National Chess Championship: Ganguly in sole lead heading into final round
3 months, 4 weeks ago

National Chess Championship: Ganguly in sole lead heading into final round

The Hindu  

Seven straight wins, followed by three straight draws: Still, Surya Shekhar Ganguly is in the sole lead position going into the final round of the National Chess Championship. After drawing with Aronyak Ghosh in the 10th round at the RPS International School, he is on 8.5 points. The top-board clash between the two Kolkatans ended in a quiet draw in 30 moves after Aronyak adopted Slav Defence. He was joined in the shared second position later by four others – Neelash Saha, who upset defending champion S.P.

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National Chess Championship: Karthik comes from behind and edges Ganguly to script thrilling title win
3 months, 3 weeks ago

National Chess Championship: Karthik comes from behind and edges Ganguly to script thrilling title win

The Hindu  

In the end, Karthik Venkataraman proved more equal than the others. Karthik, Ganguly and Neelash Saha finished with nine points from 11 rounds at the 61st National Chess championship at the RPS International School on Tuesday: the tie was broken using the Buchholz System after they finished in that order. A win against Himal Gusain would have given Ganguly his …

National Chess Championship: Ganguly maintains lead as fellow Kolkata-lad Ghosh inches closer
3 months, 4 weeks ago

National Chess Championship: Ganguly maintains lead as fellow Kolkata-lad Ghosh inches closer

The Hindu  

Signing peace may have been the trend on the top boards on Sunday, but Aronyak Ghosh bucked it. And his win against Arjun Adireddy has made the closing stage of the National chess championship a bit more interesting, as he brought down the lead of fellow-city mate Surya Shekhar Ganguly to just half-a-point. Both the seasoned Grandmasters went on to …

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

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

The Hindu  

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: Surya Sekhar beats Neelash to earn solo lead after sixth round
4 months ago

National Chess Championship 2024: Surya Sekhar beats Neelash to earn solo lead after sixth round

The Hindu  

The last of his six titles at India’s premier domestic chess tournament came 16 years ago. Surya Sekhar Ganguly is running a strong – and so far flawless – campaign for the seventh. The top seed moved into the sole lead after the sixth round of the 61st National chess championship at the RPS International School here on Thursday. Aronyak …

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

National chess: Sethuraman takes lead; Guha holds Puranik

The Hindu  

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 …

National Chess C’ships 2023: Going gets tough for former winners; Eight share lead
1 year, 4 months ago

National Chess C’ships 2023: Going gets tough for former winners; Eight share lead

The Hindu  

With the exception of S. P. Sethuraman, former champions continued to struggle in the 60th National chess championship even as only eight leaders maintained perfect scores after four rounds here on Saturday. After Chhattisgarh’s S. Dhananjay showed the way by stunning top seed and former champion Abhijeet Gupta on Friday it was the turn of G. Akash and twice winner …

National Chess Championship: Venkatesh joins Sethuraman, Mitrabha in the lead
1 year, 11 months 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
1 year, 11 months 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 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 …

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