Indian Contingent Has 10 Warriors for 42nd Chess Olympiad At Baku Beginning Thursday
September 1, 2016 R K Gupta
Chess, Indian Sport News, P Harikrishna, Padmini Rout, World ChessClose on the heels of Rio Olympic Games comes another Olympiad. But it will only have the game of chess. Unlike the quadrennial Games, Chess Olympiad is a biennial event and the 2016 edition will be the 42nd edition. Also unlike Rio, where India performed poorly with just two medals; one silver and one bronze; […]
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Ten Year Old Chennai Kid Praggnanandhaa Is Creating Ripples on Global Chess Scene
August 25, 2016 R K Gupta
Chess, Indian Sport News, Praggnanandhaa, World ChessWhile all of us had our attention focused at the recently concluded 2016 Rio Games or at best followed Indian cricket team’s tour to the Caribbean, a chess prodigy from Chennai did something that no other 10-year old had ever done before. Nearly 4 weeks ago, India’s R Praggnanandhaa defeated Czech Grandmaster Jan Krejci in […]
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Magnus Carlsen Wins 2016 Bilbao Chess Masters with a Round to Spare
July 24, 2016 R K Gupta
Bilbao Masters, Chess, Magnus Carlsen, World ChessMagnus Carlsen is the new champion of the 9th edition of Bilbao Chess Masters in the Spanish city. With 16 points after Round-9, the Norwegian World Champion did not even need to wait for the 10th round since he had established a runaway 5-point lead over the second-placed Hikaru Nakamura of USA. In addition to winning […]
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2016 Bilbao Chess Masters: Magnus Carlsen Still Unable to Crack the Anish Giri Conundrum
July 20, 2016 R K Gupta
Anish Giri, Bilbao Masters, Chess, Magnus Carlsen, World ChessThe first time Magnus Carlsen played a classical chess game against Netherlands’ Anish Giri was 5 years ago. Both of them were teenagers. The 16-year old Giri was an emerging chess star and 19 year old Carlsen had been around for a while. But the Norwegian was not the world champion and that honor belonged […]
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Carlsen Stunned by Nakamura in Bilbao Masters From China Harika Brings Glory for India
July 15, 2016 R K Gupta
Bilbao Masters, Chess, Harika Dronavalli, Indian Sport News, Magnus Carlsen, World ChessIn Round-1 of Bilbao Chess Masters Tournament, World Champion Magnus Carlsen was jolted by USA’s Hikaru Nakamura before scoring a win in Round-2 against Chinese teenager Yi Wei. Except the two matches involving Carlsen on July 13 and 14, all other Round 1 & 2 games ended as draws. On Friday, Carlsen takes on Russia’s […]
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Bilbao Masters Offers Testing Ground for Carlsen & Karjakin before World Championships
July 14, 2016 R K Gupta
Bilbao Masters, Chess, Chess Masters, Magnus Carlsen, Sergey KarjakinThe 2016 Bilbao Chess Masters Tournament has just gotten underway. Reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen and his new challenger Sergey Karjakin are among the six participants in the tournament being played on a double Round-Robin basis. That means Carlsen and Karjakin will play at least two games against each other before they meet again for […]
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Karjakin Emerges as the Brand New World Championship Challenger for Magnus Carlsen
March 30, 2016 R K Gupta
Candidates Chess, Chess, Magnus Carlsen, Sergey Karjakin, World ChessEven before he played the 14th round with Russia’s Peter Svidler, Anand knew the stakes. His 2016 Candidates campaign had ended and it was either the Russian Karjakin or USA’s Fabiano Caruana, who would earn the right to challenge the reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen in November, somewhere in New York City. But Anand was […]
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Chess Glory to India from Unexpected Quarter as Abhijeet Gupta Wins 2016 Reykjavik Open
March 29, 2016 R K Gupta
Chess, Indian Sport News, Reykjavik Open, World ChessWhile the celebrated Vishy Anand struggling in Candidates Chess Tournament at Moscow, India still earned a name in chess. Nearly 10 days back Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta of India brought laurels to the nation by a formidable display in the 31st edition of Reykjavik Open Chess Tournament. In a format based on 10-round Swiss, Abhijeet was […]
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Anand’s Task at Moscow’s Candidates’ Chess Becomes Tough after His 12th Round Loss
March 26, 2016 R K Gupta
Candidates Chess, Chess, Indian Sport News, Vishwanathan Anand, World ChessFive-time world champion Viswanathan Anand of India slipped down the championship leaderboard after his defeat against USA’s Hikaru Nakamura on Friday. With two rounds left, the Indian ace will have to win both his matches if he has any ambition of challenging Norway’s reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen. Anand had done well in the 11th […]
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Can Vishy Anand Challenge Magnus Carlsen Yet Again by Winning 2016 Candidates Chess?
March 5, 2016 R K Gupta
Candidates Chess, Chess, Indian Sport News, Magnus Carlsen, Vishwanathan AnandViswanathan Anand 46 is regarded as one of the best chess players of all time. After earning accolades as India’s first international chess grandmaster in 1988, Anand won his first FIDE World Chess Championships in 2000 at Tehran by beating Russia-born Spanish player Alexei Shirov. In 2007, Vishy Anand stamped his chess authority in being […]
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| # | Player | Point |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor AXELSEN | 72,500 |
| 2 | CHOU Tien Chen | 67,190 |
| 3 | PRANNOY H. S. | 66,730 |
| 4 | Jonatan CHRISTIE | 64,960 |
| 5 | Anthony Sinisuka GINTING | 62,100 |