Tata Steel Chess: Harika and Ju Wenjun on top after dramatic day one of blitz
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 over their nearest rivals, second seed Koneru Humpy and Divya Deshmukh, the girl who shook up the tournament by winning the rapid event a day ago. Russian Polina Shuvalova is on 4.5 points, while fourth seed Irina Krush of the United States and B. Savitha Shri have four points each. She had been looking in good nick after posting wins over Ju – the first defeat over the last three days for the formidable Chinese woman – defending champion Anna Ushenina of Ukraine and Krush.

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Women’s World Blitz Championship 2024: Vaishali clinches bronze as India signs off on a high
1 week, 2 days ago

Women’s World Blitz Championship 2024: Vaishali clinches bronze as India signs off on a high

The Hindu  

India’s R. Vaishali clinched a bronze in the women’s section of the World Blitz Championship, capping another strong performance by the country’s chess players after stalwart Koneru Humpy’s title-winning show in the rapid event here. Vaishali defeated China’s Zhu Jiner 2.5-1.5 in the quarterfinals before losing to another Chinese opponent Ju Wenjun 0.5-2.5 in the semis. RELATED: Magnus Carlsen defends …

R Praggnanandhaa's sister, Vaishali, clinches bronze at World Blitz Championship for India
1 week, 3 days ago

R Praggnanandhaa's sister, Vaishali, clinches bronze at World Blitz Championship for India

India TV News  

R Praggnanandhaa's sister R Vaishali brought laurels to India as she clinched a bronze at the World Blitz Championship in the women's section. Her run at the World Blitz Championship could have been more glorious but it wasn't meant to be as she was outclassed by another Chinese Ju Wenjun. India's legendary chess player and the vice-president of the International …

Viswanathan Anand congratulates R Vaishali for winning bronze in Blitz Championship
1 week, 3 days ago

Viswanathan Anand congratulates R Vaishali for winning bronze in Blitz Championship

India Today  

Legendary India chess player Viswanathan Anand congratulated India's R Vaishali for winning a bronze in the women's section of the World Blitz Championship on Wednesday, January 1. Following her performance, she received a special congratulatory message from the five-time world champion and International Chess Federation vice president, Viswanathan Anand, who praised her power-packed performance. Viswanathan Anand X account The event …

Tata Steel Chess 2024: Vidit joins leaders, becomes top Indian in live rankings
11 months, 1 week ago

Tata Steel Chess 2024: Vidit joins leaders, becomes top Indian in live rankings

The Hindu  

After trailing the leaders till the penultimate round, Vidit Gujrathi finally caught all attention by stopping leader Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the 12th round and became part of a five-man leaders’ pack into the final round of the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament at Wijk aan Zee, near Amsterdam, on Saturday. The second successive victory saw Vidit not only join D. …

Praggnanandhaa crushes China’s Wenjun to join leaders
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Praggnanandhaa crushes China’s Wenjun to join leaders

The Hindu  

Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa defeated the reigning and four-time women's world champion Wenjun Ju from China in the ninth round of the Tata Steel Masters here. Abdusattorov scored the quickest victory of the round against Jorden van Foreest while Gukesh drew against compatriot Vidit Gujrathi, who is just half a point behind the leaders’ pack. Praggnanandhaa made short work of Wenjun …

Tata Steel Chess Blitz and World Champion Ju Wenjun: Equal pay will help women’s chess
1 year, 4 months ago

Tata Steel Chess Blitz and World Champion Ju Wenjun: Equal pay will help women’s chess

The Hindu  

Ju Wenjun’s first visit to India proved special. The reigning World champion showed her class by winning the blitz title of the Tata Steel Chess India tournament here on Monday. “I had prepared for more than six months of this title match; I hadn’t been playing many classical tournaments before that.” She enjoyed the blitz and rapid variety at the …

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

Tata Steel Chess: Divya Deshmukh emerges as the queen in her own fairytale
1 year, 4 months ago

Tata Steel Chess: Divya Deshmukh emerges as the queen in her own fairytale

The Hindu  

Divya Deshmukh’s fairytale at the National Library had quite a fairytale ending on a wet Saturday evening. She got to play in India’s Tata Steel Chess India tournament only because R. Vaishali pulled out at almost the last minute. The results: Ninth round: Humpy lost to Divya; Ju drew with Ushenina; Krush lost to Savitha; Vantika bt Batsiashvili; Shuvalova drew …

Tata Steel Chess: Divya Deshmukh is Queen in her own fairytale
1 year, 4 months ago

Tata Steel Chess: Divya Deshmukh is Queen in her own fairytale

The Hindu  

Divya Deshmukh’s fairytale at the National Library had quite an ending on a wet Saturday evening. She got to play in India’s Tata Steel Chess India tournament only because R. Vaishali pulled out at almost the last minute. Deshmukh stunned second seed Koneru Humpy in the last round, with black pieces. She still had to wait for the result of …

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

Tata Steel Chess India 2023: Divya, Vantika shine on opening day, take early lead
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 Deshmukh replaces R Vaishali in Tata Steel Chess India tournament
1 year, 4 months ago

