Rating Category - 1700-1799
Rank Rn Title Name Rating FED Type Prize
1 65 Lemi Daniel John 1778 PHI $30.00
2 193 Arul Anandh S P K 1729 IND U14 $20.00
3 221 Ruiz Ronald 1786 PER $10.00
4 284 Stevanky 1757 INA U14 $5.00
5 308 Heidarzadeh, Arsha 1782 0 U14 $5.00
6 309 Amirdzhanyan Vladimir 1749 RUS U12 $5.00
7 353 Ankur Mahesh Gokhale 1795 IND $5.00
8 359 Jafari, Parsa 1700 IRI U16 $5.00
9 360 Mogheyseh Abolfazl 1718 IRI U14 $5.00
10 411 Nikoo Abbaspoorrad 1763 IRI $5.00

Rating Category - 1600-1699
Rank Rn Title Name Rating FED Type Prize
1 164 Suyarov Mukhammadzokhid 1658 UZB U12 $30.00
2 178 Mishra Sanjeev 1649 IND $20.00
3 208 Ranjith Kalaiyarasan 1606 IND $10.00
4 285 Setiawan David 1699 INA $5.00
5 316 Sezdbekov, Almaz 1678 KGZ U16 $5.00
6 331 Quispe Damian Francisco 1639 PER $5.00
7 333 Hiridik Rajendran 1651 IND $5.00
8 339 Vidal Martinez Salvador 1602 MEX $5.00
9 341 Omonov Asrorjon 1667 UZB U12 $5.00
10 361 Sadeghifar Mohammadreza 1612 IRI $5.00

Rating Category - 1500-1599
Rank Rn Title Name Rating FED Type Prize
1 337 AGM Spandan Srivastava 1560 IND $30.00
2 364 Salimiyan, Behzad 1503 IRI U10 $20.00
3 377 Amangeldy Ernur 1587 KAZ U12 $10.00
4 385 Nirmal L 1565 IND U16 $5.00
5 437 Chilan Villa, Andres Jesus 1515 ECU U14 $5.00
6 459 Vakcheri Mohitha 1544 IND U14 $5.00
7 482 Naman Porwal 1570 IND $5.00
8 484 Taheri, Eliya 1591 0 U14 $5.00
9 493 Deep Das 1585 IND $5.00
10 502 Ruiz Gutierrez, Yomar 1587 BOL $5.00

Rating Category - 1400-1499
Rank Rn Title Name Rating FED Type Prize
1 400 Kesavan G 1430 IND $30.00
2 407 Chandrani Shlok 1413 IND U14 $20.00
3 413 Vigneshwaran K 1431 IND $10.00
4 427 Nemati, Mehrad 1497 IRI $5.00
5 455 Shelke Omkar 1470 IND $5.00
6 474 Nabil Nazar Mohamed 1484 SRI U14 $5.00
7 478 Guru Prakash 1402 IND U12 $5.00
8 491 Daneshvar, Kasra 1425 IRI U12 $5.00
9 588 Rahimi, Arshia 1464 IRI $5.00
10 605 Lotfifar Azadeh 1409 IRI $5.00

Rating Category - 1000-1399
Rank Rn Title Name Rating FED Type Prize
1 404 Tynyshbayev Alibek 1216 KAZ $30.00
2 432 Dakshita Kumawat 1362 IND U12 $20.00
3 460 Abhishek J R 1275 IND U14 $10.00
4 477 Zhanturin Abdulla 1176 KAZ U16 $5.00
5 479 Nitin Raghuvanshi 1379 IND $5.00
6 529 Biswa Preet Ray 1194 IND U10 $5.00
7 531 Panigrahi Dilip 1096 IND $5.00
8 558 Abrishami Amirarshia 1365 IRI $5.00
9 595 Adit Pushan Krishnaswamy 1311 IND U16 $5.00
10 609 Bhoir Paras Dilip 1251 IND U12 $5.00

Rating Category - Best Unrated
Rank Rn Title Name Rating FED Type Prize
1 290 Soto Jose 0 PER $30.00
2 463 Slabek Ryszard POL S65 $20.00
3 504 David Yong Viano Goey 0 INA U16 $10.00
4 506 Muhammed Ahmed Alhac 0 SYR $5.00
5 543 Delgado Gutierrez Juan Carlos 0 COL S50 $5.00
6 548 Guritno 0 INA $5.00
7 575 Sayantan Dey 0 IND U16 $5.00
8 577 Zaenal Arifin 0 INA $5.00
9 587 Ruiz Josaya 0 ECU U16 $5.00
10 600 Benyamin Javanshir 0 IRI $5.00

