over the globe hit the social media with chess quotes, funny memes, greetings and messages.
Revolutionary Design Concepts in Chess: The chess set that lights up!
No-Castling Chess: The New Chess Variant
Come July, and Dortmund in Germany will swing back to its mood, getting ready for the Sparkassen Chess Trophy or the “Dortmunder Schachtage” as it is originally referred to. A decades-old tradition of the City, the annual chess festival bounces back from the pandemic slump with an added flavour: It will be chess sans Castling!
