D Gukesh defeated Thai Dai Van Nguyen (CZE) in Round 2 of Prague International Chess Festival 2024 Masters. The Czech Republic no.2 made an exchange sacrifice, which did not work out the way he wanted. A blunder in time trouble cost R Praggnanandhaa his game against Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI). He emerged an early sole leader 2/2. Vidit Gujrathi drew against Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) comfortably. Gukesh vs Vidit and Praggnanandhaa vs Richard Rapport (ROU) will take place in Round 3. Aansh Nandan Nerurkar has won his second game in-a-row, to gain an early sole lead 2/2. Round 3 for Masters, Challengers and Futures start today at 3 p.m. local time, 7:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival
BREAKING CHESS NEWS
Arjun Erigaisi set to face Giri, Dubov, Yangyi and co. at 5th Shenzhen Masters 2024
The fifth edition of Shenzhen Masters 2024 starts today. Arjun Erigaisi will be the sole Indian taking part in this event. Anish Giri (NED) who won the third edition in 2019, will be the highest rated player in the field. The winner of the fourth edition in 2021, Yangyi Yu is the highest rated Chinese player in the mix. Former World Rapid champion, Daniil Dubov will also be seen in action. The remaining four players are - Vladislav Artemiev, Xiangzhi Bu (CHN), Qun Ma (CHN) and Xiangyu Xu (CHN). Arjun got number one at the draw of lots. He will face Xiangyu in the first round. Round 1 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 12:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Shahid Ahmed
A PSEUDO THREE-MOVER
In the position below, if it had been Black's turn to play, White would achieve mate in three moves with 1...Kg1 2.Ne2+ Kh1 3.Nf2#. However, it is White to play in the diagram; White can't pass their turn, nor is there a waiting move to retain the favourable position. Hence, White has to use more moves to mate Black. Can you see how?
Hannes Baumann, Schweizerische Schachzeitung, 2017
White to play and mate in 7
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LATEST NEWS OF THE WEEK
Prague Masters 2024 R2: Gukesh beats Thai Dai Van
Mitrabha Guha convincingly wins Gold at Commonwealth 2023-24, Rohith Silver and Deepan Bronze
GM Mitrabha Guha defeated the sole leader IM S Rohith Krishna in the final round to win Commonwealth Chess Championship 2023-24. Unlike last edition, Mitrabha ensured that he plays for Gold by going for nothing but the win. That is what he achieved by scoring a hat-trick of wins to finish the event at the top. Rohith secured Silver. GM Deepan Chakkravarthy and GM Vignesh N R also scored 7/9 each like Rohith. Deepan won Bronze due to better tie-breaks. Vignesh claimed Gold in the Blitz Open event scoring 9/11. This time he ensured no tie-breaks were needed by finishing a half point ahead of the rest. GM Jingyao Tin (SGP) and GM Swapnil S Dhopade scored 8.5/11 each. They won Silver and Bronze medal respectively. WGM Nandhidhaa P V secured the Bronze medal in the Women's category of the Classical event. Photo: FM FT K Visweswaran
8-year-old Ashwath Kaushik becomes the youngest ever to beat a Grandmaster in Classical Chess
In a world where experience is often said to take the lead, Young prodigies are proving it wrong. A 8 year old boy defeated a Grandmaster in Classical Chess and becomes the youngest ever to break this world record! Ashwath Kaushik from Singapore made history by becoming the youngest player to defeat a Grandmaster in Classical Chess at the tender age of 8 years, 6 months and 11 days. This victory over GM Jacek Stopa from Poland marked a significant highlight of the Burgdorfer Stadthaus Open in Switzerland. Tina Popli writes about Ashwath's remarkable feat and his journey so far. Photo: David Llada
Six new champions crowned at 11th National Amateur Chess Championships 2024
The eleventh edition of National Amateur Chess Championships 2024 witnessed a total participation of 620 players from 27 different states, union territories and units across the nation. Six new champions were crowned in six different rating categories. They are: Shreyas (DEL) - Below 1700 Open, Ruhani Raj Asudani (GUJ) - Below 1700 Women, Devansh Shah (MAH) - Below 2000 Open, Saniya Rafique Tadavi (MAH) - Below 2000 Women, Harish Sharma (DEL) - Below 2300 Open and Shanmathi Sree S (TN) in Below 2300 Women. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹300000. It was organized by Jaipur District Chess Association at Sawai Man Singh Indoor Stadium in Jaipur, Rajasthan from 13th to 17th February 2024. Photo: IA Asit Baran Choudhury
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