[ad_1] KOLKATA: The new year brought happy news for Bengal chess as Koustav Chatterjee became the country’s 78th Grandmaster late on Saturday night. The Kolkata boy took the state’s GM count to double digits by drawing with statemate GM Mirtabha Guha, who incidentally was Bengal’s last and ninth GM, in …
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[ad_1] ALMATY (Kazakhstan): Indian ace Koneru Humpy came up with a superb performance after a modest run in the initial phase to claim the silver medal in the women’s section of the FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship on Friday.She finished strongly, beating Zhongyi Tan, who won the World Rapid title …
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[ad_1] CHENNAI: Sixteen-year-old Aditya Mittal has become India’s 77th chess Grandmaster during an ongoing tournament in Spain. The Mumbai player, who had secured three GM norms, crossed 2,500 ELO points mark during the sixth round of the ongoing Ellobregat Open tournament in Spain. He drew the game against Spain’s No.1 …
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[ad_1] KOLKATA: Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand, who is now deputy president of world governing body FIDE, feels cheating in his sport is “not rampant” and limited to “online” tournaments only. Reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen kicked up a storm in September this year when he levelled cheating allegations against …
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[ad_1] CHENNAI: Indian Grandmaster SL Narayanan felt “humiliated” as he was left to stand barefoot inside the playing hall for metal detector check during a Bundesliga chess league match in Germany on Monday. As there was a beep sound during the metal detector check, Narayanan was made to remove his …
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