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  Sports fraternity praises 16-year-old R Praggnanandhaa for his performance in Airthings Masters

  Other Sports | February 22, 2022 16:30 IST

  A day after a stunning victory over world No.1 Magnus Carlsen, the 16-year old scored two wins and drew against Nodirbek Abdusattorov.

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  Praggnanandhaa follows up win over Carlsen with 2 more victories in Airthings Masters

  Other Sports | February 22, 2022 13:05 IST

  A day after a stunning victory over world No.1 Magnus Carlsen, the 16-year old scored two wins and drew against Nodirbek Abdusattorov.

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  16-year-old Praggnanandhaa stuns World Champion Carlsen in rapid chess

  Other Sports | February 21, 2022 20:23 IST

  It was Praggnanandhaa's first win in any form of chess against the Norwegian Grand Master and came on the back of having lost three games in a row.

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  Indian GM Lalith Babu wins tournament in Czech Republic

  Other Sports | January 23, 2022 17:33 IST

  The 29-year-old grandmaster unbeaten through nine rounds and accumulated 6.5 points to finish half a point ahead of Icelandic GM Hannes Stefansson, the runner-up.

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  Punjab govt refused to provide job and reward as promised, alleges chess champion Malika Handa

  Sports | January 03, 2022 9:20 IST

  World Chess Champion Malika Handa recently took to Twitter to express her anger against Punjab government. She alleged in the tweet, that, Punjab government had promised her reward and a job, which hasn't been fulfilled.

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  Gashimov Memorial Chess: Anand loses twice on day two

  Other Sports | December 19, 2021 22:08 IST

  Anand lost by identical 0.5-1.5 margins. After losing to Rauf Mamedov of Azerbaijan in the first round on the opening day on Saturday, the Indian chess ace could not register any win in his two matches on Sunday. He lies in sixth spot with two others.  

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  World Women's Chess Championship: India lose 1-3 to Russia

  Other Sports | September 29, 2021 12:26 IST

  India, which has qualified for the quarterfinals, will face France in the fifth and final preliminary match later on Wednesday.

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  Online Chess Olympiad: India bows out in semifinal after losing to US

  Other Sports | September 15, 2021 9:06 IST

  The US will face Russia who got the better of China in Wednesday's finale.

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  12 year old Abhimanyu Mishra becomes youngest Grandmaster in chess history

  Sports | July 06, 2021 18:00 IST

  12 year old Abhimanyu Mishra from New Jersey on June 30 scored his third GM norm and became the youngest chess grandmaster in history. He already crossed the required 2500 Elo rating barrier.

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  Goa's 14-year-old Leon Mendonca becomes India's 67th Grandmaster

  Other Sports | December 31, 2020 14:06 IST

  Mendonca, who achieved the feat at 14 years, 9 months and 17 days, is the second GM from the coastal state.

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  Tamil Nadu state chess revenues impacted by Covid-19 pandemic

  Other Sports | November 23, 2020 8:55 IST

  During normal times, state chess tournaments and others would have been held but it was not to be this year, the official added.

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  Asian Online Team Chess: Indian men in 4th spot after six rounds

  Other Sports | October 16, 2020 17:14 IST

  The top-seeded Indians, who were sixth after three rounds, were held to a 2-2 draw by a strong Kazakhstan team, seeded second, in the sixth round.

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  Reward Olympiad-winning Indian team: Chess Forum appeals to Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju

  Other Sports | September 13, 2020 20:46 IST

  Te Indian chess team recently emerged joint champions (with Russia) at the recently-concluded FIDE online Chess Olympiad.

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  Indian GM Iniyan wins World Open online chess tournament

  Other Sports | September 03, 2020 22:20 IST

  The Tamil Nadu player scored seven and half points out of a possible nine with six victories and three draws to finish on top, ahead of many higher-rated Grandmasters, a press release said on Thursday.

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  Chess Olympiad gold: Chess has boomed amid COVID-19, brought audience together, says Vidit Gujrathi

  News | September 01, 2020 13:51 IST

  India won the chess Olympiad gold for the first time in the tournament's history and the team's skipper Vidit Gujrathi has revealed that this win is on par with how Indian cricket was put on the world map after their 1983 World Cup win against the West Indies in Lords.

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  Happy that so many people have discovered chess during pandemic: Viswanathan Anand

  Other Sports | July 21, 2020 10:19 IST

  The former world champion said "most Indian parents are right" that chess will help their children do better in school.

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  Young R Vaishali stuns former world champion Antaoneta Stefanova

  Other Sports | June 25, 2020 13:04 IST

  Vaishali registered a 6-5 win over Bulgarian opponent late on Wednesday after having beaten strong players like Valentina Gunina and Alina Kashlinskaya in the qualifying stages.

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  India suffer twin defeats in Online Nations Cup, finishes 5th; China vs USA in title clash

  Other Sports | May 09, 2020 23:25 IST

  USA will meet China in Sunday's Superfinal after they beat the top seeds 2.5-1.5 in the final round later in the day.

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  India draw with Europe after win against Rest of World in Online Nations Cup Chess

  Cricket | May 09, 2020 10:41 IST

  India were held to a 2-2 draw against Europe in the Online Nations Cup Chess tournament.

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  Embassy in touch with Viswanathan Anand but repatriation will take time: Wife Aruna

  Other Sports | May 08, 2020 14:54 IST

  Five-time world champion Anand was in Germany to take part in the Bundesliga chess tournament and before he could return, the travel restrictions came calling in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.