Page 15 - Chess

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

CHESS #1409

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

CHESS #1408

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

CHESS #1407

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

CHESS #1406

Carlsen leads in his semi-final versus Fabiano Caruana in the Chessable Masters hosted by Chess24.com

CHESS #1405

Fabiano Caruana has now developed into a formidable rapid player

CHESS #1404

Mir Sultan Khan was the first great modern Subcontinental player.

Earth vs Space chess: Match to be played today to mark 50th anniversary

Russia's Grandmaster Sergey Karjakin will be present at the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, and the match will be streamed by the Russian chess federation

CHESS #1404

The Biel Chess Festival in Switzerland may happen over the board! This is the 53rd edition and it's tentatively scheduled for mid-July

Stuck in Germany for over 3 months, Viswanathan Anand to return home today

Anand, who boarded an Air India flight (AI-120) from Frankfurt on Friday night will reach Bengaluru via Delhi.

CHESS #1403

Playing a hundred blitz games a day is no big deal for the super-fit and hyper-enthusiastic players at the top.