Sharjah Masters chess tournament: Abhijeet stops Raunak, shares lead
2 years, 7 months ago

Sharjah Masters chess tournament: Abhijeet stops Raunak, shares lead

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Abhijeet Gupta outplayed Raunak Sadhwani in 40 moves to stretch his all-win sequence and shared the lead with Azerbaijan's Misratdin Iskandarov after three rounds of the $60,000 Sharjah Masters chess tournament on Monday. Eight players are at 2.5 points, half-a-point ahead of the group that includes eight Indians - Arjun Erigaisi, D. Gukesh, S. L. Narayanan, S. P. Sethuraman, Aryan Chopra, Aravindh Chithambaram, Raunak and Surya Shekhar Ganguly. The results Third round: Raunak Sadhwani lost to Abhijeet Gupta ; Abhimanyu Puranik lost to Bogdan-Daniel Deac ; Haik Martirosyan drew with S P. Sethuraman ; Aryan Chopra drew with Nijat Abasov ; Aravindh Chithambaram drew with Pavel Ponkratov ; Mohammad Muradli bt B. Adhiban ; S. L. Narayanan bt Meruert Kamalidenova ; Denis Kadric lost to Arjun Erigaisi ; D. Gukesh bt Aydin Suleymanli ; Sankalp Gupta drew with Jules Moussard ; Surya Shekhar Ganguly bt Oliver Dimakiling ; Bibisara Assaubayeva drew with Nihal Sarin ; Aditya Mittal lost to Mert Erdogdu. Second round: Adhiban drew with Salem Saleh ; Sethuraman drew with Alexey Sarana ; Bogdan-Daniel Deac drew with Aryan; Javokhir Sindarov bt Gukesh; Abhijeet bt Shant Sargsyan ; Nijat Abasov drew with Abhimanyu; Maksim Chigaev drew with Aravindh; Omran Al Hosani lost to Raunak; Arjun drew with Lucas van Foreest ; Emre Can drew with Narayanan; Nihal lost to Mahammad Muradli ; Pavel Ponkratov bt Aditya; Fabian Baenziger drew with Ganguly; Sankalp bt Khumoyun Begmuratov.

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Indian sports wrap, January 1: Ramkumar Ramanathan loses in first round of ITF men’s tournament
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Indian sports wrap, January 1: Ramkumar Ramanathan loses in first round of ITF men’s tournament

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TENNIS $30,000 ITF men’s tournament: Ramkumar Ramanathan loses in first round Maxim Zhukov beat second seed Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the $30,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament at the Indore Tennis Club on Wednesday. Prajwal Dev 7-5, 6-3; Sidharth Rawat bt Deep Munim 6-1, 6-1; Egor Agafonov bt Raghav Jaisinghani 7-5, 7-6; Yurii Dzhavakian bt Siddharth …

Indian sports wrap, November 16: Hitaashee doubles lead to six shots in Hero WPGT
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Indian sports wrap, November 16: Hitaashee doubles lead to six shots in Hero WPGT

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GOLF Hitaashee doubles lead to six shots in Hero WPGT Hitaashee Bakshi added a 2-under 70 to her first-round card of 67 to double her three-shot lead to six with one more round to go in the 14th Leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour in Vikarabad on Saturday. - Team Sportstar ITF: Riya Bhatia-Polina pair beats Aneta-Martha duo …

Chennai Grandmasters 2024, Day 5: Levon Aronian secures solitary win in Masters section; Erigaisi continues to lead
2 months ago

Chennai Grandmasters 2024, Day 5: Levon Aronian secures solitary win in Masters section; Erigaisi continues to lead

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Levon Aronian secured the only win of the day in the Masters section, as he beat Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the fifth round of the second edition of the Chennai Grandmasters classical chess tournament at the Anna Centenary Library auditorium here on Saturday. Top Indians Arjun Erigaisi and Vidit Gujrathi drew with Iranians Parham Maghsoodloo and Amin Tabatabaei. The results …

Chess Olympiad: Indian men crush Azerbaijan, women beat Kazakhstan
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Chess Olympiad: Indian men crush Azerbaijan, women beat Kazakhstan

