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chess ace Viswanathan Anand defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in 40 moves in the first round of the classical section of the Norway Chess tournament here. The win over the French player late on Tuesday enabled the Indian GM to gain 3 points. American Wesley So beat Teimur Rajdabov in the first round to be level with Anand, while Magnus Carlsen had to settle for a draw with China's Wang Had.
Indian chess ace Viswanathan Anand defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen in round seven of the blitz event of the Norway Chess on way to a fourth-place finish. The former world champion, however, suffered defeats to Anish Giri (the Netherlands) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) in the fourth and ninth round, respectively to finish with 5 points in the 10-player blitz event early on Tuesday.
chess ace Viswanathan Anand defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen in round seven of the blitz event of the Norway Chess on way to a fourth-place finish. The former world champion, however, suffered defeats to Anish Giri (the Netherlands) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) in the fourth and ninth round respectively to finish with 5 points in the 10-player blitz event early on Tuesday. The Indian GM started with a win over Aryan Tari (Norway) in the blitz before drawing with So in round two. He posted a victory over veteran Veselin Topalov in the third round before sharing the point with Teimur Radjabov. After a loss to Giri and a draw with Hao Wang (China), Anand scored over Carlsen. However, the draw against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov followed by the loss to Vachier-Lagrave put paid to his chances of a high finish after having started with 2.5 points from the first three rounds.
R Praggnandhaaa, the mind-work and legwork involved is the kind of life he loves living. Who would complain if the incentive of all that comes in the form of checkmating the world champion? World number one Magnus Carlsen, number 10 Anish Giri and number 22 Wei Yi are names who recently found it tough to read the mind of India's chess wizkid Rameshbabu Praggnandhaa, 'Praggu' to his close ones. At the Chessable Masters last week, he beat all of them in the knockouts, before taking the battle in the final against world number two Ding Liren down to the wire. The Indian genius lost the title-clash in the blitz tiebreak. Soon after that, close to the wee hours of the morning, the next thing on Praggu's mind was his 'Computer Application' examination at school in a few hours.
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."
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."
Chessable Masters, an online chess tournament, that Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa lost to World No. 2 Ding Liren in the tie-breakers. The clash, which went down to the wire, ended at around 2:20 am IST on Friday, and by 8:45 am, the 16-year-old had arrived at his school to appear for the Class XI state board exams. Praggu has been performing the balancing act with aplomb by planning his day in such a way that there was sufficient time to not only study for his exams, but also prepare for the battles against the world’s top-rated players. “The last few days have been incredibly tiring. It’s a first for me, writing exams and playing a tournament simultaneously. I had the computer applications exam on Friday and it went well,” Praggu told TOI. Praggu’s long-time coach RB Ramesh said it was a tribute to the youngster’s mentality that he managed to handle his matches and the exams at the same time. “His biggest asset is to be able to stay in the moment. To write an exam just hours after that heartbreaking loss shows his character,” Ramesh mentioned.
Chinese world No.2 Ding Liren seized the advantage against India's teenaged Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa in the final of Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters online tournament, taking a 2.5-1.5 lead after the opening day of the match early on Thursday. The 16-year old Praggnanandhaa, who lost the opening game of the all-Asian final, bounced back strongly to level the first match when he won game two. Liren then showed why he is rated so highly by taking the lead, outwitting his young Indian opponent, who had on Wednesday appeared for his standard XI examination, in the third game.