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Chess Olympiad | Polish women make a habit of beating India

September 20, 2026 admin

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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I approach Vaishali whenever I have a doubt: Savitha Shri

September 20, 2026 admin

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

September 15, 2026 admin

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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Norway Chess: Tari backs Gukesh to turn things around

May 30, 2026 admin

Tari. | Photo Credit: Flickr/Norway Chess Norwegian Grandmaster Aryan Tari is in awe of the phenomenal rise of Indian chess in recent years, saying that the support the game has been receiving has led to new talent springing up frequently. Tari, a former World junior champion, backed D. Gukesh to turn things around. “The last…

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