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FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament: R Praggnanandhaa Enters As India’s Best Bet

April 2, 2024 admin

Teen sensation R Praggnanandhaa will enter as the favourite among the three Indian participants in the Candidates chess tournament that will get underway from Wednesday to decide the challenger for the next world championship match. After nearly 35 years as many as three Indians – Praggnanandhaa, D Gukesh and Vidit Gujrathi — have qualified for…

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R Praggnanandhaa Checkmates Vidit Gujrathi, D Gukesh Falters Against David Navara

March 3, 2024 admin

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa crashed through the defenses of compatriot Vidit Gujrathi but D Gukesh suffered a shock defeat from a position of strength against Czech Republic’s David Navara of in the fifth round of the Prague Masters in Prague. Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattarov continued with his dream run and ran over Mateusz Bartel of Poland…

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Asian Games: Indian Men And Women’s Chess Teams Clinch Silver Medals

October 7, 2023 admin

File image of Praggnanandhaa© Twitter The Indian men’s and women’s chess teams won silver medals at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Saturday. GM Harika Dronavalli, IM Vaishali Rameshbabu, IM Vantika Agrawal, and WGM Savitha Shri Baskar all won their games in a dominating fashion to beat South Korea 4-0 in the final round to…

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Chess At Asian Games: India Women Outclass Uzbekistan; Men Share Honours With China

October 4, 2023 admin

Representational Image.© AFP Indian women crushed Uzbekistan 4-0, while the men were held to a 2-2 draw by China in the sixth round of the chess team competition in the Asian on Wednesday. Against China, the top-seeded Indian men saw games on all four boards ending in draws. The country’s top player D Gukesh and…

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Chess At Asian Games 2023: Indian Men Held To 2-2 Draw; Women Rout Mongolia In Round Five

October 3, 2023 admin

File photo of R Praggnanandhaa.© AFP The top-seeded Indian men’s team was held to a 2-2 draw by Iran in the fifth round of the Asian Games on Tuesday. In women’s team event, second-seed India crushed Mongolia 4-0 in round five with Koneru Humpy and R Vaishali leading the way. Both the men’s and women’s…

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India Off To Winning Start In Chess Team Events At Asian Games

September 29, 2023 admin

Indian men and women opened their campaign in the chess team event at the Asian Games with easy wins over Mongolia and Philippines respectively in Hangzhou on Friday. Both the teams won by identical 3.5-0.5 margins in the first round. The team event at the Asian Games is being played in the classical time format…

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R Praggnanandhaa Ends Joint Third In Tata Steel Chess India

September 7, 2023 admin

India’s chess sensation R Praggnanandhaa finished third but former World Blitz champion Maxime Vachier-Lagrave continued his dominance with two more wins to claim the ‘Tata Steel Chess India 2023’ rapid title in Kolkata on Thursday. The Frenchman, who was on his maiden visit to India, finished on top with seven points, way ahead of Azerbaijan’s…

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“You Can’t Ask For A Better Team”: Viswanathan Anand On India’s Chess Squad For Asian Games

September 5, 2023 admin

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand on Tuesday said he could not have asked for a stronger Indian chess lineup in the upcoming Asian Games. Indian chess has been on a stunning upswing, and in the recently-concluded Baku World Cup, an unprecedented four Indian players advanced to the quarterfinals, with R Praggnanandhaa making history by becoming…

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‘India Will Be Called A Sporting Country In 10-15 Years’: Sunil Gavaskar

August 28, 2023 admin

Legendary Sunil Gavaskar on Monday said India will rise as a ‘sporting country’ in the next 10-15 years, while lauding historic achievements of javelin sensation Neeraj Chopra, chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa and badminton star HS Prannoy. Chopra on Sunday became the first-ever Indian to win a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships, while Praggnanandhaa…

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