IM Sagar Shah will be taking part in IM not a GM event organized by chess.com. It is a knockout event and Sagar has a stiff challenge in the form of IM Eric Rosen in round 1. The match will most probably be held on 2nd of February 2021. In these 20 days, Sagar would like to prepare and get better...

A lot of people had been asking for live commentary for the Tata Steel Masters 2021. IM Sagar Shah will be present with selected guests to give you a feel of what a classical event looks like. Day 1 report: https: chessbase.in news Tata-Steel-Masters-2021-Day-1 Day 2 3 report: https: chessbase...

On the Board Chess is a series where IM Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal meet well-known personalities not in the world of chess and play a game with them at the same time interview them about their journey. Just like a game of chess has an opening, middlegame and endgame - the life story of a person...

Alireza Firouzja leads the Tata Steel Masters 2021 after 8 rounds with a score of 5.5 points. He is the sole leader in a field that has stalwarts like Carlsen, Caruana, Giri, MVL among others. But what is even more amazing is the fact that he has reached an Elo of 2760 and is now World no.14,...

What a day we have had at the Tata Steel Masters 2021. Andrey Esipenko, just 18 years of age, managed to beat World Champion Magnus Carlsen. It was a brilliant game where the youngsters played the opening like a book, the middlegame like a machine (and the endgame did not arise at all ). Carlsen...

A lot of people had been asking for live commentary for the Tata Steel Masters 2021. IM Sagar Shah will be present with selected guests to give you a feel of what a classical event looks like. Day 1 report: https: chessbase.in news Tata-Steel-Masters-2021-Day-1 Day 2 3 report: https: chessbase...

Playing Magnus Carlsen is always a challenge. More so if you are up against him with the black pieces. But Harikrishna seemed to be in mood for a fighting game of chess When Magnus opened with 1.e4, he responded with 1...c5 Soon we had the Sicilian Taimanov on the board. Now Carlsen should have...

Anish Giri spent a lot of his time before the Tata Steel Masters preparing for his Chessable course on the Najdorf. One would imagine him rattling out that opening if anyone played 1.e4 against him. But as it turns out, when he opened with 1.e4, it was his opponent who responded with 1...c5 and...

A lot of people had been asking for live commentary for the Tata Steel Masters 2021. IM Sagar Shah will be present with selected guests to give you a feel of what a classical event looks like. Day 1 report: https: chessbase.in news Tata-Steel-Masters-2021-Day-1 Day 2 3 report: https: chessbase...

Alireza Firouzja played one of the sharpest openings in modern chess theory - the Noteboom variation. White gets the center and two bishops, Black gets the queenside passers. The position was completely wild, but it was really interesting to see how both Firouzja and Donchenko handled the position....

A lot of people had been asking for live commentary for the Tata Steel Masters 2021. IM Sagar Shah will be present with selected guests to give you a feel of what a classical event looks like. Day 1 report: https: chessbase.in news Tata-Steel-Masters-2021-Day-1 Day 2 3 report: https: chessbase...

Three pawns are coming down your king. You have an extra piece, but don’t exactly know how to use it The clock is ticking down, the opponent is breathing down your neck You are in big pressure How do you hold such an endgame. IM Sagar Shah brings you one of the most exciting endgames of the...

The game was filled with so much excitement. Anish with the white pieces opened with 1.d4, Harikrishna in response played the Queen’s Gambit Accepted. Then came the new idea, then long thinks, fighting chess, brilliant concepts, counterplay, understanding of weaknesses and so much Just when...

A lot of people had been asking for live commentary for the Tata Steel Masters 2021. IM Sagar Shah will be present with selected guests to give you a feel of what a classical event looks like. Day 1 report: https: chessbase.in news Tata-Steel-Masters-2021-Day-1 Day 2 3 report: https: chessbase...

Nihal is considered to be extremely fast. In fact his bullet skills are considered by many as best in the world However, there are certain players who in terms of experience can make his life very difficult. One such player is MVL. Check out this game where the French no.1 GM plays at unbelievable...