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India's teenage Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa received the 'Sankara Award' of this year at a function held at Kalady on Thursday. R Praggnanandhaa who defeated Chess World Champion Magnus Carlsen received the award as well as a cash reward of Rs 1 Lakh. This yearly award is jointly given by Adi Sankara trust, Institute of Engineering College and Sree Sarada Vidyalaya situated in Kalady.
The 44th Chess Olympiad, which was moved out of Russia after it invaded Ukraine, will be organised in Chennai later this year, making it the second major global event of the sport to be held in India after the World Championship match in 2013. The announcement was made by Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on his Twitter page on Tuesday night. "Delighted that the Chess Capital of India is set to host the 44th Chess Olympiad! A proud moment for Tamil Nadu! Chennai warmly welcomes all the Kings and Queens from around the world! #ChessOlympiad2022," he said in the tweet.
The 44th Chess Olympiad, which was moved out of Russia after it invaded Ukraine, will be organised in Chennai later this year, making it the second major global event of the sport to be held in India after the World Championship match in 2013. The announcement was made by Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on his Twitter page on Tuesday night. "Delighted that the Chess Capital of India is set to host the 44th Chess Olympiad! A proud moment for Tamil Nadu! Chennai warmly welcomes all the Kings and Queens from around the world! #ChessOlympiad2022," he said in the tweet.
The All India Chess Federation (AICF) will be bidding to host the 44th edition of the Chess Olympiad later this year after the event was moved out of Russia, a senior official of the body said on Saturday. "Yeah, we are bidding for the chess Olympiad this year. The budget for the event would be USD 10 million (about Rs 75 crore)," AICF secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan told PTI. The Chess Olympiad is a biennial team event, in which teams from some 190 countries compete for honours over a two-week period.
The All India Chess Federation (AICF) will be bidding to host the 44th edition of the Chess Olympiad later this year after the event was moved out of Russia, a senior official of the body said on Saturday. "Yeah, we are bidding for the chess Olympiad this year. The budget for the event would be USD 10 million (about Rs 75 crore)," AICF secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan told PTI. The Chess Olympiad is a biennial team event, in which teams from some 190 countries compete for honours over a two-week period.
chess federation is bidding to host the 44th Chess Olympiad that has been moved out of Russia, said a senior official of All India Chess Federation (AICF). "We are bidding to host the Chess Olympiad this time. The event budget will be about Rs 75 crore," Bharat Singh Chauhan, Secretary, AICF told IANS. If India wins the bid, then the Chess Olympiad will be the second major global chess competition that would be held in the country after 2013. In 2013 the World Chess Championship was held between the then defending champion India's Viswanathan Anand and the then challenger Magnus Carlsen from Norway. The Chess Olympiad is a biennial team event, in which teams from approximately 190 countries compete for two weeks.
16-year-old Indian grandmaster Praggnanandhaa has been the toast of the nation, ever since his stunning victory over world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the eighth round of the Airthings Masters, an online rapid chess tournament. The chess wizard, who bowed out of the competition on Wednesday after finishing a creditable 11th, spoke exclusively with NDTV and shared his experience of playing against and beating Carlsen.
Indian chess prodigy Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa on Wednesday responded to a congratulatory tweet from Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings. In his response, the 16-year-old chess wizard wrote a simple "Thank You!! @ChennaiIPL". CSK had praised the youngster after he had beaten world champion chess player Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the Airthings Masters a couple of days back.