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 …
Second seed Nihal Sarin heads the four-player Indian brigade, including third seed R. Praggnanadhaa, sixth seed D. Gukesh and eighth seed Leon Mendonca, in the first leg of the $100,000 Julius Baer Challengers Online Chess Tour beginning on Thursday. These players are divided into two teams - Team Kramnik and Team Polgar. Nihal and Gukesh are part of Team Polgar …