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Backed by the two in-form stars in World Championship challenger D. Gukesh and Arjun Erigaise, the Indian men scored a 3-1 victory over Azerbaijan in the fifth round of the 45th Chess Olympiad here. After scoring the fifth victory on the trot, the Indian men maintained a clean slate on ten points and they were joined by Vietnam who continued …

National chess championship: Surya Shekhar Ganguly is running a strong campaign for seventh title
4 months, 2 weeks ago

National chess championship: Surya Shekhar Ganguly is running a strong campaign for seventh title

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The last of his six titles at India’s premier domestic chess tournament came 16 years ago. Important results : Surya Shekhar Ganguly 6 bt Neelash Saha 5; Aronyak Ghosh 5.5 drew with S.P. Sethuraman 5; Karthik Venkataraman 5 drew with Diptayan Ghosh 5; G. Aakash 4.5 lost to Sayantan Das 5.5; Arjun Adireddy 4.5 drew with P. Iniyan 4.5; Sankalp …

National Chess Championship 2024: Siddhant Gawai takes half-a-point off Abhijeet Gupta; Surya Shekhar continues to lead
4 months, 3 weeks ago

National Chess Championship 2024: Siddhant Gawai takes half-a-point off Abhijeet Gupta; Surya Shekhar continues to lead

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Gender may be a hot topic in sport now, but chess knows no gender. Two of the top three boards in the third round of the 61st National championship featured female players at the RPS International School on Monday. Shubhi Gupta and Kiran Manisha Mohanty fought hard against top seed Surya Shekhar Ganguly and defending champion S.P. Siddhant Gawai, however, …

Indian Sports Wrap, June 14: Aditi’s makes solid start with 68 at Meijer LPGA Classic
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Indian Sports Wrap, June 14: Aditi’s makes solid start with 68 at Meijer LPGA Classic

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GOLF Aditi’s makes solid start with 68 at LPGA Classic Aditi Ashok opened her challenge at the Meijer LPGA Classic with one of her best rounds of the season, carding a 4-under 68 for a tied 11th place here. -PTI TENNIS Mahika Khanna enters AITA National series junior tennis tournament final Mahika Khanna outplayed second seed Nainika Reddy 6-3, 6-1 …

Indian Sport Wrap, June 11: Shagun Kumari bounces back at the AITA National series junior tennis tournament
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Indian Sport Wrap, June 11: Shagun Kumari bounces back at the AITA National series junior tennis tournament

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Top seed Shagun Kumari bounced back from slow start to bet Mannat Awasthi 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the under-18 girls second round of the AITA National series junior tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex on Tuesday. The results : Under-18 boys: Shanker Heisnam bt Prabhsifat Singh 6-2, 6-1; Amtya Ohlyan bt Saksham Shh 6-3, 6-3; Dhruv Ghanghas bt Abhinav Chaudhari …

Sharjah Masters 2024: Aravindh errs, loses lead after round seven
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Sharjah Masters 2024: Aravindh errs, loses lead after round seven

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A late blunder cost Indian Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram dearly as he not only lost the game to Iran’s Bardiya Daneshvar in the seventh round of the Sharjah Masters but also his lead. From his pole position, Aravindh slipped to the joint third spot as Sam Shankland defeated American compatriot Hans Moke Niemann to match the Iranian on points. READ | …

Sharjah Masters 2024: India’s Aravindh stays in lead after round six
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Sharjah Masters 2024: India’s Aravindh stays in lead after round six

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Indian Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram made sure he stayed in front with an easy draw against Sam Shankland of the USA in the sixth round of the Sharjah Masters Chess tournament here on Monday. With five points in his kitty from six games, Chithambaram is just two points shy of joining the ever-growing Indian club of 2700 rated chess players considered …

Aravindh Chithambaram beats Salem to claim sole lead in Sharjah
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Aravindh Chithambaram beats Salem to claim sole lead in Sharjah

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Indian Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram defeated local star A R Saleh Salem to emerge as the sole leader on 4.5 points after the end of the fifth round of Sharjah Masters chess tournament here. Chithambaram is now followed by four players, the Iranian duo of Amin Tabatabaei and Bardiya Daneshvar and Americans Hans Moke Niemann and Sam Shankland who all have …

