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India receives the Gaprindashvili Cup for the best combined result in the Olympiad. | Photo Credit: FIDE There was no repeat of the glory of Budapest, but India’s men and women managed to climb the podium nevertheless. India had arrived in Samarkand as the defending champion in both the open and women’s sections of the…
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Savitha Shri has been on fire at the Olympiad, winning four successive games. | Photo Credit: FIDE She was a wisp of a girl when she faced Magnus Carlsen in a simultaneous display ahead of the Norwegian’s World championship match against Viswanathan Anand in the city back in 2013. B. Savitha Shri has come a…
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Vachier-Lagrave is currently playing in the Global Chess League. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar Maxime Vachier-Lagrave believes the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand could be crucial for D. Gukesh in the defence of his World title. The Chennai Grandmaster will be taking on Javokhir Sindarov in the championship match in Geneva later this year. The…
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Srinath. | Photo Credit: File photo: M. Vedhan If the India Open team is to replicate its near-perfect Chess Olympiad 2024 campaign, it will take some doing. India will have the ‘defending champion’ tag attached to it throughout the global competition in Samarkand in September and will be expected to deliver another strong show. But…
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Nodirbek Abdusattorov playing against Hans Niemann at the Quantbox Chennai Grand Master Chess Tournament on Thursday, July 16, 2026. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ Nodirbek Abdusattorov has good memories of Chennai. He was at the forefront of Uzbekistan’s spectacular run in the chess Olympiad in nearby Mamallapuram in 2022, with his defeat of D….
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Indian students win laurels at 4 academic Olympiads Mumbai: Indian student contingents have emerged with flying colours at prestigious international Olympiads in Biology, Maths, Physics and Chemistry held this month, earning plaudits from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other bigwigs, officials said here on Wednesday. The participating teams went through the Homi Bhabha Centre for…
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