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

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

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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R Praggnanandhaa Blunders Again, Goes Down To Rapport

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R Praggnanandhaa Blunders Again, Goes Down To Rapport

Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa blundered for the second day running and lost to Richard Rapport of Romania in the third round of the Prague Masters Chess tournament underway in Prague. After briefly going ahead of Viswanthan Anand and attaining the top Indian status in the live rating list, this double blow cost the Indian dearly, and…

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R Praggnanandhaa Commits Blunder, Loses Second Round Match In Prague

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R Praggnanandhaa Commits Blunder, Loses Second Round Match In Prague

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa committed a time-pressure blunder as he suffered defeat at the hands of Parham Maghsoodloo of Iran in the second round of Prague Masters Chess tournament in Prague. The defeat ended Praggnanandhaa’s impressive 47-game unbeaten streak in Classical Chess. The 18-year-old Praggnanandhaa also lost the top ranking in live ratings among Indians…

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

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

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

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

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 Finishes Third, Alexander Grischuk Takes Open Blitz Title

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R Praggnanandhaa Finishes Third, Alexander Grischuk Takes Open Blitz Title

World Cup runner-up R Praggnanandhaa was the best Indian with an overall third place finish, while world champion Alexander Grischuk reigned supreme to clinch the Open Blitz title of the Tata Steel Chess India 2023, on Saturday. Unbeaten in four games, Praggnanandhaa was in the lead but he suffered defeats against Nodirbek Abdusattorov (13th round),…

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R Praggnanandhaa Scores Five Successive Wins To Lead With 6.5 Points

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R Praggnanandhaa Scores Five Successive Wins To Lead With 6.5 Points

File photo of R Praggnanandhaa© AFP Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa strung together five wins in a row on the opening day of the ‘Tata Steel Chess India Blitz 2023’ to lead the field with 6.5 points on Friday. The 18-year-old Praggnanandhaa, who finished joint third in the ‘Tata Steel Chess India Rapid 2023’ on Thursday,…

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Disappointing Day For Indians As Praggnanandhaa Suffers Second Loss; Gukesh Slips To Third

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Disappointing Day For Indians As Praggnanandhaa Suffers Second Loss; Gukesh Slips To Third

File image of Praggnanandhaa© AFP Overnight leader D Gukesh’s unbeaten streak came to an end with a loss to compatriot Vidit Gujrathi as he slipped to third place on a challenging day for the Indians in the rapid open section of the Tata Steel Chess India 2023 in Kolkata on Wednesday. Latest sensation R Praggnanandhaa…

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Magnus Carlsen Not “Invincible”: R Praggnanandhaa’s Sensational Claim

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Magnus Carlsen Not “Invincible”: R Praggnanandhaa’s Sensational Claim

India’s latest chess sensation R Praggnanandhaa may have fallen short of his World Cup title dreams, going down to Magnus Carlsen in the final, but the 18-year-old prodigy on Sunday asserted that the five-time world champion Norwegian was “far from invincible”. Praggnanandhaa had a dream World Cup run in Baku last month when he became…

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