[ad_1] V. Prraneeth. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement V. Prraneeth became Telangana’s sixth and India’s 82nd Grandmaster when he outwitted GM Hans Niemann of the US in the penultimate round of the Baku Open 2023. The win against the top seed helped Prraneeth cross Elo 2500 in live ratings, 2500.5 to be exact. The 15-year-old […]
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[ad_1] Daily Quiz | On chess grandmasters 1 / 5 | A heavy smoker and drinker, this chess GM was briefly world champion in the 1960s. His innovative, aggressive play on the board set him apart for his peers. Name him. 2 / 5 | Early in his career, the former chess world champion Mikhail […]
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[ad_1] Satheesh Vellinezhi | Photo Credit: Satheesh Vellinezhi You know what is the biggest problem with us Indians? Okay, okay, don’t answer that, this is a short column, no point starting something we can’t finish, (which is the slogan the Mumbai Metro will be using), so, let me take that one. It’s to do with […]
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[ad_1] Satheesh Vellinezhi | Photo Credit: Satheesh Vellinezhi You know what is the biggest problem with us Indians? Okay, okay, don’t answer that, this is a short column, no point starting something we can’t finish, (which is the slogan the Mumbai Metro will be using), so, let me take that one. It’s to do with […]
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[ad_1] China’s Ding Liren smiles while speaking after his victory in the FIDE World Chess Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan, Sunday, April 30, 2023. China’s Ding Liren beat Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in a thrilling finale. He takes over the world championship title from Norway’s Magnus Carlsen. | Photo Credit: AP Chess has a new World champion. […]
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[ad_1] Young Grandmasters: India’s Nihal Sarin (left) plays against India’s Arjun Erigaisi during the Tata Steel Chess India Tournament, in Kolkata, Thursday, Dec.1, 2022. It has been a great week or so for Indian chess. On Tuesday, 16-year-old Aditya Mittal crossed the coveted 2500 Elo-point mark in the sixth round of the El Llobregat Open […]
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[ad_1] Hikaru Nakamura has high regard for the new crop of Indian teenagers making waves | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI Much like cricket’s ICC rankings, there are three separate formats the chess players are assessed in. Two of them — classical and rapid — are headed by Magnus Carlsen, the five-time World champion and widely […]
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[ad_1] Koneru Humpy erred fatally from an equal position in the fourth game of the tie-breaker and lost to Anna Muzychuk of Ukraine in the FIDE Women’s Candidates chess tournament at Monte Carlo on Sunday. The tie-breakers had to be employed as the scores were level at 2-2 at the end of four classical games. […]
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[ad_1] China’s Lei qualifies for the semifinals at the expense of Anna’s younger sister Maria China’s Lei qualifies for the semifinals at the expense of Anna’s younger sister Maria A draw would have taken her into the semifinals, but Koneru Humpy lost to Ukraine’s Anna Muzychuk in the fourth and final classical game in the […]
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[ad_1] Humpy needs only a draw in the last game; Lei in similar situation in the other quarterfinal Humpy needs only a draw in the last game; Lei in similar situation in the other quarterfinal Koneru Humpy and Anna Muzychuk of Ukraine played out a second successive draw in the FIDE Women’s Candidates chess tournament […]
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