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World Rapid & Blitz Championship 2024: Format, schedule, prize money Details — All you need to know

The 2024 edition of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships will be taking place at Wall Street, New York, from December 26 to December 31. FORMAT The format for the World Rapid Championship will follow a Swiss system, with 13 rounds in the Open Rapid format, and 11 in the Women’s Rapid round. TIME CONTROLS For the World Rapid …

India World Players Money Prize Championship Open

4 weeks, 2 days ago

D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi lead the way as the golden generation of Indian chess finally comes of age in 2024

Firstpost

D Gukesh’s triumph in the recently-concluded FIDE World Chess Championship in Singapore was the standout moment in what has been a historic year for Indian chess, one in which Arjun Erigaisi became only the second Indian to breach the 2800-ELO barrier. With D Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi pulling off some incredible feats and the Indians firing as a unit in …

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1 month ago

Coaches Srinath, Ramesh laud Gukesh's historic triumph

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: D Gukesh's magnificent victory over China's Ding Liren in the World Chess Championship in Singapore has brought cheers from thousands of chess aficionados in India and the world over. GM Srinath Narayanan, who coached the Indian team comprising Gukesh in the Chess Olympiad where India won a gold medal, doffed his hat to the 18-year-old. We witnessed this phenomenon …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Praggnanandhaa, Erigaisi, Vaishali among five Indians competing at 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships

The Hindu

R Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi, and R Vaishali will be among the five Indian players competing in the upcoming 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships, as announced by the International Chess Federation on Monday. READ | Arjun Erigaisi crosses 2800 Elo mark: An extraordinary feat by an extraordinary player “From December 26–31, over 300 of the world’s top players will …

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2 months ago

'Winning the Chess Olympiad has put India on the map': Grandmasters Harika Dronavalli and Vidit Gujrathi at HTLS 2024

Hindustan Times

Almost two months after the historical achievement, Indian Grandmaster Harika Dronavalli is yet to entirely soak in the euphoria of winning the gold-medal finish at the 2024 Chess Olympiads, where the Indian men's and women's teams took the top honour. The two team and four individual gold medals are believed by many to be the start of a new era …

India Indian Chess Grandmaster Think Lot Olympiad

2 months ago

HTLS 2024 highlights: India next big thing in chess, say Vidit Gujrathi and Harika Dronavalli

Hindustan Times

Nov 14, 2024 7:53 PM IST Vidit Gujrathi says that Gukesh is a favourite to win the World Championship against Ding Liren. If I've got to actually analyse the match – before the last tournament which Gukesh played, he was a heavy favourite, like probably 70-30 or even more, because in all of that, he had a sensational performance. But …

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2 months, 1 week ago

‘Lucky’ Arjun tastes another win

The Hindu

Arjun Erigaisi felt he got “lucky” once again as he secured his second win from three rounds versus Serbia’s Alexey Sarana in the second edition of the Chennai Grandmasters classical chess tournament at the Anna Centenary Library here on Thursday. Levon Aronian claimed his first win as Iranian Parham Maghsoodloo got into time trouble and blundered. The results : Masters: …

Erigaisi

2 months, 1 week ago

Chennai Grandmasters 2024: Vidit slumps to second consecutive defeat; Arjun Erigaisi settles for draw

The Hindu

Vidit Gujrathi got into time trouble versus Iranian Parham Maghsoodloo and couldn’t recover to slump to his second successive loss in the second round of the Chennai Grandmasters classical chess tournament at the Anna Centenary Library here on Wednesday. Arjun Erigaisi, who capitalised on Vidit’s blunder to win with black pieces in the first round, had to settle for a …

Time Trouble

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Magnus Carlsen to Make a Comeback in Tata Steel Chess India

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Magnus Carlsen is set to return to the Tata Steel Chess India tournament in Kolkata in November 2024. He will be looking to defend his title against a strong field that includes rising stars like Arjun Erigaisi and R Praggnanandhaa. Carlsen's presence will add to the excitement of the event, which is a celebration of Indian chess.