Lucky Players - Prizes
Rank Rn Title Name Rating FED Type Prize
1 50 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 2641 IND $10.00
2 100 Gholami Orimi Mahdi 2428 IRI $10.00
3 150 Garcia Gabriel Gonzaga 2240 BRA $10.00
4 200 Quiroga Jaquez Angel Ivan 2178 MEX $10.00
5 250 CM Narayanan Samrug 2100 USA U16 $10.00
6 300 IM Tologontegin Semetey 2358 KGZ $10.00
7 350 FM Vatsal Singhania 2371 IND $10.00
8 400 Kesavan G 1430 IND $10.00
9 450 WGM Khomeriki Nino 2342 GEO $10.00
10 500 FM Hosseinzadeh Nima 2231 IRI $10.00
11 550 Malekzadeh Mohammad 1752 IRI U16 $10.00
12 600 Benyamin Javanshir 0 IRI $10.00
13 650 Jimenez Jorge 1896 VEN $10.00
14 700 Ortiz Omar 1880 ECU $10.00
15 750 Roshani Soroush 1605 IRI $10.00
16 800 Narozhniy Artem 1502 RUS $10.00
17 850 FM Pesotskiy Mikhail 2245 RUS $10.00
18 900 WIM Vlasova Nataliya 2215 RUS $10.00
19 950 Alvan Muhammed Badih 1362 TUR U16 $10.00
20 1000 Pino Mohammadamin 1446 IRI U10 $10.00

Best Team : Team - Team India
Rank Rn Title Name Rating FED Type Prize
1 39 GM S.L Narayanan 2618 IND $5.00
2 43 GM Swayams Mishra 2489 IND $5.00
3 44 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2609 IND $5.00
4 50 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 2641 IND $5.00
5 51 GM Nihal Sarin 2658 IND U16 $5.00
6 52 GM Gagare Shardul 2514 IND $5.00
7 69 GM Harsha Bharathakoti 2576 IND $5.00
8 75 IM Harikrishnan.A.Ra 2429 IND $5.00
9 84 FM Srihari L R 2414 IND U16 $5.00
10 102 IM Rathanvel V S 2449 IND $5.00
11 110 IM Aronyak Ghosh 2436 IND $5.00
12 118 IM Das Sayantan 2431 IND $5.00
13 156 FM Aaryan Varshney 2277 IND U16 $5.00
14 171 Ritviz Parab 2296 IND $5.00
15 183 IM Krishna Teja N 2378 IND $5.00
16 215 IM Srijit Paul 2312 IND $5.00
17 228 Jain Naveen 2036 IND $5.00
18 245 GM Sengupta Deep 2527 IND $5.00
19 246 GM Iniyan P 2506 IND $5.00
20 262 WIM Vantika Agrawal 2286 IND $5.00
21 264 Ambarish Sharma 2001 IND $5.00
22 267 Singh Soram Rahul 2051 IND $5.00
23 280 CM Bhavesh Mahajan 2112 IND U14 $5.00
24 302 Atri Chattopadhyay 1989 IND U16 $5.00
25 320 GM Girish A. Koushik 2498 IND $5.00
26 324 Ram S. Krishnan 2297 IND $5.00
27 327 Mahindrakar Indrajeet 2129 IND $5.00
28 334 Santu Mondal 2160 IND $5.00
29 342 Shah Jeet 1976 IND U14 $5.00
30 343 Deepak Kumar R 1843 IND $5.00
31 346 FM Syed Anwar Shazuli 2239 IND $5.00
32 350 FM Vatsal Singhania 2371 IND $5.00
33 352 Pavan B N B 2068 IND $5.00
34 357 Manigandan S S 2154 IND $5.00
35 358 Subramanian R M 1832 IND $5.00
36 366 Debankan Dhara 2016 IND $5.00
37 373 WIM Chitlange Sakshi 2167 IND $5.00
38 386 Chidvilash Sai Surapaneni 1624 IND U12 $5.00
39 392 WFM Hilmi Parveen 1809 IND $5.00
40 393 FM Manish Anto Cristiano F 2340 IND U16 $5.00

Via http://gpntb.ru, 2 photos of Kasparov & his team, during his first World Championship cycle.
#1 In Vilnius (during the Candidates' final v. Smyslov) with Timoshchenko, Nikitin & Vladimirov.
# In Moscow (during the match v. Karpov) with the addition of Dorfman.

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"The scheme of a game is played on positional lines; the decision of it, as a rule, is effected by combinations."

🔸 Richard Reti

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Christiansen, the great tactician!
Black to move and win material.

From Miguel A Quinteros 0-1 Larry M. Christiansen, Linares (1981)

Historical riddle: Petrosian vs Tal, Curacao 1962

https://en.chessbase.com/post/historical-riddle-petrosian-vs-tal-curacao-1962

Move of the Day!

Carefully consider all candidate moves in today's daily chess puzzle
Stoltz - Kotov, Interzonal, Saltsjobaden 1952

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/95942

Daily chess puzzle
Maghsoodloo - Manukian, Titled Tuesday 2020
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/153458

Difficult daily chess puzzle
Hamedi Nia - Gunina, Djerba Women Online 2020
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/151926

Sokolin - Fernandez, Titled Tuesday 2020
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/154044

Skatchkov - Baradaran, Titled Tuesday 2020

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/149957

Lttle talent thinks like a true champ

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Blitz World Number One outplaying Russian champ

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Happy 42nd birthday to Anna Zatonskih! 🎊🎈🎉🎁🎂

Currently the third-rated female player in the U.S., Zatonskih is a four-time U.S. Champion. She won a silver team medal at the Calvia 2004 Olympiad and a bronze team medal and gold board medal at the Dresden 2008 Olympiad.

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Anna Zatonskih.

http://wtharvey.com/zato.html

This weekend Vishy Anand, Vasyl Ivanchuk and Vladimir Kramnik will not only be playing Banter Blitz but taking part in live Q&A sessions! https://chess24.com/en/read/news/q-a-with-vishy-anand-and-more-chess-legends