Arjun Erigaisi loses to Nikolas Theodorou in Sharjah Masters chess
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Arjun Erigaisi loses to Nikolas Theodorou in Sharjah Masters chess

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Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi was stunned by Nikolas Theodorou of Greece in the second round of Sharjah Masters chess tournament here. Erigaisi, however, bounced back to register a victory over Nikolzi Kacherava of Switzerland in the third round that puts back his status as world number eight in live ratings. The two-time national champion, who is based in Chennai, got …

Chess: Arjun top seed in Sharjah Masters, total 19 Indians in fray
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Chess: Arjun top seed in Sharjah Masters, total 19 Indians in fray

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Grandmaster and world number seven Erigaisi Arjun starts as the top seed as he spearheads a strong Indian challenge in the USD 52,000 Sharjah Masters Chess tournament here. The reason top players avoid competing in open events is the huge risk to their rating but Arjun is setting new standards by actually gaining points from open events. While there are …

Indian sports news wrap, November 26
1 year, 1 month ago

Indian sports news wrap, November 26

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TENNIS Rashmikaa grabs maiden ITF title at Bowring Institute ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty graduated from being a National champion to an international champion when she annexed her maiden ITF title with the Bowring Institute ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour honours defeating Zeel Desai. Results - Women’s singles Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty bt Zeel Desai 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 …

Indian sports news wrap, September 13
1 year, 3 months ago

Indian sports news wrap, September 13

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CHESS Asian junior chess: Gebnev joined in lead by Rohith, Aswath; Tejaswini, Bristy still at top in girls’ event Top seed Aleksey Gebnev from Russia was joined at the top by two Indians on Wednesday at the Asian junior chess championship. Girls: Mrittika Mallick 5 lost to G. Tejaswini 6; Bristy Mukherjee 6 bt Shubhi Gupta 4.5; Keerti Reddy 4.5 …

Asian junior chess: Grebnev joined in lead by Rohith, Aswath; Tejaswini, Bristy still at top in girls’ event
1 year, 3 months ago

Asian junior chess: Grebnev joined in lead by Rohith, Aswath; Tejaswini, Bristy still at top in girls’ event

The Hindu  

Top seed Aleksey Grebnev from Russia was joined at the helm by two Indians on Wednesday at the Asian junior chess championship. Important results : Open: Aleksey Grebnev 5.5 drew with Ayush Sharma 5; S. Rohith Krishna 5.5 bt Ritvik Krishnan 4.5; S. Aswath 5.5 by Gilbert Tarigan 4.5; L.R. Srihari 5 bt Reja Neer Manon 4; Dilshan Liyanage 4 …

Tata steel chess tournament: Vachier-Largrave wins rapid title in style with a round to spare
1 year, 4 months ago

Tata steel chess tournament: Vachier-Largrave wins rapid title in style with a round to spare

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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave proved just too good for the competition. The top seed from France won the rapid section of the Tata Steel Chess India tournament with a round to spare at the National Library on Thursday. The results : Teimour Radjabov 5.5 drew with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 7; R. Praggnanandhaa 5 bt Arjun Erigaisi 3; Vincent Keymer 3.5 bt D. Gukesh …

Tata Steel Chess India | Vachier-Lagrave is sole leader going into last day of rapid event
1 year, 4 months ago

Tata Steel Chess India | Vachier-Lagrave is sole leader going into last day of rapid event

The Hindu  

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave will go into the final day of the open rapid event of the Tata Steel Chess India tournament as the only unbeaten player. @TataSteelLtd@chesscom#TSCI#tsci2023#tatasteelchessindia#chess#kolkata#rapidpic.twitter.com/oZQd7wzB6T — Tata Steel Chess India September 6, 2023 Like Harikrishna, it hasn’t exactly been a fine tournament so far for Arjun Erigaisi, who was the best player at this event in the last couple …

National chess: Sethuraman takes lead; Guha holds Puranik
1 year, 4 months ago

National chess: Sethuraman takes lead; Guha holds Puranik

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Sethuraman took his time to convert his chance into a well-crafted 94-move victory over fellow GM Deep Sengupta to emerge as the leader with six points after as many rounds of the National chess championship here on Monday. With eighth seed Mithrabha Guha holding second seed Abhimanyu Puranik to a 43-move draw on the top board, Sethuraman knew a victory …

