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In a poignant chapter of his 2021 Chess World Cup campaign, Vidit Gujrathi found himself in a mate-in-one position against Poland’s Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the quarterfinal. The then 27-year-old Indian … Read More
Vaishali Rameshbabu has become India’s 84th grandmaster after surpassing 2500 rating during the 2023 IV Elllobregat Open on Saturday. Vaishali is now the third female grandmaster from India after Koneru … Read More
For years, she lived in her prodigious brother’s shadow. R. Vaishali, the elder sister of R. Praggnanandhaa, is now hitting headlines regularly on her own. Last month, in the Isle … Read More
They often played chess at home. She would always beat her younger brother. For three or four years, it was like that — she would win invariably; there would not … Read More
The Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT) on Monday announced that it will host the Chennai Grand Masters Chess Championship 2023 at the Leela Palace Hotel from December 15 … Read More
Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi outperformed compatriot Arjun Erigaisi by 0.5 points to win the ninth Vugar Gashimov Memorial Chess Tournament 2023 at the Gabala Garden Hotel in Azerbaijan on Monday. … Read More
The Chennai Grand Masters Chess Championship, which gets underway here on Friday, will provide three of its participants – D. Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi, and Parham Maghsoodloo (Iran) – the … Read More
Arjun Erigaisi on Thursday said that playing against Armenia-born chess great Levon Aronian in the knockouts of the Champions Chess Tour in 2021 was his “breakthrough” experience that boosted his … Read More
In a day of surprises, top seed – Iran’s Parham Maghsoodloo – lost to Ukraine’s Pavel Eljanov while Pentala Harikrishna defeated second seed Arjun Erigaisi to kickstart their Chennai Grand … Read More
Grandmaster S.L. Narayanan, after struggling to find a breakthrough performance for a major part of the year, is now enjoying the best phase of his career at the end of … Read More
