CHESS THIS WEEK Prague Chess Festival Masters ▫️ After 4 rounds, GMs Aravindh Chithambaram (@pawnof64squares) and Praggnanandhaa (@rpraggnachess) are in the joint lead with 3/4. ▫️ Following them with two points are GMs Vincent Keymer, Le Quang Liem, Anish Giri and Sam Shankland with 2 points each. Challengers ▫️ After 4 rounds, we have 2 leaders in the Challengers section as well! GMs Nodirbek Yakubboev and Jonas Buhl Bjerre are in the joint lead with 3/4. ▫️Mirroring the Masters section, 4 players- FM Jachym Nemec, GMs Marc Andria Maurizzi, Ma Qun and Ivan Lopez- are on 2/4. 📸: Petr Vrabec/@PragueChess #ChessThisWeek #PragueChessFestival

CHESS THIS WEEK Monaco FIDE Women's Grand Prix ▫️After 5 rounds, GM Kateryna Lagno is in sole lead with 3.5 points. ▫️GM Koneru Humpy (@humpy_koneru) is in the second place with 3 points. ▫️ IM Sara Khadem (@saraakhadem) is in the third place, also with 3 points. Today is a rest day, and round 6 starts on Monday, 7:30 PM IST. Check out the compete ranking crosstable below! 📸: Niki Riga/@FIDE_chess @OnTheQueenside #ChessThisWeek #womeninchess

CHESS THIS WEEK Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025- Weissenhaus ▫️GM Vincent Keymer(@VincentKeymer04) won the tournament after defeating Fabiano Caruana with a score of 1.5-0.5 in the finals. ▫️GM Magnus Carlsen (@MagnusCarlsen) finished in the third place as he defeated Javokhir Sindarov with a score of 2-0. 📸: @chess_freestyle #ChessThisWeek #freestylechess

CHESS THIS WEEK Tata Steel Chess 2025- Masters 🥇 Praggnanandhaa R (@rpraggnachess) 🥈 Gukesh D (@DGukesh) 🥉 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (@NodirbekGM) 📸: @LennartOotes/@tatasteelchess #ChessThisWeek #tatasteelchess #praggnanandhaa

CHESS THIS WEEK Tata Steel Masters 2025 ▫️After 12 rounds, GMs D Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa are in the joint lead with 8.5 points. ▫️GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov is the only other player who can force tie-breaks if he manages to win his game today and both Gukesh and Pragg lose their games. Check out the pairings for the final round below. Games start at 4:30 PM IST today! 📸: Jurriaan Hoefsmit/@tatasteelchess #ChessThisWeek #TataSteelChess2025 #tatasteelmasters

CHESS THIS WEEK Tata Steel Chess 2025- Masters ▫️After 7 rounds, GMs Gukesh D (@DGukesh), Nodirbek Abdusattorov (@NodirbekGM) and Praggnanandhaa (@rpraggnachess) are in joint lead with 5 points. ▫️ GM Vladimir Fedoseev is closely following with 4.5 points. ▫️After 7 rounds, we have just 5 players who are still undefeated. Round 8 starts today, 6:30 PM IST. Check out the standings and pairings for round 8 below! 📸: Jurriaan Hoefsmit / @tatasteelchess #ChessThisWeek #TataSteelChess

CHESS THIS WEEK FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship 2024 In the Open section, 18 year old GM Volodar Murzin clinched the title with a score of 10/13! Top 3 finishers: 🥇 Volodar Murzin- 10/13 🥈 Alexander Grischuk- 9.5/13 🥉 Ian Nepomniachtchi (@lachesisq )- 9.5/13 In the women's section, GM Koneru Humpy clinched her second ever World Rapid title with a score of 8.5/11! Top 3 finishers: 🥇 Koneru Humpy (@humpy_koneru )- 8.5/11 🥈 Ju Wenjun- 8/11 🥉 Kateryna Lagno- 8/11 📸: Michal Walusza/ @FIDE_chess #ChessThisWeek #RapidBlitz

Qatar Masters Open Final Standings: 🥇 Andrey Esipenko (7.5/9) 🥈 Arjun Erigaisi (7/9) - @ArjunErigaisi 🥉 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (7/9) - @NodirbekGM Women's Standings: 🥇 Polina Shuvalova (5.5/9) - @poli_chess 🥈 Nandhidhaa PV (5/9) - @NandhidhaaPV 🥉 Vantika Agrawal (5/9) - @vantikachess 📸: Anna Shtourman, Abdulaziz H Alenezi/ @QatarChess #QatarMasters #ChessThisWeek

CHESS THIS WEEK GUKESH is the World Champion On November 12th 2024, GM D Gukesh became the 18th World Champion after defeating GM Ding Liren 7.5-6.5 in their 14 game match. 18 year old Gukesh is now the youngest undisputed world champion in history! As he called it, "18th @ 18" 📸: @photochess , Eng Chin An #GukeshD #GukeshWorldChampion #ChessThisWeek

CHESS THIS WEEK FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 After 10 rounds, the scores in Singapore are currently tied at 5-5. The only decisive results were observed in games 1 and 3, while all other games ended in draws. Game 11 starts today, 2:30 PM IST. 📸: @photochess #ChessThisWeek #DingGukesh #gukeshding

CHESS THIS WEEK GM @ArjunErigaisi now has a published rating of 2801! He is officially a member of the 2800 elite club. Starting on December 3rd, Arjun will be playing the Qatar Masters, as the top seed of the tournament. #ChessThisWeek #arjunerigaisi