Resurgent Arjun Erigaisi seals Sharjah Masters title win
1 year, 7 months ago

Resurgent Arjun Erigaisi seals Sharjah Masters title win

The Hindu  

Struggling for form, Arjun Erigaisi produced a scintillating finish to his campaign in the $45,000 Masters section of the premier Sharjah Masters chess tournament and emerged an impressive winner on Thursday. The eighth seed, placed seventh among eight leaders after the penultimate round, scripted a dominating 27-move victory over Uzbekistan’s Yakubboev Nodirbek on the third board for a winning tally …

Indian sports news wrap, April 27
1 year, 8 months ago

Indian sports news wrap, April 27

The Hindu  

TENNIS Madrid Masters: Bopanna-Ebden pair through to pre-quarterfinals Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden reached pre-quarterfinals of the Madrid Masters, an ATP1000 event, on Thursday. RESULTS ATP Rome Challenger Singles, Second Round: Sumit Nagal bt Fausto Tabacco 6-3, 6-0 Doubles, Quarterfinal: Viktor Durasovic /Fernando Romboli bt Yuki Bhambri/Saketh Myneni 7-6, 4-6, ITF W60 Charlottesville Doubles, First Round: Prarthana …

Indian sports news wrap, April 12
1 year, 8 months ago

Indian sports news wrap, April 12

The Hindu  

TENNIS Maaya Rajeshwaran enters Asian U-14 semifinals Shivtej Shirfule beat Dharma Pantaratorn of Thailand 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the boys quarterfinals of the Asian under-14 tennis tournament at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. In the girls section, Maaya Rajeshwaran sailed into the semifinals, but Harithashree Venkatesh was beaten by Eva Korysheva of Kazakhstan 6-1, 6-2 in the quarterfinals. …

Delhi International Open: Murzin takes lead; Aravindh, Saha among six players in second spot
1 year, 9 months ago

Delhi International Open: Murzin takes lead; Aravindh, Saha among six players in second spot

The Hindu  

Aravindh Chithambaram and Neelash Saha drew in just 19 moves to slip to the joint second spot after 12-year-old Russian Volodar Murzin emerged as the leader with a perfect score after seven rounds of the Delhi International Open chess tournament here on Monday. Murzin rode on his extra knight to a 66-move victory over Viani Antonio D’Cunha to become the …

National Chess Championship: Karthik claims title as Abhijeet draws against Sayantan
2 years ago

National Chess Championship: Karthik claims title as Abhijeet draws against Sayantan

The Hindu  

After Abhijeet Gupta’s five-hour search for a win ended in a draw against Sayantan Das, overnight leader Karthik Venkataraman became the National chess champion at the Indira Gandhi Stadium here on Tuesday. He topped a four-way tie at 9.5 points to finish runner-up Karthik, winner of the 2018 National junior title at the same venue, collected the winner’s share of …

National chess championship: Abhijeet Gupta joins Koustav Chatterjee in the lead
2 years ago

National chess championship: Abhijeet Gupta joins Koustav Chatterjee in the lead

The Hindu  

Former champion Abhijeet Gupta returned to joint lead in style when he outplayed N. R. Vignesh in 39 moves in the 10th round of the MPL National chess championship in New Delhi on Saturday. drew in 59 moves and Tamil Nadu mates S. P. Sethuraman and L. R. Srihari signed peace in 45 moves, Abhijeet’s resounding victory saw him match …

Raunak Sadhwani shares 7th spot in World blitz; Harika keeps medal hopes alive in women’s section
2 years ago

Raunak Sadhwani shares 7th spot in World blitz; Harika keeps medal hopes alive in women’s section

The Hindu  

Youngster Raunak Sadhwani shared the seventh spot to stay in the medal hunt after 12 rounds of the World blitz chess championship in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Thursday. Playing well over his starting rank of 30, Sadhwani won seven rounds, including the last two, drew three and lost two. Arjun Erigaisi, who finished fifth in the rapid format on Wednesday, drew …

