Tata Steel Masters: Harikrishna finishes 7th, Foreest stuns Giri to win title
3 years, 11 months ago

Tata Steel Masters: Harikrishna finishes 7th, Foreest stuns Giri to win title

The Hindu  

P. Harikrishna finished seventh before 21-year-old Jorden van Foreest upstaged his Dutch compatriot Anish Giri in the title-deciding Armageddon game of the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament at Wijk aan Zee, in the Netherlands, on Sunday. Foreest, the hero of the day, caught up with overnight leader Giri at 8.5 points after beating Sweden’s Nils Grandelius. In the Armageddon game, Foreest outplayed Giri with black pieces to become the home winner of the event in 36 years, after Jan Timman’s triumph in 1985. 13th round results: Jan-Krzysztof Duda drew with P. Harikrishna; David Anton Gujar drew with Anish Giri ; Jorden van Foreest bt Nils Grandelius ; Alexander Donchenko lost to Andrey Esipenko ; Aryan Tari drew with Fabiano Caruana ; Alireza Firouzja drew with Radoslaw Wojtaszek ; Magnus Carlsen bt Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.

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Tata Steel Chess 2024: Arjun squanders lead as Carlsen completes clean sweep; Lagno wins blitz in women’s section
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Tata Steel Chess 2024: Arjun squanders lead as Carlsen completes clean sweep; Lagno wins blitz in women’s section

The Hindu  

When Viswanathan Anand remarked, “Arjun Erigaisi has been testing the boundaries of chess in almost every game,” it was an attestation to Arjun’s bold and innovative style. However, Anand’s follow-up — “This high-risk, high-reward approach has been tried before, yet when it goes wrong, it can go quite badly wrong”— had more merit and proved prophetic at the same time …

Magnus Carlsen wins Tata Steel Chess Rapid tournament, Pragg finishes runner-up
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Magnus Carlsen wins Tata Steel Chess Rapid tournament, Pragg finishes runner-up

India Today  

1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway delivered a flawless performance on the final day to clinch the title in the Open section, while India's R Praggnanandhaa finished runner-up at the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid Tournament in Kolkata on Friday. Praggnanandhaa and Wesley So finished tied on 5.5 points, but the Indian's superior tie-break score earned him the runner-up position, while …

Tata Steel Chess 2024: Vidit joins leaders, becomes top Indian in live rankings
11 months, 1 week ago

Tata Steel Chess 2024: Vidit joins leaders, becomes top Indian in live rankings

The Hindu  

After trailing the leaders till the penultimate round, Vidit Gujrathi finally caught all attention by stopping leader Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the 12th round and became part of a five-man leaders’ pack into the final round of the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament at Wijk aan Zee, near Amsterdam, on Saturday. The second successive victory saw Vidit not only join D. …

Tata Steel Masters Chess: D Gukesh Beats Jorden Van Foreest, R Praggnanandhaa Plays Draw with Ian Nepomniachtchi
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Tata Steel Masters Chess: D Gukesh Beats Jorden Van Foreest, R Praggnanandhaa Plays Draw with Ian Nepomniachtchi

News 18  

Grandmaster D Gukesh scored his second victory on the trot at the expense of Jorden Van Foreest of Holland and jumped to joint third spot after the end of the sixth round of Tata Steel Masters chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee. After beating Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia, Gukesh firmly posted another victory with black pieces in the fifth decisive …

Tata Steel Chess | Grischuk outsmarts young guns to lift blitz title
1 year, 4 months ago

Tata Steel Chess | Grischuk outsmarts young guns to lift blitz title

The Hindu  

Blitz chess is a frantic run against the clock. Alexander Grischuk turned it back in some style in front of a big audience at the National Library here on Saturday, the final day of the Tata Steel Chess India tournament. #TSCI#tsci2023#tatasteelchessindia#chess#kolkatapic.twitter.com/pt6NhZNNrM — Tata Steel Chess India September 9, 2023 Praggnanandhaa was still easily the pick of the Indian players, who …

