Chess
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Chess: How Vidit Gujrathi is applying his boxing advice towards his targets on the chessboard
Gujrathi has qualified for the Candidates tournament, which is a step away from a World Championships match.
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Chess: Leon Mendonca wins Tata Steel Challengers title; Gukesh finishes second in Masters section
Leon Mendonca has earned a promotion to Masters section for the next edition of Tata Steel Chess.
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Chess: Vidit Gujrathi becomes India No 1; breaks into top 10 in world rankings
Vidit Gujrathi is placed 10th in the world with a live rating of 2751.5.
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Trending
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Chess: R Praggnanandhaa becomes new India No 1 after beating reigning world champion Ding Liren
Praggnanandhaa is only the second Indian after Viswanathan Anand to beat a reigning world champion.
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Chess: D Gukesh becomes fifth Indian to qualify for 2024 Candidates
The other Indian at the Candidates tournament include R Praggnanandhaa and Vidit Gujrathi (men’s) and R Vaishali and Koneru Humpy in the women’s event.
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World Rapid Chess C’ship: Koneru Humpy wins silver in women’s event; Vidit Gujarathi finishes fourth
Humpy had previously won the bronze medal in 2012 at Moscow, Russia and was crowned the world champion in 2019 at Batumi, Georgia.
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Video
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Watch: Actor Vijay’s car is damaged after thousands of fans throng to meet him in Trivandrum
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‘Time to forget about it’: Miriam Margolyes, who acted in ‘Harry Potter’ films, tells adult fans
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Watch: From Sonu Nigam to Shilpa Rao, prominent singers sing ‘Yaaron Dosti’ in a tribute to KK
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Chess: D Gukesh wins Chennai Grandmasters; inches closer to Candidates qualification
Praggnanandhaa and Vidit Gujarati, have already qualified for the 2024 Candidates in the open section, while R Vaishali has qualified in the women’s section.
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Chess: R Vaishali becomes India’s 84th Grandmaster; third woman to achieve the title
R Vaishali crossed the 2500-rating barrier during the Llobregat Open in Spain on Friday.
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Chess: Vidit Gujrathi, R Vaishali win FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 to qualify for Candidates 2024
Vidit Gujrathi and R Vaishali also qualified for their respective Candidates 2024 tournaments, which is the pathway to a World Championship match.
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The Reel
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‘Adrishyam’ trailer: Eijaz Khan and Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya play undercover agents
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Prithviraj Sukumaran on what makes ‘The Goat Life’ special: ‘A deeply meditative character study’
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Start the week with a film: A riveting game of mind control in ‘The Manchurian Candidate’
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‘Crew’ trailer: Tabu, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Kriti Sanon play stewardesses involved in smuggling
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‘I wanted to land this film correctly’: Why actor Kunal Kemmu chose to direct ‘Madgaon Express’
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Chess: Raunak Sadhwani adds his name to the growing wave of Indian challengers
The 17-year-old from Nagpur recently won the FIDE Junior World Rapid Champion before finishing second in the FIDE Junior Blitz World Championships.
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Chess: Karthikeyan Murali becomes the third Indian to defeat Magnus Carlsen in classical format
The 24-year-old achieved the feat at the seventh round of the ongoing 2023 Qatar Masters with the black pieces.
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Tata Steel Chess: 17-year-old Divya Deshmukh crowned women’s rapid champion
Divya Deshmukh was invited to the tournament only after a last minute withdrawal from R Vaishali.
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The Field
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Archery: Deepika Kumari tops national selection trials for World Cup Stage 1 and 2
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Commonwealth Games: Malaysia to consider hosting a downsized edition in 2026; Singapore also in fray
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WPL 2024: From captain Meg Lanning to rising star Shreyanka Patil – The Field’s team of the season
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Wrestling: IOA dissolves ad-hoc committee; elected body to take charge of national federation
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Hockey: Harmanpreet Singh to lead 27-member Indian squad for Australia tour