Indian Chess Teams

Indian Chess Teams Still in Medal Contention After 9 Rounds of 2016 Baku Chess Olympiad

 September 12, 2016   R K Gupta

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Indian 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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Indian Men Rocket to Top Spot after Their Round 6 Win Over Netherlands in Baku Olympiad

 September 10, 2016   R K Gupta

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India’s men’s team maintained its unbeaten run at Baku Chess Olympiad as the quartet of Harikrishna, B Adhiban, Vidit Gujrathi and SP Sethuraman combined to defeat the Netherlands 2.5-1.5 in Round-6 and rose to the top in men’s ranking at the current stage. For India, the lone disappointment was Vidit not repeating his winning performance […]

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Baku Chess Olympiad: India jumped to third place after 5th Round

 September 9, 2016   R K Gupta

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India’s Pentala Harikrishnan caused a major upset by defeating Azerbaijan’s no.1 player and that too with Blacks! Following in Harikrishna’s footsteps, Vidit Gujrathi also cornered a victory with Blacks. The other two Indians B Adhiban and SP Sethuraman had the advantage of playing with Whites but all they could manage were drawn games. Regardless, India […]

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Baku Chess Olympiad 2016: Good Show by India after 4th round

Baku Chess Olympiad 2016: Good Show by India after 4th round

 September 6, 2016   R K Gupta

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As of this moment, the whole chess-playing world is at Baku, which is hosting the 42nd Chess Olympiad. Hundreds of matches are going on simultaneously and after completion of each round, participants find new pairings for their next matches. While everyone focused their attention to two Round 4 matches in Open and women’s draw; Indian […]

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42nd Chess Olympiad

Indian Men and Women Begin with First & Second Round Wins in 42nd Chess Olympiad

 September 4, 2016   R K Gupta

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The 42nd World Chess Olympiad got off to a spectacular start in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku. The first-day proceedings on September 1 at the beautiful Baku Chrystal Hall were confined to just the official opening of the long-awaited biennial extravaganza. The Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev inaugurated the event in a colorful opening ceremony and said in […]

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Indian Contingent Has 10 Warriors for 42nd Chess Olympiad At Baku Beginning Thursday

 September 1, 2016   R K Gupta

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Close 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

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While 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

Magnus Carlsen Wins 2016 Bilbao Chess Masters with a Round to Spare

 July 24, 2016   R K Gupta

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Magnus 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

2016 Bilbao Chess Masters: Magnus Carlsen Still Unable to Crack the Anish Giri Conundrum

 July 20, 2016   R K Gupta

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The 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 Beats Karjakin in the First of Their Two Matches at Bilbao Chess Masters

 July 17, 2016   R K Gupta

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After losing in the first round, world champion Magnus Carlsen has won the next three matches in a row. His third-round match against the World Championship challenger Russia’s Sergey Karjakin was a big game for the organizers, chess fans and the players themselves but the Norwegian triumphed with a devastatingly ruthless kingside attack. Next day, […]

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