Tata steel chess tournament: Vachier-Largrave wins rapid title in style with a round to spare
1 year, 4 months ago

Tata steel chess tournament: Vachier-Largrave wins rapid title in style with a round to spare

The Hindu  

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave proved just too good for the competition. The top seed from France won the rapid section of the Tata Steel Chess India tournament with a round to spare at the National Library on Thursday. The results : Teimour Radjabov 5.5 drew with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 7; R. Praggnanandhaa 5 bt Arjun Erigaisi 3; Vincent Keymer 3.5 bt D. Gukesh …

Tata Steel Chess India | Vachier-Lagrave is sole leader going into last day of rapid event
1 year, 4 months ago

Tata Steel Chess India | Vachier-Lagrave is sole leader going into last day of rapid event

The Hindu  

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave will go into the final day of the open rapid event of the Tata Steel Chess India tournament as the only unbeaten player. @TataSteelLtd@chesscom#TSCI#tsci2023#tatasteelchessindia#chess#kolkata#rapidpic.twitter.com/oZQd7wzB6T — Tata Steel Chess India September 6, 2023 Like Harikrishna, it hasn’t exactly been a fine tournament so far for Arjun Erigaisi, who was the best player at this event in the last couple …

Tata Steel Chess India: Gukesh among early leaders, Praggnanandhaa loses to Keymar
1 year, 4 months ago

Tata Steel Chess India: Gukesh among early leaders, Praggnanandhaa loses to Keymar

The Hindu  

Just when it seemed R. Praggnanandhaa would have another excellent day on the chessboard – something he has got used to over the last few months – Vincent Keymer made him pause. In the third-round clash between the two hugely talented teenagers, in the open rapid section of the Tata Steel Chess India tournament, the German prevailed, and he moved …

Dutch player Anish Giri wins Tata chess tournament
1 year, 11 months ago

Dutch player Anish Giri wins Tata chess tournament

NL Times  

Anish Giri won the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee for the first time in his career on Sunday. His Uzbek competitor Nodirbek Abdusattorov lost to Jorden van Foreest, making Giri the overall winner, NU.nl reports. Tiebreaks are a lottery in my eyes.” Previously, Giri twice missed the overall victory, once against Norwegian Magnus Carlsen in 2018 and …

Tata Steel Chess: Perfect day for Mamedyarov and Dzagnidze
2 years, 1 month ago

Tata Steel Chess: Perfect day for Mamedyarov and Dzagnidze

The Hindu  

She was on 9/9 in Chennai. If the woman who stunned the world at the Chess Olympiad in August lost all her games on the opening day of the Tata Steel Chess India tournament, another won all hers. The former World rapid champion from Vijayawada scored an important victory against Anna Muzychuk, drew with her younger sister Mariya and Anna …

Tata Steel Masters: Gujrathi loses to Mamedyarov, Carlsen wins title with a round to spare
2 years, 11 months ago

Tata Steel Masters: Gujrathi loses to Mamedyarov, Carlsen wins title with a round to spare

The Hindu  

Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi lost to Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan in the 12th and penultimate round of the Tata Steel Masters chess to jointly occupy the sixth place. 1 Magnus Carlsen clinched his eighth title in Wijk aan Zee after beating Fabiano Caruana in round 12 late on Saturday. The Norwegian, who will get a win by forfeit in the …

Tata Steel Chess 2022: Vidit Gujrathi beats Nils Grandelius, R Praggnanandhaa loses again
2 years, 11 months ago

Tata Steel Chess 2022: Vidit Gujrathi beats Nils Grandelius, R Praggnanandhaa loses again

Firstpost  

Azerbaijan’s Mamedyarov’s win over Praggnanandhaa helped him join world no.1 Magnus Carlsen in the lead. The 16-year old Indian GM now has 2.5 points after eight rounds having suffered four defeats so far Wijk Aan Zee: Indian Grandmaster Vidit Santhosh Gujrathi bounced back after a loss to beat Nils Grandelius in the eighth round while his compatriot R Praggnanandhaa continued …

