Page 20 - Chess

CHESS#1339

Kramnik nearly got another crack at the title in 2013, when he tied with Magnus Carlsen in the London Candidates

CHESS#1338

Giri received some surreal luck when Sam Shankland resigned in a drawn position

CHESS#1337

Anish Giri is on 6.5 and Anand is sharing third-fifth on 6 points with Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren

CHESS#1336

D Gukesh completed his third and final GM norm at the Delhi Open to gain the Grandmaster title at the age of 12 years

CHESS#1335

The IIFL Wealth Open, which has several sections has just concluded in Mumbai. This has a special Under-13 section with Rs 800,000 in prizes and a total fund of above Rs 20 lakh

CHESS#1332

The next big event is the King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Championships

CHESS#1331

In the Asian Continentals, Makati (Manila), there's huge participation

CHESS#1330

Magnus Carlsen seems to have accepted his classical form was uncertain

Why human chess still survives

Rather than dying, chess has thrived. This is partly because the advent of computers and computer databases has made chess a truly universal sport

CHESS#1329

In the women's final, Ju Wenjun came back from the brink against Kateryna Lagno

CHESS#1325

The Agon CEO, Ilya Merezon, is trying to monetise Agon's exclusive contract by seeking a 30-minute delay on move transmission

CHESS#1324

A Swiss Open requires different types of prep and mindset, compared to round robins. There's little time for specific preparation against a given opponent

CHESS#1323

Between 1973 and 1974, the legendary Mikhail Tal played 95 straight games without a single loss

CHESS#1322

China, the USA and Russia all scored 18 matchpoints (MP) and at Baku in 2016, the USA and Ukraine tied on 20 MPs

#Chess1321

In round 10, China beat the Poles

Chess#1320

Fabiano Caruana won a sharp top board encounter against Viswanathan Anand while the other three games were drawn

CHESS#1319

The World Juniors turned into a triumph for Parham Maghsoodloo who won with 9.5 points from 11 and an Elo 2800-plus performance

CHESS#1318

Karthik Venkatraman and Abhimanyu Puranik have medal chances, if they can win their last two games in the World Juniors in Gebze

CHESS#1317

India now has 11 players in the Junior (Under-20) Top 100 list for September 2018

CHESS#1316

The Russian Superfinals is halfway through. The 12-player round robins have no weak links