National Chess Championship: Venkatesh joins Sethuraman, Mitrabha in the lead
2 years ago

National Chess Championship: Venkatesh joins Sethuraman, Mitrabha in the lead

The Hindu  

With a fourth straight victory, M. R. Venkatesh left erstwhile front-runner Abhijeet Gupta to rue a second successive defeat. The 37-year-old then joined overnight leaders S. P. Sethuraman and Mitrabha Guha at six points after seven rounds of the MPL National Chess Championship here on Tuesday. On a day when internet-related connectivity issues disrupted the live coverage of the games, …

National Chess Championship: Sethuraman nails Abhijeet, shares lead with Mitrabha Guha
2 years ago

National Chess Championship: Sethuraman nails Abhijeet, shares lead with Mitrabha Guha

The Hindu  

S. P. Sethuraman played to his reputation of being the top seed and ended the unbeaten run of overnight leader Abhijeet Gupta by inflicting a 35-move defeat and shared the lead with Mitrabha Guha at 5.5 points from six rounds of the MPL National chess championship here on Tuesday. Leading results: 6th ROUND S. P. Sethuraman bt Abhijeet Gupta ; …

National Chess Championship: Abhijeet Gupta in sole lead after 32-move win over Koustav Chatterjee
2 years ago

National Chess Championship: Abhijeet Gupta in sole lead after 32-move win over Koustav Chatterjee

The Hindu  

Abhijeet Gupta punished an overly passive Koustav Chatterjee in 32 moves to emerge as the leader after five rounds of the MPL National Chess Championship here on Monday. On a day when seven of the top eight boards witnessed decisive battles, Abhijeet’s sustained pressure saw Koustav resign after facing the loss of a knight in this battle of two overnight …

National Chess C’Ships: Abhijeet, Koustav share lead after comfortable victories
2 years ago

National Chess C’Ships: Abhijeet, Koustav share lead after comfortable victories

The Hindu  

It was a merry time for Abhijeet Gupta and Koustav Chatterjee following their easier-than-expected victories for a perfect score after four rounds of the National chess championship here on Sunday. Abhijeet, a former champion, owed it to the generosity of G. B. Harshavardhan who overlooked the loss of a knight without compensation and resigned in 49 moves. Top seed S. …

National Chess C’Ships: Visakh, Shyam Sundar held as underdogs make Grandmasters struggle
2 years ago

National Chess C’Ships: Visakh, Shyam Sundar held as underdogs make Grandmasters struggle

The Hindu  

The growing depth of Indian chess made its presence felt as some Grandmasters, with ratings ranging from fifth seed N. R. Visakh’s 2544 to 45th-ranked Sriram Jha’s 2337, facing varying degrees of difficulty before being held in the second round of the National chess championship here. International Master Arghyadip Das, rated 2438 and seeded 21, crashed to a shock loss …

India plays out draws in first two rounds at FIDE World Team Chess Championship
2 years, 1 month ago

India plays out draws in first two rounds at FIDE World Team Chess Championship

The Hindu  

India opened their campaign in the FIDE World Team Chess Championship here with two draws in Group B. After games on all four boards in the match against host Israel in round one ended in draws, India drew 2-2 against Poland late on Sunday. India’s top player Grandmaster Vidit S Gujrathi shared honours with his Israeli opponent Maxim Rodshtein in …

Siddharth Vishwakarma beats sixth seed Boris Butulija
2 years, 2 months ago

Siddharth Vishwakarma beats sixth seed Boris Butulija

The Hindu  

Former national champion Siddharth Vishwakarma played a robust game to beat the sixth seed Boris Butulija of Serbia 6-3, 7-6 in the first round of the $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex here on Wednesday. Olympian Vishnu Vardhan was razor sharp as he served big and hit the ball on the rise to out-gun Adil Kalyanpur 6-4, …

September 27, Indian sports news wrap
2 years, 3 months ago

September 27, Indian sports news wrap

The Hindu  

HOCKEY Delhi to host 28th Nehru Girls Hockey tournament The 28th Nehru Girls Hockey tournament 2022 will be held at the Shivaji Stadium from September 28 to October 9. -Kamesh Srinivasan Advit Tiwari in Asian U-16 tennis tournament quarterfinal Advit Tiwari recovered from a tough start to beat sixth seed Aazaan Assiz 6-7, 6-0, 6-4 in the boys pre-quarterfinals of …