Tata Steel Chess 2022: Magnus Carlsen beats R Praggnanandhaa to grab lead; Vidit Gujrathi suffers first defeat
2 years, 11 months ago

Tata Steel Chess 2022: Magnus Carlsen beats R Praggnanandhaa to grab lead; Vidit Gujrathi suffers first defeat

Firstpost  

Van Foreest introduced an interesting novelty on the white side of Nimzo-Indian Defence against one of the leaders, Gujrathi and an error by the Indian GM on move 36 proved costly as the Dutchman capitalised to post a win late on Saturda Wijk Aan Zee: Indian Grandmaster Vidit Santhosh Gujrathi lost his seventh-round game to Jorden Van Foreest while world …

Tata Steel Masters and Challengers: Vidit Gujrathi in joint lead
2 years, 11 months ago

Tata Steel Masters and Challengers: Vidit Gujrathi in joint lead

The Hindu  

Vidit Gujrathi easily held Anish Giri to a 33-move draw before being joined in the lead by the victorious duo of Richard Rapport and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov after five rounds of the Masters section of Tata Steel chess tournament on Thursday. Rapport defeated R. Praggnanandhaa in a wild game lasting 56 moves while Mamedyarov nailed defending champion Jorden van Foreest. READ| …

Tata Steel Chess: Praggnanandhaa bounces back to post first win
2 years, 11 months ago

Tata Steel Chess: Praggnanandhaa bounces back to post first win

The Hindu  

Vidit Gujrathi retained the lead in the Masters section, R. Praggnanandhaa scored his first win and Arjun Erigaisi emerged as the only leader in the Challengers category. In all, things went very well for the Indians in the Tata Steel chess tournament that goes into its first rest day following four rounds. It’s a difficult thing for me because it’s …

Tata Steel Chess: Arjun wins all three games, moves into lead
3 years, 1 month ago

Tata Steel Chess: Arjun wins all three games, moves into lead

The Hindu  

Earlier this month, Arjun Erigaisi caused a sensation in the Latvian capital of Riga. At the Lindores Abbey Blitz tournament, he won his first nine games, as he beat some of the biggest names in international chess. The 18-year-old from Telangana moved to the sole lead going into the final day of the rapid section of the Tata Steel Chess. …

Candidates Chess Tournament: Victorious Anish Giri back in the hunt
3 years, 8 months ago

Candidates Chess Tournament: Victorious Anish Giri back in the hunt

The Hindu  

Anish Giri was back into the title-race after a clinical victory over Wang Hao for a share of the second spot behind leader Ian Nepomniachtchi in the ninth round of Candidates chess tournament in Yekaterinburg in Russia, on Tuesday. The victory for Giri, the only winner of the day, was described by World champion Magnus Carlsen as a “very, very, …

Tata Steel Masters: Harikrishna draws with Espenko in round two
3 years, 11 months ago

Tata Steel Masters: Harikrishna draws with Espenko in round two

The Hindu  

P. Harikrishna drew with Russia’s Andrey Esipenko in 47 moves in the second round of the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament at Wijk aan Zee on Sunday. Playing white for the second straight day, Harikrishna found himself in a slightly inferior position late in the middle-game but made amends with a series of accurate moves. Sweden’s Nils Grandelius, a late …

Airthings Masters: Harikrishna suffers first loss; five share lead - Chess News - Sportstar
4 years ago

Airthings Masters: Harikrishna suffers first loss; five share lead - Chess News - Sportstar

The Hindu  

P. Harikrishna suffered his first loss in the $200,000 Airthings Masters online rapid chess tournament and with it, gave Anish Giri a chance to bounce back from the two first-day defeats. The results: Round Five: Anish Giri bt P. Harikrishna ; Hikaru Nakamura drew with Wesley So ; Alexander Grischuk drew with Teimour Radjabov ; Magnus Carlsen bt Daniil Dubov …

