FIDE World Women's Team Chess Championship: India, Georgia share honours in first match of SF
3 years, 2 months ago

FIDE World Women's Team Chess Championship: India, Georgia share honours in first match of SF

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India’s No 1 player D Harika, playing on the top board, drew with Nina Dzagnidze in a short 14-move game. Sitges: Mary Ann Gomes continued her good form, beating Salome Melia on the fourth board to help India draw the first match of the semifinals against Georgia in the FIDE World Women’s Team Chess Championship on Friday. Like in the quarterfinals, Gomes’ victory enabled India share honours after Lela Javakshivili had beaten Bhakti Kulkarni to give Georgia the advantage. In the second match, India’s No.1 player Harika scored win against Zhansaya Abdumalik on the top board while Gomes was impressive in beating Gulmira Dauletova.

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Chess Olympiad: Indian men crush Azerbaijan, women beat Kazakhstan
3 months, 1 week ago

Chess Olympiad: Indian men crush Azerbaijan, women beat Kazakhstan

The Hindu  

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 …

Tata Steel Chess India 2023: Divya, Vantika shine on opening day, take early lead
1 year, 3 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 …

2023 FIDE World Cup: Unseeded Indians perform on expected line
1 year, 4 months ago

2023 FIDE World Cup: Unseeded Indians perform on expected line

The Hindu  

Unseeded Indians performed on expected lines when three men and two women entered the second round of the 2023 FIDE World Cup at Baku, Azerbaijan, on Monday. Of the five Indians on view in the open section, S. L. Narayanan, Abhimanyu Puranik and Karthik Venkarataman made it to the second round while B. Adhiban and Harsha Bharathakoti will figure in …

Asian Women’s Chess Championships: Divya Deshmukh wins gold, Mary Ann Gomes bags silver
1 year, 6 months ago

Asian Women’s Chess Championships: Divya Deshmukh wins gold, Mary Ann Gomes bags silver

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Divya Deshmukh drew the ninth and final round with Xenia Balabayeva of Kazakhstan to finish on top with 7.5 points. India’s Divya Deshmukh emerged champion, while Mary Ann Gomes finished runner-up in the women’s classical event of the Asian Continental Chess Championship, here on Sunday. The 17-year old Divya drew the ninth and final round with Xenia Balabayeva of Kazakhstan …

National women’s chess championship: Mary Ann Gomes stops Soumya Swaminathan, stays in lead
1 year, 11 months ago

National women’s chess championship: Mary Ann Gomes stops Soumya Swaminathan, stays in lead

The Hindu  

In a battle involving two former champions, Mary Ann Gomes stopped her Indian Oil teammate Soumya Swaminathan in 53 moves to lead with 6.5 points from seven rounds of the MPL National women’s chess championship at Kolhapur on Sunday. Decisive battles on the top-12 boards left defending champion Divya Deshmukh waiting in the second spot to take on fourth seed …

World Team Chess Championship: India Defeat France to Reach Final Four
2 years, 1 month ago

World Team Chess Championship: India Defeat France to Reach Final Four

News 18  

India defeated France in a thrilling tie-breaker to enter the semifinals of the FIDE World Team Chess Championship. Nihal Sarin and S L Narayanan did the star turn with victories over Jules Moussard and Laurent Fressinet respectively early on Thursday. FIFA World Cup 2022 Points Table | FIFA World Cup 2022 Schedule | FIFA World Cup 2022 Results | FIFA …

World Team Chess Championship: India, Uzbekistan play out a draw in the first round of semifinals
2 years, 1 month ago

World Team Chess Championship: India, Uzbekistan play out a draw in the first round of semifinals

The Hindu  

Vidit Gujrathi fought back from an inferior position to salvage an important draw to complement S. L. Narayanan’s brilliant victory on the third board as India and Uzbekistan drew 2-2 in the first round of the semifinals in the World Team Chess Championship in Jerusalem on Thursday. Nihal Sarin drew on the second board before S. P. Sethuraman squandered some …

