World Youth Chess Championship: 14-year-old Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa wins U-18 Open title

The Championship ended on a high note for India, with six other medals, including three silver, coming their way.

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· Oct 12, 2019 · 06:40 pm

World Youth Chess C’ship: Aronyak Ghosh stuns top seed in U-16 category, Praggnanandhaa leads U-18

GM R Praggnanandhaa eked out a well-fought victory over IM Viachaslau Zarubitski of Belarus.

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· Oct 11, 2019 · 11:49 am

World Youth Chess C’ship: Praggnanandhaa wins against Iniyan, shares lead with Iran’s Gholami

Playing black, Iniyan opted for the Pirc Defence, which was easily countered by Praggnanandhaa, forcing him into inaccuracies in the opening itself.

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· Oct 09, 2019 · 09:07 pm

World Youth Chess C’ship: Guha joins Praggnanandhaa in second position as Iranian Gholami takes lead

India’s Grand Master R Praggnanandhaa slipped to the second position after settling for a quick draw against top seed Sargsyan Shant of Armenia.

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· Oct 07, 2019 · 09:16 pm

World Youth Chess C’ship: Praggnanandhaa shares lead after hard-fought draw with Iran’s Gholami

Praggnanandhaa manoeuvred his pieces smartly against Aryan Gholami to share the spoils after 39 moves.

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· Oct 06, 2019 · 09:33 pm

World Youth Chess C’ship: Pranav Anand, Rakshitta Ravi win Round 5 games to move into top spots

Pranav is tied for the lead with two others in U14 Open category while Rakshitta is in sole lead with a total of 4.5 points from a possible 5.

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· Oct 05, 2019 · 10:19 pm

World Youth Chess C’ship: Mixed day for Indians as Divya Deshmukh suffers upset defeat

Praggnanandhaa and Iniyan topped the points table in the Open Under-18 with 3.5 points each.

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· Oct 04, 2019 · 11:30 pm

World Youth Chess C’ship: Praggnanandhaa, Divya Deshmukh, Iniyan post wins to stay unbeaten

Praggnanandhaa was among 12 players, including four other Indians, to maintain a clean slate and pick up the maximum possible 2 points so far.

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· Oct 03, 2019 · 09:53 pm

Chess: India's Koneru Humpy climbs to world No 3 in latest Fide rankings

The 32-year-old from Andhra Pradesh made a brilliant comeback after a two-year hiatus to win the Fide women’s Grand Prix tournament recently.

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· Oct 03, 2019 · 04:22 pm

World Youth Chess Championship: Praggnanandhaa, Divya Deshmukh make winning starts

Praggnanandhaa, who has opted to play in the Under-18 category, beat Italy’s Botta Massimiliano in 35 moves.

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· Oct 02, 2019 · 08:37 pm

World Youth Chess Championship: Praggnanandhaa in focus; six titles at stake in Mumbai

India’s sensation and once the world’s second youngest Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa is one of the star young talents who will be in action.

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· Sep 26, 2019 · 10:01 pm

Chess: Koneru Humpy wins the Skolkovo Fide Women's Grand Prix

Humpy had won four games in a row before the final round and that run meant that she only needed a draw to clinch the title.

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· Sep 22, 2019 · 06:40 pm