National Games 2022: Third seed Sanil Shetty Survives Scare to Advance to Third Round
2 years, 3 months ago

National Games 2022: Third seed Sanil Shetty Survives Scare to Advance to Third Round

News 18  

Former national champion and third seed Sanil Shetty survived a scare even as men’s singles stars including top seed G Sathiyan and second seed A Sharath Kamal registered easy victories to advance to the third round of the table tennis competition in the 36th National Games. The individual competition at the PDDU Indoor Stadium took off with local mixed doubles …

Dubai Open Chess: Aravindh stuns Arjun on way to title
2 years, 4 months ago

Dubai Open Chess: Aravindh stuns Arjun on way to title

The Hindu  

Precisely a week before turning 23, Aravindh Chithambaram emerged as the champion of the Dubai Open chess tournament after a final-round draw with sparring partner R. Praggnanandhaa in Dubai on Sunday. Less than 24 hours after stunning second seed Arjun Erigaisi and taking sole lead, 13th seed Aravindh signed peace with fourth seed Praggnanandhaa in 38 moves to take the …

July 22, Indian sports news wrap: Bopanna-Middelkoop duo reaches Hamburg Open final
2 years, 5 months ago

July 22, Indian sports news wrap: Bopanna-Middelkoop duo reaches Hamburg Open final

The Hindu  

TENNIS Bopanna-Middelkoop pair reaches Hamburg Open final Rohan Bopanna and his Dutch partner Matwe Middelkoop came from a set down to beat top seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in the semifinal of the ATP500 event in Hamburg, Germany on Friday. The results Under-18 boys : Aryan Arora bt Tanishq Jadhav 9-6; Skandha Prasanna Rao bt Siddhant Sharma 9-6; Jason …

National U-18 chess: Bharath, Soham share lead
2 years, 8 months ago

National U-18 chess: Bharath, Soham share lead

The Hindu  

H. Bharath Subramaniyam and Soham Kamotra share the lead with five points apiece in the open section after the fifth round of the MPL 31st National Under-18 chess tournament at the Dr. MCET campus here on Wednesday. Bharath Subramaniyam TN) 5 bt Mahendra Teja 4; Soham Kamotra 5 bt Krishnan Ritvik 4; Dinesh Kumar Jaganathan 3.5 lost to L.R. Srihari …

Delhi International Open: Victorious trio of Arjun, Gukesh, Harsha share lead
2 years, 9 months ago

Delhi International Open: Victorious trio of Arjun, Gukesh, Harsha share lead

The Hindu  

Harsha Bharathakoti stunned second seeded Russian Pavel Ponkratov to join National champion Arjun Erigaisi and runner-up D. Gukesh in the lead after an action packed eighth round of the Delhi International Open chess tournament on Sunday. Harsha needed 58 moves to stop Ponkratov and reach seven points after Arjun halted in-form Lalith in 28 moves. On a day when the …

National junior chess championship: Koustav, Neelash, Utsab, Ayush ahead; Priyanka, Bhagyashree lead among girls
2 years, 9 months ago

National junior chess championship: Koustav, Neelash, Utsab, Ayush ahead; Priyanka, Bhagyashree lead among girls

The Hindu  

It turned out to be a day of the Bengal boys as Koustav Chatterjee, Neelash Saha, Utsab Chatterjee along with Madhya Pradesh’s Ayush Sharma shared the lead at 5.5 points in the open section after six rounds of the National junior chess championship here on Friday. Koustav, seeded four, accounted for Tamil Nadu’s duo of S. Rohith Krishna and N. …

Tamil Nadu’s Lakshmi, Poorna and Divyabharathi in the lead
2 years, 9 months ago

Tamil Nadu’s Lakshmi, Poorna and Divyabharathi in the lead

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu trio of C. Lakshmi, M. K. Poorna Sri and M. Divyabharathi shared the lead with four points after as many rounds in the girls’ section of the National junior chess championship here on Thursday. On a day when the top seeds in both sections — Grandmaster P. Iniyan and Woman International Master N. Priyanka — were held …

