GM Arjun Erigaisi shot into the lead with 6.5 points from nine rounds after the first day of the 2022 Tata Steel Chess India Open Blitz, while GM Mariya Muzychuk scored an impressive eight points from nine rounds to lead the 2022 Tata Steel Chess India Women’s Blitz. Erigaisi is followed by GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov …
Erigaisi, Mariya Muzychuk In Lead At Tata Steel India Read More »
The Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Tata Steel Chess India Women’s Rapid were inaugurated at a short evening ceremony in Kolkata, India. At its fourth edition, the iconic event with separate rapid and blitz sections and a total prize fund of $41,500 has introduced a new tournament exclusively for women this year, with an …
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Uzbekistan and China continue to perform exceptionally, knocking out Ukraine and Poland. Spain defeated the powerhouse Azerbaijan team. India pulled ahead of France in a riveting blitz playoff. The semifinals begin on Thursday, November 24, starting at 5 a.m. PT / 14:00 CET. China defeated Poland with key victories by GM Lu Shanglei and GM …
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GM R.B. Ramesh is a name recognized globally in the chess community, thanks to his reputation as a chess trainer. Over the years, he has helped many chess players attain titles and secure medals at International levels. He is the only Indian coach to have won two bronze medals at the Chess Olympiad. In an …
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The 12th-seeded Armenia defeated the sixth-seeded Azerbaijan with a convincing 3-1 victory to reach 17 match points and become the joint leaders at the end of the 10th and penultimate round of the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad. Dramatic developments in the fifth hour of play enabled the 14th-seeded Uzbekistan to save a 2-2 draw against …
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Continuing their remarkable run in the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad, the 12th-seeded Armenia defeated second-seeded India 2.5-1.5 and maintained their sole lead with 15 match points at the end of the eighth round. The 11th-seeded India 2 defeated the top-seeded U.S. by a 3-1 score. India 2 is tied for the second-third positions on 14 …
Armenia In Open, India In Women’s Maintain Lead; Gukesh Defeats Caruana To Score 8/8 Read More »
The 12th-seeded Armenia held the top-seeded U.S. to a 2-2 draw in a dramatic conclusion to a tense match involving a touched-piece blunder by GM Sam Shankland and retained the lead with 13 match points after the seventh round of the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad. GM Gabriel Sargissian defeated GM Fabiano Caruana on the top …
Armenia Retains Lead In Open; India Widens Lead In Women’s; Gukesh 7/7 Read More »
GMs Samvel Ter-Sahakyan and Robert Hovhannisyan scored crucial wins to enable Armenia to prevail over India 2 with a 2.5-1.5 score and capture the lead with 12 match points at the end of the sixth round of the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad. GM Fabiano Caruana scored his first victory in the tournament over GM Parham …
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11th-seeded India 2 scored an upset victory over fourth-seeded Spain, while 12th-seeded Armenia defeated 10th-seeded England, both with an identical score of 2.5-1.5, to jointly lead the open section with 10 match points at the end of the fifth round of the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad. Young GM Dommaraju Gukesh defeated legendary GM Alexei Shirov …
India 2, Armenia Lead Open; India, Georgia, Romania Lead Women’s Read More »
The 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad was inaugurated on July 28 at the Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai with fanfare, in the presence of Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India, and M.K. Stalin, the chief minister of the state of Tamilnadu, the main initiator of the event. The evening witnessed a march-past of the participating …
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