World junior chess: Karthikeyan, Aakanksha finish fifth
5 years, 2 months ago

World junior chess: Karthikeyan, Aakanksha finish fifth

The Hindu  

Indians finished medal-less after overnight leaders Ukraine’s Evgeny Shtembuliak and Russia’s Polina Shuvalova performed to expectations to claim their maiden World junior chess crowns here on Friday. Much after the champions were decided, Armenia’s Shant Sargsyan stopped Spain’s Miguel Santos Ruiz in 95 moves in the sixth hour to take the silver behind Shtembuliak. Important 11th-round results : Open: Evgeny Shtembuliak bt Volodar Murzin ; Miguel Santos Ruiz lost to Shant Sargsyan ; Aravindh Chithambaram drew with Aram Hakobyan ; Temur Kuybokarov drew with Wang Shixu M. Karthikeyan bt Igor Janik ; K. S. Raghunandan drew with R. Praggnanandhaa ; Leon Mendonca drew with Harsha Bharathakoti ; Arjun Kalyan lost to Mihnea Costachi. Girls: Song Yuxin drew with Polina Shuvalova ; Mobina Alinasab bt Bibisara Assaubayeva ; Mariia Berdnyk bt N. Priyanka ; Elizaveta Solozhenkina bt Dinara Dordzhieva ; Aakanksha Hagawane bt Gabriela Antova.

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Hindustan Times  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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Firstpost  

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Associated Press  

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CNN  

CNN — Teenager Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest-ever undisputed classical chess world champion after beating Ding Liren 7.5-6.5 in their best-of-14 final in Singapore on Thursday. Social media clips showed fans back in India celebrating Gukesh’s victory wildly, cheering and hugging as he became the 18th world chess champion and just the country’s second world champion after Viswanathan Anand. My …

Gukesh Dommaraju: 18-year-old Indian becomes the youngest chess world champion ever after Ding Liren blunder
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CNN  

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ABP News  

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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Why Viswanathan Anand is missing from India's chess Olympiad team for the second time in a row
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Hindustan Times  

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World Junior Championships
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The Hindu  

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Associated Press  

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The Hindu  

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The Quint  

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New Indian Express  

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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India TV News  

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News 18  

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The Hindu  

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News 18  

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Asian Games Sept 27 Schedule: Medals events in shooting, chess; world champion Nikhat Zareen begins campaign
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India TV News  

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1 year, 3 months ago

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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India TV News  

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1 year, 5 months ago

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The Hindu  

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Gukesh, Pragg and Nihal progress with ease; Indian women also have a rewarding day
1 year, 5 months ago

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The Hindu  

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1 year, 5 months ago

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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Firstpost  

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News 18  

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Firstpost  

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Indian sports news wrap, April 12
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Indian sports news wrap, April 12

The Hindu  

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Women’s World Boxing Championships: Lovlina Borgohain, Nikhat Zareen, Nitu Ghanghas, Saweety Boora Confirm Medals for India
1 year, 9 months ago

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News 18  

Riding on impressive performances, star Indian pugilists Lovlina Borgohain, Nitu Ghanghas, Nikhat Zareen and Saweety Boora registered thumping victories to confirm four medals for the hosts at the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships by advancing to the semi-finals at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in the national capital on Wednesday. Continuing her rich vein of form, Lovlina added a third …

India’s teen quartet ready for top board in new year
2 years ago

India’s teen quartet ready for top board in new year

Hindustan Times  

If 1988 will forever be remembered in Indian chess as the year that the country got its first Grandmaster in Viswanathan Anand, 2022 will be significant for showing that India can stage large-scale chess tournaments and compete with the best in the world. In July-August this year, India hosted the FIDE Chess Olympiad — the 44th iteration of the biennial …

Koneru Humpy wins silver at World Blitz Championship
2 years ago

Koneru Humpy wins silver at World Blitz Championship

The Hindu  

Former World rapid champion K. Humpy produced a superlative performance to claim India’s first-ever silver medal from the World blitz chess championship that concluded in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Friday. In the 17-round women’s section, fourth seed Humpy started with two straight losses on Thursday but bounced back to aggregate 12.5 points, including 8.5 points from the last nine rounds. FIDE …

Raunak Sadhwani shares 7th spot in World blitz; Harika keeps medal hopes alive in women’s section
2 years ago

Raunak Sadhwani shares 7th spot in World blitz; Harika keeps medal hopes alive in women’s section

The Hindu  

Youngster Raunak Sadhwani shared the seventh spot to stay in the medal hunt after 12 rounds of the World blitz chess championship in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Thursday. Playing well over his starting rank of 30, Sadhwani won seven rounds, including the last two, drew three and lost two. Arjun Erigaisi, who finished fifth in the rapid format on Wednesday, drew …

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, …

National Chess Championship: Sethuraman nails Abhijeet, shares lead with Mitrabha Guha
2 years 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 ; …

Asian Boxing Championships 2022: Shiva Thapa beats former champion Usmanov to enter final
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Asian Boxing Championships 2022: Shiva Thapa beats former champion Usmanov to enter final

Firstpost  

Six-time Asian medalist Shiva Thapa continued his great form and stormed into the final at the 2022 ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan on Thursday. The 2022 Thailand Open Champion duo of Sumit and Govind Kumar Sahani both suffered defeats in their semi-final bouts and secured bronze. Sumit was involved in a tough matchup against the reigning Asian …

Asian Elite Boxing Championships: Sumit, Govind Settle For Bronze Medals
2 years, 2 months ago

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News 18  

Thailand Open Champion duo of Sumit and Govind Kumar Sahani suffered defeats in their semi-final bouts to settle for bronze medals at the Asian Elite Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan on Thursday. T20 World Cup 2022: Full Coverage | Schedule | Results | Points Table | Gallery His Kazakh opponent, who is the 2021 Youth World Championship gold medallist, dominated …

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