National men's chess championship: Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi joint leaders with one round left
2 years, 10 months ago

National men's chess championship: Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi joint leaders with one round left

The Hindu  

The title-race of the MPL National chess championship took a thrilling turn when D. Gukesh scored an important victory over Abhijeet Gupta to rejoin Arjun Ergaisi in the lead after the 10th and penultimate round on Wednesday. Gukesh, the country’s youngest Grandmaster, post a hard-fought 64-move win in a rook-and-pawn endgame to match Arjun’s tally of eight points. Earlier, on …

National men's Chess Championship: Lalith, Abhijeet, Koustav join Gukesh and Arjun in lead
2 years, 10 months ago

National men's Chess Championship: Lalith, Abhijeet, Koustav join Gukesh and Arjun in lead

The Hindu  

Former champions M. R. Lalith Babu, Abhijeet Gupta and surprise packet Kousav Chatterjee pulled off well-calculated victories to be part of a five-man leaders group at 4.5 points after five rounds of the MPL 58th National chess championship on Sunday. Two others, Arjun Erigaisi and D. Gukesh, drew their top-board game in 46 moves to stay among the leaders at …

National men's Chess Championship: Arjun, Gukesh, Aryan lead
2 years, 10 months ago

National men's Chess Championship: Arjun, Gukesh, Aryan lead

The Hindu  

Arjun Erigaisi, D. Gukesh and Aryan Chopra won to stay ahead but Harsha Bharathakoti let Abhijeet Gupta off the hook and missed joining the leaders at four points after as many rounds of the MPL National chess championship here on Saturday. On a day when Bengal-lad Kaustav Chatterjee surprisingly held top seed B. Adhiban and stunned fifth seed S. P. …

Tata Steel Chess: Praggnanandhaa bounces back to post first win
2 years, 11 months ago

Tata Steel Chess: Praggnanandhaa bounces back to post first win

The Hindu  

Vidit Gujrathi retained the lead in the Masters section, R. Praggnanandhaa scored his first win and Arjun Erigaisi emerged as the only leader in the Challengers category. In all, things went very well for the Indians in the Tata Steel chess tournament that goes into its first rest day following four rounds. It’s a difficult thing for me because it’s …

World Rapid Chess: Defending Champion Koneru Humpy in Joint Second Spot
3 years ago

World Rapid Chess: Defending Champion Koneru Humpy in Joint Second Spot

News 18  

Defending champion Koneru Humpy bounced back in style after a slow start, posting three wins and a draw to jump to joint second spot with six points in the women’s section of the FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship 2021 here. Young WGM R Vaishali is the next best Indian in the 12th spot with 5.5 points, while Padmini Rout is …

Sathiyan, Ayhika advance
3 years, 1 month ago

Sathiyan, Ayhika advance

The Hindu  

G. Sathiyan and Ayhika Mukherjee were the lone Indian players to enter the singles second round of the World table tennis championships here on Tuesday. The mixed doubles duo of Sharath and Archana Kamath entered the second round with a 11-7, 11-6, 11-6 win over Algeria’s Sami Kherouf and Katia Kessaci. The results : Men: Singles: Cedric Nuytinck bt Sharath …

FIDE Online Chess Olympiad: India climb to top spot with three wins on Day 2
3 years, 4 months ago

FIDE Online Chess Olympiad: India climb to top spot with three wins on Day 2

Firstpost  

The team led by former world champion Viswanathan Anand edged Belarus 3.5-2.5 after outclassing Shenzhen China 5-1 and Azerbaijan 4-2. Chennai: India grabbed the top position in Group B at the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad after winning three matches in the Top Division on Thursday. Earlier in the fifth round, Anand was held to a draw by Teimour Radjabov and …

FIDE Online Chess Olympiad: India holds second spot as Hungary leads
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FIDE Online Chess Olympiad: India holds second spot as Hungary leads

The Hindu  

Favourite India narrowly fell short of maintaining a clean slate and held the second spot after three rounds of Top Division's Group B in the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad on Wednesday. After a convincing 6-0 victory over Egypt, but not before Vaishali was awarded the game because her victorious rival failed to keep one of the two cameras on for …

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