Chess Tournament
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R Vaishali creates history, becomes first Indian to win FIDE Women's Candidates
Other Sports | Apr 16, 2026, 10:49 AM ISTR Vaishali created history in Cyprus to become the first Indian to win the FIDE Women's Candidates. She defeated Kateryna Lagno to win the second-most prestigious tournament and will now challenge Ju Wenjun for the Women’s World Championship crown.
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Pragnanandhaa beats world champion Gukesh to clinch Tata Steel Masters 2025 title
Other Sports | Feb 03, 2025, 10:54 AM ISTR Pragnanandhaa has stunned world champion D Gukesh to win the Tata Steel Masters 2025 chess title. It was an all-India final played in Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands on Sunday (February 2) and Pragnanandhaa triumphed in the tiebreaker.
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Indian GM D Gukesh creates history; becomes youngest to beat World Champion Magnus Carlsen
Other Sports | Oct 17, 2022, 02:48 PM ISTThe Indian chess prodigy D Gukesh has stunned the World Champion Magnus Carlsen. Gukesh continued what has been a superb year so far for the young Indian players as he became the third one to put it across Carlsen after Praggnanandhaa and Erigaisi, defeated Carlsen last month.
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Chess-playing robot breaks opponent boy's finger at Moscow Open
World | Jul 26, 2022, 03:30 AM ISTThe parents of the injured boy want to contact the prosecutor's office and take action against Moscow Chess Federation authorities.
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Youngest Grandmaster Abhimanyu Mishra deserves feat and destined for greatness, feel coaches
Other Sports | Jul 01, 2021, 07:52 PM ISTMishra is also the youngest ever International Master, having gone past the mark held by Indian R Praggnanandhaa, two years ago.
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Viswanathan Anand loses to Fabiano Caruana in Norway Chess tourney
Other Sports | Jun 07, 2018, 08:56 PM ISTAfter jumping to joint lead following a crushing victory over Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France, Anand could not repeat the magic and Caruana deserved all the credit for taking chances.
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Winless Anand to play Vachier-Lagrave in round 7 of Norway chess tournament
Other Sports | Jun 05, 2018, 04:11 PM ISTThe Indian ace still has to play Fabiano Caruana of the United States and ultra-solid Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine in the remaining rounds.
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Viswanathan Anand holds Magnus Carlsen, stays in title contention in Norway Blitz
Other Sports | Jun 03, 2018, 04:13 PM ISTHaving won two games in a row with white pieces earlier in the tournament, Carlsen could do little against Anand this time and the Norwegian was not quite happy with his play.
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Viswanathan Anand draws with Ding Liren, remains joint second in Norway chess tournament
Other Sports | May 31, 2018, 06:49 PM ISTWith the invincible tag around him these days, Ding Liren did not face any real danger from Anand, who has 1.5 points in all.
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Grandmaster Baskaran Adhiban wins title in Reykjavik Open
Other Sports | Mar 16, 2018, 12:31 AM ISTAdhiban became only the second Indian after Abhijeet Gupta (in 2016) to win the prestigious Reykjavik Open.
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Viswanathan Anand wins Tal Memorial Rapid Chess tournament
Other Sports | Mar 05, 2018, 12:28 PM ISTThe Indian Grandmaster Anand defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alexander Grischuk and Daniil Dubov of Russia and Hikaru Nakamura of the United States en route to his final score.
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Viswanathan Anand draws with Peter Svidler in Tata Steel Masters chess
Other Sports | Jan 21, 2018, 10:59 PM ISTLooking for his sixth record title, Anand took his tally to 4.5 points out of a possible eight and now needs to score at least two wins in the remaining five rounds to be in with a chance to win the title.
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Viswanathan Anand suffers shock defeat against Vladimir Kramnik
Other Sports | Jan 21, 2018, 04:27 PM ISTThe loss proved costly as Anand slipped to joint sixth spot from his overnight joint second position, while, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan stretched his lead to a full point after his third straight victory in the tournament.
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Viswanathan Anand wins bronze at World Blitz Chess Championship
Other Sports | Dec 30, 2017, 10:49 PM ISTAfter ending the first day of the Blitz category on a disappointing note, Anand was a class act on the final day as he won against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France.
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Viswanathan Anand outclasses top-ranked Magnus Carlsen in World Rapid Chess Championship
Other Sports | Dec 28, 2017, 04:18 PM ISTPlaying with black pieces, the former world champion played the contest on an aggressive note which caught the world number one Carlsen off guard.
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Viswanathan Anand, Vidit Gujrathi, Swapnil S win in Rd 6 of Isle of Man Chess
Other Sports | Sep 29, 2017, 04:20 PM ISTAfter the sixth round, both Anand and Swapnil were at the joint third place along with 16 others with 4.5 points at the end of round six.
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R Praggnanandhaa and S P Sethuram advance, Viswanathan Anand held at Chess tourney
Other Sports | Sep 28, 2017, 05:00 PM ISTInternational Master Praggnanandhaa, who is just 12 years old, took 64 moves to force 26-year-old Howell to surrender, taking take his overall points to 3.5.
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Viswanathan Anand wins, Harika Dronavalli draws in round 3 of Isle of Man Chess tourney
Other Sports | Sep 26, 2017, 06:13 PM ISTAnand will face Latvian grandmaster Shirov Alexei, while Harika will take on French Grandmaster Laurent Fressinet in the fourth round.
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Viswanathan Anand, Harika Dronavalli make good start at Isle of Man International tourney
Other Sports | Sep 24, 2017, 03:10 PM ISTAnand notched up an emphatic win over American Marc Esserman, while Harika beat Englishman Oyama Akito in the first round late last night.
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World Chess Cup: Indian challenge ends as Gujrathi, Sethurman bow out
Other Sports | Sep 11, 2017, 10:55 PM ISTEarlier, five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand, B Adhiban, P Harikrishna, Murali Karthikeyan and Deep Sengupta had lost in the knockout event.