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Vaishali, Humpy, Wenjun among top women superstars for Global Chess League Season 2

The Hindu

The Global Chess League, a joint venture between FIDE and Tech Mahindra, today announced the list of women Superstars, who will be competing in the second season scheduled from October 3 to 12 at Friends House in London. In addition, the upcoming season of the Global Chess League will feature Vaishali Rambabu, the latest Indian woman to achieve Grandmaster rank, …

London World Chess Season League Vaishali Superstars

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lessons from TN: Top Telangana chess players, federation head call for support from government

New Indian Express

HYDERABAD: On Monday, India’s teenage chess prodigy, Gukesh D, became the world’s youngest player to win the Candidates event. As the tournament came to an end, the 17-year-old also went ahead of Arjun Erigaisi of Telangana in the live ratings to become India’s top ranked player. NVS Ramaraju, who has trained Erigaisi as well as grandmaster Dronavalli Harika, pointed out …

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1 year ago

The state of Indian chess at the end of 2023 | Data

The Hindu

The year 2023 was yet another good one for Indian chess. Two chess stalwarts — Grandmasters R. Praggnanandhaa and Vidit Gujrathi — qualified to play in the 2024 Candidates Tournament which will determine the challenger to the current World Champion, Ding Liren, of China. Click to remove AMP mode Vidit scored an emphatic victory in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Hangzhou Asian Games: From Esports To Breakdancing, Paving The Future Of Sports Trends

ABP News

New Delhi: Two sports disciplines including esports, which is becoming a rage among youngsters across the globe, will make their debut at the Asian Games as Hangzhou prepares to host the quadrennial extravaganza later this month. There will be two events contested at Hangzhou Asian Games -- men's and women's breaking. Chess was contested at the 2006 Doha Asian Games …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Tata Steel Chess India 2023: Wenjun clinches blitz title, Koneru Humpy runner-up

The Hindu

China’s Ju Wenjun lived up to her reputation and defeated Anna Ushenina in the final round to win the blitz title at the Tata Steel Chess India tournament at the National Library on Monday. The former World rapid champion from Vijayawada, seeded second here, had to settle for the runner-up spot, despite winning her last–round encounter against the blitz champion …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Tata Steel Chess: Harika and Ju Wenjun on top after dramatic day one of blitz

The Hindu

It was, quite expectedly, a wild day of blitz chess at the National Library on Sunday. Third seed Dronavalli Harika and top seed and World champion Ju Wenjun shared the lead after the ninth round of the women’s blitz section of the Tata Steel Chess India tournament on Sunday. With 6.5 points each, they have a lead of 1.5 points …

Divya Harika Tata Steel Chess

1 year, 4 months ago

Tata Steel Chess India 2023: Divya’s dream run continues, leads after six rounds

The Hindu

Divya Deshmukh’s dream run continues at the National Library. The 17-year-old moved into the sole lead of the women’s rapid section of the Tata Steel Chess India tournament on Friday. She won all her games on day two, her victims being the American Irina Krush and fellow-Indians B. Savitha Shri and Vantika Agarwal. It was unfortunate that Vantika blundered her …

Rounds Divya

1 year, 4 months ago

Tata Steel Chess India 2023: Divya, Vantika shine on opening day, take early lead

The Hindu

Divya Deshmukh is here only because R. Vaishali isn’t. Vaishali, the defending champion in the women’s blitz event, had to pull out virtually at the last minute because of ill-health, and Divya came in as her replacement for the Tata Steel Chess India tournament. After shocking third seed Dronavalli Harika, and holding the reigning World champion Ju Wenjun of China …

Divya Tata Steel Vantika Shine

1 year, 4 months ago

Tata Steel Chess India 2023: Focus on Praggnanandhaa, women’s section to kick things off

The Hindu

He arrived to a hero’s welcome in his hometown Chennai on Wednesday. After his exploits at the Chess World Cup in Baku, the 18-year-old will be the biggest attraction of the fifth edition of the Tata Steel Chess India tournament, which opens at the National Library on Thursday. Capturing the intense moments of the draw of lots ceremony at Tata …

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1 year, 6 months ago

When a chess player is called Grandmaster? Eligibility, criteria, list of Chess Grandmasters from India

India TV News

Viswanathan Anand was the first Indian chess player to win the Grandmaster title in 1988 and then the popularity of the game in India increased rapidly. Vuppala Prraneeth, the 16-year-old Chess player from India, is the latest entrant in India's growing Grandmasters list. A player's opponents must come from at least three different chess federations Apart from the above regulations, …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Chess in a different league now, says Harika

