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Airthings Masters 2022: R. Praggnanandhaa defeats Magnus Carlsen

February 22, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Indian Chess Grandmaster (GM) R Praggnanandhaa defeated World No.1, Magnus Carlsen, in the eighth round of the online rapid chess championship at the Airthings Masters 2022 on Monday, February 21, 2022. The match began in the Tarrasch variation. Praggnanandhaa played Black while Carlsen played white. The Norwegian GM made blunders against the 16-year-old […]

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FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship 2021: Aronian and Assaubayeva in the Lead

December 30, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: American Grandmaster (GM) Levon Aronian and International Master (IM) Bibisara Assaubayeva are leading day one of the FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship 2021 at the PGE Narodowy Stadium, Warsaw, on Thursday. Aronian gained 10 points in 12 rounds and effortlessly defeated tough contenders like Alexander Grischuk in round 8, Jan-Krzysztof Duda in 9, […]

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FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship 2021: Duda and Jobava Join Carlsen in the Lead

December 27, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Polish Grandmaster (GM) Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Georgian Baadur Jobava share the 4.5/5 point lead with Magnus Carlsen of Norway after five rounds on Day 1 of the FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship 2021 at the PGE Narodowy Stadium, Warsaw, on Monday. World Champion Magnus Carlsen began the event against Georgian GM Merab Gagunashvili, […]

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FIDE Grand Swiss 2021: Krishnan Sasikiran Shares 2nd Place with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Alexei Shirov

November 4, 2021 Vinayak Barot

Ahmedabad: Indian Chess Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran tied the match with his opponent Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France and secured the 2nd spot in a cut-throat 7th round of the FIDE Grand Swiss Chess open event tournament on Wednesday. Playing in Najdorf variation of the Sicilian Defence, the Former national champion played White against the Frenchman. Sasikiran […]