2+ hour, 22+ min ago  (187+ words) Organised by MGD1, the eight-player double round-robin tournament carries a prize purse of Rs 75 lakh besides offering valuable FIDE Circuit points. After Deepraj Mukherjee, General Manager of The Westin Chennai Velachery, made the ceremonial first move between Firouzja and Gukesh, the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (350+ words) Anand advised Gukesh, who is scheduled to face Javokhir Sindarov in his title defence later this year, to take "inspiration" from Praggnanandhaa. "At this moment, Praggnanandhaa is playing better than Gukesh but anything can change. I think there will be…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (191+ words) Visuals released by the Department of Information and Public Relations showed the Chief Minister and Praggnanandhaa sharing smiles while playing chess. CM Vijay also handed over a cheque for Rs 50 lakh to Praggnanandhaa, who created history by becoming the first…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (422+ words) "I think beating him in any format is good, but more than that, winning at this stage of the tournament is more important, especially in classical where you get three points," Praggnanandhaa said after the game, which took him to…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (336+ words) Carlsen could do little but accept the young Indian Grandmaster's excellence as he shook his hands and left the table with nothing but disappointment on his face. In the video, Carlsen could be seen shaking his head as he stood…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (478+ words) The marathon encounter saw the Indian world champion visibly rattled in the closing stages, even seeking clarification from the arbiter over the move count as the game drifted towards an inevitable draw despite Keymer being a pawn up. The German,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (206+ words) Praggnanadhaa remained on 3.5 points in the company of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France, Wesley So of the United States and Sindarov. Deac Bogdan-Daniel is on 2.5 points. Praggnanandhaa's first loss in the tournament almost threw him out of contention for a top…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (175+ words) The American moved to 16.5 points after scoring 3.5/9 and is now a half point ahead of compatriot Wesley So. The third American Fabiano Caruana shares the third spot with Slovenian Vladimir Fedoseev on 15 points apiece, while Gukesh comes in next two…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (212+ words) With this, she has also broken into the world's top 100 women for the first time, currently sitting at number 72, stated the English Chess Federation in a press release. "It is an extraordinary rise for a Harrow schoolgirl who took up…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (173+ words) sports.ndtv.com Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa played out a draw against Matthias Bluebaum of Germany in the fourth round in the open section of the FIDE Candidates Tournament on Wednesday. But Divya Deshmukh lost to Zhu Jiner of China,…...