Sacrificing two rooks on the same square on back to back moves to checkmate an opponent is something that even top players are able to execute in their games. If one is able to do it, it's always a huge joy! Stand-up comedian and chess promoter Samay Raina recently did it in his online game! He tweeted about this victory and Hikaru Nakamura tweeted back praising Samay's play. Check out the video to see the tactic that Samay executed. Video: ChessBase India #Chess #ChessBaseIndia #Samayraina | Ch

Ankit Dalal who is the secretary of the Gujarat Chess Boxing association talks to ChessBase India about how the tournament was organized and what all went into making it a success. He along with his team is very excited about the sport and is confident that this will grow to a wider audience. He also challenges Samay Raina in a chess boxing match. What are your thoughts? Video: ChessBase India Interview by Aditya Sur Roy #Chess #ChessBaseIndia #chessboxing | ChessBase India

On 23rd April, during the 6th session of the ChessBase India Chess Club at the Phoenix Marketcity in Kurla, Mumbai, we had Samay Raina visiting us. He played a few games and to end his visit to the chess club, he decided to play a bullet game against a young boy! Check out this fun bullet game and a short interview of Samay after that! Video: ChessBase India #Chess #ChessBaseIndia #CBIChessClub | ChessBase India

Sameer Pathak from Tech Mahindra is the CEO of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League. He has worked extremely hard to create chess' biggest league. How did he manage to do that? What are the efforts that went into making the league and what are the new innovations that have been tried. We try to figure it out in this interview. Whoever, you are - a student of marketing, an entrepreneur or a chess lover, this video is sure to give you a lot of food for thought. Video: ChessBase India #Chess #Ches

Unexpected meets continue to happen at the Global Chess League! At the closing dinner we had Samay Raina playing a friendly game against Theo Walt. Out of the blue Daniil Dubov joins in and starts to help Samay. Suddenly you see Nodirbek Abdusattorov and then Ian Nepomniachtchi as well. You would have never thought Samay, a popular stand-up comedian and chess promoter would be discussing chess with these greats! But it did happen at the closing dinner. Check out this video and get a feel of the

3K views · 133 reactions | It is an iconic day for the chess world, as Padma Bhushan awardee Anand Mahindra visited the official venue of the Global Chess League. He met the officials and players and made sure everything was in order. Video: ChessBase India Created by Aditya Sur Roy #Chess #chessbaseindia #globalchessleague | ChessBase India | Facebook