The 12th National School Chess Championships 2024 witnessed a participation of 885 players from 29 different states and union territories across the nation. Tamil Nadu state bagged the maximum number of medals - nine, four Gold, two Silver and three Bronze medal. Karnataka won five medals, two Gold and Silver each, and one Bronze. Kerala secured four medals, a Gold, two Silver and a Bronze. Nine out of the twelve champions - Sukriti Rhea S (TN), Oishik Mondal (WB), Divi Brijesh (KER), Rishen Jilowa (RAJ), Pratitee Bordoloi (KAR), CM Md. Reyan (BIH), Arnav Agrawal (UP), CM Shadhursshaan R (TN) and Sindhushree K (TN) in U-7 Girls, U-9 Open, U-9 Girls, U-11 Open, U-11 Girls, U-13 Open, U-15 Open, U-17 Open and U-17 Girls category respectively, remained undefeated. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy and Himank Ghosh
BREAKING CHESS NEWS
Magnus Carlsen wins the inaugural Weissenhaus Freestyle G.O.A.T. Challenge
Magnus Carlsen (NOR) defeated Fabiano Caruana (USA) in the second game of the Finals to win WEISSENHAUS Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge. After losing to D Gukesh, Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) in the Playoff Rapid, the world no.1 suffered his sole Classical time control loss against Alireza Firouzja (FRA). However, he changed his gear and drove straight towards the finish line without any speed bumps. Levon Aronian (USA) finished third by defeating Abdusattorov. Firouzja won his match versus Gukesh to finish fourth. The top five finishers have qualified to the next G.O.A.T. Challenge. The total prize fund was US$ 200000. The top three prizes were US$ 60000, $40000, $30000 each. Photos: Amruta Mokal
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LATEST NEWS OF THE WEEK
A dozen champions crowned at 12th National Schools Chess Championships 2024
45th Chess Olympiad Torch Handoff Ceremony begins FIDE's centennial celebration
45th Chess Olympiad Torch Handover ceremony marked the beginning of FIDE's year-long centennial celebration. The Olympiad Torch will travel all over the world. It started its journey from New Delhi in India. The universal torch-bearers of chess - Vishy Anand and Judit Polgar was present. The final destination of the torch will be the host of the Olympiad - Budapest, Hungary, which will take place in about seven months. FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, FIDE Deputy Chair - WGM Dana-Reizniece Ozola, Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports - Anurag Thakur, AICF President - Dr. Sanjay Kapoor, AICF Interim Secretary - A K Verma, Chairman of FIDE Advisory Board - Bharat Singh Chauhan and various other officials were present. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy
Sayantan Das clinches 1st SOA GM 2024, Diptayan Ghosh second and Sambit Panda third
GM Sayantan Das won the 1st SOA GM International Chess Festival 2024 scoring 8/10. He finished a half point ahead of the field. GM Diptayan Ghosh, IM Sambit Panda and IM Neelash Saha scored 7.5/10 each. They secured second, third and fourth place according to tie-breaks. Sayantan scored 7/8 in his last eight games after losing the second round game to WFM Ellen Fredericia Nilssen (DEN). She went on to score a WIM-norm. Sambit also made a fantastic comeback after losing his third round game in just eight moves against FM Goutham Krishna H. CM Soham Kamotra, Jethro Dino Aquino (PHI) and Vignesh Advaith Vemula scored an IM-norm each. Producing four norms has definitely made the inaugural edition of this event quite successful. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹3500000, ₹2000000 for Category A. The top three prizes are ₹300000, ₹200000 and ₹150000 along with a trophy each. Photos: IA R Anantharam
Ding Liren in Hamburg
To the surprise of everyone he won the 2023 World Championship in Astana, but then disappeared from public view. Ding Liren played just a very few games – until the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk ann Zee. There he did not do well at all. We invited him, like so many others, to come to Hamburg to do a refresher course in the use of the ChessBase software, which he did. Frederic Friedel reports. Photos ©Nils Rohde/ChessBase
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