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The Indian chess prodigy Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu made history this week to become one of the youngest winners of the traditional Copenhagen Open, now known as the Xtracon Chess Open, held in Helsingor, Denmark. The Xtracon Chess Open was the m...
Day eight of the FIDE Grand Prix in Riga, Latvia was an exciting affair that gave us two finalists without needing any tiebreaks. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov kept his cool and defended calmly to draw and oust Wesley So while Max...
The semifinal matches commenced on day seven of the FIDE Grand Prix in Riga, Latvia. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov has one foot in the final as he beat Wesley So in a wild Catalan while Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Alexander Grischuk started with ...
While Maxime Vachier-Lagrave had qualified after the two classical games, Alexander Grischuk, Wesley So and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov also reached the semi-finals of the Riga Grand Prix after yesterday's tiebreaks. Day ...
Round two of the FIDE Grand Prix cycle started on Monday in Riga, Latvia and had only one winner: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. This is the second Grand Prix tournament, following the Moscow Grand Prix. Only eight players remain in this knocko...
Round five of the Croatia Grand Chess Tour saw as many as five games end in a draw. World number three Ding Liren was the lone winner as he defeated Anish Giri. Ian Nepomniachtchi drew Hikaru Nakamura to maintain his one-point lead. A...
Day four of the Croatia Grand Chess Tour was exciting despite all six games ending in draws. In an enterprising day of chess, the players entertained one and all in what can be called the round of missed chances. Tournament leade...
After a bloody affair on day one, round two at the Croatia Grand Chess Tour returned to normal, with five out of the six games ending in draws. Most of them were fighting games, while only Ian Nepomniachtchi managed to defeat Fabian...
The 2019 Grand Chess Tour resumed in Zagreb, Croatia on Wednesday with its second event of the year after the season opener in Abidjan with the Cote d'Ivoire Rapid and Blitz. The Croatia leg is the first of two classical events on this tour. ...
Former world blitz champion Le Quang Liem scored one of the biggest wins of his career by winning the Asian Continental Championship in Xingtai, China. The Vietnamese number one defeated overnight leader S.P. Sethuraman of India in ...
Top seed GM Wang Hao of China stamped his authority on the HD Bank International Masters 2019 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to win yet another GM open in Asia. The HD Bank International is already into its ninth edition since its incept...
The Georgian GM Levan Pantsulaia nudged six others on tiebreak to clinch the main event of the Delhi International Chess Festival in New Delhi. The 17th edition of the Delhi International Chess Open was held across three categories (A, B and ...
At the age of 12 years, 7 months, and 17 days, Indian prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju became the second youngest grandmaster in chess history. He scored his third grandmaster norm at the 17th Delhi International Chess Grandmaster Open today in New D...
Wei Yi scored one of the biggest wins of his individual career by winning the Asian Continental Championship in Makati, Philippines. Wei scored 6.5/9, and won five more Elo points to reach a rating of 2732. He qualified for the 2019 World C...
The Russian GM Daniil Dubov won the 25th edition of the Abu Dhabi Masters Open held at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Abu Dhabi, UAE. This is the largest and strongest grandmaster open of Asia. The Abu Dhabi Masters Open was a part of the Abu Dhabi Ch...
At the age of 14 years, one month, and one day, the Indian prodigy Nihal Sarin became the 12th-youngest grandmaster in chess history. He scored his third grandmaster norm at the 25th Abu Dhabi Masters held at Abu Dhabi, UAE. Nihal...
Iran Green (Iran's A team) convincingly won the Asian Nations Cup 2018, three match points ahead of second-place India in the open section. China won the women's section, with a round to spare. The Asian Nations Cup 2018 was ...
The Indian GM Vaibhav Suri was the surprising winner of the Biel Master Tournament (MTO) held alongside the Accentus Grandmaster Tournament in Biel, Switzerland. The Biel Master Tournament (MTO) is a part of the Biel Chess Festiva...
Unheralded IM P. Karthikeyan of India was the surprising winner of the 2018 Commonwealth Chess Championship while Indian WGM and IM Tania Sachdev won the Commonwealth women's title. Commonwealth 2018 🥇 pic.twitter.com/rDGoAvdi8Z &mdas...
At the age of 12 years, 10 months, and 13 days, Indian prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa became the second-youngest grandmaster in chess history. He scored his third grandmaster norm at the fourth Gredine open in Ortisei, Italy...
Indian WGM Soumya Swaminathan (former World Junior Girls' Champion 2009) was selected for the Indian women's team in the upcoming Asian Nations Cup in Hamadan, Iran from July 26 to August 4. WGM Soumya officially declined her invitation to this ...
