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To play openings like a grandmaster - that's probably what most ambitious amateurs want. The first and not so easy step is to choose openings for your own repertoire. Would you like to do this with a world-class grandmaster? Of course you would! In the new two-part video course "A Supergrandmaster's Guide to Openings with Anish Giri", Anish Giri introduces (almost) all openings in an instructive way, categorises their relevance and tells fascinating stories from the world of el...

Unichess and Emmedi Sport ASD invite you to Sardinia World Chess Festival 2024. The inaugural edition of this festival is offering a total prize fund of €50100. The top three prizes are €10000, €6000 and €4000 each. There are three categories - Open A (>1999), Open B (<2000) and Open C (<1600). There are 15 main prizes in Open A and ten each in Open B and C. That's not all. Total 78 prizes are up for grabs. Entry is FREE for players rated above 2450. For everyone else, entry...

The 86th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament is taking place on January 13-28 in Wijk aan Zee. Both the Masters and the Challengers 1re 14-player single round-robin events. Ding Liren, the current classical world champion, is the top seed in the Masters, which also features Ju Wenjun, the women’s world champion, in the lineup. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 14.00 CET (8.00 ET, 18.30 IST)

One of the highlights of the “Helmets 4 Life” program was the distribution of free helmets to each participant with a Learner’s License (LL) or Driving License (DL), generously sponsored by Need Base India.

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Going into the rest day, the Women’s Grand Swiss has a sole leader in Anna Muzychuk, who defeated Bibisara Assaubayeva with the white pieces on Monday. In the open, eight players are sharing the lead with 4½/6 points each, as Fabiano Caruana, Vidit Gujrathi, Javokhir Sindarov, Alexandr Predke and Radoslaw Wojtaszek grabbed full points to join the leading pack. | Photo: Anna Shtourman

She is the 8-year-old prodigy taking the British chess scene by storm. He is a 79-year-old who reached the top as British Champion way back in 1965. Both are united over a love of the ancient game. Chess.com brought together Harrow schoolgirl Bodhana Sivanandan and Peter Lee, the former England international and the only person who has won British championships in both chess and bridge. | Image: chess.com

Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Erigaisi and Vidit have made it 4 Indians out of the 8 mens quarterfinalists. Meanwhile, Harika lost her quarterfinal match on the womens side.

16-year-old Dommaraju Gukesh is one of the brightest talents of India and World Chess. He is now World no.18 with a FIDE Rating of 2730. The current India no.2 graced the ChessBase India Chess Club with his presence on Saturday, 18th March 2023. There was a big challenge in front of him – he was to give a simultaneous exhibition to 21 players, with the top five seeds having an Elo rating of over 2000. The spectacular even simul was held at the Phoenix Marketcity Mall in Mumbai. | Photo: Abhyud...

We have reported extensively on the WR Chess Masters 2023, which ended on Sunday in Düsseldorf, Germany. Today we bring you unique impressions of the opinions and mood of the participants on the final days of this wonderful event. They were recorded by IM Sagar Shah, who runs ChessBase India and one of the biggest video chess portals in the world. Just sit back and enjoy.