World Chess Championship: India beats USA, makes it to quarterfinals
2 years, 1 month ago

World Chess Championship: India beats USA, makes it to quarterfinals

The Hindu  

Victories for Vidit Gujrathi and S. L. Narayanan on the first and third boards with black pieces set up India’s much-needed 3-1 triumph over USA in the last league match for a place in the quarterfinals of the World Team Chess Championship in Jerusalem on Tuesday. Vidit defeated Hans Moke Niemann and Narayanan overpowered Varuzhan Akobian to give India a …

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 …

Viswanathan Anand: Would be good if women's chess became more competitive
2 years, 5 months ago

Viswanathan Anand: Would be good if women's chess became more competitive

The Hindu  

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand on Tuesday hoped for more women’s chess players to break through the ranks in the country. “It is very easy to feel very optimistic about India’s youngsters on the boys side but not on the girls side,” Anand said during a panel discussion titled - Chess and Chennai. It has to be done more consciously.” …

FIDE Grand Swiss chess: Harika remains unbeaten, Sasikiran jumps to tied fourth spot
3 years, 1 month ago

FIDE Grand Swiss chess: Harika remains unbeaten, Sasikiran jumps to tied fourth spot

The Hindu  

K. Sasikiran bounced back from the loss in the previous round to outplay Ukraine’s Pavel Eljanov in 33 moves and jumped to the tied-fourth spot with nine others after nine rounds of the $425,000 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss chess tournament in Riga, Latvia, on Friday. RELATED| On the top table, top seed Fabiano Caruana ended the unbeaten run of overnight …

FIDE Grand Swiss Chess: Sasikiran upsets Fedoseev, joins Nihal Sarin
3 years, 1 month ago

FIDE Grand Swiss Chess: Sasikiran upsets Fedoseev, joins Nihal Sarin

The Hindu  

Veteran K. Sasikiran upstaged fancied Russian Vladimir Fedoseev and caught up with an unbeaten Nihal Sarin in the second score-group at 3.5 points after five rounds of $425 FIDE Grand Swiss chess tournament in Riga, Latvia, on Sunday. READ| In the women’s section, D. Harika drew with the 2015 World championship finalist Natalija Pogonina to reach 3.5 points. Harika is …

FIDE Grand Swiss: D Harika draws with Natalija Pogonina; Divya Deshmukh posts win
3 years, 1 month ago

FIDE Grand Swiss: D Harika draws with Natalija Pogonina; Divya Deshmukh posts win

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The young Divya Deshmukh was the only winner among the Indian women as she scored over local favourite Madara Golsta in 49 moves in a Nimzo-Indian game to take her tally to two points. Riga: Indian star Dronavalli Harika drew her fifth round game against Natalija Pogonina to be placed joint second with three others on 3.5 points in the …

FIDE Grand Swiss: Harika draws with Pogonina, Divya Deshmukh posts win
3 years, 1 month ago

FIDE Grand Swiss: Harika draws with Pogonina, Divya Deshmukh posts win

The Hindu  

Indian star Dronavalli Harika drew her fifth round game against Natalija Pogonina to be placed joint second with three others on 3.5 points in the FIDE Grand Swiss chess tournament for women here. In the Open event, experienced Grandmaster K. Sasikiran took down 10th-seed Vladimir Fedoseev of Russia in 53 moves in a French Alekhine variation game to improve his …

FIDE Grand Swiss: P Harikrishna secures second straight win; D Harika held to draw in Round 4
3 years, 1 month ago

FIDE Grand Swiss: P Harikrishna secures second straight win; D Harika held to draw in Round 4

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Harikrishna, the seventh-seed, was the only winner among the Indian men while R Vaishali secured the sole victory among the women. Riga : Indian Grandmaster P Harikrishna continued his recovery from a poor start by notching up his second straight win to move to 2.5 points after four rounds in the FIDE Grand Swiss chess tournament. The India number three …

Harikrishna Posts Win in Swiss Chess Tourney, Harika Held to Draw in Round 4
3 years, 1 month ago

