[ad_1] Ukraine’s 3-1 victory over Poland gives it gold; India 2 finishes eighth and India 3 17th Ukraine’s 3-1 victory over Poland gives it gold; India 2 finishes eighth and India 3 17th A heart-breaking 1-3 defeat to USA robbed India 1 the gold medal, but a historic-first bronze medal did manage to bring back […]
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[ad_1] Praggnanadhaa to the fore again and provides the lead, but Gukesh’s first loss dents the team’s medal prospects Praggnanadhaa to the fore again and provides the lead, but Gukesh’s first loss dents the team’s medal prospects The dice rolled in favour of the host in the women’s section with India 1 moving within the […]
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[ad_1] Chess, simply put, is a war fought on 64 squares. But it doesn’t hurt you. A real war does. No country in the world at the moment could speak more about the horrors of a war than Ukraine, which has been resisting the Russian invasion for more than five months. Ukraine may be quite […]
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[ad_1] It rained medals for India following its best ever Chess Olympiad campaign here. Though a bronze in each section — Open and women — was a first, India 1 claimed the Gaprindashvili Cup — a symbol of combined supremacy of a team in both sections. Named after former Soviet and Georgian World champion Nona […]
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[ad_1] ‘Happy to see Indian players getting so much appreciation from the spectators’ ‘Happy to see Indian players getting so much appreciation from the spectators’ Pallavi Shah flew in from the United States. K.S. Preetha boarded the flight from Kochi. Sasinas Haritha drove down from IIT Madras. The destination for all of them was this […]
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[ad_1] Praggnanadhaa to the fore again and provides the lead, but Gukesh’s first loss dents the team’s medal prospects Praggnanadhaa to the fore again and provides the lead, but Gukesh’s first loss dents the team’s medal prospects The dice rolled in favour of the host in the women’s section with India 1 moving within the […]
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[ad_1] Former India cricket captain M.S. Dhoni will attend the closing ceremony at the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad to be held at the Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday. The event is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. M.K. Stalin, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu will preside over the function in the presence of […]
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[ad_1] She could well be the world’s only minister to beat a reigning World champion. Dana Reizniece-Ozola, former Minister of Economics and then Finance of Latvia, breaks into a big smile when she is asked about her stunning victory over Hou Yifan, the second highest-rated female chess player of all time. A politician’s is only […]
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[ad_1] Viswanathan Anand believes the 44th Chess Olympiad has been a phenomenal success. He said it in as many words in his first press conference after getting elected as FIDE deputy president. “We are already one of the top nations (in playing chess) now we are also one of the top organising nations,” he said. […]
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[ad_1] As India puts up a stellar performance at this year’s Chess Olympiad, a look at its journey through the years. As India puts up a stellar performance at this year’s Chess Olympiad, a look at its journey through the years. The story so far: India continues to shine on the ninth day of the […]
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