Harikrishna is in 2700 FIDE ELO rating bracket

Harikrishna photo by Zee India

On the Live Chess ratings list as of today, Harikrishna is in the 2700 ELO Chess rating list at 2704. He had a good start in the Tata Steel Chess tournament at Wijk aan Zee with a win over Anish Giri.

Chess Player Profile Almira Skripchenko

Almira Skripchenko is known as one of the most beautiful Woman Chess players in the World. Born in 1976, Almira is currently ranked No. 44 in the World women Chess Ranking list. Her ELO rating is 2436. Her peak rating was 2498. Almira is an International Master (Open category).

Almira's biggest achievement was winning the European Women's Championship in 2001. She also reached the quarterfinals of the World Chess Championships thrice. She plays in the German League (Bundesliga) for Werder Bremen and also plays for two other French clubs.

Almira first married Joel Lautier but separated a few years later. She married Laurent Fressinet later. She was already a French citizen (originally hails from Moldova).

Here's an interesting game where she beats her future husband!


Almira's favorite opening from the black side is the Sicilian defence.

Apart from her obvious popularity in Chess, Almira is also an active participant on the Poker circuit and is rumored to have earned over $ 250, 000 in her career. Here's a video interview, where she talks about her Chess career to Poker people!
oAlmira is a great ambassador for the game of Chess. She even does several promotional events, such as her recent match against the famous Shogi master Yoshiharu Habu in Tokyo, which Chessbase has covered extensively.

Kasparov beats Karpov after a Rook blunder by the older GM

Kasparov overcame the dominance of Karpov in the 84-85 World Championships Chess match only in the later stages. But, he continued the improvement and registered wins more often. Here, he immediately punishes a blunderous rook move by Karpov and finishes him off.

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Carlsen beats Polgar in a quick and efficient game

Carlsen beats Judit in a game played with creativity and cleanliness.
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Tata Steel Chess 2013

The 2013 edition of Tata Steel Chess runs from 11 to 27 January 2013. Two Indian players feature in the top Grandmaster Group A section- V Anand and P Harikrishna.

Players in Grandmaster Group A

GM    Carlsen, Magnus    NOR    2861
GM    Aronian, Levon    ARM    2802
GM    Caruana, Fabiano    ITA    2781
GM    Karjakin, Sergey    RUS    2780
GM    Anand, Viswanathan    IND    2772
GM    Nakamura, Hikaru    USA    2769
GM    Wang, Hao    CHN    2752
GM    Leko, Peter    HUN    2735
GM    Giri, Anish    NED    2720
GM    Harikrishna, Pentala    IND    2698
GM    van Wely, Loek    NED    2679
GM    Sokolov, Ivan    NED    2663
GM    L'Ami, Erwin    NED    2627
GM    Hou, Yifan    CHN    2603

First India National Amateur Chess Championship

This tournament will be an official National Championship for players with ELO strength < 2000 and will be organized under the aegis of All India Chess Federation by State Level Chess Association, Madhya Pradesh (and Right Move). The tournament will form the basis for selection for the World Amateur Chess Championship.

The tournament will be played from January 26, 2013 to January 31, 2013.

The venue is Madhav Nagar Auditorium, Near Madhav Nagar Police Station
Katni,
Madhya Pradesh

Nakamura is back in the top 10 World Chess players!

Hikaru Nakamura is back into the World's elite list of players. He is rated 2769 and is placed 9th in the live chess ratings list as well as the FIDE rating list that was released on the 1st.

Gata Kamsky is now rated 2740 and is at the 17th position. He was recently the No. 1 player in the US, but lost points quite heavily in the FIDE Grand Prix series tournament at Tashkent. There is no other player from the United States in the 2700 ELO club.

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Suraj International FIDE rating Chess tourney - Kunal M and Sameer Kathmale tied after close finish

Kunal M and Sameer Kathmale tied at the top with 9 points at the Suraj International FIDE rating open Chess tournament. The tournament was organized by Suraj Sports Academy, Kupwad and Nutan Buddhibal Mandal, Sangli. The director of the tournament was Chintamani Limaye and the Chief Arbiter was Nitin Shenvi.

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1        Kunal M.    IND    2277    TN     9.0
2        Kathmale Sameer    IND    2281    SMCA    9.0
3        Snehal Bhosale    IND    2081    MAH    8.0
4        Augustin A    IND    2033    KAR    8.0
5        Phadke Sohan    IND    2175    MAH    8.0
6        Mulay Pratik    IND    2012    MAH    8.0
7        Shenvi Mohit    IND    1882    MAH    7.5
8        Kulkarni Rakesh    IND    2290    MAH    7.5
9        Akshay V Halagannavar    IND    1778    KAR    7.5
10        Kulkarni Vinayak    IND    2002    KAR    7.5
11        Boricha Ketan    IND    2164    MAH    7.5
12        Abhishek A    IND    1948    KER    7.5
13        Kapil Pawse    IND    1757    GOA    7.5
14        Atharvaa P    IND    1754    MAH    7.5
15        Nikam Ravindra    IND    1945    SMCA    7.5
16        Wagh Suyog    IND    1654    MAH    7.5
17        Bakshi Rutuja    IND    1845    MAH    7.0
18        Ojas Kulkarni    IND    1602    KAR    7.0
19        Kumthekar Shubham    IND    1768    MAH    7.0
20        Madkar Atharva    IND    1680    MAH    7.0
21        Mohd Khaja Abdul Latheef S    IND    1808    AP    7.0
22        Harsh Mangesh Ghag    IND    1777    MAH    7.0
23        Patil Jitendra    IND    1791    MAH    7.0
24        Mandhare Hemant Kumar    IND    2114    SMCA    7.0
25        Sawardekar Pravin    IND    1766    SMCA    7.0