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Chessable Masters 2022: India’s Praggnanandhaa storms into the final
New Delhi: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, the 16-year old Grandmaster on Tuesday became the first Indian player to reach the final of the Chessable Masters online rapid tournament by defeating Dutch Grandmaster Anish Giri…
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213 teams including from Ukraine registered for Chess Olympiad
Chennai: A total of 213 teams from over 100 countries including Ukraine, have registered to compete in the 44th Chess Olympiad to be held at Mahabalipuram, said an official of All India…
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Oslo Cup chess: Praggnanandhaa beats Vietnam’s Liem in the third round
Oslo: It was two months back that India’s young Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa caused a sensation in the chess world by beating world champion Magnus Carlsen in the Airthings Masters elite online chess…
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India officially gets Chess Olympiad 2022 hosting rights
New Delhi: The International Chess Federation (FIDE) chief, Arkady Dvorkovich, officially handed over the Chess Olympiad 2022 hosting rights to India at an event here on Friday. The Olympiad will take place…
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India has talent to dominate world chess, says mind boggling player Koneru Humpy
Abhijit Sen Gupta The recent victory of 16-year-old Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa who defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen has brought chess back into the headlines in the national media. It is India’s good fortune that…
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16-year-old Indian chess GM Praggnanandhaa shocks world No. 1 Carlsen
New Delhi: After a disastrous Day One when he lost three successive games, 16-year-old chess Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa shocked world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the eighth round of the…