Anand runs out of time to leave Giri as the winner
4 years, 5 months ago

Anand runs out of time to leave Giri as the winner

The Hindu  

After objectively gaining a position of strength, Viswanathan Anand ran out of time in the tie-breaking Armageddon game and that gave Anish Giri a 3-2 victory in the fourth round of chess.com Legends of Chess on Friday. READ| Earlier, Magnus Carlsen blanked Boris Gelfand 3-0, a first result of this kind, to stay ahead with 12 points. Another interesting battle …

Chessable Masters: Giri set for final with Magnus Carlsen
4 years, 6 months ago

Chessable Masters: Giri set for final with Magnus Carlsen

The Hindu  

Anish Giri bounced back from losing the opening rapid game and knocked out Ian Nepomniachtchi in the second blitz game to book a place in the final against Magnus Carlsen in the 150,000 Chessable Masters on Thursday. After the four rapid games ended at 2-2, the first blitz game, too, was drawn before Giri won with white pieces to set …

Chessable Masters: Anish Giri tops, Vachier tumbles
4 years, 6 months ago

Chessable Masters: Anish Giri tops, Vachier tumbles

The Hindu  

Anish Giri held on to his position at the top but overnight joint leader Maxime Vachier-Lagrave lost the last four rounds to tumble out the league phase of $150,000 Chessable Masters on Tuesday. At the completion of 10 rounds, Giri topped the points tally with six points, including one against Ding Liren who lost Internet connection in drawn position and …

Caruana clinches Tata Steel Masters; Anand finishes joint sixth
4 years, 11 months ago

Caruana clinches Tata Steel Masters; Anand finishes joint sixth

The Hindu  

Five-time champion Viswanathan Anand finished tied sixth after drawing his 13th-round encounter with Poland’s Jan-Krzysztof Duda in 23 moves in the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament here on Sunday. Anand aggregated 6.5 points from 13 rounds and shared the sixth spot with three others. Fabiano Caruana, assured of the title before the final round, signed off with a win over …

Tata Steel Masters: Viswanathan Anand beats Alireza Firouzja, jumps to joint sixth after end of round 11
4 years, 11 months ago

Tata Steel Masters: Viswanathan Anand beats Alireza Firouzja, jumps to joint sixth after end of round 11

Firstpost  

With his second victory, Anand clawed his way back to a fifty percent score and will now hope to end the tournament on a high. Wijk Aan Zee : Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand gave a fine endgame lesson to young Alireza Firouzja, jumping to joint sixth position at the end of 11th round of Tata Steel Masters here. “I …

Tata Steel Masters: Viswanathan Anand ekes out draw against Russia's Daniil Dubov; Magnus Carlsen back in reckoning with win
4 years, 11 months ago

Tata Steel Masters: Viswanathan Anand ekes out draw against Russia's Daniil Dubov; Magnus Carlsen back in reckoning with win

Firstpost  

Anand could not do much with his white pieces against Dubov on Wednesday although optically his position appeared to be preferable after the opening. Wijk Aan Zee: Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand played out yet another draw, sharing points with Daniil Dubov of Russia in the ninth round of Tata Steel Masters. In the Challenger’s section Surya Shekhar Ganguly slipped …

Tata Steel Masters: Viswanathan Anand plays out draw with Anish Giri, shares 11th spot after just one point from three games
4 years, 11 months ago

Tata Steel Masters: Viswanathan Anand plays out draw with Anish Giri, shares 11th spot after just one point from three games

Firstpost  

Indian chess ace Viswanathan Anand played out his second draw in three games, signing peace with Anish Giri of Holland in the third round of the Tata Steel Masters, on Tuesday. Wijk Aan Zee: Indian chess ace Viswanathan Anand played out his second draw in three games, signing peace with Anish Giri of Holland in the third round of the …

