Page 5 - Chess

India's dramatic chase for the chess gold in first online Olympiad

Win in the first online Olympiad may just have a similar impact on the game as the 1983 World Cup had on cricket

Proud moment: Ajinkya Rahane on India winning gold in FIDE Chess Olympiad

Batsman Ajinkya Rahane on Monday congratulated the Indian team on being the joint winners of the FIDE Chess Olympiad and said that the feat is a "proud moment" for the nation

Decisive moves defy setbacks as India beats Armenia in chess to enter semis

Grandmasters Koneru Humpy and Vidit Gujrathi suffered near simultaneous power outages, with Humpy playing from Vijayawada and Gujrathi from Nashik

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While online play is fun and tournaments involving established players seem to have migrated with reasonable comfort, these have all been officially unrated

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The Indian online Olympiad team is Viswanathan Anand, Vidit Gujrathi, Humpy, Harika, Nihal Sarin and Divya Deshmukh

Akash becomes India's 66th chess GM; Ameya gets International Master title

"I am delighted to join the list of GMs in India. It is a special moment for me. I have to keep working hard and the aim is to increase my rating to 2600 as soon as I can," he said

Indian team for Chess Olympiad: Selection Committee sticks to rules

According to the existing rules, players for Chess Olympiad would be selected based on their international ratings

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Anish Giri to take on Magnus Carlsen in the Chessable finals at Chess24.com

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Carlsen leads in his semi-final versus Fabiano Caruana in the Chessable Masters hosted by Chess24.com

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Fabiano Caruana has now developed into a formidable rapid player

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Mir Sultan Khan was the first great modern Subcontinental player.

Earth vs Space chess: Match to be played today to mark 50th anniversary

Russia's Grandmaster Sergey Karjakin will be present at the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, and the match will be streamed by the Russian chess federation

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The Biel Chess Festival in Switzerland may happen over the board! This is the 53rd edition and it's tentatively scheduled for mid-July

Stuck in Germany for over 3 months, Viswanathan Anand to return home today

Anand, who boarded an Air India flight (AI-120) from Frankfurt on Friday night will reach Bengaluru via Delhi.

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Playing a hundred blitz games a day is no big deal for the super-fit and hyper-enthusiastic players at the top.

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Magnus Carlsen won the Steinitz Memorial with something to spare while Kateryna Lagno won the Women's version of the event.

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Magnus Carlsen is fronting an online Grand Prix of four events, followed by a super final sometime in August.

The business of leisure

Call of Duty has a typically complex revenue structure for massive multiplayer video

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Magnus Carlsen won the Magnus Invitational by taking a ding-dong final against Hikaru Nakamura where both played brilliant chess.

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The semi-finals lineup in the Magnus Invitational is Ding Liren vs Magnus Carlsen, and Hikaru Nakamura vs Fabiano Caruana.