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R Praggnanandhaa, Gukesh D In Kolkata Asian Games Camp From August 30 - sports.ndtv.com - India

R Praggnanandhaa, Gukesh D In Kolkata Asian Games Camp From August 30

The Asian Games-bound Indian men's chess team, which includes World Cup silver medallist GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa along with three other quarter-finalists, will undergo a four-day tactical camp in Kolkata from August 30. Grandmsters Vidit Gujarathi, Arjun Erigaisi and R Gukesh, along with veteran Pentala Harikrishna as the other member are part of the Hangzhou-bound men's squad. The team is led by head coach legendary GM Boris Gelfand and includes coach Srinath Narayanan, assistant coaches Vaibhav Suri and Arjun Kalyan.

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Magnus Carlsen - Fabiano Caruana - Ian Nepomniachtchi - Chess: Ding and Nepomniachtchi go to the wire as speed shootout looms - theguardian.com - Kazakhstan

Chess: Ding and Nepomniachtchi go to the wire as speed shootout looms

Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniachtchi drew the 13th and penultimate round of their world championship match in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Thursday as the prospect of another draw on Saturday and a speed shootout for the crown on Sunday loomed closer. Nepomniachtchi, 32, again opened with the Ruy Lopez but stood worse in the middle game until Ding, 30, spoiled his advantage and opted to halve by threefold repetition of position, saying later: “It was still some kind of dark ocean position, so I didn’t go further into it.”

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Ian Nepomniachtchi - Chess: Garry Kasparov calls April’s world title match ‘amputated event’ - theguardian.com -  Bucharest

Chess: Garry Kasparov calls April’s world title match ‘amputated event’

Garry Kasparov, who held the world title from 1985 to 2000 and is regarded as Magnus Carlsen’s rival as the greatest player of all time, said next month’s Ian Nepomniachtchi v Ding Liren world title match “should include the strongest player on the planet, and this match doesn’t … It’s a kind of amputated event … The match between Nepo and Ding is a great show, but it’s not a world championship match.”

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Magnus Carlsen - Hans Niemann - Julius Baer Generation Cup: R Praggnanandhaa Posts Three Wins Before Losing To Fellow Teen Christopher Yoo - sports.ndtv.com - Ukraine - Netherlands - Usa - Czech Republic - Poland - India

Julius Baer Generation Cup: R Praggnanandhaa Posts Three Wins Before Losing To Fellow Teen Christopher Yoo

India's teenaged Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa began his campaign in the star-studded Julius Baer Generation Cup online rapid tournament, the seventh leg of the USD 1.6 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, with wins over veteran Vasyl Ivanchuk and Jan Kryzstof Duda of Poland. He then beat another veteran Boris Gelfand in the third round before losing to American 15-year old Christopher Yoo on Monday. The 17-year old Chennnai prodigy came up trumps against 53-year old Ukrainian legend Ivanchuk in a battle of generations to pick up three points.

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Magnus Carlsen - Hans Niemann - Julius Baer Generation Cup: R Praggnanandhaa Posts Three Wins Before Losing To Fellow Teen Christopher Yoo - sports.ndtv.com - Ukraine - Netherlands - Usa - Czech Republic - Poland - India

Julius Baer Generation Cup: R Praggnanandhaa Posts Three Wins Before Losing To Fellow Teen Christopher Yoo

India's teenaged Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa began his campaign in the star-studded Julius Baer Generation Cup online rapid tournament, the seventh leg of the USD 1.6 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, with wins over veteran Vasyl Ivanchuk and Jan Kryzstof Duda of Poland. He then beat another veteran Boris Gelfand in the third round before losing to American 15-year old Christopher Yoo on Monday. The 17-year old Chennnai prodigy came up trumps against 53-year old Ukrainian legend Ivanchuk in a battle of generations to pick up three points.

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Magnus Carlsen - Hans Niemann - Julius Baer Generation Cup: Praggnanandhaa posts three wins before losing to fellow teen Yoo - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - Ukraine - Netherlands - Usa - Czech Republic - Poland - India

Julius Baer Generation Cup: Praggnanandhaa posts three wins before losing to fellow teen Yoo

Vasyl Ivanchuk and Jan Kryzstof Duda of Poland. He then beat another veteran Boris Gelfand in the third round before losing to American 15-year old Christopher Yoo on Monday. The 17-year old Chennnai prodigy came up trumps against 53-year old Ukrainian legend Ivanchuk in a battle of generations to pick up three points.

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Magnus Carlsen - Viswanathan Anand - 44th Chess Olympiad: 189 Teams Register In Open Section, 154 In Women's Category - sports.ndtv.com - Norway - Georgia - India -  Chennai -  Sanjay

44th Chess Olympiad: 189 Teams Register In Open Section, 154 In Women's Category

A record number of 343 teams from 187 countries will take part in the 44th Chess Olympiad to be held here from July 28 to August 10. The Olympiad, the biggest ever global chess meet hosted by India has two specific categories -- Open Section and women's section. According to All India Chess Federation (AICF) secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan, the Event Director, "We have a record-breaking 187 countries registered with 189 teams in the open section and 154 in the women's section."

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Magnus Carlsen - Viswanathan Anand - 44th Chess Olympiad: 189 Teams Register In Open Section, 154 In Women's Category - sports.ndtv.com - Norway - Georgia - India -  Chennai -  Sanjay

44th Chess Olympiad: 189 Teams Register In Open Section, 154 In Women's Category

A record number of 343 teams from 187 countries will take part in the 44th Chess Olympiad to be held here from July 28 to August 10. The Olympiad, the biggest ever global chess meet hosted by India has two specific categories -- Open Section and women's section. According to All India Chess Federation (AICF) secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan, the Event Director, "We have a record-breaking 187 countries registered with 189 teams in the open section and 154 in the women's section."

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