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Bharath Subramaniyam becomes India's 73rd chess Grandmaster

He finished with six wins and one draw while losing two games - against Korobov and Lalith Babu

Indian GM Bharathakoti holds Paravyan in World Rapid Chess championship

He subsequently drew with Sergei Movessian before the game against Paravyan

Gashimov Memorial chess: Anand ends Rapid event with two more defeats

The former world champion Indian lost to Fabiano Caruana of USA 0.5-1.5 in his first match of the day

Gashimov Memorial chess: Anand beats Mamedyarov for first win

Earlier in the day, Anand had lost 0.5-1.5 to Sergey Karjakin in the fifth round

AICF lines up slew of international open tournaments in India next year

The All-India Chess Federation (AICF) has announced a packed calendar for the year 2022, lining up as many as 13 international open tournaments across the length and breadth of the country. The year will begin with the MPL National Junior Championship (Under-20) at the IGI Stadium here while Ahmedabad will host the first international tournament, the Ahmedabad International Open, from February 23 to March 2. "For the first time, we have a sponsor for all national events in the form of MPL," AICF president Dr Sanjay Kapoor said in a press release. "Thanks to them and our other efforts, we will be offering attractive prize money in every tournament," he added. Among the bigger events - the MPL National Women Championship (February 9-19) and the MPL National Senior Championship (February 9-21), will take place simultaneously in Bheemavaram in Andhra Pradesh and Kanpur, respectively. The Indian teams for all major world championships in the year 2022 will be selected from these events

Divya Deshmukh becomes Woman Grand Master

She scored five points from nine rounds and came up with a rating performance 2452 to secure her third and final WGM-norm.

World Women's Chess Championship: India beats Spain in round 2

The Indian team secured its first win in the FIDE World Women's Team Chess Championship by beating Spain 2.5-1.5 in the second pool match here. After drawing 2-2 against Azerbaijan in the first round, the Indian women rode on R Vaishali's win over Sabrina Vega Gutierrez to post a victory in the second Pool A match on Monday night. The team's No.1 player D Harika drew against Ana Matnadze as did Bhakti Kulkarni and Mary Ann Gomes against their respective opponents. Vaishali pulled off a 47-move win over Gutierrez in a Sicilian Four Knights Variation game to provide the crucial point for India. Apart from Harika sharing honours with Matnadze, Kulkarni and Gomes drew against Maria Eizaguerri Floris and Marta Garcia Martin respectively. In the other second round matches, Russia outplayed France 3.5.-0.5 while Armenia drew 2-2 with Azerbaijan. Russia is on top with 7.5 points with Armenia second on 4.5 points, followed by India, also on 4.5. Four teams each from Pool A and B advance t

Online Olympiad: India climbs to top spot with three wins on day 2

India grabbed the top position in Group B at the Fide Online chess Olympiad after winning three matches in the Top Division on Thursday

India's kings and queens of chess

India is quickly becoming a legitimate global chess superpower, leading the United States and China on key metrics, and running neck and neck with Russia, the historically dominant chess power

Indian GM Vidit Gujrathi qualifies for FIDE Grand Swiss League

Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi has qualified for the FIDE Grand Swiss league which will be held in Riga, Latvia from October 25 to November 8. The Nashik-based player has also qualified for the FIDE Grand Prix 2022 after reaching the top eight at the recently-concluded Chess World Cup 2021. He has two shots to book his spot at the prestigious Candidates 2022 from which a player qualifies to challenge the world champion. Gujrathi had recently reached the quarterfinals at the World Cup in Sochi, becoming only the second Indian after maestro Viswanathan Anand to do so. "I was confident that I would qualify for the Grand Swiss league considering my previous performance in the past one year. It was a great feeling to play Classical chess and that too over the board," he was quoted as saying in a press release. "Indeed it is always a proud moment representing India and this time it was more special as I reached the Quarter-finals. I am happy with my overall performance and looking ..

Abhimanyu Mishra, the youngest new Grand Master, learnt the moves at 2

Mishra is also the youngest person to achieve the International Master title at 10 years, 9 months, 3 days

It is time to move on: Anand on Kamath's misdemanour in simulation event

Former world champion Viswanathan Anand said it is time to move and "get closure" on the controversy that erupted after his loss to entrepreneur Nikhil Kamath in an online simultaneous charity event

How celebrity brand value can get checkmated in online chess game

Zerodha's Nikhil Kamath faced flak during a charity chess event on Sunday for resorting to unfair means in order to beat the Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand

Globe-hopping Grandmaster: Anish Kumar Giri, Dutch-Russian-Nepali

Given his background, Giri could call himself a world citizen, which is appropriate for someone playing a universally popular sport

Vishwanathan Anand to mentor at Tech Mahindra's phygital Chess League

Global Chess League is an extension of the various partnerships its has with different sports- from FIFA to Indian Premier League's Kings XI Punjab

Viswanathan Anand takes up extensive role in 'Global Chess League'

Tech Mahindra on Monday roped in former world champion Viswanathan Anand in an extensive role for a first-of-its-kind "Global Chess League".

India to bid for Chess Olympiad, start Indian Chess League: AICF president

The All India Chess Federation (AICF) on Sunday decided to bid for the next available edition of the Olympiad

Nihal Sarin, Gukesh in semifinals of Online World Cadets, Youth Rapid meet

Four Indians, including Grandmasters Nihal Sarin and D Gukesh, advanced to the semifinals of the FIDE Online World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championships in their respective categories on Monday. Only four of the 12 Indian players who made the quarterfinals stage in various categories managed to reach the last four. The highly-rated Sarin (Elo rating 2620) was in impressive form as he beat Justin Wang (USA) 1.5-0.5 in the last eight clash of the open under-18 section. Grandmaster P Iniyan, the other Indian in the last eight of the under-18 event, lost to Armenian GM Shant Sarysyan 1-2, going down in the Armageddon (sudden death tie-break). The Tamil Nadu player won the first game and appeared to have the advantage before his opponent capitalised on a blunder to draw level. In the Armageddon that followed, Iniyan's mistake on the 56th move cost him dear. Russia's Andrey Esipenko, the top-ranked player in the fray, lost to Iran's Mahdi Gholami Orimi 0.5-1.5. In the under-14 sec

Iniyan, Sankalp Gupta qualify for FIDE online world rapid finals

P Iniyan and V Pranav won gold medals in the under-18 and under-14 open categories respectively in the Asian Continental selection of the FIDE Online World Rapid Under-10 to 18 Chess Championship

Counting every move

Technology has brought change to tennis, cricket, golf, pole vaulting, football, running, you name it. But the change has rarely been so complete, and so near-instantaneous as in chess