Harikrishna Posts Win in Swiss Chess Tourney, Harika Held to Draw in Round 4

News 18  

Indian Grandmaster P Harikrishna continued his recovery from a poor start by notching up his second straight win to move to 2.5 points after four rounds in the FIDE Grand Swiss chess tournament here. The India number three beat Armenia’s Sergey Movsesian in 56 moves in a Ruy Lopez game late on Saturday and is among a bunch of players …

FIDE Grand Swiss: Harikrishna posts win, Harika held to draw in round four
3 years, 1 month ago

FIDE Grand Swiss: Harikrishna posts win, Harika held to draw in round four

The Hindu  

Indian Grandmaster P Harikrishna continued his recovery from a poor start by notching up his second straight win to move to 2.5 points after four rounds in the FIDE Grand Swiss chess tournament here. The India number three beat Armenia's Sergey Movsesian in 56 moves in a Ruy Lopez game late on Saturday and is among a bunch of players …

FIDE Grand Swiss: Harikrishna posts win, Harika held to draw in round four
3 years, 1 month ago

FIDE Grand Swiss: Harikrishna posts win, Harika held to draw in round four

The Hindu  

Indian Grandmaster P Harikrishna continued his recovery from a poor start by notching up his second straight win to move to 2.5 points after four rounds in the FIDE Grand Swiss chess tournament here. The India number three beat Armenia's Sergey Movsesian in 56 moves in a Ruy Lopez game late on Saturday and is among a bunch of players …

FIDE Grand Swiss Chess Tourney: Harika Beats Ex-world Champion to Co-lead in Women's Event
3 years, 1 month ago

FIDE Grand Swiss Chess Tourney: Harika Beats Ex-world Champion to Co-lead in Women's Event

News 18  

India’s Dronavalli Harika defeated former world champion Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria in the third round of the FIDE Grand Swiss chess tournament here to grab a share of the lead. The 17-year-old Nihal Sarin, who held top-seed and world No.2 Fabiano Caruana in the second round, continued his good form with a win over Teimur Kuybokarov in 40 moves in …

FIDE Grand Swiss: D Harika beats Antoaneta Stefanova in third round; P Harikrishna, Nihal Sarin also win
3 years, 1 month ago

FIDE Grand Swiss: D Harika beats Antoaneta Stefanova in third round; P Harikrishna, Nihal Sarin also win

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Harika defeated Stefanova with pieces in 68 moves although, for the most part, black was in no danger of losing. Riga : India’s Dronavalli Harika defeated former world champion Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria in the third round of the FIDE Grand Swiss chess tournament to grab a share of the lead. On board two, Harika defeated Stefanova with pieces in …

FIDE Grand Swiss chess: Wins for Sasikaran, Praggnanandhaa
3 years, 1 month ago

FIDE Grand Swiss chess: Wins for Sasikaran, Praggnanandhaa

The Hindu  

Indian players experienced mixed fortunes in the second round of the FIDE Grand Swiss chess tournament in Riga, Latvia, with two each in the men’s and women’s sections registering victories. Grandmaster K. Sasikiran beat Uzbekistan’s Shamsuddin Vakhidov, while R. Praggnanandhaa pulled off a marathon 55-move win over compatriot B. Adhiban in the second round late on Thursday. Padmini Rout posts …

World Women's Team Chess Championship: India beat France 3-1 to make it to quarters
3 years, 2 months ago

World Women's Team Chess Championship: India beat France 3-1 to make it to quarters

Firstpost  

India will take on Kazakhstan in the quarter-finals of the FIDE World Women’s Team Chess Championship. Sitges : India defeated France 3-1 in the fifth and final round, riding on wins from Bhakti Kulkarni and Mary Ann Gomes, to finish second in Pool A and qualify for the quarter-finals of the FIDE World Women’s Team Chess Championship on Wednesday. The …