Divya Deshmukh replaces R Vaishali in Tata Steel Chess India tournament

The Hindu  

Woman Grandmaster M R Vaishali, who is the elder sister of India’s latest chess sensation R Praggnanandhaa, was on Tuesday ruled out of the upcoming Tata Steel Chess India championship slated to be held here from Thursday. Vaishali, who played a key role towards Praggnanandhaa becoming the youngest World Cup runner-up at 18, will be replaced by WGM Divya Deshmukh, …

Tata Steel Chess: Arjun Erigaisi and R. Vaishali make it an evening to remember
2 years, 1 month ago

Tata Steel Chess: Arjun Erigaisi and R. Vaishali make it an evening to remember

The Hindu  

India’s growing reputation in international chess was underlined in splendid fashion on the serene campus of the National Library on a cool Sunday evening. In a tournament featuring some of the biggest names in the mind sport, the country’s young talent won both the titles in the blitz section of the Tata Steel Chess India. If Arjun Erigaisi’s victory was …

Tata Steel Chess: It’s time for blitz, and Nihal Sarin cannot wait
2 years, 1 month ago

Tata Steel Chess: It’s time for blitz, and Nihal Sarin cannot wait

The Hindu  

KOLKATA There was this moment at the National Library on Thursday evening when just about everyone at the press conference laughed aloud. Viswanathan Anand, who has effortlessly stepped into his role of a commentator-cum-journalist, said he had one question for all the players: “How do you look forward to the blitz tournament?” After Arjun Erigaisi gave his answer, Anand, who …

Tata Steel Chess: Perfect day for Mamedyarov and Dzagnidze
2 years, 1 month ago

Tata Steel Chess: Perfect day for Mamedyarov and Dzagnidze

The Hindu  

She was on 9/9 in Chennai. If the woman who stunned the world at the Chess Olympiad in August lost all her games on the opening day of the Tata Steel Chess India tournament, another won all hers. The former World rapid champion from Vijayawada scored an important victory against Anna Muzychuk, drew with her younger sister Mariya and Anna …

National women's chess championship: Divya stops Nisha to join seven leaders
2 years, 10 months ago

National women's chess championship: Divya stops Nisha to join seven leaders

The Hindu  

Eighth seed Divya Deshmukh took her time to end former champion Nisha Mohota’s in 79 moves and joined seven other leaders at 3.5 points after four rounds of MPL National women chess championship at Bhubaneswar on Saturday. Other leaders were top seed R. Vaishali, Mary Ann Gomes, Soumya Swaminathan, N. Priyanka, Arpita Mukhjeree, Srija Seshadri and Sakshi Chitlange. RELATED | …

FIDE Women's Grand Prix: India's Dronavalli Harika overcomes Nana Dzagnidze to register second straight win
4 years, 10 months ago

FIDE Women's Grand Prix: India's Dronavalli Harika overcomes Nana Dzagnidze to register second straight win

Firstpost  

Indian grandmaster Dronavalli Harika posted a second straight win, beating Nana Dzagnidze in the fourth round to remain in joint lead at the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix chess tournament. Lausanne: Indian grandmaster Dronavalli Harika posted a second straight win, beating Nana Dzagnidze in the fourth round to remain in joint lead at the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix chess tournament. The …

FIDE Women's Grand Prix: India's Dronavalli Harika trumps world champion Ju Wenjun in third round
4 years, 10 months ago

FIDE Women's Grand Prix: India's Dronavalli Harika trumps world champion Ju Wenjun in third round

Firstpost  

Indian grandmaster Dronavalli Harika inflicted a defeat on world champion Ju Wenjun in the third round of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix chess tournament. Lausanne: Indian grandmaster Dronavalli Harika inflicted a defeat on world champion Ju Wenjun in the third round of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix chess tournament. The strong tournament featuring 12 players, including world champion Wenjun, is …

Cairns Cup Chess: India's Harika Dronavalli beats former world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk in Round 3
4 years, 11 months ago

Cairns Cup Chess: India's Harika Dronavalli beats former world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk in Round 3

Firstpost  

Harika who is unbeaten after three rounds, is joint second with two points along with former world champ Mariya Muzychuk and Kateryna Lagno St Louis : India’s Harika Dronavalli got the better of former world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk in the third round of the Cairns Cup here. Meanwhile, Koneru Humpy, the other Indian in the fray in the 10-player tournament, …

Commonwealth Chess: Three-way lead promises exciting finale; Abhijee Gupta, SL Narayanan, Aravindh Chithambaram lead
5 years, 6 months ago

Commonwealth Chess: Three-way lead promises exciting finale; Abhijee Gupta, SL Narayanan, Aravindh Chithambaram lead

The Hindu  

In keeping with the expectations, the eighth and penultimate round of the Commonwealth chess championship provided plenty of thrills and left three leaders promising an exciting finale. This energy-sapping game, lasting five hours, raised top seed Abhijeet’s tally to 6.5 points and saw him join the triumphant duo of second seed S. L. Narayanan and third seed Aravindh Chithambaram. Narayanan …

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