Surya Shekhar Ganguly secures victory at Belt and Road China Hunan International tournament
5 years, 5 months ago

Surya Shekhar Ganguly secures victory at Belt and Road China Hunan International tournament

The Hindu  

Surya Shekhar Ganguly played some sparkling chess to win the Belt and Road China Hunan International tournament at Tongguanyao. The 36-year-old ONGC staffer from Kolkata, who started out as the 15th seed, finished with seven points from nine rounds to triumph at what is one of the richest chess events around. Read: Bhakti retains national chess title His final tally of seven was half-a-point more than the second-placed Yu Yangyi of the host nation, who was seeded second, and Amin Bassem of Egypt, the fifth seed. Top seed Wei Yi of China was among the six players who scored six points; he was beaten by Ganguly in the fifth round.

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Arjun Erigaisi fourth, D Gukesh fifth in latest chess rankings
1 week, 2 days ago

Arjun Erigaisi fourth, D Gukesh fifth in latest chess rankings

The Hindu  

Indian Grandmasters Arjun Erigiasi and World Champions D. Gukesh retained their fourth and fifth spot respectively in the chess rankings released on Wednesday. Erigiasi, who became the second Indian after the legendary Viswanathan Anand and 16th worldwide to reach the gold-standard ELO rating of 2800, continues to have 2801 rating points for the fourth spot. While 18-year-old Gukesh, who defeated …

National Chess Championship: Ganguly in sole lead heading into final round
4 months, 2 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 …

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

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, 2 weeks 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 …

Gukesh won the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2024 and is currently India’s top-rated player with 2763.4 points
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Gukesh won the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2024 and is currently India’s top-rated player with 2763.4 points

The Hindu  

April 25, 2024 08:30 am | Updated May 03, 2024 05:15 pm IST Grandmaster D. Gukesh pulled off a phenomenal achievement by winning the prestigious FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2024, a.k.a. Gukesh is also the first Indian to win the Candidates since GM Viswanathan Anand won the tournament in 2014 and earned him a rematch for the World Championship against …

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
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, …

Shivendra Singh Sisodia grabs halfway lead with blistering 63
2 years, 8 months ago

Shivendra Singh Sisodia grabs halfway lead with blistering 63

The Hindu  

Shivendra Singh Sisodia of Gurugram struck a blistering nine-under 63, the tournament's best round so far, to grab the halfway lead at the Rs 50 lakh PGTI Players Championship here on Wednesday. Chandigarh's Abhijit Singh Chadha, the first-round leader, slipped to the third position on day two following a 69 that moved his total to nine-under 135. READ: SAI approves …

A teen sweep in National Chess Championship
2 years, 9 months ago

A teen sweep in National Chess Championship

The Hindu  

These are exciting times for Indian chess. Many Indians managed to play some of the accomplished players like World champion Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Levon Aronian etc in online games, where both players were allowed three minutes on the clock. Even as Nihal and Praggnanandhaa continued to get the lion’s share of media attention, Arjun went on make his mark …

World Rapid Chess Championship: Koneru Humpy finishes sixth, D Gukesh takes ninth spot in open section
3 years ago

World Rapid Chess Championship: Koneru Humpy finishes sixth, D Gukesh takes ninth spot in open section

Firstpost  

Warsaw : Defending champion Koneru Humpy failed to live up to her billing, finishing sixth with 7.5 points in the women’s section of the FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship 2021. In the open event, young Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh scored nine points to finish a creditable ninth, just half a point behind champion Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan. Humpy, who began …

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 …

Chess: Aravindh, Karthikeyan keep India's medal hopes alive
5 years, 2 months ago

Chess: Aravindh, Karthikeyan keep India's medal hopes alive

The Hindu  

Triumphant third seed Aravindh Chithambaram joined sparring-partner M. Karthikeyan at 6.5 points to keep alive the Indian claim for a possible medal in the World junior chess championship here on Wednesday. Even as seventh seeded Ukrainian Evgeny Shtembuliak emerged as the only leader at 7.5 points, half-a-point clear of fellow overnight joint-leader Spain’s Miguel Santos Ruiz, Aravindh moved to the …

Commonwealth Chess Championship: Abhijeet records win; Aravindh, Thej emerge leaders
5 years, 6 months ago

Commonwealth Chess Championship: Abhijeet records win; Aravindh, Thej emerge leaders

The Hindu  

Fierce battles were the order of the day that left only three players with perfect scores following the third round of the Commonwealth chess championship here on Monday. Top seed Abhijeet Gupta was the notable winner over Pravin Thispay, the country’s oldest Grandmaster, in their top-board encounter. National champion Aravindh Chithambaram, seeded three, and M. S. Thej Kumar, seeded 13, …

World teams chess championship: Indian men beat Egypt, Women beat Armenia
5 years, 10 months ago

World teams chess championship: Indian men beat Egypt, Women beat Armenia

The Hindu  

Grandmaster B. Adhiban crushed higher-rated Amin Bassem on the top board as Indian men cruised to a 3.5-0.5 victory over Egypt in the third round of World teams chess championship here. Backed by an excellent result, the Indian men jumped to joint-second spot in rankings on five points out of a possible six match points and they now only trail …

National chess championship: Vaibhav Suri and G. A. Stany post fifth win to stay ahead
6 years ago

National chess championship: Vaibhav Suri and G. A. Stany post fifth win to stay ahead

The Hindu  

Continuing the sequence of shining bright with white pieces, Vaibhav Suri and G. A. Stany again emerged victorious and led after the 10th round of National chess championship here on Saturday. Suri, seeded three, scored his fifth victory in as many games with white to reach eight points after facing Anurag Mhamal in a one-sided contest lasting 31 moves. Equal …

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