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Day-night Test: Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen ring Eden Gardens bell o
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Nov 23 (ANI): Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand and current champion Magnus Carlsen on Saturday rang the bell of Eden Gardens to start day two of the ongoing day-night Test between India and Bangladesh.
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Happy and proud, says sister Vaishali after Praggnanandhaa wins gold in Ch
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai [India], Oct 13 (ANI): After the 14-year-old R Praggnanandhaa won gold in the under-18 open category in the World Youth Chess Championship, his sister Vaishali said the whole family is 'happy and proud' of her brother's achievement.
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14-year-old R Praggnanandhaa crowned under-18 chess champion
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 13 (ANI): Fourteen-year-old R Praggnanandhaa has won the gold in the under-18 open category in the World Youth Chess Championship.
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Magnus Carlsen defeats Fabiano Caruana to retain world chess title
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Georgia [USA], Nov 29 (ANI): Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen has retained his World Chess Championship title after defeating America's Fabiano Caruana 3-0 in a tie-break contest.
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4-year-old Saanvi secures second spot in National U-7 chess tournament
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 28 (ANI): Four-year-old Saanvi Aggarwal from Chandigarh has secured the second position with four points in the U-5 category at the 32nd National U-7 Open Girls Chess Championship.
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DCA, says tournament as per WCF norms
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Delhi Chess Association on Tuesday clarified that the entry fee and the participation structure for the recently concluded Commonwealth Chess Championship was as per regulations of the World Chess Federation (WCF).
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Commonwealth Chess C'ship participants scammed by organizers
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): The organisers of the Commonwealth Chess Championship have allegedly cheated the young kids and invited additional participation in exchange of Rs 10,000 each.
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No need for religious enforcement: Soumya Swaminathan
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 13 (ANI): In the wake of her stepping down from representing India at the Asian Team Chess Championship in Iran, chess player Soumya Swaminathan on Wednesday said that there is no need for religious or cultural enforcements in sports.
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Indian chess star withdraws from Iran event over headscarf rule
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 13 (ANI): Chess star Soumya Swaminathan has refused to be a part of the Asian Team Chess Championship, to be held in Hamadan, Iran, from July 26 to August 4, because of the compulsory-headscarf rule in the country which she said violated her personal right
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Anand regains World Rapid Chess Championship
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], December 29 (ANI): Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand has regained the World Rapid Chess Championship after defeating Russia's Vladimir Fedoseev in the tie-break play-off.
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Kaspersky Lab to protect, support FIDE and World Chess Championship 2017-1
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Modern-day chess is a sport that combines human excellence with mathematical accuracy and computer analysis like no other. As the combination of human expertise and advanced computer technologies is at the center of its business philosophy, Kaspersky Lab joins
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Assam: 40th All Assam Chess Championship concludes in Jorhat
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jorhat (Assam) [India], Dec. 19 (ANI): The 40th All Assam Chess Championship 2016, was successfully concluded on December 18 at AAU Indoor Stadium here.
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