Delhi International Open Chess: Shivika stuns Laxman; Shuaau draws against grandmaster Camilo
2 years, 9 months ago

Delhi International Open Chess: Shivika stuns Laxman; Shuaau draws against grandmaster Camilo

The Hindu  

Two rank underdogs Shivika Rohilla and Muhammed Shuaau enjoyed the best result of their budding careers when they embarrassed their Grandmaster rivals in varying degrees to inject some excitement on an otherwise predictable opening day of Delhi International Open chess tournament on Tuesday. Shivika brought down R. R. Laxman and Shuaau, from Maldives, drew with Columbian GM Camilo Rios Cristhian to contribute to the surprises of the day. Woman Grandmaster V. Varshini and Woman International Master Parnali Dharia were among those who lost to lower-rated rivals. Top-10 results : S. S Manigandan lost to Arjun Erigaisi; Pavel Ponkratov bt P. Bala Kannamma; Angela Franco Valencia lost to Abhijeet Gupta; Neuris Delgado Ramirez bt Soham Datar; Joydeep Dutta lost to S. P. Sethuraman; D. Gukesh bt Sudarshan Bhat; Dhruv Khosla lost to M. R. Lalith Babu; N. R. Visakh bt Akila Kavinda; Santu Mondal lost to Deepan Chakkravarthy; P. Iniyan bt Indrajeet Mahindrakar.

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New Indian Express  

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Why Viswanathan Anand is missing from India's chess Olympiad team for the second time in a row
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Hindustan Times  

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The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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Praggnanandhaa held by Aryan Chopra, Gukesh draws with Mamedov
1 year, 1 month ago

Praggnanandhaa held by Aryan Chopra, Gukesh draws with Mamedov

The Hindu  

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1 year, 8 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 …

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1 year, 8 months ago

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The Hindu  

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1 year, 9 months ago

Delhi International Open: Shreya holds Aleksandrov; Sarvani stuns Ratnakaran

The Hindu  

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Delhi International Open chess: Sethuraman, Aravindh dominate opening round

The Hindu  

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India TV News  

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Firstpost  

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Tata Steel Chess: Praggnanandhaa bounces back to post first win

The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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3 years, 1 month ago

FIDE Grand Swiss chess: Wins for Sasikaran, Praggnanandhaa

The Hindu  

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3 years, 3 months ago

Hou Yifan Challenge: India's R. Praggnanandhaa wins five rounds, leads

The Hindu  

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India's singles challenge ends at US Open qualifiers as Prajnesh Gunneswaran bows out

Firstpost  

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India TV News  

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3 years, 4 months ago

India's Raunak Sadhwani wins Spilimbergo Open chess tournament

The Hindu  

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3 years, 4 months ago

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The Hindu  

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3 years, 4 months ago

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The Hindu  

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