Tata Steel Masters: Viswanathan Anand plays out draw with Russia's Vladislav Artemiev in first round
4 years, 11 months ago

Tata Steel Masters: Viswanathan Anand plays out draw with Russia's Vladislav Artemiev in first round

Firstpost  

Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Russian Grandmaster Vladislav Artemiev in the first round of Tata Steel Masters on Sunday Wijk Aan Zee: Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Russian Grandmaster Vladislav Artemiev in the first round of Tata Steel Masters on Sunday. Meanwhile in the Challengers section being organized …

Tata Steel Chess: Viswanathan Anand has mixed day as world champion Magnus Carlsen continues dominant run
5 years, 1 month ago

Tata Steel Chess: Viswanathan Anand has mixed day as world champion Magnus Carlsen continues dominant run

Firstpost  

It was a supershow against Aronian wherein Anand employed the Italian game as white and improved his position inch by inch to get an edge and then got in to a better endgame wherein Aronian was no match Kolkata: Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand had another mixed day as he won one, lost one and drew one game in the …

Tata Steel Chess: Viswanathan Anand starts well, world champion Magnus Carlsen grabs lead after Day One
5 years, 1 month ago

Tata Steel Chess: Viswanathan Anand starts well, world champion Magnus Carlsen grabs lead after Day One

Firstpost  

Viswanathan Anand drew with Ding Liren of China and Wesley So of the United States before going down to Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia on the first day of Tata Steel Chess tournament on Friday. Kolkata: Viswanathan Anand drew with Ding Liren of China and Wesley So of the United States before going down to Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia on the …

Tata Steel Chess: Carlsen wins record seventh title, Anand ties for third
5 years, 11 months ago

Tata Steel Chess: Carlsen wins record seventh title, Anand ties for third

The Hindu  

Five-time winner Viswanathan Anand and Vidit Gujarati signed peace in 30 moves in the 13th and final round to finish fifth and sixth in the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament here on Sunday. Magnus Carlsen won the title for a record seventh time following his 30-move draw with runner-up Anish Giri. 1 entered the final round with a half-point lead …

Tata Steel Chess: Anand takes a draw, Anish joins Carlsen in the lead
5 years, 11 months ago

Tata Steel Chess: Anand takes a draw, Anish joins Carlsen in the lead

The Hindu  

Viswanathan Anand took an easy draw with white pieces against Poland’s Jan-Krzysztof Duda before Vidit Gujarati stunned World No. After Magnus Carlsen moved to 7.5 points after a 25-move draw with Teimour Radjabov, Anish Giri caught up with the leader after beating Samuel Shankland. READ: Pantsulaia wins Chennai Open chess Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi moved to the third place compatriot Vladimir …

Tata Steel Chess 2019: Carlsen trumps Anand; Anish replaces Nepomniachtchi in the lead
5 years, 11 months ago

Tata Steel Chess 2019: Carlsen trumps Anand; Anish replaces Nepomniachtchi in the lead

The Hindu  

Magnus Carlsen continued his dominance over Viswanathan Anand, turning a likely draw to a stunning win in 76 moves in the 10th-round of the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament at Leiden, on Wednesday. In this Ruy Lopez game, where Anand was playing black, Carlsen had a knight three pawns to the Indians knight and two pawns after 66 moves. With …

Tata Steel Chess: Vidit Gujarati lets Vladimir Fedoseev off the hook
5 years, 11 months ago

Tata Steel Chess: Vidit Gujarati lets Vladimir Fedoseev off the hook

The Hindu  

Vidit Gujarati let Russia’s Vladimir Fedoseev off the hook and missed out on a golden opportunity to join Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren in the lead at 3.5 points after five rounds of the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament here on Wednesday. Ding Liren defeated USA’s Samuel Shankland for his second win while Nepomniachtchi drew with Hungarian Richard Rapport. Meanwhile, …

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