FIDE World Women's Chess: India goes down 1-3 to Russia
3 years, 2 months ago

FIDE World Women's Chess: India goes down 1-3 to Russia

The Hindu  

After two straight wins, India went down 1-3 to a formidable Russian team in a fourth Pool A match in the FIDE World Women's Team Chess Championship. D Harika, the top Indian player, held Aleksandra Goryachkina to a draw as did Mary Ann Gomes against Polina Shuvalova but Tania Sachdev and R Vaishali suffered defeats as the team lost to …

FIDE World women’s team chess: India gets past Armenia, seals quarterfinal berth
3 years, 2 months ago

FIDE World women’s team chess: India gets past Armenia, seals quarterfinal berth

The Hindu  

Victories for Tania Sachdev and Bhakti Kulkarni paved the way for India’s 2.5-1.5 victory over formidable Armenia in the third round league encounter in Group A of the FIDE World women’s team chess championship at Sitges, Spain, on Tuesday. The results Third round: Group A: India bt Armenia 2.5-1.5 ; Azerbaijan lost to Russia 0.5-3.5; Spain bt France 2.5-1.5. Group …

World Women's Team Chess Championship: India secure first win, beat Spain in Round 2
3 years, 2 months ago

World Women's Team Chess Championship: India secure first win, beat Spain in Round 2

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After drawing 2-2 against Azerbaijan in the first round, the Indian women rode on R Vaishali’s win over Sabrina Vega Gutierrez to post a victory in the second Pool A match Sitges : The Indian team secured its first win in the FIDE World Women’s Team Chess Championship by beating Spain 2.5-1.5 in the second pool match. After drawing 2-2 …

FIDE World Women’s Chess: India beats Spain in round 2
3 years, 2 months ago

FIDE World Women’s Chess: India beats Spain in round 2

The Hindu  

The Indian team secured its first win in the FIDE World Women's Team Chess Championship by beating Spain 2.5-1.5 in the second pool match in Sitges in Spain. After drawing 2-2 against Azerbaijan in the first round, the Indian women rode on R Vaishali's win over Sabrina Vega Gutierrez to post a victory in the second Pool A match on …

World Women's Team Chess championship: India play draw with Azerbaijan in opening round
3 years, 2 months ago

World Women's Team Chess championship: India play draw with Azerbaijan in opening round

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Harika Dronavalli and Vaishali Rameshbabu scored wins as India settled for a 2-2 draw against Azerbaijan Sitges : Harika Dronavalli and Vaishali Rameshbabu scored wins as India settled for a 2-2 draw against Azerbaijan in the Pool A opening round of the FIDE World Women’s Team Chess Championship, on Monday. The promising, young R Vaishali, sister of teen prodigy R …

FIDE Online Chess Olympiad: USA stuns India in blitz to meet Russia in final
3 years, 3 months ago

FIDE Online Chess Olympiad: USA stuns India in blitz to meet Russia in final

The Hindu  

A young USA, without some of their best players, turned the table on India 4.5-1.5 in the blitz tie-breaker and set up the final with the mighty Russia in the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad on Tuesday. After getting past 3.5-2.5 in the first set, it became easier for Russia in the second as it closed with a 4-2 triumph.After India …

FIDE Online Olympiad: Triumphant India joins Hungary in lead, moves closer to quarterfinals
3 years, 3 months ago

FIDE Online Olympiad: Triumphant India joins Hungary in lead, moves closer to quarterfinals

The Hindu  

Holding her nerves when it really mattered, R. Vaishali pulled off a sensational draw against her Belarus’ rival to complete India’s third triumph of the day for a share of the lead after six rounds of the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad on Thursday. India scored over Shenzhen China, second seed Azerbaijan and Belarus while overnight leader Hungary posted narrow 3.5-2.5 …

FIDE Online Chess Olympiad: India holds second spot as Hungary leads
3 years, 3 months ago

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 …

Asian Online Team Chess: India men and women enter final
4 years, 2 months ago

Asian Online Team Chess: India men and women enter final

The Hindu  

B. Adhiban and R. Vaishali shone bright as the top-seeded Indian men's and women's teams entered the finals of the Asian Nations Online Cup championship with victories over Kazakhstan and Mongolia respectively on Saturday. While the men beat Kazakhstan 2.5-1.5 and 3-1, the women's team claimed 3.5-0.5 and 4-0 wins over Mongolia. In the first match, India rode on Adhiban’s …

