New Delhi, Nov 1 (Ians) Overnight sole leader Grandmaster Harsha Bharathakoti held top seed R. Praggnanandhaa in the sixth round to maintain his sole lead with five points in the Asian Continental Chess Championship here on Monday.
Playing the white side of Catalan opening, Harsha exchanged the pieces with his top seed at regular intervals to sign the peace treaty after 33 moves. Eleven players, including Prgganandhaa, trail the leader by half a point.
In the other important sixth-round matches, Grandmaster Leon Luke Mendonca drew with Sethuraman Sp, while Karthikeyan Murali split the point with compatriot Grandmaster B. Adhiban. Second seed Narayanan Sl moved closer with a win over Sandipan Chanda, while Aravindh Chithambaram got the better of Ayush Sharma.
In the women’s section, Nandhidhaa Pv grabbed the sole lead after beating compatriot Priyanka Nutakki in the sixth round. Playing with dark pieces in the Alapin Variation of Sicilian Defence, Nandhidhaa...
Playing the white side of Catalan opening, Harsha exchanged the pieces with his top seed at regular intervals to sign the peace treaty after 33 moves. Eleven players, including Prgganandhaa, trail the leader by half a point.
In the other important sixth-round matches, Grandmaster Leon Luke Mendonca drew with Sethuraman Sp, while Karthikeyan Murali split the point with compatriot Grandmaster B. Adhiban. Second seed Narayanan Sl moved closer with a win over Sandipan Chanda, while Aravindh Chithambaram got the better of Ayush Sharma.
In the women’s section, Nandhidhaa Pv grabbed the sole lead after beating compatriot Priyanka Nutakki in the sixth round. Playing with dark pieces in the Alapin Variation of Sicilian Defence, Nandhidhaa...
- 11/1/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
New York, Oct 16 (Ians) Indian young gun, 19-year-old Arjun Erigaisi inflicted a crushing defeat on world chess champion Magnus Carlsen in Round 7, leaving the Norwegian in a spot of bother in the Usd 150,000 Aimchess Rapid — round five of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.
It was sweet revenge for Erigaisi who had lost to Carlsen in the Julius Baer Generation Cup final, and earned his first victory against the world No. 1 on Saturday.
The shock defeat happened in Round 7 with Erigaisi breaking through with the brilliant 27.Qf7+ counter-attack, bravely ignoring Carlsen’s apparent queen and rook threat down the b-file. The young Indian star went on to close out the win.
Contrary to the anti-climactic Julius Baer Generation Cup final where Erigaisi virtually collapsed against the world champion, the Indian stayed cool and calm on Saturday.
Erigaisi said afterward, “That (the win) felt really good, I was really happy with the game.
It was sweet revenge for Erigaisi who had lost to Carlsen in the Julius Baer Generation Cup final, and earned his first victory against the world No. 1 on Saturday.
The shock defeat happened in Round 7 with Erigaisi breaking through with the brilliant 27.Qf7+ counter-attack, bravely ignoring Carlsen’s apparent queen and rook threat down the b-file. The young Indian star went on to close out the win.
Contrary to the anti-climactic Julius Baer Generation Cup final where Erigaisi virtually collapsed against the world champion, the Indian stayed cool and calm on Saturday.
Erigaisi said afterward, “That (the win) felt really good, I was really happy with the game.
- 10/16/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai, Dec 14 (Ians) With a rich haul of medals, ten Indian junior chess players, across different age categories, have qualified for the finals from the Asian leg of the Fide Online World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championships.
With the first three players in each category qualifying for the finals, the Indian contingent has bagged the highest number of medals in the championship's Asian leg that was held between December 11-13.
"The players who have qualified for the World Cadet's finals are: Open category - Mrinmoy Rajkhowa (U10), Pranav V. and Aditya Mittal (U14), P. Iniyan and Sankalp Gupta (U18)- Girls Category - Shreya G Hipparagi (G10) Mrittika Mallick (G12), Jyothsna L., Rakshitta Ravi (UG16) and Priyanka Nutakki (G18)," team coach Grandmaster (Gm) M. Shyam Sundar told Ians.
While Pranav topped the U14 category, Gm Iniyan topped the U18 segment.
According to the coach, Fide has...
Chennai, Dec 14 (Ians) With a rich haul of medals, ten Indian junior chess players, across different age categories, have qualified for the finals from the Asian leg of the Fide Online World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championships.
With the first three players in each category qualifying for the finals, the Indian contingent has bagged the highest number of medals in the championship's Asian leg that was held between December 11-13.
"The players who have qualified for the World Cadet's finals are: Open category - Mrinmoy Rajkhowa (U10), Pranav V. and Aditya Mittal (U14), P. Iniyan and Sankalp Gupta (U18)- Girls Category - Shreya G Hipparagi (G10) Mrittika Mallick (G12), Jyothsna L., Rakshitta Ravi (UG16) and Priyanka Nutakki (G18)," team coach Grandmaster (Gm) M. Shyam Sundar told Ians.
While Pranav topped the U14 category, Gm Iniyan topped the U18 segment.
According to the coach, Fide has...
- 12/14/2020
- by IANS
- GlamSham
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