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Grandmaster Harika Dronavalli feels T20 cricket-style chess leagues are key to boosting the game of 64 squares in the country and the ongoing Global Chess League has made a good start in that direction. “The League is drawing more people to chess and every team has garnered support, which will inspire many to take up the game. there can …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Harika: I’m confused why there is huge void in men’s and women’s chess in India

The Hindu

Grandmaster Harika Dronavalli is confused by the huge “void” in men’s and women’s chess in India and hopes the situation improves as there are several youngsters with potential in the country. Harika, the three-time women’s World Championship bronze medallist and winner of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix, has been the flag-bearer of women’s chess in the country along with veteran …

China Chess Country Gcl Harika Humpy Huge Void

1 year, 6 months ago

Global Chess League | Ganges Grandmasters suffer first defeat, go down to Mumba Masters

The Hindu

Ganges Grandmasters suffered their first defeat after three consecutive victories in the Global Chess League, going down to upGrad Mumba Masters here on Sunday. Mumba Masters, who have had mixed results so far, were given a headstart by Dronavalli Harika who got the better of Bella Khotenashvili to earn four game points. But despite Anand's win, Ganges Grandmasters lost with …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Global Chess League: Teams, squads, schedule, when and where to watch

The Hindu

The first edition of the Global Chess League will begin from June 22 where Triveni Continental Kings will play upGrad Mumba Masters in the first match in Dubai. SG Alpine Warriors - Magnus Carlsen, Gukesh D, Arjun Erigaisi, Elisabeth Pähtz, Irina Krush, Praggnanandhaa R. Chingari Gulf Titans - Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Daniil Dubov, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Polina Shuvalova, Nihal Sarin. …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Global Chess League: Mothers Humpy, Harika to lead Mumba Masters title charge while staying away from kids

The Hindu

Koneru Humpy and Dronavalli Harika, two champion mothers who face the uphill task of staying away from their daughters, are expected to play a lead role in Upgrad Mumba Masters in the inaugural Global Chess League featuring rapid games in Dubai next week. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Three-time World championship medallist, Dronavalli Harika, believes that her experience of playing …

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World Rapid & Blitz Championship 2024: Format, schedule, prize money Details — All you need to know

D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi lead the way as the golden generation of Indian chess finally comes of age in 2024

Coaches Srinath, Ramesh laud Gukesh's historic triumph

Praggnanandhaa, Erigaisi, Vaishali among five Indians competing at 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships

'Winning the Chess Olympiad has put India on the map': Grandmasters Harika Dronavalli and Vidit Gujrathi at HTLS 2024

HTLS 2024 highlights: India next big thing in chess, say Vidit Gujrathi and Harika Dronavalli

‘Lucky’ Arjun tastes another win

Chennai Grandmasters 2024: Vidit slumps to second consecutive defeat; Arjun Erigaisi settles for draw

Magnus Carlsen to Make a Comeback in Tata Steel Chess India

Vaishali, Humpy, Wenjun among top women superstars for Global Chess League Season 2

Lessons from TN: Top Telangana chess players, federation head call for support from government

The state of Indian chess at the end of 2023 | Data

Hangzhou Asian Games: From Esports To Breakdancing, Paving The Future Of Sports Trends

Tata Steel Chess India 2023: Wenjun clinches blitz title, Koneru Humpy runner-up

Tata Steel Chess: Harika and Ju Wenjun on top after dramatic day one of blitz

Tata Steel Chess India 2023: Divya’s dream run continues, leads after six rounds

Tata Steel Chess India 2023: Divya, Vantika shine on opening day, take early lead

Tata Steel Chess India 2023: Focus on Praggnanandhaa, women’s section to kick things off

When a chess player is called Grandmaster? Eligibility, criteria, list of Chess Grandmasters from India

Chess in a different league now, says Harika

Harika: I’m confused why there is huge void in men’s and women’s chess in India

Global Chess League | Ganges Grandmasters suffer first defeat, go down to Mumba Masters

Global Chess League: Teams, squads, schedule, when and where to watch

Global Chess League: Mothers Humpy, Harika to lead Mumba Masters title charge while staying away from kids