Nikhil Dixit

1. Magnus - 2016 Director - benjamin ree Running time - 78 min This documentary is based on current world champion Magnus Carlsen.   The film features footage from Magnus's childhood, his showdown with Kasparov when he was just thirteen, and the exciting environment that surrounded the Anand vs. Carlsen world championship match in Chennai where Carlsen reached the summit. 2.Pawn Sacrifice - 2014 Directed by - Eduard Zwick Running time - 115 min budget - 19 million USD The movie Pawn Sacrifice is based on former world champion Bobby Fischer.  It is based on the true story of  Bobby Fischer 's challenge against top Soviet chess  grandmasters  during the  Cold War  and culminating in the  World Chess Championship 1972  match versus  Boris Spassky in  Reykjavík ,  Iceland . It was directed by  Edward Zwick  and written by  Steven Knight . The film stars  Tobey Ma...

hello chess players ,  This is weekly news 3  , I will try to cover all news related to chess (International and Indian).  Hope you will like this series . If you have any , please mention in comments If you have any suggestions you can comment  If you like this article then please do share ! INTERNATIONAL NEWS  1.Events cancelled European chess championship postponed to december 2020  https://www.europechess.org/european-open-chess-championship-postponed-to-8-21-december/ Tepe sigman and co mpany chess tournament 2020 is cancelled .  http://www.tepesigemanchess.com/ US chess championship cancelled .  https://saintlouischessclub.org/sites/default/files/Chess%20Campus%20COVID-19%20statement_As%20of%20March%2011.2020%20%281%29_0.pdf chess party and Pro chess league final matches are also postponed to September 2020 Paracin GM and IM round robin event (5-18 may 2020) April First Saturday closed tou...

I was playing commonwealth chess championship 2018 in Delhi from 26 June to 3 July 2018. Tournament was going very bad . I was playing both (open and U20 ) sections at that time . Schedule was to hectic to me as one round is at 9.30 morning and another was at 3.00 pm . I was already depressed as my schengen visa application already got rejected before start of commonwealth championship . I have to cancel my all flights and hotel , insurance which cost me 20000 INR  On 4th day on commonwealth my teammate from all India university championship told me to call and talk with university director . Then I called to him and he said you have to play world university selection trials which was from 23rd to 25th July 2019. after commonwealth championship get over I meet to director and he said you have to leave on 21st July . At that time they said there will be 2 selection in boys and 2 in girls for world university championship .  From ...

hello chess players ,  This is weekly news 2  , I will try to cover all news related to chess (International and Indian).  Hope you will like this series . If you have any , please mention in comments If you have any suggestions you can comment  If you like this article then please do share ! Thank you in advance INTERNATIONAL NEWS  1 - Events Cancelled  World health organisation declare corona virus as global pandemic , Thats why almost all event getting cancelled . here is list of major events  Spring chess class ic in USA  - 17 to 27 march 2020 - ( https://uschesschamps.com/2020-spring-chess-classic/postponement ) Grenke chess open in Germany - 9 to 13 April 2020 - (  https://grenkechessopen.de/de/ ) Budapest spring chess festival - 21 to 29 April 2020 World Cadet & Youth Rapid & Blitz Championships 2020 World Amateur Championship European School Championships. European Senior Championship Bundesliga...

 This is my first blog about tournament  , that I played in Nakhchivan , Azerbaijan from 1 to 10 may 2019. Tournament dint go well for me in terms of rating but I got new friends there and of course some experience . Here are some points that I like and dislike about tournament and Azerbaijan . 1.Quality of players - The tournament nakhchivan open A group is only for +2250 players and 2100+ for women . so clearly tournamnet is of high quality . total number of participants was 54 out of which 15 GM  (4 2600+) and 46 players was +2250 . 1st seed was kovalev vladislav. Kovalev Vladislav  2.Hospitality - Organizers are very much helpful . They have provided official hotel Tabriz at 45 USD including 3 meals and double room for 1 person . As we are coming from abroad they offered some discount to us and free entry .They also booked return flights from Baku to nakhchivan .On free day they have arranged football match also . On last day after we came from round...

hello chess players and lovers,  this is new series of weekly news , I will try to cover all news related to chess (International and Indian).  Hope you will like this series . If you have any suggestions you can comment  If you like this article then please do share ! Thank you in advance INTERNATIONAL NEWS  1. FIDE candidates 2020 - MVL replaces Radjabov Teimour Radjabov who is selected by becoming world cup champion 2019 , withdrew from candidates 2020 due to corona virus outbreak . I think its good opportunity for MVL . Its hard to tell what if FIDE cancelled candidates then again Radjabov get chance or not 2 . Major events cancelled due to corona virus Dubai open (29-march-2020 to 7-April-2020)  Sharjah masters and challengers ( 8-April-2020 to 15-April-2020) Bangkok open (11 April 2020 to 19 April 2020) Reykjavik open (17 April 2020 to 24 April 2020 3. Gukesh wins Cannes open 2020 D Gukesh who is just 13 years old wins Canne...