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Chess Olympiad | Polish women make a habit of beating India

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Chess Olympiad | Polish women make a habit of beating India

Crucial result: Praggnanandhaa held his own against the Netherlands’ Anish. | Photo Credit: FIDE History repeated itself at the Chess Olympiad on Sunday. Poland defeated the top-seeded India in the women’s event 2.5-1.5 at Samarkand; it was the exact scoreline in Budapest two years ago. That loss had come in the eighth round. India, however, bounced strongly back…

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Abhimanyu Mishra on becoming the youngest Grandmaster, beating Gukesh, the Global Chess League and more

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Abhimanyu Mishra on becoming the youngest Grandmaster, beating Gukesh, the Global Chess League and more

Abhimanyu Mishra became the world’s youngest Grandmaster at the age of 12 in 2021. He still has that record. He is also the youngest player to defeat a reigning World champion. Excerpts from an interview Abhimanyu gave The Hindu in Bengaluru, where he played for PBG Alaskan Knights in the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League:…

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Samarkand Chess Olympiad preview | India has the ability to repeat Budapest heroics

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Samarkand Chess Olympiad preview | India has the ability to repeat Budapest heroics

Samarkand is ready: FIDE interim president Viswanathan Anand and AICF president Nitin Narang hand over the Chess Olympiad flame to Sindarov. | Photo Credit: special arrangement Time flies. It has been two years since those beautiful images from Budapest caught India’s imagination — the country’s young chess players, men and women, posing for photographs after their twin success at the Chess Olympiad. It was…

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Form doesn’t really matter when it comes to the World championship battle: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

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Form doesn’t really matter when it comes to the World championship battle: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Only 15 chess players have touched 2800 Elo points on the FIDE rating list . Arjun Erigaisi was the last to reach there, and it has been two years since. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave crossed the mark in 2016. With a peak rating of 2819, the French Grandmaster is the seventh strongest player in chess history. He…

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Form doesn’t really matter when it comes to the World championship battle: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

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Form doesn’t really matter when it comes to the World championship battle: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Only 15 chess players have touched 2800 Elo points on the FIDE rating list . Arjun Erigaisi was the last to reach there, and it has been two years since. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave crossed the mark in 2016. With a peak rating of 2819, the French Grandmaster is the seventh strongest player in chess history. He…

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We are relying on learnings from past events: Praggnanandhaa coach Suri

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We are relying on learnings from past events: Praggnanandhaa coach Suri

Praggnanandhaa, right, with Suri. | Photo Credit: Norway Chess After a bumpy start to the year, R. Praggnanandhaa has hit a purple patch. He made heads turn with a historic triumph in Norway Chess and stormed to victory in St. Louis Rapid & Blitz last week. As Praggnanandhaa lets his moves do the talking on…

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Dominant Praggnanandhaa makes the winning moves at St. Louis Rapid and Blitz

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Dominant Praggnanandhaa makes the winning moves at St. Louis Rapid and Blitz

Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa wins the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz and securing his first Grand Chess Tour Title, on Friday (August 7, 2026). | Photo Credit: ANI Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa clinched his maiden Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz title in emphatic fashion, sealing the championship with a round to spare here. The 20-year-old finished…

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Praggnanandhaa leads after rapid phase at St. Louis, blitz next

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Praggnanandhaa leads after rapid phase at St. Louis, blitz next

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa topped the rapid section of the St. Louis Rapid and blitz, scoring 12 points out of a possible 18 to keep his hopes alive for a place in the Grand Chess Tour (GCT) finals to be held later this year. Photo Credit: Grand Chess tour Facebook Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa topped…

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India has an ‘excellent chance’ of retaining Chess Olympiad title: captain Srinath

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India has an ‘excellent chance’ of retaining Chess Olympiad title: captain Srinath

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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Praggnanandhaa beats Keymer to win Norway Chess title

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Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa. File picture | Photo Credit: Sportstar Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa on Friday (June 5, 2026) defeated German Vincent Keymer in the 10th and final round at Deichman Bjorvika to win the Norway Chess 2026. He topped the leaderboard with 18 points, one ahead of American Wesley So, with his convincing win…

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