Asian online team chess: India men and women enter semifinals
4 years, 2 months ago

Asian online team chess: India men and women enter semifinals

The Hindu  

The top-seeded Indian women’s team on Friday stormed into the semifinals of the Asian Nations Online Cup 2020 Championship, while their male counterparts eked out a fighting win over Mongolia to secure the last four berth. The Indian women made short work of Kyrgyzstan in the last-eight round, winning the two match-ups easily -- 4-0 and 3.5-0.5 -- after having …

Asian Online Nations Chess Cup 2020: India women’s team beats Kyrgyzstan to reach semis, men's team also progress
4 years, 2 months ago

Asian Online Nations Chess Cup 2020: India women’s team beats Kyrgyzstan to reach semis, men's team also progress

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The top-seeded Indian women’s team on Friday stormed into the semi-finals of the Asian Nations Online Cup 2020 Championship, while their male counterparts eked out a fighting win over Mongolia to secure the last four berth. The Indian women made short work of Kyrgyzstan in the last-eight round, winning the two match-ups easily — 4-0 and 3.5-0.5 — after having …

Asian Online Team Chess: Indian women top preliminaries, reach quarterfinals - Chess News - Sportstar
4 years, 2 months ago

Asian Online Team Chess: Indian women top preliminaries, reach quarterfinals - Chess News - Sportstar

The Hindu  

The top-seeded Indian women recorded three wins on Monday to finish on top in the Swiss system preliminaries and qualify for the quarterfinals of Asian Online Nations Cup Team Championship. In the fixture against the Philippines, Mary Ann Gomes and P. V. Nandhidhaa posted victories while R. Vaishali on the top board and Padmini Rout on the second board, settled …

India, Russia announced as joint winners at online Chess Olympiad: FIDE
4 years, 3 months ago

India, Russia announced as joint winners at online Chess Olympiad: FIDE

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India and Russia on Sunday were announced as joint winners of the FIDE Chess Olympiad as Nihal Sarin and Divya Deshmukh lost connection to their games in the second round and had to forfeit. Originally, Russia was declared as the winners, but India filed an appeal and after investigation, both India and Russia were announced as joint winners. …

India, Russia Share Gold Medal in FIDE Online Chess Olympiad After Internet Trouble
4 years, 3 months ago

India, Russia Share Gold Medal in FIDE Online Chess Olympiad After Internet Trouble

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India and Russia both emerged as gold medal winners after the final of FIDE Online Chess Olympiad on Sunday with internet connection playing a spoilsport once again from India’s end. FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich made a decision to give gold medals of FIDE Online #ChessOlympiad to both teams – India and Russia. More details & an official statement to follow.— …

Online Chess Olympiad: India-Russia declared joint winners after internet outage, Cloudflare crash mars final
4 years, 3 months ago

Online Chess Olympiad: India-Russia declared joint winners after internet outage, Cloudflare crash mars final

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Former World Champion Viswanathan Anand, India’s top-ranked player, sat out for the first round as captain Vidit Gujarati occupied Board One. India and Russia were declared as the joint winners of the 2020 Online Chess Olympiad after internet disconnection and server malfunction marred the final leading to India provisionally losing 1.5-4.5 to Russia in the second round and subsequently the …

R Praggnanandhaa, Divya Deshmukh shine as India stuns China to qualify for Chess Olympiad quarters
4 years, 4 months ago

R Praggnanandhaa, Divya Deshmukh shine as India stuns China to qualify for Chess Olympiad quarters

India TV News  

R Praggnanandhaa and Divya Deshmukh starred with crucial wins as India stunned a formidable China 4-2 in the ninth and final preliminary round to make the quarterfinals of the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad on Sunday. Vidit Gujrathi, the Indian captain, held world No.3 Ding Liren to a creditable draw on the top board while P Harikrishna also shared honours with …

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