Category: Chess

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R. Vaishali, at 22, secured her third and final Grandmaster (GM) norm in the Qatar Masters chess tournament on Saturday. With a live rating of 2467.7, she is now less … Read More

Young Grandmasters D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa will lead the Indian challenge in the year’s strongest open aptly titled, the FIDE Grand Swiss that gets underway here on Wednesday and … Read More

Grandmaster and World Cup silver medallist R. Praggnanandhaa was held to a draw by compatriot Aryan Chopra, while D. Gukesh signed peace out of a theoretical opening against Rauf Mamedov … Read More

Playing his trademark uncompromising chess, Grandmaster Arjun Erigaise scored a thumping victory over Anton Guijarro of Spain while S L Narayanan did well to hold GM Abdusattorov Nodirbek to a … Read More

Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi showed his technical brilliance to down Dmitrij Kollars of Germany and score his second straight victory in the third round of FIDE Grand Swiss, a part of … Read More

India’s R Vaishali crashed through the defences of former world champion Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine to move to 3.5 points after the fourth round of FIDE women’s Grand Swiss, a … Read More

Extending his fine run, Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi pipped Rinat Jumabayev of Kazakhstan in the fifth round to share the top spot with two others at FIDE’s Grand Swiss, here on … Read More

Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi crashed through the defences of Hans Moke Niemann of the United States to join the leaders’ pack on 4.5 points after the end of the sixth … Read More

Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi produced a classic game to beat Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan and jumped to the sole lead after seven rounds of the FIDE Grand Swiss tournament here … Read More