National Chess Championships: Nitin upsets Mendonca; shares lead with seven others
2 years ago

National Chess Championships: Nitin upsets Mendonca; shares lead with seven others

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Bespectacled S. Nitin is a seasoned International Master but may not have visualised nailing fourth-seeded Grandmaster Leon Mendonca by prompting his helpless king into a checkmating net. In what turned out to be the biggest upset of the third round of the 59th MPL National chess championship, Nitin needed only 36 moves to inflict an embarrassing defeat on the young talent and stayed in the lead at three points with seven others. Others who completed a hat-trick of victories were top seed S. P. Sethuraman, Abhijeet Gupta, Aronyak Ghosh, Koustav Chatterjee, P. Iniyan, G. B. Harshvardhan and Vedant Panesar. Grandmasters Karthik Vekataraman, Mitrabha Guha, Deep Sengupta, P. Karthikeyan and Neelotpal Das were engaged in drawn encounters and became part of a 25-player pack placed half a point behind the leaders’ group.

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GCL | Carlsen succumbs to time pressure; Knights increase lead at the top

The Hindu  

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

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The Hindu  

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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  

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4 months ago

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The Hindu  

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National Chess Championship 2024: Usual script continues as Surya Sekhar, Abhijeet, Sethuraman post wins
4 months ago

National Chess Championship 2024: Usual script continues as Surya Sekhar, Abhijeet, Sethuraman post wins

The Hindu  

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11 months ago

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

National chess: Sethuraman takes lead; Guha holds Puranik

The Hindu  

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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  

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National Chess Championship: Karthik snatches sole lead before the final round
1 year, 11 months ago

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The Hindu  

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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 …

National chess championship: Abhijeet Gupta joins Koustav Chatterjee in the lead
1 year, 11 months ago

National chess championship: Abhijeet Gupta joins Koustav Chatterjee in the lead

The Hindu  

Former champion Abhijeet Gupta returned to joint lead in style when he outplayed N. R. Vignesh in 39 moves in the 10th round of the MPL National chess championship in New Delhi on Saturday. drew in 59 moves and Tamil Nadu mates S. P. Sethuraman and L. R. Srihari signed peace in 45 moves, Abhijeet’s resounding victory saw him match …

National chess championship: Koustav stuns Sethuraman to take lead
1 year, 11 months ago

National chess championship: Koustav stuns Sethuraman to take lead

The Hindu  

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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  

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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 Chess Championship: Abhijeet Gupta in sole lead after 32-move win over Koustav Chatterjee
1 year, 11 months ago

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The Hindu  

Abhijeet Gupta punished an overly passive Koustav Chatterjee in 32 moves to emerge as the leader after five rounds of the MPL National Chess Championship here on Monday. On a day when seven of the top eight boards witnessed decisive battles, Abhijeet’s sustained pressure saw Koustav resign after facing the loss of a knight in this battle of two overnight …

National Chess C’Ships: Abhijeet, Koustav share lead after comfortable victories
1 year, 11 months ago

National Chess C’Ships: Abhijeet, Koustav share lead after comfortable victories

The Hindu  

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National Chess C’Ships: Visakh, Shyam Sundar held as underdogs make Grandmasters struggle
2 years ago

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The Hindu  

The growing depth of Indian chess made its presence felt as some Grandmasters, with ratings ranging from fifth seed N. R. Visakh’s 2544 to 45th-ranked Sriram Jha’s 2337, facing varying degrees of difficulty before being held in the second round of the National chess championship here. International Master Arghyadip Das, rated 2438 and seeded 21, crashed to a shock loss …

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2 years, 3 months ago

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News 18  

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Chennai Open: Boris Savchenko emerges champion
2 years, 5 months ago

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The Hindu  

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Chennai Open Chess: Indian IM Nitin, Baghdasaryan in Joint Lead
2 years, 6 months ago

Chennai Open Chess: Indian IM Nitin, Baghdasaryan in Joint Lead

News 18  

International Master Nitin Senthilvel of India is in joint lead with Armenian GM Vahe Baghdasaryan with five points after the fifth round of the 13th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2022 here on Wednesday. Half a point behind the leaders with 4.5 points are GMs Boris Savchenko, the top-seed, Tran Tuan Minh, Alexei Federov and Kirill Stupak apart from …

National U-18 chess: Bharath, Soham share lead
2 years, 8 months ago

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The Hindu  

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National junior chess championship: Koustav, Neelash, Utsab, Ayush ahead; Priyanka, Bhagyashree lead among girls
2 years, 9 months ago

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The Hindu  

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National men's chess championship: Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi joint leaders with one round left
2 years, 9 months ago

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The Hindu  

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National men's Chess Championship: Lalith, Abhijeet, Koustav join Gukesh and Arjun in lead
2 years, 9 months ago

National men's Chess Championship: Lalith, Abhijeet, Koustav join Gukesh and Arjun in lead

The Hindu  

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National women's chess championship: Divya stops Nisha to join seven leaders
2 years, 9 months ago

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

The Hindu  

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National men's Chess Championship: Arjun, Gukesh, Aryan lead
2 years, 9 months ago

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The Hindu  

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Fenesta National Tennis: Nitin Kumar Sinha outclasses veteran Vishnu Vardhan
3 years, 1 month ago

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National U-18 Online Rapid Championship: Manish, Keerthi win titles; two girls found cheating
3 years, 6 months ago

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The Hindu  

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