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India's kings and queens of chess

India is quickly becoming a legitimate global chess superpower, leading the United States and China on key metrics, and running neck and neck with Russia, the historically dominant chess power

Indian GM Vidit Gujrathi qualifies for FIDE Grand Swiss League

Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi has qualified for the FIDE Grand Swiss league which will be held in Riga, Latvia from October 25 to November 8. The Nashik-based player has also qualified for the FIDE Grand Prix 2022 after reaching the top eight at the recently-concluded Chess World Cup 2021. He has two shots to book his spot at the prestigious Candidates 2022 from which a player qualifies to challenge the world champion. Gujrathi had recently reached the quarterfinals at the World Cup in Sochi, becoming only the second Indian after maestro Viswanathan Anand to do so. "I was confident that I would qualify for the Grand Swiss league considering my previous performance in the past one year. It was a great feeling to play Classical chess and that too over the board," he was quoted as saying in a press release. "Indeed it is always a proud moment representing India and this time it was more special as I reached the Quarter-finals. I am happy with my overall performance and looking ..

Abhimanyu Mishra, the youngest new Grand Master, learnt the moves at 2

Mishra is also the youngest person to achieve the International Master title at 10 years, 9 months, 3 days

It is time to move on: Anand on Kamath's misdemanour in simulation event

Former world champion Viswanathan Anand said it is time to move and "get closure" on the controversy that erupted after his loss to entrepreneur Nikhil Kamath in an online simultaneous charity event

How celebrity brand value can get checkmated in online chess game

Zerodha's Nikhil Kamath faced flak during a charity chess event on Sunday for resorting to unfair means in order to beat the Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand

Globe-hopping Grandmaster: Anish Kumar Giri, Dutch-Russian-Nepali

Given his background, Giri could call himself a world citizen, which is appropriate for someone playing a universally popular sport

Vishwanathan Anand to mentor at Tech Mahindra's phygital Chess League

Global Chess League is an extension of the various partnerships its has with different sports- from FIFA to Indian Premier League's Kings XI Punjab

Viswanathan Anand takes up extensive role in 'Global Chess League'

Tech Mahindra on Monday roped in former world champion Viswanathan Anand in an extensive role for a first-of-its-kind "Global Chess League".

India to bid for Chess Olympiad, start Indian Chess League: AICF president

The All India Chess Federation (AICF) on Sunday decided to bid for the next available edition of the Olympiad

Nihal Sarin, Gukesh in semifinals of Online World Cadets, Youth Rapid meet

Four Indians, including Grandmasters Nihal Sarin and D Gukesh, advanced to the semifinals of the FIDE Online World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championships in their respective categories on Monday. Only four of the 12 Indian players who made the quarterfinals stage in various categories managed to reach the last four. The highly-rated Sarin (Elo rating 2620) was in impressive form as he beat Justin Wang (USA) 1.5-0.5 in the last eight clash of the open under-18 section. Grandmaster P Iniyan, the other Indian in the last eight of the under-18 event, lost to Armenian GM Shant Sarysyan 1-2, going down in the Armageddon (sudden death tie-break). The Tamil Nadu player won the first game and appeared to have the advantage before his opponent capitalised on a blunder to draw level. In the Armageddon that followed, Iniyan's mistake on the 56th move cost him dear. Russia's Andrey Esipenko, the top-ranked player in the fray, lost to Iran's Mahdi Gholami Orimi 0.5-1.5. In the under-14 sec

Iniyan, Sankalp Gupta qualify for FIDE online world rapid finals

P Iniyan and V Pranav won gold medals in the under-18 and under-14 open categories respectively in the Asian Continental selection of the FIDE Online World Rapid Under-10 to 18 Chess Championship

Counting every move

Technology has brought change to tennis, cricket, golf, pole vaulting, football, running, you name it. But the change has rarely been so complete, and so near-instantaneous as in chess

India's dramatic chase for the chess gold in first online Olympiad

Win in the first online Olympiad may just have a similar impact on the game as the 1983 World Cup had on cricket

Proud moment: Ajinkya Rahane on India winning gold in FIDE Chess Olympiad

Batsman Ajinkya Rahane on Monday congratulated the Indian team on being the joint winners of the FIDE Chess Olympiad and said that the feat is a "proud moment" for the nation

Decisive moves defy setbacks as India beats Armenia in chess to enter semis

Grandmasters Koneru Humpy and Vidit Gujrathi suffered near simultaneous power outages, with Humpy playing from Vijayawada and Gujrathi from Nashik

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While online play is fun and tournaments involving established players seem to have migrated with reasonable comfort, these have all been officially unrated

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The Indian online Olympiad team is Viswanathan Anand, Vidit Gujrathi, Humpy, Harika, Nihal Sarin and Divya Deshmukh

Akash becomes India's 66th chess GM; Ameya gets International Master title

"I am delighted to join the list of GMs in India. It is a special moment for me. I have to keep working hard and the aim is to increase my rating to 2600 as soon as I can," he said

Indian team for Chess Olympiad: Selection Committee sticks to rules

According to the existing rules, players for Chess Olympiad would be selected based on their international ratings

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Anish Giri to take on Magnus Carlsen in the Chessable finals at Chess24.com