CHESS THIS WEEK FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 The most awaited chess event of 2024, the World Chess Championship starts tomorrow, November 25th! The reigning Champion, GM Ding Liren and the youngest ever challenger to the world champion, GM D Gukesh are ready for the face off in Singapore. The opening ceremony and draw of lots concluded yesterday, Gukesh will have the white pieces in Game 1. We would love to have your thoughts about the championship in the comments below! 📸: @ChessbaseIndia / @adityasurroy21 #DingGukesh #ChessThisWeek #worldchampionship

CHESS THIS WEEK The highlight of this week is definitely the FIDE Chess Olympiad that concluded in Budapest, Hungary! It was an amazing performance by the Indian squads as they scripted history by winning the Olympiad for the first time ever. The teams clinched the titles in both Open and Women's sections. Along with this, 4 players- Gukesh D, Arjun Erigaisi, Divya Deshmukh, and Vantika Agarwal also clinched individual gold medals on their respective boards! The Indian contingent also won the Gaprindashvili Cup, for the second consecutive time, for the best performing nation of the tournament! 📸: Michal Walusza/ @FIDE_chess #ChessThisWeek #ChessOlympiad2024 #chessolympiadchampions

National Chess Championship 2024 ▫️ GM Karthik Venkatraman (@ won the 6st National Chess Championship, after edging out GM Surya Ganguly and IM Neelash Saha on tie breaks. All three of them scored 9 points each at the end of 11 rounds. ▫️ GM Surya Ganguly (@suryachess64) had a perfect 7/7 intially and then went on to make 4 draws in the last four rounds. He clinched the second place on tie breaks. ▫️ IM Neelash Saha faced the only two losses of this tournament from the hand of Karthik and Surya. He finished in the third place. 📸Himank Ghosh/ @ChessbaseIndia #ChessThisWeek #nationalchampionship #chess

CHESS THIS WEEK Commonwealth Chess Championship 2024 ▫️ GM SP Sethuraman (@sethuramanchess) clinched the 2024 Commonwealth Championship with a score of 7/9. ▫️ GM NR Vignesh also scored 7 points and finished in the second place on tie breaks. ▫️ IM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage scored 6.5 points and finished in the third place. ▫️ WGM Mary Ann Gomes scored 5.5/9 and clinched the title in the women's category. ▫️ WIM Sakshi Chitlange and IM Soumya Swaminathan scored 5 points each and finished in the second and third place respectively. #ChessThisWeek #Commonwealth #Chess #Champion @aicfchess

Grand Chess Tour- Sinquefield Cup ▫️ After 5 rounds, GM Alireza Firouzja (@AlirezaFirouzja ) is in the sole lead with 3.5 points. ▫️ GM Wesley So (@GMWesleyS0123 ) is following closely with 3 points. ▫️ 6 players, including the World Champion Ding Liren and the World Championship Challenger D Gukesh, have scored 3 points each They are all currently tied for the 3rd place. 📸: @LennartOotes / @GrandChessTour #grandchesstour #ChessThisWeek

National Chess Championship, 2024 ▫️ After 8 rounds, GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly is leading the tournament with 7.5 points. Surya scored a perfect 7/7 in the initial rounds. His first draw came in Round 8 against GM Diptayan Ghosh. ▫️ 9 players, including 5 GMs, 3 IMs and 1 FM are at 6.5 points each, and are placed from 2-10 on the leaderboard based on tie breaks. Round 9 starts today 3:30 PM. Check out the rankings after round 8 below. 📸: @ChessbaseIndia #ChessThisWeek #nationalchampionship #chess

Abu Dhabi Chess Festival- Masters A total of 6 players scored 7 points. They were placed from 1-6th positions based on tie breaks. Final rankings: 🥇 GM Nodirbek Yakubboev (@NodirbekYakubb1 ) 🥈 GM David Paravyan 🥉 GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov In the blitz event that took place on the 17th, we have the following podium finishers: 🥇 GM Farrukh Amonatov - 9.5/11 🥈 GM Lorenzo Lodici - 9.5/11 🥉 GM M Pranesh - 9/11 📸: @adchessfestival #adchessfestival #ChessThisWeek

CHESS THIS WEEK FIDE Women's Grand Prix- Tbilisi ▫️ IM Alina Kashlinskaya won the tournament after scoring a crucial win in the final round against GM Mariya Muzychuk. After having a slow start in the tournament, Alina scored 3.5 points in the last 4 rounds to clinch the event. ▫️ IM Bibisara Assaubayeva scored 5.5 points and finished in the second place. ▫️ IM Stavroula Tsolakidou scored 5 points and finished in the third place as she had the best tie breaks. 📸: @FIDE_chess /Anna Shtourman #ChessThisWeek #GrandPrix #Chess #womeninchess

CHESS THIS WEEK World Blitz Team Championship 2024 The event featured a two stage format- a pool stage and the knockouts. Team MGD1 cruised through the pool stage with a perfect score! We also managed to win our matches convincingly in the round of 16 and quarter finals. In the semis, we were paired against the Ai-Ain ACMG and our team got the better of them in the tie breaks. The final match was against the WR Chess. Arjun won the the first game against Magnus, but we narrowly lost the match 3.5-2.5. Match 2 ended in a draw, securing Team MGD1 a silver medal! Final rankings: 🥇 WR Chess ( @wr_chess) 🥈 Team MGD1 🥉 Chessy and Al-Ain ACMG #ChessThisWeek #Chess #Blitz