Carlsen Bounces Back with Victory in Round-10 of World Chess Championship at New York
November 25, 2016 R K Gupta
Chess, Magnus Carlsen, Sergey Karjakin, World Chess, World Chess ChampionshipYou may talk about UEFA Champions League football or several Test Cricket series going on India, New Zealand, Australia and Zimbabwe or Lewis Hamilton’s F1 championship chances in next Sunday’s last race of the season at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina Circuit or intrigues in any other global sports. But everything pales in comparison to the […]
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World Chess Championship: Carlsen Escapes Round-9 Defeat after a Scary Middle-Game
November 25, 2016 R K Gupta
Chess, Magnus Carlsen, Sergey Karjakin, World Chess, World Chess ChampionshipIn Round-9 of World Chess Championship in New York on Wednesday, current champion Magnus Carlsen and his Russian challenger Sergey Karjakin played for more than 5½ hours and settled for an extremely tense draw. Now just three more games are left and Karjakin leads Magnus Carlsen 5-4. But Carlsen survived a dangerous middle-game and narrowly […]
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Carlsen Pushed to Corner after Losing 8th Game in World Chess Championship
November 23, 2016 R K Gupta
Chess, Magnus Carlsen, Sergey Karjakin, World Chess ChampionshipRussian challenger Sergey Karjakin had something up his sleeves. He refused to lose to Norway’s Magnus Carlsen in the first seven games in the ongoing 12-game title clash at New York City. But on Monday night, he drove the reigning World Chess Champion in a tight spot by winning the eighth game. It wasn’t that […]
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Eljanov Wins Isle of Man Masters but Praggu Steals the Show with 18-Move Win with Blacks
October 10, 2016 R K Gupta
Chess, Harika Dronavalli, Indian Sport News, Pavel Eljanov, Praggnanandhaa, World ChessUkraine’s Pavel Eljanov might have won the championship honors at 2016 International Chess Tournament in Isle of Man but India’s 10-year old chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa shocked the audience with a remarkable tear-away victory over Paraguayan Grand Master Axel Bachmann. Praggu played with Black pieces and overwhelmed Bachmann in just 18 moves. It was the […]
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Anand Ends Fourth in Moscow While Harika Beats World Champion Hou Yifan at Isle of Man
October 9, 2016 R K Gupta
Chess, Harika Dronavalli, Indian Sport News, Vishwanathan Anand, World ChessAfter nine rounds, India’s five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand ended at 5 points to finish at joint third with Armenia’s Levon Aronian. The two of them split the point as they played their last round against each other. But in final standings, Anand had to take the fourth place behind Aronian since the Armenian didn’t […]
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Vishy Anand Still in Fray in 2016 Tal Memorial Chess Despite Losing to Kramnik
October 4, 2016 R K Gupta
Chess, Indian Sport News, Vidit Gujrathi, Vishwanathan Anand, World ChessFive-time world champion Viswanathan Anand suffered a painful loss against Russian veteran Vladimir Kramnik in Round-4 of the 10th Tal Memorial chess championship in Moscow. However, the Indian ace bounced back into the reckoning with a Round-5 win over Israel’s Boris Gelfand and followed that with a draw against Russia’s Evgeny Tomashevsky in Round-6. With […]
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Tal Memorial Chess: Anand Slips to Second Place after 3rd-Round Draw with China’s Li Chao
October 1, 2016 R K Gupta
Chess, Indian Sport News, Vishwanathan Anand, World ChessThe 10th Tal Memorial Chess Tournament is part of a unique Chess in Museums International Project. The project finds support from the Russian Chess Federation and funds come from the charities of Elena and Gennady Timchenko. The idea of organizing chess tournaments in major museums got the boost, when the 2012 World Chess Championship took […]
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Creditable Finish for Indian Men and Women as 2016 Baku Chess Olympiad Ends
September 15, 2016 R K Gupta
Chess, Indian Sport News, Magnus Carlsen, P Harikrishna, World ChessWith the conclusion of Round-11 games on September 13, curtain came down on the 2016 Baku Chess Olympiad. India couldn’t win any team medals but the performance of Indian men and women teams’ was still praiseworthy. The men finished fourth behind USA, Ukraine and Russia while the Indian women’s team ended fifth behind China, Poland, […]
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Baku Chess Olympiad: With Creditable Draws in Round-10 Indians Keep Medal Hopes Alive
September 13, 2016 R K Gupta
Chess, Indian Sport News, P Harikrishna, Padmini Rout, Vidit Gujrathi, World ChessWith just a solitary Round left in the 2016 Baku Chess Olympiad, Indian men and women are ever so close to the podium finishes. All through the tournament, they have come up with solid performances and generally stayed within the top 10 teams in the world in both Open and women’s categories. In their round-10 […]
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Indian Chess Teams Still in Medal Contention After 9 Rounds of 2016 Baku Chess Olympiad
September 12, 2016 R K Gupta
Chess, Harika Dronavalli, Indian Sport News, P Harikrishna, Soumya Swaminathan, World ChessIndian men suffered a huge loss against USA in Round-7 and slipped from the top spot in rankings to no.5. However, a narrow victory against England in Round-8 helped them rebound to no.2. In Round-9 on Sunday, India lost again to Ukraine and slipped to the 6th place in tournament standings with just 2 Rounds […]
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| # | Player | Point |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor AXELSEN | 72,500 |
| 2 | PRANNOY H. S. | 66,730 |
| 3 | CHOU Tien Chen | 61,240 |
| 4 | Jonatan CHRISTIE | 61,110 |
| 5 | Kodai NARAOKA | 55,370 |