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Large Indian presence in World rapid and blitz meet

Arjun Erigaisi has been seeded 12th in the blitz and D. Harika enjoys the fourth spot among women’s list of seeding for the rapid section in the World rapid and blitz chess championship that begins in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Monday. Though Magnus Carlsen is back in search of an eighth gold medal from the championship and looking to add to …

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Nihal Sarin lost twice to Wesley So with black pieces to trail 1-3 in the first set of four rapid games in the title-clash of the $500,000 Chess.com Global Championship Finals on Sunday. Since the first player to reach 4.5 points from eight games will get the winner’s share of $200,000, Nihal will to have strike early, preferably twice, to …

It turned out to be an unforgettable week in Kolkata for Arjun Erigaisi. “I was delighted to get that opportunity in the blitz, as I would have preferred it in the first place, to the rapid event,” Arjun told Sportstar. “I never expected to win the rapid tournament; I would have been happy with a third.” READ: Arjun Erigaisi wins …

Sarin is placed joint second after the rapid, blitz and four rounds of Classical section at the Biel Grandmaster Triathlon Biel: Indian Grandmaster Nihal Sarin notched up eight wins to go with three draws and as many defeats to be placed joint second after the rapid, blitz and four rounds of Classical section at the Biel Grandmaster Triathlon on Saturday. …

Indian Grandmaster Nihal Sarin notched up eight wins to go with three draws and as many defeats to be placed joint second after the rapid, blitz and four rounds of Classical section at the Biel Grandmaster Triathlon here on Saturday. READ: Biel Chess festival: Sarin draws with Studer Veteran American Kamsky is ahead of the pack with 25 points, while …

Indian Grandmaster Nihal Sarin held veteran GM Boris Gelfand to a draw in the second round of the classical section of the Biel International Chess Festival, here on Wednesday. READ: Biel Chess festival: Indian GM Nihal Sarin takes second spot in rapid event Veteran American GM Gata Kamsky is in the lead with 16.5 points so far after the rapid …

Biel Chess festival: Indian GM Nihal Sarin takes second spot in rapid event

India's young Grandmaster Nihal Sarin posted four wins and two draws to finish second in the Rapid section of the Biel International Chess Festival. The 17-year-old Sarin held GM Gata Kamsky to a creditable draw, ending the American player's five-match winning run. The Indian GM posted wins over Kiril Alekseenko, veteran Israeli GM Boris Gelfand, Vincent Keymer and Maxime Lagarde. …

Making up for a slow start, a determined R. Praggnanandhaa won all five rounds on Friday to share the lead after 10 rounds of Gelfand Challenge online rapid chess tournament. He went on to account for Zhu Jiner, teammate Leon Mendonca, Vincent Keymer and Jonas Buhl Bjerre for a share of the lead with top seeded Uzbek Nodirbek Abdusattarov at …

R. Praggnanandhaa will look to stave off strong challenges from top seed Nodirbek Abdusattorov, second seed Nihal Sarin and D. Gukesh when the Gelfand Challenge online rapid chess tournament begins on Thursday. Winner of the Polgar Challenge - the first leg of the Julius Bar Challenge Tour – third seed Praggnanandhaa gained an opportunity to play in the elite New …