Favourites R. Praggnanandhaa and Tania Sachdev started their campaigns with draws but ninth seed Abhijeet Gupta and women’s second seed Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel proved the biggest casualties in the opening round of the Asian chess championship here on Wednesday. Turkmenistan’s Saparmyrat Atabayev, rated over 250 points below Praggnanandhaa, gave nothing away during their 57-move deadlock. Abhijeet, […]
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Despite the win over Magnus Carlsen in FTX Crypto Cup, the 17-year-old R. Praggnanandhaa could only take second place in the final standings Despite the win over Magnus Carlsen in FTX Crypto Cup, the 17-year-old R. Praggnanandhaa could only take second place in the final standings Young Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa produced a superb performance, […]
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Teenaged Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa went down to Poland’s Jan-Krzystof Duda via the tie-break in the sixth round of the FTX Crypto Cup, the American finale of Champions Chess Tour in Miami on Sunday. It was the second loss for the 17-year old GM after he went down to Quang Liem Le in the previous […]
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Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa’s winning run came to an end at the hands of China’s Quang Liem Le in the fifth round of the FTX Crypto Cup, the American finale of Champions Chess Tour in Miami. Liem Le scored an emphatic 2.5-0.5 win over the teenage Indian GM, securing victories in games two and three […]
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Praggnanandhaa won the third game with white pieces after the first two in the four-game match ended in a stalemate Praggnanandhaa won the third game with white pieces after the first two in the four-game match ended in a stalemate Indian prodigy R. Praggnanandhaa handed world No. 6 Levon Aronian a 3-1 thrashing in the […]
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Reinforcing his growing stature, R. Praggnanandhaa stunned World No. 4 Alireza Firouzja 2.5-1.5 and joined World champion Magnus Carlen and two others as the winners on the opening day of the $210 FTX Crypto Cup rapid chess tournament in Miami on Monday, August 15, 2022. In the second major event on the $1.6 million Meltwaters […]
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Just a few days after coaching India 2 to a bronze medal at the Chess Olympiad, R.B. Ramesh has moved on to his next assignment. He has landed in the United States to help his ward R. Praggnanandhaa’s campaign at the FTX Crypto Cup, beginning in Miami on Monday. Cant thank you enough in words […]
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There are reasons India’s chess profile has gone stratospheric and the youth parade at this Olympiad is testimony to how many prodigies the country has churned out There are reasons India’s chess profile has gone stratospheric and the youth parade at this Olympiad is testimony to how many prodigies the country has churned out Isle […]
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While second-seeded India ‘A’ rode on wins from GMs P Harikrishna and Arjun Erigaisi for a 3-1 victory against Greece, India ‘B’ swept past Switzerland 4-0 and the third team got the better of Iceland 3-1. While second-seeded India ‘A’ rode on wins from GMs P Harikrishna and Arjun Erigaisi for a 3-1 victory against […]
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“I have long aspired to come into the chess administration and this opportunity as the Deputy President will be a huge learning curve for me,” said Anand “I have long aspired to come into the chess administration and this opportunity as the Deputy President will be a huge learning curve for me,” said Anand It’s […]
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