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All India Chess Masters: Karnataka’s Avani Udipi emerges champion

All India Chess Masters: Karnataka’s Avani Udipi emerges champion

Avani finished with a tie-break score of 36.5 compared to Parkar’s tie-break score of 32. Parkar was awarded a prize cheque of R20,000 for second place

20 May,2025 08:12 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Pragg wins Superbet via tie-breaker!

Pragg wins Superbet via tie-breaker!

Praggnanandhaa drew the first game with Firouzja before the latter  drew the second game with Vachier-Lagrave

18 May,2025 09:11 AM IST | Bucharest (Romania) | PTI
Superbet Classic: Pragg holds joint lead, Gukesh loses again

Superbet Classic: Pragg holds joint lead, Gukesh loses again

Playing the black side of an English opening, Praggnanandhaa was subjected to some strong advances by Duda, but held his ground

15 May,2025 08:40 AM IST | Bucharest (Romania) | PTI
Praggnanandhaa to take on Duda in Round 6

Praggnanandhaa to take on Duda in Round 6

In a three-way lead after the fifth round, Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa will open as black against Duda-Jan-Krzysztof of Poland in the sixth round of the Superbet Classic, a part of the Grand Chess tour

13 May,2025 08:55 AM IST | Bucharest (Romania) | Agencies
 All India Chess Masters: Om Gada, Jahnavi Soneji, shine in second round

All India Chess Masters: Om Gada, Jahnavi Soneji, shine in second round

Jahnavi, playing with black pieces, secured a convincing victory over Hemant Ishan, while Om outplayed Avaneesh Shetty in a well-contested encounter

13 May,2025 08:51 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
GMs Karthikeyan, Rout bag fourth-place finish

GMs Karthikeyan, Rout bag fourth-place finish

The open section was won by 15-year-old Grandmaster Ivan Zemlyanskiia who represents Russia but competed under the FIDE flag. He scores a dominant 8 out of 9 points

12 May,2025 08:47 AM IST | Al Ain (UAE) | PTI
Superbet Rapid and Blitz: Praggnanandhaa finishes third

Superbet Rapid and Blitz: Praggnanandhaa finishes third

Fedoseev, who enjoyed a massive 3.5 points lead coming in to the final day, seemed unstoppable in the blitz section yet again scoring a massive 7.5/9 as he pocketed the winner's purse of USD 40,000

01 May,2025 06:02 PM IST | Warsaw (Poland) | PTI
Pragg in second place at Poland Rapid & Blitz

Pragg in second place at Poland Rapid & Blitz

He had started with losses to Deac Bogdan-Daniel of Romania and Levon Aronian of US, but then recovered to beat the French duo of Firouzja Alireza and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

01 May,2025 07:56 AM IST | Warsaw (Poland) | PTI
Chess: Chithambaram in joint-lead

Chess: Chithambaram in joint-lead

The Indian wild card entrant got a little lucky as Firouzja lost on time from what could have been a drawn rook and pawns endgame

30 April,2025 07:40 AM IST | Warsaw (Poland) | PTI
Coach Thipsay confident ahead of Asian C’ship

Coach Thipsay confident ahead of Asian C’ship

“The Asian Individual Chess Championship is one of the FIDE events for a few seats for the World Cup Championships. The World Cup and a few other tournaments then decide the eligibility of the players for the Candidates Tourney,” Thipsay told mid-day

16 April,2025 07:53 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent

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